Evening star., 1925-11-22
Civilian Army News

A comprehensive. survey Of the
Organized Reserve picturing the de
velopment and present status Of the
armed citiZenry Of the country. ex-
elusive of the National Guard, was
portrayed before the Army War Col
lege In lecture recently given by
Lieut.. Col. H. Edmund Bulls. on duty
with the War Department general
stan.
Four principal methods. he pointed
out. are employed in training the re
serves. They are 1 local unit camps:
t2l associate training with correspond
ing units of the regular establish
ment and National Guard: f3) associ-
ate training with the G. NJ. r. G.:
/ and a. combined camps for several
units generally constituting A rein
forced brigade.
AS the result Of a study recently
completed by the general STAFF about
As 900 reserve officers Is the capacity
to be trained in any one year. In the
event that this study would he placed
in effect. two periods In the Summer.
two in the Autumn. and two In the
Spring would be set aside for the
associate training Of reservists wit h
,, units of the Regular Army.
The amended program of instruc,
tioral assemblies for the 1925-I92s
season for reserve chaplajns residing
In Washington and vicinity was an,
| nounced this week by reserve head
quarters in the Graham building. An
ohicer from the office of the chief of
cha plains will conduct this instruc-
ton. Not only will these meetings
be highly instructive, but they will
he Of great assistance to reserve chap
lafv t.x II, fka,~ A>,. kA
formance Of their military duties.
Tomorrow evening at o'clock the
first chaplain assembly with he held in
the Graham Building. at which will
he discussed the organization of the
Army and mobilization problems.
Military hygiene and first aid will
! be taken up at the December IS meet
ing.
The first cha plain meeting in 1925
will be held on January 25, at which
administration, discipline and cour-
tesies will be taken up. Military law
. and Army regulations as apply to
cha plains will he taken up al the
February 2, meeting. while on March
81. the practical duties of chaplains
will he discussed The subject of the
April 2s assembly will be military
sociology. while on the evening Of
May "a. the concluding meeting Of the
19o5192s instructional season. there
will he a lecture on map reading and
sketching.
The following changes in the assign.
ments of reserve officers residing In
Washington and vicinity were an
nounced this week at Organized Re
serve headquarters in the Graham
building: First Lieut.. Homer Brook s
and Second Lieut.. Harold S. Giusta
both Infantry Reserve. assigned to
the s0th Division: First Lieut.. Lynn
d. O'Brien, Engineer Reserve. having
moved to the 7th Corps Area Is re.
'ieved from assignme to the 343d
Engineers general service). 18th
Corps; Second Lieut.. John r. Wells.
Veterinary Reserve. having moved to
the 4th Corps Area. is relieved from
assignment to the 4th Army Remount
Depot; Second Lieut. Frank r. Mos.
key. Quartermaster Reserve. upon his
own request, Is relieved from his pres
ent assignment to General Hospital
No. 13. zone of the interior.
In addition to the large number
of Cavalry reserve officers enrolled
in the cores spondence courses a total
number of SAT Cavalry reservists were
trained during the 1925 fiscal year,
II attended the special service school.
% We're utilized as c. NJ. T. C. in.
structors. were in attenda nee at
the Comma nd and General staff
School. Fort Leavenworth. Kan
, while > attended the Army War Col
lege.
II is pointed out by Maj Gen. Malin
Craig. chief of Cavalry. that the most
efficient and economical way of train
ing Cavalry reserve officers on active
duty is to send the reservists to
Cavalry posts and require the re-
serve officers. under the supervision of
Regular Army officers, to perform the
actual training and administrative
duties incident to their rank.
Inactive training duty reports
which have been received by the War
, Department indicate that this phase
/ of the training of the Cavalry re-
serves is very satisfactory. especially
so in the large population centers
where there are sufficient number of
reserve officers for the orsaniza ton
of opposing forces in map maneuvers.
The tactical problems involved in this
form Of instruction as well as sand.
table instruction have not only OBJ
taIned excellent results in the Cavalry
reserve units throughout the country.
; but 1t Is most popular form of in.
struction with the Cavalry reserve
officers.
The 1928 annual report Of Col. John
T. Axton. Chief of Chaplains. made
public yesterday. shows that the total
enrolment of reserve chaplains is
| LIS. During the 1925 fiscal year
there was net increase of 15S chap
lains In the Reserve Corps. Accord
ing to religious denomina tions. the
aggregate strength of the Chaplain
ReSArYA CnrnS iS renreSanted a 6 fol