Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12


the various branches of The Army
will begin tomorrow in the office of the
Assistant Secretary Of War IA days of
active duty training in connection with
procurement activities. This group of
reservists who will undergo this train
ing consists of one colonel. four lieu
tensnt colonies, eight majors and three
captains They are as follows:
Col. Edward II. Moeller, Engineer Re-
ternnaster Reserve; Burt E. Grabo, Sig
nal Reserve; Richard Stockton, IT.,
Quartermaster Reserve, and John P.
Frey, Specialist Reserve.
Majs. Morris c. Burnside, Air Re-
serve Kenneth r. Elwell, Chemical
warfare Reserve: Jep c. Hardigg, Ord
nance Reserve; Spencer G. Kuhn, Ord
nance Reserve; Harry. I. Lewis, Ord
nance Reserve: Donald M. Liddell, Air
reserve; Ignatius L. Mccarthy, Quar-
termaster Reserve Albert G. Peter, Ord
nance Reserve, and Capts. Afford G.
Canar, Specialist Reserve; Edwin F.
Knauf, Quartermaster Reserve, and
George K. Perkins, Specialist Reserve.
Instructions were issued last week
by Maj. Gen. c. H. Bridges, adiutant
general of the Army, governing the
transfer of Military Police Reserve of
ficers to the Infantry Reserve. In view
of the limitations placed upon the pro-
curement of Military Police Corps Re-
serve officers, such officers, If desired for
assignment to Military Police Corps
units authorized under the peacetime
procurement objective, will be given an
opportunity to qualify for transfer to
the Infantry Reserve, as prescribed in
Army Regulations, 1905 It Is considered
and held in the War Department that
no advantage accrues to officers trans
ferred under this authority. Vacancies
in Military Police units, personnel of
which, under tables of organization, is
restricted to the Infantry, are considered
as vacancies in the Infantry Reserve
for the purpose of effecting these trans
fers or for the purpose of promotion
within such units.
tions. 1905, the War Department has
placed a new Interpretation on the
physical examinations of Air Corps Re-
serve officers. The report of physical
examination required for each Reserve
officer recommended for promotion will
be made on War Department, A. @. o.,
form No. SO. However. should a flying
officer of the Air Corps Reserve have
had a satisfactory report of physical
examination on form No. "a within the
year such report may be accepted by the
corps area commander, in which case
the form will be, forwarded with the
recommendation for promotion.
Cavalry Reserve officers residing in
the District of Columbia will meet to-
day at Fort Myer. Va, riding hall at
$3.50 am. for instruction in equitation
under the direction of Maj. John A.
conferences will be held at local Re-
serve headquarters tomorrow evening.
The ordnance conference, to be con-
Quoted by Lieut.. E. w. Smith, o. D.,
will take up the Ordnance Company,
light maintenance and special main
tenance facilities. Chemical warfare
tactics and the Chemical Warfare Com
pany will be discussed at the chemical
warfare conference, which will be con-
Quoted by Capt. E. F. Bullene, C. w. S.
Tuesday evening the Air Corps con-
ference will be held in room 1857, Mu-
nitions Building. Twentieth and B
streets. The same evening Coast Ar
tillery Reserve officers of Washington
will hold their conference at local Re-
serve headquarters. Oficers Of the
313th Field Artillery, Col Leroy w.
headquarters next Wednesday evening.
Thursday evening officers of the 80th
Division staff and the I'd Squadron of
the 306th Cavalry will meet at head
quarters.
Field Artillery Reserve officers of
washington win meet January 10 at 8
o'clock at the riding hall at Fort Myer.
Beginning tomorrow, Maj Norbert
Lyons and First Lieut.. John p. KaSper,
both Military Intelligence Reserve ON
GERS, will undergo IA days active duty
training in the ONCE of the assistant
chief Of staff, CO..
In addition to his other duties in
Washington, Maj. Howard Eager, Field
Artillery, has been detailed to duty with
the Organized Reserves and is assigned
to the 315th Field Artillery (I55-mili-
meter howitzer), 80th Division. He will
report to Col. Melville S. Jarvis. In
fantry. senior instructor of the Organ
lied Reserves in Washington.