Evening star., 1927-11-06
Civilian Army News

announcement Was made last week
h. Washington Reserve headquarters
OF the 1928 instrfctlonal assembly
program for local Ordnance Reserve
ofncers. The program consists Of 3
conferences, . Of which have already
heen held. and all of which will lie
under the supervision nf Mai. r. J..
Gauclef, assistant executive officer
on duty with the Organized Reserves
in the District of Columbia. E:Xplo-
sives was the subject Of the tirst
two meetings held on October y and
@6. The subjects 70 be taken I'D at the
conferences and the d;IfeH on whirh
they will he held. are az follows: No
vember II - Historical Sketches Of
Artillery November sS--''A 'Artillery-
Cannon: December u - Artillery
Field Artillery Carris ses."
The first meeting In be held in the
132S calendar year will be staged on
January 2. at which will be taken up
ARTILLERY and Railway Carriages"
The remainder of the program, which
will extend up 70 III. latter part OF
next MAY, will be aS follows: .ianu-
ary % ArtIllery-F'iXed Artillery
Carria ges'; February - 3--"Artillery
RecoiI Mocha nisms": February 81
"Artillery-~Tsa ge-Fin1jng and Fire
Control Instruments: March T.
ARTILLERY Ammunition; March 2G-
small Arms: April 9-"Automo.ive
and Track La ying Nehic!et,'- Aprl
-"BalliStics": May Measure
ments Of NelocitieS and pressures."
The concluding instructional confer
cnce of rhe 1927-192S season will be
held on MAY 2S. the subject Of which
will be miscellaneous Material"
Beginning last week, Col. Andrew
Moses senior executive officer OF the
Orga niZed Reserves in Washington.
has notified all local Field Artillery
Reserve officers that eqnita ton no
tices need not ne returned to head
quarters unless the individual officers
desire 10 ride In the future these
notices will he sent only to those Field
ARTILLERY Reservists VINO have previ
ouslv ridden. Equita'ion classes viii
ne held At For; MNer Va, on the
frst and third Sundays Al 8 am, 3 nd
in case any officer desiring TO ride
but who has not received n card,
should phone his -"0ue&r To Main
1851 bv 80 . M. the preceding Friday.
Field Artillery inStructional assem-
hies will be held Al Washington Re
eo,ve hesdqUa rterS on the third Wed
neHday of each month ~ x pm. The
program announced in training mem.
}.
Field ARTILLERY. 1926 Col J.e Roy W.
HERON commanding, will he followed
except as ~ dates and the subjects
will he announced in his column pre-
ceding each meeting. Next Spring
the two meetings per month will he
resumed. in further prcpafJ tion Tor
active duty training.
Mai. Gen. Charles T.. SummeraIl,
chief of staff. will address the Reserve
officers Of The District of Columbia
on November - At the auditorium
Interior Department Building. street
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth h
northwest. on leadership, ~ pm.
Two jnyrructionsi assemblies will
he held by Washington Reserve off
terg next week--thOSe Of the Field
Artillery and the Quarternaster Corps.
I~nder the supervision of Mai w, II,
Woodward Field Artillery adjutant Of
the Washington Reserve units, local
Field Artillery ReServists will meet At
Fore Mver ri'iihg II" VI today at a IN
10 receive instruction in equation.
Next Tuesday evening IT Reserve
headauarterS Mai. Edwin =. Lyons On
duiy in the office Of the chief of Air
rorps. win lecture before the Air
Corps Reserve officers, his subject
being Division Aviation Comma ander
and Division Observation SQUADRON
Commander" Reserve GuarterInasl 81 ers
~ Washington viii meet next Wed
n@sdav ~ the auditorium OF The In
terror Department Building 10 heai
capt. George A. Horlan discuss THE
ohieot of Military Training. This
lecture will he illustrated by the ARMY
Sign@l Corps moving picture, FLASHES
~ Action which depicts actual op-
nrations of American troops in France
E. turing tho war This meeting viii he
Sn at pm. Next Sunday Ca>s airy