Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-10
Organized Reserves

Instructions were issued last week by
Mai. Gen. C. H. Bridges, adjutant
general of the Army, governing the pro-
| motion of Reserve officers detailed to
| the inspector generals department. It
is prescribed in Army regulations No.
| 1905 that the promotion of Reserve Of
flcers detailed for duty with the inspec-
tor generals department will be MADE
only in the section in which they are
commissioned. In view OF this, promo
ton Of Reserve officers detailed to the
inspector generals department Reserve,
or whose detail to the inspector gener-
ais department Reserve, must be to I'LL
vacancies in the sections In which they
hold appointments and not based upon
vacancies In the inspector generals de-
partment.
Previous instructions issued by the
War Department governing the assign
ment of Reserve officers to general stah
positions on brigade and division stats
has been modified so that In time of
peace each corps area commander may,
at his discretion, assign Regular Army
brigade commanders in addition to their
other duties, or Reserve general ohcers
to the command of each Reserve div1-
sion and may require them to inspect
the training Of the divisions and such
other troops as may be placed under
them.
In general, one Regular Army officer
is to be assigned to the headquarters OF
each Infantry and of each Cavalry OIL
vision as chief of staff and instructor
In so far as possible, three officers OF
the Regular Army will be assigned TO
each Infantry Reserve division and two
Regular officers to each Cavalry Re-
serve division as instructors. Where
suitably qualified Reserve ofhcers are
available, the new instructions further
provide that they will be assigned
as administrative, technical. or sup
ply star officers of Reserve divi-
sions. Reserve officers so assigned to
general staff positions should be prefer
ably from among those whose names
are borne on the general staff corps
eligible list or who have completed sat-
isfactorily courses of instruction at the
command and general staff schools.
Reserve officers who are given mobil1-
ration assignments to general stan 20.
sitions with divisions will be so detailed
for periods of four years each with
minimum of one year interval between
details.
washington Reserve officers of Cav
airy will assemble at Fort Myer today
at $50 am. to receive instruction in
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John A. ConSidine, Cavalry.
Four Institutional conferences will be
held this week by as many Washington
Reserve units-viz., Ordnance Depart
ment, Chemical Warfare Service, Air
Corps and the Finance Department.
Tomorrow evening, at local Reserve
headquarters, Ordnance Reserve ON
GERS of the District of Columbia will
hold their conference, under the
direction of Lieut.. Edward w. Smith,
the subject Of which will be the equip
ment of the maintenance company of
an Infantry division. Local Chemical
Warfare Reserve officers will also meet
this same evening, under Mai. William
N. Porter, Chemical Warfare Service,
at which will be discussed the solution
of map problems
Maj. Douglas B. Netherwood, Air
Corps, will conduct the Air Corps con-
ference Tuesday evening, at which win
be taken up the new observation air.
plane, its mission, etc. The place of
meeting for the inactive training Of Air
Corps Reserve officers of Washington
for the. l929-30 school year has been
designated as room 1857, Munitions
Building, Twentieth and B streets. This
room is equipped with a motion picture
projecting machine, and 1t is desired
to include motion pictures on various
Air Corps subjects as part of the in
struction during the school year.
Local Finance Reserve officers will
meet Thursday evening at the Finance