Evening star., 1925-12-13
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to appointment at any time within

years lEOIll udte Oh ETdOudtioH
The armed citizenry of the country
| Is also evincing great interest in the
Army correspondence courses. accord
| ing to the latest figures compiled by
the War Department on this subject.
The primary mission Of these courses,
II Is pointed out. IS to provide the re-
| serve officer with a systematic and
practical course of training. as a re.
suit OF which he will be qualified to
perform the active duties Of his grade
| in the branch and unit to which he is
assigned, and which will also prepare
him for promotion to the next higher
grades. Considerable importance is
! now being attached to these courses as
a means Of instruction for enlisted
| reservists and for civilians desiring to
| qualify for commission in the re-
| serve. OF the enrolment of 20,7e7
| students In the Army correspondence
| courses at the end of the 1925 school
year. 1899 were reserve officers.
, which was close to Is per cent Of the
| total strength OF the Officers Reserve
4,b58 correspondence school students,
3,527 were from the National Guard.
606 we're civilians. 53s were enlisted
reservists, while 1877 were officers of
| the regular establishment.
Though no special effort has been
| made to increase the strength of the
! enlisted Reserve Corps, this section
| Of the Organized Reserves increased
| from 3,400 to 5,115 during the 1925
fiscal year. Enlistments in the en-
| listed Reserve Corps, however. were
| limited to those qualified as non-com-
| missioned officers and specialists to
: form cadres for units OF the Orga-
nized Reserves. graduates Of citizens
| military training camps who were
| eligible and qualified and who did not
| desire service in the National Guard.
and candidates for appointment as
| officers in the Regular Army or the
| Officers Reserve Corps who would
not otherwise be eligible for such ap
| pointment. Six hundred and twenty
| seven enlisted reservists receive Is
| days OF active training duty during
the year.
An announcement of interest to
| Washington reserve officers who are
taking the Army correspondence
courses was made this week by Third
| Corps Area headquarters. Hereto
fore reserve officers taking the cor
| respondence school courses have
been supplied with the answer sheets,
but due to the fact that this supply
has become exhausted the student
officers In the future will have to fur
| nish their own paper. In this con.
nection the suggestion has been made
that each officer taking the CORE
| spondence school courses keep one
blank lesson sheet which has been
previously furnished. in order that
the answers prepared by the reserve
| officers will have the correct heading
| on the answer sheets.
The following changes in the as
utO oN
residing IN Washington and vicinity
| were announced this week at Or
ganized Reserve headquarters in the
Graham Building. They are: Second
Lieut.. Harmon ). Meissner, Field
Artillery Reserves, having been as
signed TO the Field Artillery Group. IS
assigned TO the 4s6th Field Artillery,
| Comm. Howitzer motorized, Gen
eral Headquarters Reserves. Second
! Three Field Armies; Maj. Daniel Nc
kenZie, Quartermaster Reserve. Is as
signed to the 18th Service Battalion
tQuartermaster CorpsI, First Army:
Capt. Raymond c. Miller. Infantry
Reserve. having removed from the
| Both Division Area, is relieved from
assignment to the general staff sec
ton, this headquarters. as assistant
to Ga; Capt Ralph w. Alderman, In
fantry Reserve, is relieved from at
tachment to the 320th Infantry for
instruction and training and is as
signed thereto: the following Off
GERS, all Infantry Reserve, are at
tached TO the 32oth Infantry: First
| Lieut.. Lawrence S. Gross, Second
Lieuts. Isaac NJ. Capayas, George r.
| kolk, Claude H. Marshall, Edka G.
Moore and Edgar f. Russell; First
LiAIt- Herbert r Pierce. Field Artil-
lery Reserve. assigned to 3l3th Field
Artillery, soth Division: and Capt.
! Oscar A. Reed. Air Service Reserve.
assigned TO the s0th Division.
Four Washington reserve officers,
it was announced at Washington Re
| serve headquarters this week. have
taken the practical test for their next
higher grades, respectively. They
are: Lieut.. Col. Ray B. Robinson.
Quartermaster Reserve: Maj. John Il
Thompson. Engineer Reserve; AMI
Capts. Albert II. Dondero. Military In
Friedman. Signal Reserve. Capt
Friedman Is probably one of the coun.
.ry's best known experts on cryptic
graphs and cryptoanalysis.
A study Of the reserve appointment
situation in the War Department re
veals the fact that there are three
l VI lHc oIEdlliLCO lkcEcI wee
In which no reserve commissions are
being issued by the War Department
the reason for this refusal being that
these arms Of the reserve component
Of the Army OF the United States are
up to their authorized commissioned
complement. They are the Judge Ad
vocate Generals Department. the Fl
nance Department and the Signal
Corps. According to the present out
look. Il was pointed out in the War
Department. there will be nc more re
serve appointments In the last two
named branches for a year or more.
In the Engineers the only reserve
appointments which are now open are
for field grade officers. while in the
Dental Reserve the only vacant ap
pointments are for lieutenant colonel
and colonel Commissions are nc
longer being issued to general service
and Inspector General Reserve. In
the latter branch reserve officers are
detailed from the other branches. as
In the regular establishment. The re
strictions on the Military Intelligence
Reserve have been removed.
Ordnance Reserve officers will gather
tomorrow evening in the Graham
Building to hear Capt. Morrisette lee
ture on military law. Maj. Wilfrid NJ
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