Evening star., 1929-11-17


for promotions, assignment and active
duty training in peace time, is now per-
mitted to return, under proper safe
guards. to the active list. with its
privileges of assignment, active duty
training and promotion. In the case
OF inactive Reserve officers OF both
company and field grade. the eligibility
for transfer to the active list may be
regained at any time that the of1cer
can fulfill the requirements demon
strating his ability and can pass a sat
isfactory physical examination. The
ability requirements are that the ofncer
obtain a certificate of capacity for his
present or for the next higher grade.
or that he obtain official record OF
200 hours credit for correspondence
school work or for work in other mill
tary classes, or that he satisfactorily
completed one of the Reserve officer
courses at one of the general or speciaI
service schools. These credits. 1t VIII
be noted, will have to be gained on
an inactive status.
The privilege of regaining eligibility
for the active list will ordinarily. be
granted only once TO any individual
officer. In case, such privilege is re-
queSted more than once by the same
officer, his application will be accom-
panied by the recommendation OF
board of Reserve officers appointed by
the corps area commander concerned.
This change will take care of a sman
group of desirable officers in the Re
serve that otherwise would have been
lost to the Army 1t has no bearing
on the large number of Reserve officers
who are each year passing to the IL
active list because of the pressure OF
their civilian occupations.
Washington men who will graduate
4rOF,a ho Hf the nllle
Citizens Military Training Camps next
Summer will be interested in the an
nouncement made recently by MAJ.
Gen, Fred w. Sladen, commanding gen.
eral of the Sd Corps Area, of which
Washington is part, pertaining 10
their being commissioned in the o.
ficers' Reserve Corps. Under the pro-
visions of Army Regulations 350-3000,
Gen. Sladen has published list OF
basic course subcourses in the Army
Correspondence School which are re-
quired to be completed by blue course
graduates of the Citizens Military
Training Camps before being commits
stoned in the section or arm OF the
Oficers' Reserve Corps for which they
are candidates.
For commission in the Cavalry sec
ton the subcourses to be completed
are: Nos. /, Cavalry organization; 2,
care of animals; 4, mobilization and
administration: 5, weapons; 8. map
reading and stretching; Z, military SAM
tation and first aid; 8, combat pr1nci.-
ples of the Cavalry rifle squad and
platoon, diSmounted, ana ana 1V'
tactics.
The subcourses to be completed by
blue course graduates for commission
in the Coast Artillery section are:
Nos. /, basic gunnery, part l.. funda-
mental considerations; 2, basic gun,
merry, part 2, errors and probability ana
their relation to artillery firing: $;
weapons and material. part /, fixed
artillery; 3, weapons and artillery, part
2. mobile and anti-aircraft artillery
and. searchlights; 4, fire control ana
position finding for seacoast Artillery:
S. powders. projectiles, primers ana
fuses, and 6, organization.
For comm ssion in the Field Artillery
section the subcourses to be completed
Artillery: No. 2, Elementary Battery
Training (Animal DRAWN; or, No "a,
Elementary Battery Training motor
izedl: No. 3, Mobilization and Admin
stration: No. 4. Map Reading and
Sketching; No. 5, Artillery Movements
tMounted) No. 4, Field Artillery Am
murrition, and No. 9, Care OF Animals
and Stable Management.
The fol owing subcourses are 10 oe
conanIeted sOr commission in the Infan-
try section No /, map Reading, organ
ization, Troop Movements and Shelter:
No. -, Scouting and Patrolling and
Weapons and Musketry; No. 3, Mooln-
cation and Administration. FOR tne
company officers course the following
subcourseS are prescribed: NO: l, Solu-
tion of Map Problems, Field Fortlflca-
tion and Defensive Combat, and No. 8,
Combat Orders. Solution of Map Prob
lens. Tank Operations and Special
Operations.
For commission in the Signal Corps
the following subcourses are to be COM
pleted for all candidates: NO. 2, Elec-
tricity and Magnetism No. D, Map
Reading; No. z, Wire Communlcatlons.
in addition to above, are: No. 9, Line
Construction, and No. Q, Signal Corps
Company Officers' Course, and practlcal
anplication of electricity and magne-
tisn1. In addition to the above, radio
specialists should complete the foilow-
ing subcourseS: No. Z, Signal corps
Company Officers' Course ana Princl-
pies of Radio, and No. IL, Basic course
of Radio Communication.
When any Washington Citizens
Military Training Camp student has
cor1pleted all the subcourses re-
ouired for commission in the arms IN
which he is a candidate, that fact VIII
be reported TO InlrQ CORPS AREA Hcdu~
nlarters in Baltimore in order that steps
NAV be initiated toward having the
candidate commissioned in the Ofhcers
Reserve Corps.
Field Artillery Reserve officers OF
Washington will meet today at
O'Clock at Fort Myer for instruction IN
euuitation, under the direction OF MAJ;
John M. Mcdowell. Six instructional
conferences will be held this week by
Reserve Units of washington, VIZ: 4l6tn
Infantry, 320th Infantry, 3l3th Field
Artillery, 80th Division staff, 3O6th ca
alrv and the Quartermaster Corps. To-
morrow evening at headquarters, the
42Sth Infantry. Lieut.. Col. west a.
Hamilton commanding. will hold lts
conference, at which will be taken up,
under the direction of Maj. Andres
Iopez. Infantry, battalions and regi-
Tnents in attack. Maj. Lopez will also
conduct the 320th Infantry conference
on tuesday evening, at which will be
discussed the supply of Infantry units
in campaign and the regiment IN de-
The 313th Field Artillery. Col. Leroy
" Heron. commanding, will hold 1ts
conference at headquarters "Wednesday
evening. at which will be taken up the
battalion detail and reconnaissance,
SELECTION and occupation of position by
q battalion. This meeting will be con-
Quoted by Mai. John M. Mcdowell,
Eichtieth Division staff officers of
the District of Columbia will meet
ThurSday evening under the direction