Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

An indication of the increasing inter-
est taken by Reserve officers In their OBJ
legations Is seen In the fact that during
the past four years the enrolment in
these courses has increased 66.6 per
cent. The la28-29 enrolment reached
q total Of 1880, which is nearly 1000
more than the enrolment for the pre-
cedfng year. The Infantry, with IL. Isl
students, had the largest enrolment, as
In 1925-26. The Field Artillery was
second with 5,182, as compared with
2,855 IN 1885, while the Medical De-
partment was third with an enrolment
Of 1892 students, in comparison with an
enrolment of 1886 in 1925-26. Next
was the Quartermaster Corps, with a
total enrolment of 2.411, which shows
q decrease as compared with an enroll
ment of 2,416 in 1925-26.
Almost all of the arms and services
show very marked increase in enroll
1nent of students during the past four
years, but three Of the services, how
ever, exhibit a decreased enrolment.
The largest decrease is in the adjutant
generals department. which last year
had q registration of 306 students, as
contrasted with 428 in 1e25-26. The
331 students in 1925-26. but last year
this number had dropepd to 288. The
Quartermaster Corps, which had 2,416
students in 1925-26, increased to 2,736
in 1926-27, dropped to 2,286 in 1929,
and showed an increase in 1928-29 to
2,411, which figure is less than the en-
rollment four years ago.
While the above figures show a de-
gree of lr%crest that is highly pleasing,
they are not full index of the amount
Of training that Reserve officers are
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Less than half of the students enrolled
in the correspondence schools complete
one or more SubcourSeS in given
school year. In 1925-26 there were H.
976 students who completed a total of
1872 subcourses, in 1926-27 13,483
students completed 1886 subcourses,
while In 1929 there were 1906
students who completed 32403 sub
courses In 1928-29 there was slight
decrease, 1881 students completing
30,481 subcourses, which gives an aver
age of 1.6 subcourses to a student This
decrease in subcourses completed last
year is explained by the fact that, owing
to shortage of funds, there was quite
q little delay on the part Of the War
Department in getting out the lessons
for the various courses.
Col. Melville S. Jarvis, Infantry, senior
Instructor of the Organized Reserves IN
Washington, approved last week the
1929-30 inactive duty training program
of the 428th Infantry, Lieut.. Col. West
A. Hamilton, commanding, which regi-
ment is the only colored Reserve regi-
ment in the District of Columbia. The
three Regular Army instructors who will
have charge of the instruction during
Maj. William A.. Jones and Capt. An
dres Lopez, all Infantry officers who are
on duty at local Reserve headquarters.
The first assembly of the season will be
held September 80, at which Lieut.. Col.
c. B. Moore will discuss mobilization.
The other conferences, together with
the dates, subject and instructor, are as
follows:
At the conference to be held october
II Capt. Lopez will take up the organi-
cation of the ground, to include regi-
mental section, battalion and regimental
reserve lines, boundary between bat
talionS and regiments, centers of resist
ance,- position of supporting artillery,
and sand-table instruction. Col. Moore
will conduct the meeting to be held
November 4, at which will be discussed
the organization of the ground. strong
points of company command posts, sup
port lines, squad trenches, lines of fire
of machine guns, targets for Howitzer
weapons, barrage areas of supporting
artillery, and boundaries between 'front.'
line companies. Command post exercise,
actual set-up for regiment and bat
talions and the regiment in attack will
be taken up by Maj. Jones at the con-
ference to be held November 10. Two
conferences have been arranged for the
month. Of December, Capt. Lopez con-
Quoting the one on December 3, at
which will be discussed the supply Of
Infantry units in campaign, while Maj.
Jones will hold the December Is confer