The Washington times., 1925-04-08

This office is a very trying onei
as the entire management OF the
| camps practically fall on the shout
ders of the executive officer.
Colonel McCaskey was appointed IN
the regular army on April 10, 1899,
as second lieutenant Of infantry.
He is distinguished graduate OF the
Infantry Cavalry School Of 1904; a
| graduate of the Infantry School ad-
vanced course of 1924. He was
born in Pennsylvania on December
! 8, 1872.
General Upton and Colonel Nc
| Caskey are determined to make the
| CMTC camp this year one OF the
finest ever held in the Third Corps
| Area.
| ington Saturday in conference with
| the editor of this department rcla-
| tive to several matters pertaining
to the camp. According to the
plans discussed every CMTC boy at
tending the camp will want to re-
turn in 1926.
Plans for the dinner to Major J.
Wainwright, of the Third cavalry,
transferred to the general staff of
the War Department, have been
completed by the reserve officers
of the Three Hundred and Sixth
regiment of cavalry.
The dinner will be given Satur-
day, April Is, at p. m, in the
English room of the Raleigh Hotel.
Reservations are $3.50 per plate,
and should be made through Cap.
tain Harry D. Murray, Munsey
building.
Plans for the smoker of the
Reserve Officers Association of the
District of Columbia are in fine
shape, according 20 Major John D.
Cutter, o. r. c., vice president of
the association. The smoker will
be held at the Army and Navy
Club. Seventeenth and Eye streets
northwest. on Thursday, May z.
1t is stated that there are practical
~ 1000 reserve officers in this
only accommodate less than five
hundred. Therefore reservations
should be made at once for the
smoker. The tickets will be 81 a
plate.
The dinner dance Of the officers
of the 313th field artillery regi-
ment, the local unit of the organ
lied reserves, is to be held at the
Wardman Park Saddle Club on
April %. Reservations should be
made through the commanding
officer of the regiment, Colonel
Leroy Heron, Graham building,
1902 e street northwest. Officers
will be in uniform on this occasion.
Tickets are $2.25 a plate. Majors
Fred Carter and Percy Mccoy
and Lieutenant Frederick Lee,
comprise the committee in charge.
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General Edgar T. Collins, u. S. A..
commanding the first artillery
brigade, Fort Hoyle, Md, will be
the commanding general of the
summer training camps at Camp
Tobyhanna, Pa, this year.
Camp Chaplain Plans.
With reference to summer train
ing camp program, it is desired by
the chief OF army chap1ains that
the activities of chaplains at train
ing camps be so co-ordinated with
the general plans of the camp
that reserve chaplains may partici-
pate fully in such parts of the
training schedule of their units as
may be in any way applicable to
Chaplains.
1t is hoped that every available
opportunity will be given to reserve
officers of the corps of chaplains to
engage in the active practice OF
such duties, under conditions actual
or stimulated, as would fall to them
If called to active duty in an
emergency. In addition to the prac-
teal training. individual or group
instruction will be given for reserve
chaplains in accordance with a
sch nNs6f E1sn l.
and unit schedules which are cal
culated to increase the proficiency
or these officers in the execution of
their emergency duties.
1t is said that the Secretary of
the Navy has contributed $3.50 to
the work of the Navy Relief So
ciety. This is the largest individual
contribution to be received by the
society IN a number of years. Sec
rotary of the Navy is very much
interested in the work of the Navy
Relief Society and is constantly at
the call Of it's officers.
authority has been requested by
the surgeon general of the army
Tor the training of reserve officers
or the medical department at the
following camps: Carlisle Barracks,
from June l6 to 80 and July S to-
80 VIZ OLClllIIS, Juu6 10 ~
80 and July S to 10; Fitzsimons
General Hospital, from July Is to
10, and Camp Lewis, Washington,
from June 16 to 30 and July to
10. 1t is expected that the neces-
sary funds will be authorized for
the training of officers of the medi-
cal reserve, who are assigned to the
branch assignment group, which
means the reserve officers under
the jurisdiction of the surgeon gen
eral of the army.
General Hines to Sail.
Major General John L. Hines,
u. S. A. chief of staff of the
army of the United States, left
Washington Sunday for the coast,
where he will sail to join Admiral
Coontz in Hawaiian waters. Cen
eral Hines and Admiral CoontZ are
to be the two umpires for the
joint army and navy war maneu-
Vers In the Hawaiian territory. He
is SCHEDULED to sail on April IL.
En- route to the coast he expects
to stop at Forts d. A. Russell and
Douglas, for inspection tours.
Lieutenant Commander James III.
Strong, u. S. NJ, on duty on board
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