Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-30
Organized Reserves

A number of Reserve officers residing
IN the District who, through no real
fault of their own, have been compelled
to pass to the inactive list, with ineii-
gibility for promotion, assignment and
active duty, training will be interested
to learn that a change has been made
in the Army regulations that will re-
store worthwhile reservises to their
active-list status. For some time it has
been felt that some practical provision
should be made that would permit the
return of these officers, under proper
safeguards, to the active list, with its
privileges of assignment, active duty
training and promotion This has now
been accomplished by the provisions of
changes No. l of Army Regulations
140-5, which has just been distributed
Inactive Reserve officers of both COM
pany and field grade may regain eliSi-
piijty for transfer to the active list at
any time that they can fulfill the rc
1uirements demonstrating their ability
and can pass satisfactory physical
examination. The ability requirements
are that the officer 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 military classes. or that he sat-
isfactorily completed one of the Reserve
officer courses at one of the general or
special service schools. All of these
credits, however, must be gained on an
inactive status
This change in the regulations will
take care of a small group of desirable
officers that otherwise would have been
lost to the Army. It has no bearing OH
the large number of Reserve officers who
are each year passing to the inactive
list due to lack of interest in their OBJ
legations. but the change adopted by the
War Department is for the purpose Of
permitting worthwhile reservists who,
through no fault of their own, have
been placed on the inactive list to be
transferred to the active list. The
change is in accord with one of the
recommendations of the advisory COM
mittee of Reserve officers which con-
vened at the War Department last
Summer.
Sixteen officers of the 80th Division
staff will undergo their active-duty
training this Summer at Fort George
G, Meade, Nd, beginning July 7 and
concluding July 20. The training
schedule this year will consist of a con-
tinuous problem in three phases. sup
plemented by tank demonstrations and
problems involved IN mechanical force.
The problem of the first three phases
will include (a) movement OF the d1v1-
sion by marching and motor transport
to vicinity of Fort Meade, (b) the at
tack of the division and Co the division
in defense. Due to the fact that only
a limited number Of texts and equip
ment are available, officers possessing
any of the following items are requested
to bring them to camp: Combat orders;
tables of organization; reference data,
command, staff and logistics; volumes
/ and of tactics of technique of sepa-
rate branches; tactical principles and
decisions: field glasses; Humphrey
scales; map measurers and compasses.
Some post transportation can be Sc
cured for reconnaissance, but it is be-
lieved that officers who bring their pri-
vate cars will find them convenience.
The officers who will undergo this
training are Col. Harry c. Christian,
Infantry Reserve; Lieut.. Coils. John S.
Doyle. Engineer Reserve; Robert P.
Parrot, Judge Advocate General Re
eral Reserve; Oswald L. Cole and Junius
E. Dunford, both Infantry Reserve;
Majs. Thomas Leonard, Bernard S.
McMahan, TheophiluS K. Harrison,
Stuart G. Hopper and Capt. John r.
Kerrick, IT., all QuartermaSter Reserve,
and Majs. Joseph D. Stout, Medical Re-
serve: Ralston Flemming, Judge Ad-
vocate General Reserve, and Charles
Demonet, Ordnance Reserve. The re-
this camp are Capt. William j. Holli-
man, Judge Advocate General Reserve,
and First Lieut.. Brown v. A. York,
Military Intelligence Reserve.
Two officers have declined their re-
appointment in the OficerS' Reserve
Corps without the privilege of assign
ment, active duty or nromotion, due to
the fact that the pressure of their civil
ian pursuits prevents their active par
ticipation in the Reserve movement.
They are Capt. Henry P. Ward, Chemi-
cal Warfare Reserve, 2713 Seventeenth
street northeast, and First Lieut..
Thomas L. Peyton, Field Artillery Re
serve, 44l9 watkins avenue, Bethesda,
Md.
Rabbi William F. Rosenblum of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation has
been appointed a first lieutenant in
the chaplain section Of the Oficers'
Reserve Corps.
The following Reserve officers of
Washington and vicinity have been re-
appointed in the Of1cers' Reserve Corps
as indicated: Col. Luther H. Reichel-
derfer, Medical Reserve, 1861 Crescent
place; Capt Frank B. Schlosser, Finance
Reserve, 2101 New Hampshire avenue;
Capt Eugene L. Lindsey, Engineer Re-
serve, Braddock Heights, Alexandria,
Va; First Lieut. Craig L. Reddish,
Finance Reserve, 301 Tudor Hall, and
First Lieut.. Chester M Reich, Infantry
Reserve, $50 Massachusetts avenue
northeast, and Capt Percy w. Phillips,
Field Artillery Reserve, Earle Building.
Washington Reserve headquarters an
nounced last week the following
changes in the assignments of local
reservists: Having moved to the 4th
Corps Area, Lieut.. Col. Horace c.
Dodge, Medical Reserve, 1911 Fairmont
street, is relieved from assignment to
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