Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24
Civilian Army News

attention is called in this connection
to the special parents days: Fort
Washington, Md, July 30; Fort How
ard, Md. July %: Fort Eustis.. Va,
July 20, and Fort Myer, Va. August 8.
With many Washington Reserve Off
GERS coming up for reappointment
within the next few months. interest
is being evinced by local Reservists in
the requirements which they will have
to meet to secure reappointments.
There are quite a few of the local Re-
serve officers who. due to the pressure
of their profession, have been un-
able to attend with any regu-
larity the inactive Institutional assem-
blies held by the various branches.
Thus a perusal of their records would
indicate that they have taken no inter-
est whatsoever in their Reserve COM
missions. There are also many off,
GERS who cannot get away for even
the ii days active duty training this
Summer, and in this connection 1t can
be said that there are any number -
them who, due to no fault OF the.Ee.
have been unable to undergo any
active duty training during the tenure
Of their appointment.
The new policies governing the re.
appointment of Reserve officers, how
ever. prescribe that when the five-year
period Of appointment Of Reserve
officer above the grade of captain eX-
pires he will not be eligible for fur
Their assignment or active duty train
ing in the Officers Reserve Corps in
peace time unless 1t has been officially
recorded during the said five-year pc
riod that 0) he has obtained during
his current appointment certificate
Of capacity for promotion to the next
higher grade; (2) that he has during
his current appointment obtained a
certificate of capacity for his present
grade, or (3) that he has demonstrated
during his current appointment his in
terest in military affairs by having a
written record of at least 200 hours of
correspondence school work. attend
ance at classes. administrative duties
in connection with his unit or active
participation with troops on inactive
duty training. In computing the 200
hours, each 15-day period of active
duty will be considered as 100 hours
for credit, or (4) that he has satisfac.
torily completed during his current
appointment the prescribed correspond.
ence course of instruction for Reserve
officers at the special service school
of his branch or the special course
| for Reserve officers at the Command
| and General Staff School or the Army
| War College or a full course at one Of
| the aforementioned schools; or 90
! that the chief of branch certifies that
| he has performed work equivalent to
| 81 above.
| 1t must not be construed, II Is point
| ed out, that the new policies serve to
prohibit the reappointment of any Re-
serve officer in the section in which
| previously commissioned. ANY person
appointed in the Officers Reserve
| Corps subsequent to the approval of
these policies. and who has had prior
service in the Officers Reserve Corps,
will be allowed all the privileges of as.
signment and active duty training dur
| ing his first appointment period; sub
| sequent appointment will be governed
| by the provisions of this policy All
| officers above the grade of captain will
| be required to pass a physical exami-
nation as prescribed for ORIGINAL ap-
| pointment in order to be reappointed
in any section of the Reserve Corps
except the auxiliary section. The rec
| ord of satisfactory examination COM
| pleted within one year prior to date Of
reappointment will be accepted.
The following changes in the assign
ments of Reserve officers residing in
WaSh1ngton were announced last week
by Organized Reserve headquarters:
Capt. Edward V. Heiskell Field Artil.
lery Reserve. is relieved from assign
ment to the 80th Division; Second
Lieut.. William Cook, Medical Admin
istration Reserve, is assigned to the
18th General Hospital. Zone OF Com
munication. in the capacity OF mess
officer; Second Lieut.. Edward d.
Lewis. Quartermaster Reserve. having
moved to the 5th Corps Area, is re-
lieved from assignment to the 1920
Sales Commissary Unit. Zone of Com
munication; Second Lieut.. Gaudioso
T. Palomar. Infantry Reserve. having
moved to the LIST Corps Area. is re.
lieved from assignment to the 18th
Tank Battalion Heavy; First Lieut..
Edward F. Leonard, Medical Reserve,
having moved to the I'd Corps Area, IN
relieved from assignment to the 364th
Medical Regiment. 4th Army. The
following r. o. T. C. students OF
Washington attending the advanced
Infantry course at Camp Meade, Md,
have been designated as representa-.
tives of the Sd Corps Area to the
Small Arms Firing School at the Ohio
State Rifle Range, Camp Perry, Ohio.
and to participate in the National Rifle
Association matches and national
matches! Thomas NJ. Cahill of George.
town University and w. Roy Cheek,
Harold o. Thomen and Clarence r.
Blanz, all of the University of Mary.
land.