Evening star., 1926-10-31
Civilian Army News

of motion pictures which will include
the 1925 Air Force maneuvers, work
In connection with parachute develop.
ments, the crash test and the new
auto-gyro-helicopter as conducted by
the Air Corps. The remainder of the
evening will be devoted to the compile
ton of organlzational plans. The
grouping of officers according to their
specialties will be effected and selec-
tions made of group leaders to serve
as such for the duration of the pres.
ent inactive training season. Assign
ment Of subjects to groups will be
determined upon and announced at a
later date. Members of the 42Sth In
fantry will meet at headquarters Tues
day evening. The fourth meeting will
be that of the 313th Field Artillery,
Col. Leroy w. Heron comma nding,
which will assemble at Reserve head
quarters next Wednesday evening.
the meeting to be conducted by Maj.
w. r. Woodward, F. A. Occupation
and organization of positions covered
by section 4 Of Training Regulations.
430-155. will be conducted on a sand
table made up to scale from a map
showing all ground features. This
will enable the local Field Artillery
Reservists to simulate actual condi-
tons that would he encountered under
field conditions. The work Is all based
on practical application Of principles
and reduces the theoretical instruc-
ton to a minimum. AXial percussion
precision firing. as covered by para
graphs 207 and 212 to 216. inclusive,
Training Regulations, 430-S5. also will
be taken up This work will consist
in the actual firing Of problems on the
terrain board.
The following changes in the as
signment Of Reserve officers residing
in Washington were announced last
week by Organized Reserve head
quarters: First Lieuts. Jesse S.
Rogers and John w. Taylor. both
Quartermaster Reserve, assigned to
the I'd Motor Repair Battalion ian in.
active unit OF the Regular Army;
First Lieut.. Josef Brodsky, Quarter
master Reserve, assigned to 31st
Evacuation Hospital. First Army; Sec
ond Lieut.. William E. Wood, Quarter
master Reserve, assigned to 304th
Motor Repair Battalion. 4th Army;
Second Lieut. William Hart college
Park, Md, Quartermaster Reserve,
assigned to 323d Motor Repair Battal-
ion. General Headquarters Reserves,
I'd Three Field Armies; Second Lieut..
Eugene J. Lacock. Field Artillery Re-
serve. assigned to Field Artillery
group: Second Lieut. Carey Frothing-
ham. Cavalry Reserve. having moved
to the Fifth Corps Area, is relieved
from attachment to the s2d Cavalry
Division for instruction and training;
First Lieut.. John P. Dean. Cav
airy Reserve. is attached to the 62d
Cavalry Division: Capt. William r.
Norman, Infantry Reserve. is as
James /. Boyd. Medical Reserve, is as
signed to the 1st Medical Regiment Ca
Regular Army until; Second Lieut.
Alois W. Graf, Signal Reserve, is as
signed to the 322d Signal Battalion.
18th Corps, and First Lieut.. Howard
L. Smith, Medical Reserve. is assigned
to the 18th General Hospital, zone of
the interior, in the capacity Of surgical
ward .Officer.
According to recent announce
ment made by the War Department,
Reserve officers will not be enrolled In
a correspondence course, except the
basic course Of their respective
branches, unless they have satisfac-
torily completed the preceding course
or have heen exempted therefrom by
their corps area commanders. In
other words, officers below the grade
OF major will complete the basic
course Of their branch before proceed
ing to the company officers course:
officers in the grade Of ior will
complete the company officers course
Of their branch before proceeding
to the advanced course. while lieu
tenant colonels and colonels will COM
plete the advanced course of their
branch before taking the comman
and general staff correspondence
course.
For officers in the Third Corps Area,
Of which the District Of Columbia is
part. exceptions to the above will
be made only in special cases, and
then only upon the approval Of the
corps area headquarters in Baltimore.
This policy, it Is pointed out, will not
be retroactive to active students of
1925-26 and to those enrolled in the
courses during the
current school year prier to October
II. 1925. Correspondence school
work. it is explained, Is given pri-
marily for educational purposes and
secondarily for certificates Of capacity
of promotion of Reserve officers, and
the War Department considers 1t
highly desirable for all officers. re-
gardless of rank, to complete the basic
course Of their branch before proceed
ing to the more advanced work.