Evening star., 1926-06-20

tion of Lieut.. Col. Charles r. Rey-
nolds, Medical Corps, formerly chief
of the personnel division of the sur
Geon generals office. The first medi-
cal regiment of the regular establish
ment. stationed at Carlisle. will assist
materially in the training of the Med
ical Reservists at the approaching in
Struction camps.
That the Officers Reserve Corps is
rapidly filling up to it's authorized
strength under War Department re-
quirements is evidenced by the fact
that appointments to the Cavalry
section of the corps have just recently
been suspended until further notice.
In addition to the Cavalry arm of the
service. the following sections of the
officers Reserve Corps have discon-
tinued making new appointments:
QuartermaSter Corps. Judge advocate
general, finance department; Signal
Corps. military police, engineers In
the field grade. adjutant generals de-
partment except in the postal branch,
and the Dental Corps in the grades of
colonel and lieutenant colonel.
There are only 4 limited number o!
appointments available in the Special
ist Reserve ard in the Sanitary Corps,
and these are being made only by the
War Department. There arc still
eight branches in which initial APP
pointments may be made They are
Field Artillery, Coast Artillery, Chem
ical Warfare Service Infantry, Air
To Il limited extent in the military in
telligence.
AS the result of the 1926 selections
OF distinguished colleges. made by a
board of Regular Army officers, 10
educational institutions have been
given this coveted rating by the War
Department in the LIST Army Area,
composed of the LIST. I'd and Sd Corps
Areas. They arc Virginia Military
Institute. Lexington. Va: Pennsylva-
mia Military College, Chester. Pa; Nor
wich University. Mortified. VT: Nir-
gina Polytechnic Institute. Blacks
burg, Va: Rhode Island State College,
Kingston, Il. l.; Lehigh University
Bethlehem Pa: Georgetown Gniver-
sity. Washington. ID. G.: Johns Hop
kins University. Baltimore Md: Rut-
gers College New Brunswick, y. j.,
and the University Of Maryland, Col
lege Park, Md
The new additions to the distin-
guished colleges in the 1st Army Area
are Georgetown University Johns
Hopkins University and Lehigh Uni
versity
The principal factors which are con
Sidered in the determination of dis
tinguished colleges are support of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps by in
stitutions, facilities for practical and
theoretical instruction and for care
of animals and equipment, co-opera-
tion Of faculty ana departments of the
institution and academic credits; sup
port of Reserve Officers' Training
Corps and by the student body: enroll
ment in basic and advanced courses.
appointments Of Officers Reserve
Corps and certificates Of eligibility for
such commissions; efficiency of theo-
retical Reserve Officers Training
Corps instruction, and efficiency of
practical Reserve Officers Training
Corps instruction.
Figures compiled in the War Depart
ment show that the strength Of the
Officers Reserve Corps on April 80,
1925. the latest available strength re.
turn, was 99.525 At present. how
ever. il is understood that the one
hundred-thousand mark has been
passed OF the 99.525 Reserve officers.
81 400 or els per cent, are officers Of
the combatant arms. while 3S.029. or
1872 per cent. are non-combatan off