Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-25

The second formative. meeting. OF
reserve officers of tho Ordnance De-
partment will be held tomorrow
evening at the. Graham Building.
tuesday evening the reserve finance
oiheers will meet at the same place.
Capt. G. f. washburn, Officers Re
serve Corps, of the 3l3th Field Artil-
Iery, conducted the tactical study of
the reserve officers of this regiment
at their meeting last week 1t the
Graham Building. The subject was
Review of Fire Preparation" Col.
Leroy Heron told of the Summer
training plans for the regiment. Plans
We're tentatively discussed for a din
ner dance to be held at the Army
and Navy Club by the officers of the
regiment.
1t is believed that the 313th Field
Artillery VIII go on active duty train
ing status for IS days this year in
the latter part of August. at Fort
HoyIe, Md, with Col Heron as the
commanding officer of the camp. II
the regiment goes to Fort Hoyie
rather than Fort Myer, Va, it will
no doubt have the personnel of the
9th Field Artillery for training pur-
poses The officers of tire 314th Field
Artillery will be ordered. to Camp
Meade for the regular training from
June 90 to July L
One of the most successful meet
ings this year by the reserve OFF,
GERS OF the Army Air Service was
that of the January meeting. Maj
Gen. Mason Patrick. u, 5. A, chief
of the Army Air Service. was the
principal speaker. He told the reserve
officers of his department. of the
needs of the Air Service and the fight
that is being waged to insure its
future development. Following his
remarks, ar informal reception was
held in order that Gen. Patrick could
meet the reserve officers. Capt Rob-
ert Walsh, L. S. A, on duty in the
Office of the chief of the Army Air
Service, told of the engineering de-
velopnents made during the past FIVE
years, This talk was illustrated with
slides and motion pictures. Lieut..
Col. John Scott told of the work be-
ing done in behalf of the Organized
Reserves. Col. Scott announced this
week the Following training program
for the 1925 Citizens Military Train
ing Camp and the S0th Division camp.
There is not sufficient funds to move
the 34th. L. s, Infantry from Fort
Eustis, Va. to the Regular Corps
Area Training Camp, Camp Meade,
Nd, this year.
Twelve hundred candidates of the
basic and Infantry course will be or
dered to the c. NJ. T. G. at Fort
Eustis this year. Five hundred can
didates for the Coast Artillery c. NJ.
n. G. course will go to Fort Monroe,
Va Candidates for the Field Artll-
Iery, Cavalry and Engineering courses.
numbering approximately 2,620, Will
be ordered to the camp at Camp
Meade In this camp there will be
1900 basic 1,O52 red, $50 white and
IS blue course candidates. There viii
be about so reserve officers ordered
out for duty as instructors with the
Citizens Military Training camps of
the 3rd Corps Area for the Summer
training period of 1925. The camps
will open on July l and close on the
Goth. The instructors are ordered to
the camp two weeks prior TO the
opening of the camp, for refresher
training.
Brig Gen. La Roy Upton. L. S. A,
will be commanding general of Camp
Meade this year. The 314th Regiment
of Field Artillery. the 317th and 31sth
Regiments of Infantry. S0th Division,
will be ordered TO Summer training
camp from June % TO July Z The
314th and 31Sth Regiments will be
ordered to Camp Meade and the 317th
Regiment will probably be ordered to
Fort Eustfs, Va Vacancies in the
31Sth Regiment officer personnel Will
be- filled by officers from the 320th
Infantry. The present plans call for
a provisional battalion of the officers
from the G20th Regiment to be as