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portation will be furnished. Separa-
tions for the candidates convenience,
including attendance at school, bust
ness reasons, candidates or parents
request based on insufficient reasons
and similar causes, clearly place no
obligation on the Government, and in
such cases II viii be the policy Of the
War Department to withhold return
transportation unless the camp com
mander decides that the candidate en-
rolled for the camp under a misunder-
standing as to its duration. On the
other hand, any separation for the
convenience of the Government, no
matter what the cause, clearly entities
the candidate to return transporta-
ton, which will be furnished in such
casai.
Fifty-three captains, 16 first lieuten-
ants and IS second lieutenants. all but
three of which were National Guard
Infantry officers, graduated from the
company officers class at the Infan-
try School on May 20. This course
of instruction began on February rs
and concluded on May 20, 1925.
Graduating at the same time were
20 Infantry Reserve Corps officers
company officers class, who are as
follows: Lieut.. Coils. Harold c. Bays,
LaRue r. Boals, Frank r. Schell;
Majs. Richard L. Coleman, Zion
Dixon, Tom E. Fawcett, David A.
Maurier;
Capts. Gerald f. Beane, Carl NJ.
Brouse, Carl II. Fellows, Thomas
Jones, jr., Samuel z. Orgel, Marcel A.
Pale, John j. Pontius, Walter d.
Tobin;
First Lieuts. Arthur B. Campbell,
George o. Cote, James w. Farmer,
Harry K. Hamilton, William A. B.
Trotter, Ewald L. Witzel; Second
Lieuts. Levi ]. Brother, Robert V.
callahan, Warren B. johnson, Rich
ard II. Law, Ralph j. Pollard, John
f. Rowell and Alan NJ. Watson.
The list of National Guard gradu-
ates from the field officers class at
the Infantry School, which instruction
began January 3 and concluded Feb
Edward Phillips Lieut.. Coils. Wade
c. Christy, William Hutchinson,
Ralph E. Truman;
Majs. Max r. Baetcke, Samuel j.
Cole, Thomas c. Dedell, Edgar c.
Erickson. Winfield Harvard, Alex
ander Mcdonald, Wendell B. Mont
gomery, Turner Roark, Robert L.
Robertson, Edward j. Schmidt, VIII
liam Smith, Eugene T. Underwood
and Capt. Robert H. Stevenson.
The Ordnance assembly, which was
scheduled for June s, was held June
at the Sterling Hotel which concludes
tthe 1924-l925 training program. The
meeting was addressed by Maj. Gen.
{. c. Williams, chief of ordnance
The Air Service assembly, which
will be held at the Army and Navy
Club on June 3, SIS pm, will con
clude the monthly meeting gs of the
1S24-1925 season also. Brig Gen
James T.. Fechet. assistant chief of
Air Service, will address the meeting
and he will be followed by Mai Earl
l.. Maiden, Air Service. tactical in
structor at Langley Field, Va, who
viii speak on tactics, bombardm ent
and aviation. This being the con
Guiding meeting of the season. a buff
let supper will be served. Reserve
officers of all arms residing in Wash.
lngton and vicinity are cordially in
Vlted TO be present, as the meeting
Will be highly instructive, coming on
the eve of the attendance Of reserve
officers at the various Summer train
ing camps.
The 343rd Engineers, Col. John
Scott, commanding, will meet in the
board room Of the District Building
the evening of June 10. Capt. E. S.
j. ErVlne, executive officer OF the regi-
ment. will be in charge of the meet
ing and will lecture on general sub
1ects pertaining to the Engineer arm.
After this lecture and up until the
regiment goes on its unit training
camp on August 16, Capt Ervine will
take up the studies of the various
battles which will feature the regi.
ments Summer instruction.
Lieut.. Col. John Scott will address
the officers of the 320th Infantry next
Thursday, his subject being "The
company In Defense" On June 12
Col. Scott will preside at the c. NJ,
T. G. Club meeting, which time will
De devoted to group instruction.
In the C. NJ. T. C. high school en-
rollment competition, tentative figures.
which are subject to correction, give
1rst honorS to Business High School
with percentage of 1865 The other
nigh schools with their percentages
come in the order as follows: St.
Johns. $50; Western, 105; Central, IS;
Mckinley. 1875; Gonzagas, 61.5, and
Eastern, 46.6.
The Washington high schools
turned In total of $50 candidates for
the 1926 G. NJ. T. c. camps, which is
s more than the population quota
given for the District of Columbia.
In addition to this, Alexandria High
School was represented by 144 per
cent on the same basis. 1t is esti-
mated that over half of the students
are under the minimum age of II
years, which roughly means that
probably around 10 per cent of the
male enrolment come within the
high school age.
Plans are now being worked out for
the holding of a special Air Service
display on Defense Test day to be par
ticipated in by the 16O Air Service
reserve officers in WASHINGTON. Ac-
cording to the contemplated plans, it
is proposed to have the Air Service
reserve officers pilot aircraft over the
three components of the Army Of
the United States as they parade
down historic Pennsylvania avenue.
The proposal has also been made to
have the reserve pilots divide into
three squadrons, one of which is to
accompany the line of march in
Washington, a second to participate