Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24


Mai. Gen. Bridges. GERS occupying this
status, and there
are olite a number of them residing IN
Washington, should be retained on the
active rosters, as their failure 10 I'M
dergo active-duty training is no 1aulI
of their own.
There are two classes of Reserve OH
eers who NAV be considered for reap
pointment by this special procedure
first. those Reserve officers procured Ior
industrial mobilization and. second, an
other Reserve officers. In applying 1or
classification in the first group, the
statement should indicate whether as
signed or procured for industrial mo-
bilization. civil occupation and profess
SIGNAL standing. work done for national
defense. amount and character of mill
tary work during current appointment
period and any other pertinent facts re-
earding the character and value to the
Officers Reserve Corps. Those in the
second group should give, in addition to
the above information. the following
Mobilization assignment, reason for fall
ure to acquire sufficient credits, etc.
The inauguration of this policy, it is
believed, is a step forward toward in
creasing the efficiency Of the Reserve
Corps. as it provides the means Of re-
tanning in the Reserve structure those
officers who, due to no fault of their
own, would otherwise be placed on the
unassigned list.
Appointments in all commissioned
grades in six sections of the Organized
Reserves we're suspended last week by
the War Department, due to the quota
of Reserve officers in these sections be-
10 nYHnntinf1 onnli-
cants eligible and qualified for appoint
ment under Army Regulations 1910
1870 or 350-2200. appointments in all
grades in the sections indicated below
are suspended and no applications for
appointment in those sections will be
forwarded to the department. These
sections are Adjutant Generals Depart
nent Reserve, including appointments
for postal duty; Judge Advocate Cen
erals Department Reserve; Military In
telligence Reserve: Military Police Corps
Reserve: Quartermaster Corps Reserve,
and Signal Corps Reserve. Even trans
fers to these sections are suspended, and
it is desired that no applications for
such transfers be forwarded to the War
Department.
Under the direction of Maj. John A.
washington will meet at the Fort Myer
Riding Hall today at $50 O'Clock for
instruction in equitation Six instruc-
tional conferences will be held this week
by Washington Reserve units. Tomor-
row evening at Reserve headquarters
conferences will be held by reservists of
the Ordnance Department and the
Judge Advocate Generals Department.
Capt. E. G. McGregor. on duty at Fort
Meade, Md, will conduct the ordnance
meeting, at which will be taken up the
equipment for ordnance maintenance
companies. Maj. W. A. Turnbull will
conduct the Judge Advocate General
meeting, the subject of which will be
the punitive articles of war (pages 1885,
191 of the Manual of Courts MartiaD !.
A dinner will be held Tuesday at 1417
New York avenue, at 6 pm, and will
precede the Signal Corps conference to
be held at headquarters. The instruc-
ton will be an extension of the problem
discussed at the February meeting.
Methods of making "cut-over" of a
test station into central and of a CEN
trail to test station, with coincident
unit orders. will be conducted. This
subject involves difficult phase of Sig
nal Corps operations and will prove
interesting and profitable to all officers
and students.
Functions of the construction service,
office of the ouartermaster general, will
be the subject of the Quartermaster
meeting to be conducted next Wednes-
day evening by Maj William A. Daniel
son. Maj. Danielson will also take up
the subject of shelter for troops during
mobilization. The 343d Engineers will
also meet this same evening in the
board room of the District Building to
hear Maj. Brehon Somervell lecture on
engineer reconnaissance No meeting is
scheduled for Thursday, but on next
Friday the Specialist Reserve officers of
the District will meet at headquarters to
hear Maj. Roger Taylor. on duty in the
Office of the Assistant Secretary of War,
lecture on the subject of strategic raw
materials.
Washington Reserve headquarters an
nounced last week the following changes
In the assignments Of Reserve officers
residing in Washington: Capt. Robert
Fl. Stevenson, Infantry Reserve, 2225 N
street, and Second Lieut.. Marcus e
Honey Field Artillery Reserve, State
Department, and Bryon r. Wedemann
Signal Reserve, 1741 Connecticut ave-
nue.. are all assigned to the Both Di-
jr., Air Reserve, Boiling Field, is as
signed to the 409th Attack Squadron
5th Army. The following first lieu
tenants of the Medical Reserve are
assigned to the 364th Medical Regi.
ment, 4th Army: Cedric C. Carpenter
1920 Hopkins street; Depue H. Duffey
1911 Quincy street; Emil S. Goodyear
1701 H street: Edward w. Nickals, 1347
Perry place: Thomas A. Wildman, 420s
Thirty-eighth street; Richard w. Will
kinson, 4700 Sixteenth street, and
Thomas j. Kelly, 500 South Alfred
street, Alexandria, Va; Capt. Lee G
Adcock, Medical Reserve, 1881 Twenty
seventh street, Is assigned to the 18th
General Hospital, zone of communica-
ton, In the capacity of medical ware
officer. Capt. Robert c. Mooney, Medi-
cal Reserve, 1926 NJ street. Is assigned
to the 66th General Hospital, zone Of
the interior. in the capacity Of medi-
cal ward officer.
The following Washington Reserve Of
fcers, having moved beyond the divi.
sion area, are relieved from assignment
to the regiments indicated: Second
Lieuts. Charles r. Hrdlicka, Infantry
Reserve, former address 2l36 o street
is relieved from 320th Infantry; Thoma:
H. Kennedy, Field Artillery Reserve
former address 1888 Sixteenth street
from the 3l3th Field Artillery; Harry
B. Lewis, Air Reserve. former address.
Boiling Field, from 80th Division All
Corps: Frank L. Moore, Infantry Re.
serve, 633 North Columbia street. Alex.