Evening star., 1925-05-24

Figures prepared by Lieut.. col.
John Scott. Infantry, executive officer
of the Organized Reserves in Wash
inSton. including May Is. show that
BUSINESS High School stands first in
the pennant competition for the high
est percentage enrolment for the 1925
citizens military training camps. As of
May IS. the District of Columbia had
turned in 200 applications. or per
centage Of 129.S: western Pennsyl-
vania had attained a percentage Of
97.l; central Pennsylvania, $50: Nir-
ginia, 65.2: eastern Pennsylvania, -.
and Naryla nd. 45.6.
With quota of Is, Business had
| secured % applicants To attend the
approaching camps. or percentage
Of l22.2: Western had secured Is out
| of her quota of 90. or percentage Of
80: ST. Johns. which was in last place
but two weeks ago. had crept mp to
| third place. having secured : candi-
| dates to attend camp out of her quota
| OF 10. making percentage of 10.
| Central High School dropped 10 fourth
| place. due TO slump in recruiting
/ for the camp. the Centralites having
! secured SIS out Of quota of 50. or A
| percentage Of 63.3: Mckinley High
| School, with an authorized quota of
! 40, had secured - applications. max
| ing q percentage of 62.5. while Con
| zaga. out of a quota of l3 had s en-
! rollments. n percentage of els,
! Eastern was in last place. having Sc
| cured i enrpllments out of her quota
| of 30. making a percentage of 1856.
! Out Of an authorized quota of $500.
! the Sd Corps Area has secured an en-
/ rolment of 1885, or percentage OF
| 69.55.
Z ia,
/ Signal Reserve. I122 Spring road. is
| assigned to the So2d Service Compa ny.
/ Signal Corps, zone of communication.
/ The following assignments of re-
/ serve officers residing in the District
| of Columbia have been announced at
| Organized Reserve headquarters. in
the Graham Building: Mai. West A.
Hamilton. Infantry Reserve. assigned
to the 42Sth Infantry: Second Lieut.
! Raymond J. Lowry. Medical Admin
istrative Corps. Reserve, is assigned
/ to General Hospital No. 81. zone of
| communication. in the capacity of
asSistant ouartermaster.
| Lines have heen tightly drawn by
| all of the high schools in Washington
as the recruiting forces Of the several
| schools launched their final drive this
| week for securing The highest per.
centage enrolment for the citizens
military training camps competition.
Intensified activity will mark the eff
forts of the representativ Of the va
rious schools to win the penna nj
| which viii be awarded TO the school
| securing the highest percentage OF
lenrollment. the competition ending
as of midnight June Lieut.. Col
John Scott announced this week that
up to as of Nav - the following ap
plications for attending the citizens
military training camps had been re.
| ceived during the week AT Orga niZed
Reserve headquarters. in the Ora ham
Building. This list is in addition 10
the other names which have been pub
| lished in these columns of The sun
| day Star from week to week. They
are as follows: Horace l. Hughes
John y. Albert. Charles f. Kicker.
Howard n. Ruppart. Theodore Il
Moore. Charles NJ Brooke. Thomas W
Dolan, Robert W. F'ones, Thomas w
| Joyce, Edward l.. Herman. CaSsin r
Shoemaker. William F. Lane, Norman
G. Shoemaker, Edward s. Hurd. Fra nk
r. Haskell. Lester j. Dugan. Charles
s. Vernon, James G. Dance. Henry c.
| Dance. William s. Brady Theodore h
Chambers. Douglas s. Brinkley. James
| l.. wilkins. Gerard A. Roche. Theo
dore Z. Smith, Philip j. Stone, Alex
ander s. Ball. Joseph f. Pennella
Charles p. Strother. William j. Green
David Van Lear Kemp, Thomas G
Ryan. Francis l.. Timmons and WI
liam A. Craig, in.
Twelve Air Service Reserve officers
residing in the District of Columbia
and vicinity have been ordered to ac
tive duty by the War Depa rtment fol
a period of Is days. effective June IA
AT Langley Field. The officers are
Capts. Henry kendrick Gibson. Oscar
Andrew Reed and Edgar Graham
First Lieuts. Norman Bruce Ames
Charles Daniel Martin. Ellis Spear
| Middleton. Philip John Newland and
| Donald Oliver Wolf: Second Lieuts
William Edwin Whitehouse, William
Hughes Stokes. Joseph Lambert Cair
and Martin Ballard Dale.
The following officers of the sl3tt
Field Artillery, Col. LEROY W. Her
ron. comma nding, have submitted
their APPLICATIONS to take the examina
tion for promotion: Firsts Lieuts
Herbert Rorchert. Virgil o. Barna rd
Edward V. Heiskel. Frederick w. Nc
second lieutenants of the regimen
who have applied TO undergo the ex
animation for promotion to the mex
higher grade are: Eugene A. Edgett
Frederick g. Lee and Richard Smith
Herbert Whiting Gardner apart
ment 302, 1712 Sixteenth street. has
been rendered an appointment by thu
War Departme as CAPTAIN IN tht