Evening star., 1926-05-16

corps areas VIII
undergo the instruction at oarIlsle'
Mai. Gen. Merritte w. Ireland. surgeon
general of the Army, who mas taken
an interest in this course, mas super
ViSed the preparation OF the course
and if the subjects included IN the
course are any indication, II Is expect
Cd that the apuroximately 300 reserve
medical officers who will undergo TINS
instruction in the Fan will be greatly
benefited thereby. The type of m
struction that will be given at Carllsie
Barracks in September will be hiGhlE
specialized. and it is intended TO better
e0uip these officers to conduct the
orcaniZation and administration OF
their respective units.
An identical course of INSTRUCTION
IS contemplated to be made aNalldpte
NJ = uOint vet to be determined upon
in both the Sth and 9th Corps Areas
for this same group of officers. 1he
reCpSsitv for decentralization, 1t Was
pointed ont in the War Department
last week. i due to the experience
incident TO long travel, as we'll as the
time EN- route. The announcement or
this special course for commanding
officers and executive officers OF the
medical reserve has brought unanl-
NOUS approval from the local medlca
reselviSts, and from the comments
heard this week in Washington medl-
cal reserve circles the District of Co
lnnlhia will be strongly represented
at the Medical Field Service School
when the course opens in September.
Lieut. Col. Charles +. Reynolds,
Medical Corps. formerly chief OF the
personnel section, Office of the sur
geon general, is Commandant of the
school.
Though the Summer training camps
for reserve officers are not. as yet, IN
full swing. there are ConSlderable
number of reSerViStS from the District
of Columbia who are already under
going their Is days of active training
at nearby camps. Beginning the first
part Of June the general exodus of
the WASHINGTON reserVists to their
Summer camps OF instruction VIII
begin. Capt. Archer Wiley. Finance
Reserve. is already at Camp Meade,
Md, receiving instruction. and eftec-
tive today First Lieut.. Frederick t.
Lincoln. Signal Reserve, is ordered to
active duty for period of 10 days
at Fort Monmouth. y. j. BeglnnlnS
Nav 80. Can't. Willis K. I.ansford Of
Bethesda. Md: First Lieut.. Joseph l..
Koehl Of Alexandria. Va, and Second
Lieut.. Thomas w. Quinn of this city.
all Signal Reserve officers. will pro
ceed to Fort Monmouth. \. j.. for
Is DAYS of active duty instruction.
The following reserve officers from
WASHINGTON are ordered to active
duty for Is days. effective June !,
1926 as indicated: First Lieut.. Brewer
V. y. York, Military Intelligence Re-
serve. to Sd Corps Area headquarters,
Baltimore: First Lieut. John +
Eustis. Va. and Second LieutS. John
W. Mann and Harmon 5. Meissner
both Field Artillery Reserve. 10 Fort
Hoyle, Nd.
A priority plan of training Of re-
serve officers which, 1t is understood,
is now being made the subject OF
special study by the department, is
expected to be announced shortly by
the department. The limited FUNDS
now available for the training OF the
organized reserves make IT possible
10 train ONLY a few of the approx
mately 100, 900 reserve officers through !
out the country. or. to be exact, if the
military authorities insisted that every
officer undergo Summer camp instruc-
ton, the present appropriations would
permit each officer to take one lo-daN
period of training only once in slA
years.
1t is pointed out that those reserve
officers commissioned in the technical
staff branches, and whose daily occu-
pationS equip them To perform EN- !
GENTLY any duties which might be re-
guired of them in time of war, do not |
require as much training as those re- |
servistS in the line branches. Reserve
officers commissioned in the combat
ant branches require special technical
military knowledge which cannot be
obtained except at the training camps
In addition TO this, the line officers
would he called out first on the out |
break of war, which neceSsitateS that
they he more highly trained than
those of the technical staff branches.
The special study which Il is under.
stood the War Department Is making
on this subject will result, it is be |
lieVed in the division of reserve OF |
ficers of the country into various
groups. some of which will be given |
training at short intervals. while 9th |
ers will undergo instruction al longer |
intervals. Only in some such division |
of the reServists OF the country into |
groups as above suggested, it is point |
ed out. will it be possible to effectively
use the limited funds available
Reports reaching the War Depart |
ment indicate that reserve officers are