Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Organized Reserves

With the beginning of the first 1880
camp for Reserve Officers Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia less than a week
away, it will be of interest to Reservists
of the District to know what items of
uniform and equipment they should
| take to camp with them. For dis
| mounted officers on field duty, the fol-
lowing items should be taken to camp:
Service hat, olive drab shirt, plain
black cravat with lapel collar coat.
service coat, service breeches, russell
leather shoes, boots, either leather or
spiral leggins. officers belt and service
ribbons. The latter will not be worn
with olive drab shirt. When the service
uniform with olive drab shirt and with
out coat is authorized. except in the
field, plain black cravat, tied four
finland, will be worn.
The articles listed below are required
to make up the full field outfit, and
they will be furnished to Reserve OFF,
GERS on memorandum receipt when re-
quired by the nature of the service.
They are: Pistol with holster and 81
rounds Of ammunition), magazine
pocket, first aid packet with pouch),
Musette bag containing meat can
knife, fork and SPOON, canteen, field
glasses except for Air Corps pilots :,
compass, watch, notebook and pencils.
and whistles, which will be carried by
company officers and battalion COM
manders of Infantry
Mounted officers will be equipped with
the same items, emitting the Musette
bag containing meat can, etc), and
adding the following items: Riding
gloves or gauntlets of buckskin or other
suitable gray material, spurs with straps
or with straps and chain, saddle, saddle
blanket and saddle cloth, pommel and
cantle pockets Containing meat can,
knife, fork and SPOON, surcingle or
cooling strap, feed bag, currycomb and
horse brush.
The adopted standard of cloths for
ofncers' uniforms is as follows: For
olive drab coats, breeches, trousers and
caps-cotton, 6s ounce; gabardine,
1918 ounce; serge, Is ounce; barathea,
| 16 ounce, and whipcord, 16 ounce. The
following is prescribed for nght-colored
| breeches: Bedford cord, 26 ounce:
elastique, 26 ounce, and elastique, 1918
ounce.
Reserve officers not on active duty,
who do not reside near a depot sales
store or other point of supply, should
submit written requests for purchases
to the officers in charge of depot sales
stores or other supply points. All re-
quests for purchases must be accom-
panied by proper means to identifica-
ton establishing the fact that the per-
son making the request is a Reserve
officer. The officer making the request
will certify that the articles are for his
own personal use, and that application
for purchase is made under Army regu-
lations. The request should list the
articles desired, and will state what
number of articles requested, If any,
have been previously purchased from
the Government. When these formali-
ties have been completed, the officer
will be informed what articles desired
| are available, the cost thereof and the
manner in which payment should be
made. Upon payment in accordance
with instructions, the articles will be
shipped.
The following Medical Reserve on
GERS, residing In the District, will be
on active duty for period Of IA days
at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, effective July
8: MATS Joseph d. Stout, 1885 I street,
and James n. Defandorf, 4501 Leland
: street, Chevy Chase, Nd; Capt. Irving
z. Tier, 1891 Spring place, and the