Evening star., 1926-04-11

| Ter u. MCCaW, aSSlSlan surgeon zen
eral of the Army, and Col. Edward
G.. Seibert, Medical Reserve, have beer
appointed additional members of the
Medical Corps Board, the former t
sit with the board for the eXamina
ton of candidates for appointment
and of reserve officers for certificate
of capacity for promotion to the grade
of colonel only.
To determine the fitness of the
local candidates for appointment IL
the Judge Advocate Generals Depart
ment Reserve, the two following Reg
ular Army officers on duty in. the
Judge Advocate Generals Department
of the War Department, have beer
appointed as the board: Lieut. Col
William B. Pistole and Maj. Frederic
G.. Munson. The detail for the
Finance Department Reserve Board
all of whom are Regular Army finance
officers on duty in Washington, is as
follows: Lieut. Coils. William Nick
Lambdin. Perrin L. Smith and Capt
William N. Skyles.
senior executive officer of the Organ
lied Reserves in Washington, and
Capt. James b. Golden, Field Artillery
assistant executive officer at the loca
reserve headquarters in the Graham
Building, have been designated by
Sd Corps Area Headquarters as the
detail for the board officers to meet in
Washington to conduct the practical
test. of such reserve officers as may
be authorized to appear before the
board to determine their fitness for
a certificate of capacity. The follow
| ing reserve officers, all of this city,
have been detailed as additional mem
| berS of this board to conduct the prac
tical test of such local reservistS OF
the other branches of the Officers
Reserve Corps who appear. They are
with their branch of the service indi.
Gated as follows: "Adjutant Generals
| Department. Col. Hollis G. Clark
adjutant general reserve; Cavalry. Maj
Russell p. Freeman. Cavalry Reserve
chaplains, Maj. George NJ. Offender
fer, Chaplains Reserve; Chemical War.
fare Service, Lieut.. Col. Charles
| Coombs, Chemical Warfare Reserve
Coast Artillery Corps, Maj Richard
| Fl. Wilmer: Coast Artillery Reserve
| Corps OF Engineers, Lieut.. Col. Harri
son Brand, lr., Engineer Reserve; Field
| Artillery, Col. Leroy w. Heron, Field
Artillery Reserve: finance department
Col. Edward A. Hartman, Finance Re
serve; Infantry, Col. William I. Chant
land, Infantry Reserve; Judge Advocate
| Generals Department. Col. Augustus
| r. Brindley, Judge Advocate General
Reserve; Military Intelligence Division
Lieut.. Jacob M. Kenyon. Military In
| tell:gence Reserve; Quartermaster
| Corps, Lieut.. Col. Henry b. Robinson
| Quarternaster Reserve; Signal Corps
| Col. Mervyn c. Buckley, Signal Re
serve; and specialist, Lieut.. Col. Ed
ward c. Bliss, Specialist Reserve.
At the present rate at which citi-
zens military training camp applica-
| tions are being received at Sd Corps
Area headquarters, the enrolment for
these camps will close by May IS.
| Mai. Samuel T. Stewart, c. NJ. T. C..
! officer for this corps area, who will
be in Washington next Saturday to
| address the Washington c. NJ. T. c..
| Club at it's monthly meeting at re-
serve headquarters, reported this
week that 200 applications had been
received up to and including April J..
| which is almost 80 per cent of the
| total number to be secured. In dis
! cussing the c. NJ. T. c. enrolment
at headquarters, Lieut.. Col. John
! Scott, Infantry, senior executive Off
! Ger of the Organized Reserves in
Washington, said that the results so
| far obtained have placed the 1926 en-
! rollment for these camps in advance
| of the 1925 figures. Figures compiled
| at the local headquarters show that
| the District of Columbia has turned
| in so applications, while at the same
date In 1925 there were but ga.
Nearby counties have sent in the fol
lowing number of applica tions:
Arlington County, Va. IL; Fairfax
County, Va. .; Loudoun County, Va,
4; Prince William County, Va, a;
Montgomery County, Md, 2; Prince
Georges County, Md. 5. Two pennants
for the high school turning in the
largest percentage of applications
will be presented, one being awarded
to the winning school of group in
cluding Washington and Alexandria
high schools, while the other will be
presented to the winning school of
a group composed of the high schools
of Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties, Md, and Fairfax, Arling-
ton, Loudoun and Prince William
Counties, Va.
Ordnance reserve officers will
meet tomorrow evening to hear MAJ.
j. H. Woodberry, o. D., on duty in
the office of the chief of ordnance,
discuss storage and issue, while
Tuesday evening the air service re-
servists will hold their meeting,
which will be held under the super
vision of Maj. John II. Jouett, A. S.,
who is on duty in the Office of the
chief of air service. Wednesday
evening the 343rd Engineers will
meet in the board room of the Dis
trict Building, at which map reading
will be given by Maj. f. S. Jarvis,
trench tracing will be discussed by
Lieut.. II. A. Hook, Capt. Clyde L.
Miller will talk on the organization of
the ground, Lieut.. Frank NJ. Stewart
will lecture on the elements of or
ganizing a position, while Lieut.. ii.
K. Haar will have for his subject the
procedure in organizing a position.
Reserve officers of the Coast Artillery
and adjutant general department
branches will hold a joint meeting
Thursday evening at headquarters,
at which Lieut.. Col. Alfred A. May
bach, c. A. c., on duty in the Office
of the chief of Coast Artillery, will
discuss unit mobilization. Combat
orders and terrain board firing will
be taken up by the officers of the
313th Field Artillery, Col. Leroy w.
Heron commanding, at their meet
ing next Friday evening in the Gra-
ham Building. At the meeting of the
G. NJ. r. G.. Club next Saturday even
ing, William N. Cooper and Maj.
Samuel r. Stewart will talk on c. M.
T. c. matters.
BRICKLAYERS TO GET $14.