Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

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Due to incomplete data It Is possible
that in rare instances Reserve officers
whose flying ability has deteriorated to
such an extent that 1t Is not possible
to revivify 1t with a short refresher
flying course will be placed on such
active duty. No Reserve offlcer will be
assigned to this duty unless 1t is shown
that he has had considerable recent
flying experience and it is believed that
all officers thus assigned should be able
to fly service type equipment with a
minimum of 10 hours transition fly
ing The fact that Reserve off1cer
has been granted tour of active duty
does not necessarily mean that such
officer must be retained for the fun
period of such duty, If, after a. short
refresher course in flying, 1t Is found
that he is not susceptible to becoming
fully capable Of performing all types
of flying. In view of the limited fly
ing equipment available with tactical
organizations of the Air Corps all Re-
serve officers who do not qualify after
the amount of transition flying will be
reported, through the corps area COM
mander, with recommendation as to
whether or not they should be relieved
from active duty.
District of Columbia Field Artillery
Reserve officers will assemble at the
Fort Myer riding hall today at 9
o'clock under the supervision OF Maj.
John M. Mcdowell.
Local Reserve officers of the judge
advocate generals department will meet
at Reserve headquarters In the OK
ford Hotel Building tomorrow evening.
This conference, which Will be the
last one held until January 8, will be
conducted by Capt. F. P. Shaw.
Plans for the division training Of the
80th Division, of which Washington
Reserve units are a part, call for tactical
exercises of the division. the best avail
able site for which is Fort George @.
Meade, Md. This will apply to In
fantry regiments and field ofncerS OF
Artillery and Engineers. 1t Is believed
that the period August to 10 VIII be
the most suitable for the exercises at
Fort Meade To carry out the exercises
steps will be instituted to provide Tor q
set of tactical exercises to suit the
topography of the Fort Meade section.
In general, these will be formulated
in two sets of exercises, one Tor the
more advanced officers ana the otner
for subalterns and those who have not
had tactical experience fitting them
to solve higher problems. Problems
will be set up that will meet the re-
quirements Of both such classes OF
officers.
AS the Engineer and Artillery regi-
mentS were ordered to active duty In
1929, they will not be so ordered for
duty as units in 1880, but individual
officers who may apply for active duty
at Forts Humphreys and Hoyle will be
ordered there to the extent they can
be accommodated, the Engineer officers
during the months of July and August,
and the Artillery officers at some period
in August. In case officers should be
assigned to the 315th Field Artillery
they can be sent to Tobyhanna, Pa, at
some period for duty with the 10th
Field Artillery Brigade and with
National Guard 155th regiment. The
matter Of training division train officers
is not vet settled. Medical officers can
be accommodated at Carlisle Barracks
during the period of July to 10, 1880.
1t is anticipated that officers of the
Ammunition Train desiring active duty
will be sent to the LIST Ammunition
Train at Fort Hoyle, Md, at some
period during July or August. The pro-
gram for the tactical exercises will be
arranged as promptly as possible and
put in the hands of the instructors and
Reserve officers Of 8Oth Division units
for study during the inactive period. so
that by the time the inactive instruc-
tional period Is over next June. all
Reserve officers of the various arms and
services will be thoroughly familiar with
the program for the tactical exercises.
Washington Reserve headquarters an
nounced last week the following changes
in the assignments of local Preserve
officers: The following have been pIaced
on the emergency officers retired list: