Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

the local headquarters. Another re.
cent arrival in Washington, who has
been assigned to the local Reserve
headquarters, is Capt. William r. Wood.
ward, recently on duty as adjutant of
the 9th Field Artillery at Fort Hoyle,
Md. The indications are that Capt.
woodward will be assigned as execu.
tive officer of the 496th Field Artillery
and ALSO as adiutant of the Washing.
ton Reserve headquarters.
-unofficially, 1t is understood that Maj.
Rowan p. Lemly, Infantry, who has
been on duty in the Office Of the chief
OF staff, Ga, but who has been
assigned to duty as senior executive
officer OF Reserve headquarters, will
assume his new duties in the Graham
Building about August S.
Maj. c. P. George, Field Artillery,
who has been on duty as assistant ex-
ecutive officer at the local head
quarters the past year, but who is
now on leave. will report for duty as
a student officer at the Army War
College on August Is, while Lieut..
Col. John Scott. Infantry, who
just completed four years as
senior executive officer of the Or.
ganized Reserves in Washington, has
been assigned as chief of the CORE
spondence school section at the Com.
mand and General Staff School at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans. This will
leave on duty at the Washington Re-
serve headquarters for the coming
year Majs. Lemly, Tucker. McCants
and Gaugler and Capts. Golden and
Woodward.
An important problem now under
consideration by the War Department
is that of. the ALLEGATION Of Reserve
units, which at present is based on
the manpower OF the country. The
intention Is to distribute that alloca-
ton Of Reserve units, in, SO far as It
may be practicable, equally in all
parts Of the country. The ALLEGATION
as prescribed under the present regu.
lations stipulates that commissioned
personnel, as wen as enlisted. shall
come from the same area, which allo-
cation system in the cities and con-
gesJted points of population works
very satisfactorily In the larger CEN
ters Of population there are sufficient
number of Reserve officers for the
units allocated to such places and they
meet frequently and carry out their
inactive duty studies together, but in
the less populated areas the situation
Is not so satisfactory. In the latter
areas, due to the fact that the Reserve
officers are widely scattered, frequent
meetings are impossible.
Except for a very small cadre, there
is no organization Of Reserve units as
far as enlisted personnel Is con.
cerned, during time of peace. Only on
declaration of war does that or
ganization come into being. During
peace time, however, the commissioned
personnel Of the Reserve unit must be
selected and organized, and 1t ts this
group that. must be trained each year
for its wartime activity.
The first essentially in the training
Of Reserve officers, as the local Reserv-
lists are now finding out at Fort Eus-
tbs, Va, and Fort Hoyle, Md, is that
they should train together. This is
practicable in the larger communities,
but it Is extremely difficult. If not i'm
practicable, in the rural districts. In
view of the fact that corresponding to
the shortage in Reserve officers in the
rural districts, there is a surplus Of
Reservists in the larger communities,
the suggestion has been made that
there might be an ALLEGATION of officer
personnel to an area different from
that where the enlisted personnel
come. In this connection, 1t is added
that the officer personnel should live
close enough to the enlisted personnel
area so that the former would De 1uily
cognizant of the manner of life of the
men who would form the unit in war
This method of ALLEGATION, 1t is In
sisted, would permit Of their organiza-
tional training.
1t is not intended to make COM
plete ALLEGATION Of Reserve units, but
a strong sentiment exists among Re-
serve officers that a partial realloca-
ton should be made which would per-
NIT adequate training for the Reserv.
lists. The War Department general