Evening star., 1928-01-15
Civilian Army News

With the selection of William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor. as civilian aide
to the Secretary of War for the 1928
Citizens Military Training Camps
procurement campaign for the Dis
trict of Columbia. and that of Charles
Demonet, S10S Cathedral avenue north
as an executive officer. plans are NOV
ing forward for the inauguration Of
the 1928 procurement activities. The
1927 Quota for the District of Column
hia Citizens Military Training Camps
was zoo. but this quota was later in
creased to SOC. 1t is expected that the
1925 plan will be announced this
month.
County Chairmen will he supplied
with application blanks and litera-
Iure by the chiefs of staff in charge
OF procurement districts or the assoc
ciate county chairmen who arc reSu-
lar officers designated as representa- =
tives Of the chiefs ct procurement
districts, to assist the county chair
men. For the District of Columbia.
the 1925 committeeman for the Clu-
yens' Military Training Camps, are;
Walter {. Clephane. Wilkins kuild-
ing; Wallace NJ. Craigie. Edgemoor,
Md: lssac Cans. Seventh street ana
Pennsylvania avenue, Eh n, Hei'
mick. S506 Garfield street north
west: {. II. Hites. Post FulidlnS;
Sterling Kerr. iSS Third street
northwest: John j, Payette. II. Ma :
ther Building: John +. Shoemaker
SIS n street southwest; DIR. Chafies
=. White, 1901 ! street northwest:
AKA NnnTna street
northwest. and f. r. Van Hise, Vet
erans' Bureau.
WASHINGTON reserve officers or the
Field Artillery arm will meet at .
O'Clock this morning at the stables
Of the 18th Field Artillery. Fort
Nyer. Va. for instruction in equita-
tion under the direction of Maj. w.
r Woodward, +. A.. adJutant AT
WASHINGTON Reserve headquarters.
Officers of the 43Sth Infantry will
assemble at Reserve headquarters to-
morrow evening for their instruc-
tioual conference. the subject OF
which will be the rife company in
attack. under the direction OF Maj
Albert :. j. Tucker. Infantry. There
will also he a map and SAND TAME
problem. These same subjects VIII
he taken up by the 32oth Infantry
TUESDAY evening under Majs. Tucker
and Lemly.
Local Reserve officers Of the 3l3th
Field Artillery. Col. Leroy W. HERON.
commanding. will have a reGimental
dinner at l105 Fourteenth street north
west. preceding their training as
semhlv at Reserve headquarters We'd
nesdav evening. The subject of the
conference will be elements g. the
trajectory and use of dispersion scale
and of firing tables. The texts cover
irc the subjects to be taken UP at this
conference are: Paragraphs / TO O..
Training Regulations 43o-s5 and pages
10 1e. and all tables A. Firing Tables
as nm. gun. model 1897.
Medical Reserve officers OF the Dis
trict of Columbia will meet al head.
quarters Thursday evening. The medi-
cal field and staff officers will meet
under the direction of Lieut.. Col.
Thaddeus S. Troy. Medical Reserve.
and will hold a critique from to
S:l5 pm. orientation from sis 10
$50. From $50 to 10 pm. map prob
lem No. 1. will be taken up. The
medical company officers. meeting
under the direction OF Mai. Albert
Bags. Medical Reserve, will likewise
hold critiQue and orientation. but
will take up map problem No. .. Next
Sunday Cavalry Reserve officers Of
Washington will meet at Fort Myer
at 10 O'Clock for instruction in equi.
tation under Maj r. L. Gaugler. O. ID.
Washington Reserve headquarters
announced last week the following
changes in the assignments affecting
local Reserve officers Capt William 4
Mckee, Chaplain Reserve. relieved
from assignment to the ed Cavalry
Division. capt. William NJ I.aRoche
Quartermaster Reserve. having ac.
cepied reappointment in the Officers
Reserve Corns v-ifhoi,t privilere of as.