Evening star., 1926-08-22

time the instruction begins, IL is eX-
pected that the class will consist of
about 80 Medical, Dental and Veteri-
nary Reserve officers.
In an effort to improve the profes-
siOnal fitness of Coast Artillery Re-
serve officers residing within the jur-
isdiction of the Third Coast Artillery
district, the headquarters of which are
at Fort Monroe, Va, and of which all
local Reserve officers of this arm are a
part, headquarters has just issued IN
StruCtiOnS relative to Il few CORE
Spondence courses in gunnery, and re-
lated subjects. The activities of the
correspondence school for the 1925
26 year. which has just been conclud-
ed. is all the more outstanding when
il is considered that this district pre-
scribed the course Of gunnery as basic
for all Reserve officers. This course is
undoubtedly the most difficult that
students will encounter. and it ranks
we'll up on the list considering the
number of hours of work involved.
Having this course completed or well
underway, the local Reserve officers
are naturally curious as TO what VIII
be expected and required of them in
subsequent courses. That the local
Reserve coast artilleristS may have an
inkling of what future courses fol-
lowing the gunnerN course may con
sist in, the following brief synopsis
is given relative to the fire control
and position-finding course.
This course is for Reserve second
lieutenants assigned to harbor defense
CT railway artillery for which sub
course eight Of the basic officers
course has been prescribed. The prim-
AIRY object of this subcourse is to fam
iliarize the officer with the organiZa-
ton of the fire control and position
finding service, the duties of the Varl-
Gus details, the identification Of tar
gets. and a working knowledge of the
instruments used. This subcourse
which consists of % lessons and eX
animation, requires approximately %
hours of work and it is based on heavy
artillery material, Part ~. The les
sons which are comparatively short,
embrace the following subjects: Defini-
tion and general description Of the
various systems used; depression posi-
tion-fnding instruments and all the
apparatus normally found in stand
ard plotting room, and operation of the
aZimuth instruments. In addition to
the above. the course covers indication
and identification of targets. organiza-
tiOn of battery command, and the
various instruments used in obtaining
and applying meteorological MESA geS.
Several of the lessons are also devoted
to training of range sections, ohserv-
ing details and plotting room details.
Chu An Ma holds the unique distinc-
tion of being the first Chinaman to at
tend a citizens military training camp.
He has enrolled at Madison Barracks,
- u. f.,,. 40
usual 80 days of instruction. and upon
the expiration of his training in Sep
tember will proceed to his native land
where he will be rendered commits
sion as an artillery lieutenant in Mar
shal Wus army of the northern gov
ernment Ma has been in this country
the full five years allowed Chinese
government students, having gradu-
ated in the 1925 class from Norwich
University. During the last scholastic
year. he took graduate work in eco
nomics at Cornell University.
Because of his previous military
training Ma is entered at Madison
Barracks as a blue or advanced stu
dent. and if he were a citizen he would
be commissioned second lieutenant
of Field Artillery upon the completion
of this blue course. During the sum
mer of 1925. Ma was enrolled in the
Infantry course at Camp DeVenS.
Mass, while during June and July of
this Summer he was "A student in the
Calvary Reserve Officers Training
Corps course, six weeks in duration. at
Fort Ethan Allen. Vt. He is now un-
derGoing his Field Artillery training
at Madison Barracks with the fambus
18th Field Artillery Regiment. one of
the LIST Division units. Ma comes
from ii service family. as he has
brother in the North China Navy,
Cdmdr. Su An Ma, who is now serving
aboard the gunboat Chu Chuan in the
Yangtse River patrol.