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

, serve. Bethesda Md. having moved
to the 5th Corps Area. is relieved from
assignment to the 101th Bakery Com
pany zone of communications; Second
| Lieut. RAYMOND NJ. Martyr, Quarter
master Reserve. assigned 10 the 18th
Corps Wagon Train: Second Lieut. Ed
! ward D. Lewis. Quartermaster Re
serve. assigned to the 332d Sales Com
missary Unit. zone of communication.
Second Lieut.. Francis NJ. McConihe.
Field Artillery Reserve. attached to
the 3l3th Field Artillery; First Lieuts.
| Philip DiatZ, Medical Reserve. and
Walter p. EtlinG. Infantry Reserve.
assigned to the 320th Infantry; First
Lieut. George j. Ellis Medical Re.
serve. assigned to the 3l3th Field Ar
! tillery: Maj. Ellwood S. Moorhead, jr.,
| Field Artillery Reserve. assigned to
the 3l4th Field Artillery; First Lieut..
. Donald ). Birkett, Engineer Reserve,
assigned to the 305th Engineers.
OF interest to Washington Reserve
officers who are contemplating going
up for promotion in the near future
are the changes which have been
made in Army, Regulations 140-2l.
which relate to the minimum pro.
fessonal qualifications for appoint
ment and standard specifications for
promotion. The changes point out
:hat Reserve officers should be en-
couraged to pursue those correspond
ence courses of instruction which
will fit them for promotion. The fol.
lowing correspondence courses of the
respective branches will be employed
to qualify. in part. officers thereof
for certificates of capacity for pro-
notion: Second leutenants for promo.
ton to first lieutenant will pursue the
basic course. first lieutenants going
up for promotion to captain will
undergo the company officers course,
captains for promotion to major will
take the advanced course, while ma
jors or lieutenant colonels of combat
ant arms for promotion to lieutenant
colonel or colonel. respectively, will
pursue the command and general
staff school course. Reserve officers
ence course, except the basic course
of their respective branches, unless
they have satisfactorily completed the
preceding course or have been ex.
empted therefrom by their corps area
commander.
Following is given this weeks in.
structional assembly program Of the
Washington Reserve units that will
meet during that period: Reserve Off
GERS of the ordnance department and
the judge advocate generals depart
ment will meet tomorrow evening at
Reserve headquarters. in the Graham
Building. the former beginning a con-
tinuing exercise covering problems in.
cident to mobilization. under the direc.
ton Of Maj. r. L. Gaugler. o. D.. on
duty at headquarters, while Capt.
James E. Morrisette. J. A. G.. D., will
lecture to the Reserve judge advocate
general officers. his subject being the
outline of court-martial procedure.
Finance Reserve officers will meet
Tuesday evening at their prescribed
assembly place at the finance school.
Reservists Of the 320th Infantry will
Graham Building. at which will be
taken up the platoon in attack, to be
covered by Majs. r. P. Lemly. senior
executive officer of the Washington
Reserve units; Albert S. J. Tucker. as
sistant executive officer, and Sam I.
McCants. contact officer. On Wed.
Engineers and Quartermaster Reser-
Engineers and quartermaster reser.
visits will meet, the former gathering
in the boardroom of the District
Building. Capt. Harriss Jones, execu.
tive officer of the Engineer regiment,
will conduct that meeting, while the
Quarternaster Reservists will assemble
at headquarters under the supervision
OF Capt. John V. Rowan. The
quartermaster meeting will be divided
up into three periods, at which will
be taken up in conference and discus.
sion the basic functions of the Quar-.
ternlaster Corps.