Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

Hugo D. Seton, Infantry, who has
Just graduated from the command
and general staff school course at
Fort Leavenworth, kans.. and Capt.
Henry Harmeling, J. A. G.. d., who
has been on duty in the Office of the
Judge advocate general of the Army.
Capt. Harmeling will succeed Maj.
w. A. TurnbulI, j. A. G. d., as chief
Of the legal section in the bureau
who has been assigned to- the next
class Of the Army War College.
The first step by the War Depart
rnent towards effectively eliminating
the deadwood from the Organized Re-
serve was taken last week In the
form Of letter which was sent to all
CORPS area commanders outlining the
things which will be given the closest
scrutiny in future inspections. Past
inspections of reserve headquarters,
which have more or less been ham
pered by scarcity of funds. have
not been complete by any manner OF
means. this being due in part. it is
pointed out, to the newness of the
reserve project, and in part to the
uncertainty as to Just what should
be expected from these headquarters.
Among the matters which will be
given prior consideration by future
inspectors Of reserve headquarters
the following are the most important:
Reserve personnel. mobilization plans.
correspondence courses, conference
courses. and appointments. promo
tons and separations.
Under reserve personnel. consider
able attention will be paid to the num-
Der of reserve officers that are as
signed to units which includes those
attached and those attached for train
ing. The inspecting officer will make
a close examination as to the number
of reservists that are evincing interest
in their reserve commissions to the
extent of doing training work on an
inactive status The number OF OFF,
GERS given active duty training during
the past year and the number OF units
that have been trained will also be
considered by the future inspecting
officers.
Mobilization plans, a matter Of vital
interest TO the reserves, will also be
given careful attention. The inspect
ing officers will note particularly II
these plans are up to date, the extent
to which these plans have been pre-
pared by the reserve unit commanders
and the extent to which the various
individual reserve officers are familiar
with the plans
The correspondence courses are in
tertwined to a certain extent with the
reserve personnel, and If the reserV-
lists are showing any interest IN their
commissions. their training work on
an inactive status will include CORE
spondence course work. The corre-
spondence course phase of the in
spections will be watched closely. par
ticular attention being paid TO the
number Of students enrolled. the per
centage turning in completed work.
the method OF grading papers and the
method Of recording the work done.
Under conference courses. an exam
ination will be made by the inspecting
officers as to the number OF SUCH
courses given each month. where these
are held, the average attendance ana
10 what extent these courses are par
ticipated in by recent graduates OF the
Reserve Officers Training Corps and
the Citizens Military Training Camps.
Inquiry will also be made as TO what
kind Of an examination is given TO
the students at the end OF the courses.
Appointments, promotions and sep
arations. probably the most important
things affecting reserve officers. will
come In for a particularly close study
and inspection by the inspectors. who
will examine the number OF new APP
pointments and the sources from
which such appointments come. the
number Of reserve Officers applying
for a certificate of capacity and the
number issued such certificates will be
taken into consideration. Examlna-
ton will also be made as to the num-
Der and character Of the promotions
made. as we'll as to the number dis
charged from their commissions or re-
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therefor.
These are the main points which
will be watched in the future inspec-
tons Of the headquarters of the Or
ganiZed Reserve structure. The be-
lief is held in the War Department
that this will be the most effective
method yet devised which will elimi-
nate the deadwood from the reserve.
II will not only accomplish this. II Is
insisted in the department, but 1t VIII
stimulate the development of the Or
sanized Reserve and place il on a
sound business and military founda-
ton.
The following residents Of Wash
ington and vicinity filed their april
cations last week 10 attend the citi-
zens military training camps which
will begin at the various camps. de-
pending upon the branch of the serv-
ice, for a period of 80 days on July
Is. Those from Washington are
Allen c. Fisher. 1922 Park road Red
Infa ntry); Robert G. Horne. 407 Cum
berland avenue Chevy Chase (Red
Infantry Joseph r. Barrett, 1879 II
street northeast (basic,; Isadore
Greenburg. 1907 II street northeast
(Red Cavalry) George p. Hart. 223O
Decatur place (basic) Harold f.
Hobbs, $50 Rock Creek Church road
blue Cavalry: James w. Mercer.
1406 Decatur street basic); Douglas
w. Hutchinson. 2009 Belmont road
(basic); John Bozicevich. 1907 " street
blue Field Artillery: Kenneth T.
Embrey. 404 Rittenhouse street Red
Infantry; Horace |. Hughes. 1871
Wisconsin avenue tRed Coast Artil-
lery): G.. p. Killian, 1898 First street
blue Infantry: Laurence A. Phillips.
1858 Eleventh street blue Infsntryl;
John r. Policy 621 Virginia avenue
southeast tRed Coast Artillery;
Percy f. L. Poole. 3149 Mount Pleas
ant avenue white Coast Artillery:
Benja min c. Stevens. Thirtieth street
white Infantry; Charles Vernon. jr.
white Infantry; Langdon r. Nc
Anich. 3511 Center street Red
Cavalry; Wilfred E. Honour. 3l4
Thirteenth place northeast (basic);
Jack ID. Crosby. 1855 Calvert street
(Red Infantry; Gilbert s. Lowry.
4S05 Iowa avenue H,ed Cavalry:
Laurence Halstead. jr., 1851 Euclid
street white Engineers); Jack
Tarshes, 1907 Lanier place (Red In
fantry). David r. Aitcheson. 1906
Albemarle street (Red Infantry:
James II. Wainwright. 1882 Harvard
street (basic); Don ID. Andrews. - S