Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08

craft communicate lions and intelligence
service, the reconnaissance. selection
and occupation of positions. training
and inspections, conduct of target
practice. The course consists of III
lessons and an examination.
Coast Artillery Reserve officers of
captain and field grade who have
completed the advanced gunnery
course will be required to take sub
course Of the advanced course, the
Coast Artillery command TO give
the student a general knowledge OF
the duties required of a field officer
in the group, fort and harbor defense
command Is the purpose of this sub
course. Primarily, the course is in
tended to lay a foundation for the
student, and the knowledge so OBJ
tanned, it is insisted. should be in
creased by further study and active
duty training. The scope of the sub
course includes tactical employment
of coast artillery in harbor defense,
care and maintenance of armament
equipment, fire control and position
finding, fire adjustment. analysis of
drill and target practice. the Coast
Artillery war game, the fort command
harbor defense command, joint Army
and Navy action and the harbor de
Tense and its relation to anti-aircraft
defense.
The limitations of space prevent
the description of the other courses
for Coast Artillery Reservists. the en-
rollment in which will better prepare
them to discharge their duties and
which paves the way for their promo
ton to higher rank. The other courses
Ia ho f111>
fire control; fire control and position
finding; artillery Observation-Disclosures
artillery and artillery tactics-seacoas
artillery
Authorization has been given by the
War Department that certain Reserve
organizations of the Third Coast -
tillery District are entitled to wear
the shoulder sleeve insignia of the
III Corps, which is described as
a blue colored caltrap Of such size
that the three points lie in circle
Of 112 inches radius In the circle, Il
white triangle Vt such size that the
points lie on Il circle Of "a inch radius
The following changes in the assign
ments Of Reserve officers residing in
Washington were announced last
week by the local Reserve headquar.
ters: Maj. Roy +. Bessey, Engineer
Reserve. having moved to the 4th
Corps Area, is relieved from assign
ment to the 343d Engineer General
Service Regiment. XIII Corps; Second
Lieut.. Archibald r. Towner, Air Corps
Reserve, having been transferred to
the branch assignment group by the
War Department. is relieved from
assignment to the 409th Attack
Squadron, 4th Army; Capt. George
S. Thompson. Adjutant General Re
serve, having moved beyond the di-
visional area. is relieved from attach
ment to the S0th Division for instruc-
ton and training; First Lieut.. Irving
Brotman. Medical Reserve. is assigned
to the 74th General Hospital, Zone of
the Interior. In the capacity OF medical
ward officer; Second Lieut.. Edward a.
Mcmahon. Engineer Reserve. is
assigned to the National Guard of
the District Of Columbia Second Lieut..
William T. Clark. Coast Artillery Re
Artillery district.
Existing regulations prescribe the
wearing of shoulder sleeve i'll.
sigma by personnel belonging 10 or
ganizations only when the unit is
definitely assigned to a division. corps.
or army. The only unit of the Sd
Coast Artillery District which is
definitely assigned to the III Corps
Artillery, which is "a part Of the
III Corps, is the 510th Coast
Artillery (AA). Members of this or
SANITATION are entitled TO wear the
sleeve insignia of the III Corps. as
described above.
Twenty-Five officers of the Marine
Corps Reserve. comprising the third
officers training class, concluded
their two weeks training period at
Quantico. Va, August .. which III
cluded all branches of infantry work
and, in addition, some instruction in
aviation. The work was all practical.
the officers being furnished with the
necessary equipment and doing the
actual work themselves. The officers
undergoing this training were: Maj.
f. l.. Bigler, Capts. Theodore G.. John