Evening star., 1927-12-04

tbl IneN must be
graduates of the Air Corps Advanced
Flying Schoo! subsequent to July /,
1921. or have had a total of so hours
experience as pilot of service type or
similar planes, 10 of which must have
been had during the next six months
preceding appliCatio and (c) Reserve
officers who hold commissions In the
National Guard will not he recon-
mendCd. as separate funds are apnro-
priated for their training. The period
of active duty requested will De one
year or less, since retention for "A
longer period is contingent on an.
nual appropriations. The beginning
date of available tours under the pro
visions Of the above instructions will
he July /. 1928. or later. and the
limiting date June 80, 1929,
Washington Reserve headquarters
announced last week the following
changes in the assignments of local
Reserve officers: Second Lieut.. Rev
erdy Johnson Coast Artillery Reserve,
is assigned TO the 3rd Coast Artillery
District The following are assigned
to the SGth Division: First Lieuts.
Earl ID. Madison. Infantry Reserve.
and Maurice Protas, Medical Reserve;
Second Lieuts. Landreth NJ. Harrison,
Military Intelligence Reserve; Free
man Albery. Air Reserve; Henry $.
See, Engineer Reserve; William II.
Churcnwell, Infantry Reserve. and
First Lieut.. Athol T.. Later, Infantry
Reserve. Capt. Harry Il. Milnor, Adju-
tnnt General Reserve, began yesterday
Is days active duty in the Office of the
adiutant general of the Army. Capt
Raymond c. Goodhart. Quartermaster
Reserve. is on i5 days active duty at
the Washington General Depot, this
city The following Reserve officers are
on active duty in the otiice OF the AS
sistant Secretary of War IN connec-
tion with procurement activities: Cois.
Iorimer y. Miller. c. f.. and Charles
W. Miller, Ordnance: Lieut. Coils.
Ralph r. Patch, Sanitary; James ID.
Skinner. Ordnance, and Joseph A,
Stainmetz, Specialist; Majs. Frank :.
Beveridge, Sanitary; William {. Bliss.
Ordnance: Earl A. Cryne, Specialist; ;
Earl w. Edwards. Quartermaster; Ed
ward J. Ovington. Sanitary, ana Spur
geon He'll. Specialist
First Lieut.. Frank j.. Ready. jr..
Judge Advocate Reserve, IS assigned
to the Judge advocate section OF the
SDth Division. Second Lieut.. Wade
G. Dent. jr., Infantry Reserve, is as
signed TO the 320th Infantry. Second
Lieut.. Edka G. Moore, Infantry lie
serve who has been promoted to the
grade of first lieutenant. is assigned
to the 317th Infantry. Second Lieut.
Augustus ". Hines. Infantry Ke-
serve. has been promoted TO the grade
Of first lieutenant, and Is assigned to
the 31gth Infantry. Second Lieut..
Morrison MacD. Clark, Infantry Re-
serve. has been promoted TO the grade
of first lieutenant and is assigned TO
the 31Sth Infantry. Second Lieut..
Robert S. Heriot, Infantry Reserve
who has ust received his promotion
10 the grade Of first lieutenant, VIII
remain in his present assignment 10
the 320th Infantry. Second Lieut..
CARLYLE Van B. Funke, Field Artillery
Reserve. whose promotion 10 the grace
of first lieutenant has just been an
nounced. IN assigned to headquarters
of the 155th Field Artillery Brigade;
There is under consideration IN the
War Department steps 10 eIiilltate
from the correspondence scnools an
matter which Is not essential ~ lne
reserve officer when he Is called INTO
act;t,e r>ice These courses are now
beinc studied with a view to making
them more useful and more contrib
4,tory 10 the conference instruction
and active duty training. The lecture
method of instruction is the least eff
cient Of all AMI il is agreed tnat Il
should be employed only when the ap'
nIicatory conference method il imprac'
ticahle. Organization spirit. it Is point
ed out in the War Department. IS
thing to be cultivated, not so much
by the regular officers on duty WITH
the Reserves as by the Reserve ofii-
GERS themselves.
While il is true in theory that ae-
tive duty truining should be entirely
practical instead of only partially SO
reserve officers should bear in mind
that we do not have Regular Army
% 900 men upon which to ercadre
the Reserves when called to active
duty training. 1t is for this reason
than an Infantry battalion of the Reg
uiar Army trains regiments of Reserve
officers during the Summer Among
the proposals which the War Depart
uent has under consideration for i'm
proving the training of the Reserves
are the following: (a) The establish
ment of minimum standard of in
Slruction for each grade and branch
to give a definite objective toward
which correspondence courses. troop
schools and active duty training should
look. Do Revision OF correspondence
courses 10 eliminate uneSsentials and
make them more practical. (c) En-
larging the scope of duties of the unit
Instructor 50 as TO make him more
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