Evening star., 1928-10-21


zation and the ability to accomplish the
war mission of each unit. The con-
ference and school work of the year
will be conducted with a special view to
the active duty tour in case one Is
scheduled, and corps area headquar-
ters, Gen. Sladen points out IN his
training instructions, will endeavor to
assign as many Washington Reserve
officers as possible to active duty in the
1929 Summer camps. Correspondence
schools will be conducted under Army
regulations 350-3,000 War Department
annual announcement of courses, ana
correspondence school memorandum NO.
/, Sd Corps Area. With this announce
ment by Gen. Sladen of just what Will
compose the 1929 fiscal year training
serve officers, together with the prepa-
ration by most of the Washington Re-
serve units of their instructional as
sembly programs for the 1929 season,
the Reserve component in Washington
has settled down to its Fall Winter and
Spring inactive duty training prepara-
tory to their active duty camp training
next Summer. The programs have
been prepared with great care and the
conferences up to the present time have
been largely attended,
Signal Corps Reserve officers of
Washington will inaugurate their 1928
90 instructional assembly program
Tuesday evening at local Reserve head
quarters, under the supervision of Mai.
c. N. Sawyer. The program includes
eight conferences in all, one each
month, from october to and including
next Ma During October, November,
December and January. Maj. Sawyer
will be assisted by Maj. Harry w. Hart
and Capts Willis r. Lansford, George
H. Foster and Guy M. Church, all local
Signal Reserve officers, while from Feb
ruary to May he will be assisted by Maj.
j. M. Hutchins. Signal Reserve. The
objectives of the l928-29 inactive Sig
nal Reserve conferences are as follows:
(a) To prepare Signal Reserve units for
their 1929 active duty; (b) to place a
portion of the burden of the conduct of
these conferences directly on unit COM
manders during the period in demon
Stration teaching, Co to provide the
possible opportunity for better selection
of c. M. T. c. candidates and (D to
insure sufficient variety of instruction
at each conference that there will be
instruction for all All conferences will
meet at headquarters at 1880 pm. and
close at $50 pm. The subjects Of the
first conference, to be held Tuesday
evening are rules for instructors on
first appearance before class, demon
stration teaching. the subject of which
will be training linemen, and Signal
Corps organization for corps and divi-
sions. The remaining conferences and
the subjects to be taken up thereat are:
November 27-Gaining the confidence
and keeping attention of students, op-
Grating a tactical net of BD-9 and lis,
and tactical disposition for division In
a meeting engagement: December 2l-
opportunities for initiative by Reserve
officers in G. M. T. C. training. installa-
ton of simplex circuits for buzzer phone
and EE-76 and tactical dispositions for
division in attack
January 29-Principles used in or
ganizing C. M. T. c. for second period
EE-65 test set, and tactical dispositions
for a division in defense. February IS
Meeting c. M. T. c. groups, first days
problem for C. M. T. c. in 1929. and
division signal communications in at
tack March 26-Planning instruction
for "cutover" in advance. division sig
nal communications for defense. April
23-Details OF corps signal battalion
operations and corps signal communica-