Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

case the funds appropriated do not
permit an officer living at great
distance to take advantage of This
basic training course. arrangements
will be made, it is said. to train re-
serve officers living at distant points
in other ways
The instruction at Rock Island and
Aberdeen will be similar in so far as
existing facilities permit At the lat
ter. place. the course of study will deal
mainly with the material from the
standpoint OF construction and test.
Due to the fact that Rock Island does
not provide ample facilities for testing
the various types of material, the in.
struction at the Illinois camp will con-
sist largely of construction and man.
ufacture. The following subjects will
be included in the course of instruc:
ton at Aberdeen: Anti-aircraft artil-
lery, trench warfare material, sea-
coast artillery, fire control instru-
ments, artillery ammunition, estab-
lishment of charge, small arms, small
arms ammunition, velocity curves,
automotive equipment, pressure, trac-
tors, field service activities, tanks,
motor carriage artillery and bombs
and bombing.
Under the direction of Mai o. *.
Sadtler. Signal Corps. on duty in the
office of the chief signal officer of the
Army, Signal Corps Reserve officers
residing in Washington will meet in
this Office, in the Munitions Building
tomorrow. where there will be demon
strated the latest type of radio iustru-
ments and equipment.
An assembly of reserve quartermas-
tiers will be held Tuesday at organized
reserve headquarters in the Graham
Building. The meeting will be in
charge of Maj. r. r. Harbold, Quar-
termaster Corps. assistant executive
officer.
Officers of the 313th Field Artillery.
Col. Leroy w. Heron, commanding
will meet in the Graham Building
Thursday. at which the subjects of
artillery combat orders and "A review
of fire preparation will be discussed.
This will be followed by terrain board
firing. In this discussion reference
will be made to training regulations
430-70, 430-105 and 430-S5.
Reserve medical officers, including
those of the Medical Corps. Dental
Corps, Veterinary Corps, Sanitary
Corps and the Medical Administrative
Corps, will meet Saturday at the Medi-
cal Society of the District of Column
bia Auditorium, 171S NJ street north
west, at which will be discussed the
operations Of the Medical Corps in
time OF war. The meeting will be in
charge of Col Edward G. Seibert,
Medical Reserves. and Maj. J. J.
Madigan. Medical Corps.
A perusal of the report of opera
tions for the month of April for the
Organized Reserve headquarters in
Washington, of which Lieut.. Col.
John Scott, Infantry, is the executive
officer, shows that serious personnel
shortage exists at these headquarters,
and in view of its being located at the
seat of the Nations Capital and its
constantly growing Importance as a
reserve center. that serious consider.
alton should be given TO relieve the
already congested situation. A total
of S4S reserve officers attended the
is instruction assemblies held during
the month"; embracing 10 different
arms or branches. or an average at
tendance of SO. This headquarters is
in charge of the administration. in
struction. and the records of 400 re-
serve officers, and If Army Regula-
lions 1880. paragra phi IS and para
graph 70 taN4, were carried out, an
appropriate assignment to, the Wash
ington headquarters would be 9 Off
GERS and is enlisted men. At the
present time ouly Col. Scott and Capt
James B. Golden, Field ARTILLERY, as
sistant executive officer. are the Regu-
lar Army officers who devote their en-
tire time to reserve matters in Wash
ington. They are assisted by two en-
listed men of the regular establish
ment.
Under the corps area mobilization
plan. five regiments are allocated to
the District of Columbia They are
as follows: Three Hundred and Tween
tieth Infantry, 3l3th Field Artillery,
4a6th ARTILLERY. 343d Engineers and
the 42sth Infantry. Besides this. 81
additional smaller units come under
the administration and instruction of
the Washington headquarters, which
ere equivalent to at least five add.
tional regiments. Great credit belongs
to the valuable and efficient assist
ance rendered by Majs. G. II. Patter-