Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
Organized Reserves

Eight Institutional conferences COM
! pose the 1930-31 inactive duty train
ing of District Chemical Warfare Re-
serve officers, the first of which will be
held at local Reserve headquarters, in
the Walker johnson Building, 1884 New
date Maj. William NJ Porter, G. w. S.,
executive officer, Office of the chief
of Chemical Warfare Service, will
conduct the conference, which will
consist of an orientation talk on
the chemical Winter course At
the conference to be held on No
vemher Is Capt. E. p. H. Gem
pei, C. w. s., will discuss the mission
of chemical troops, while on December
II, the last meeting of the 1880
calendar year, the subject will be re-
cent chemical progress of the Chemical
Warfare Service. This assembly will be
conducted by Capt. A. H. Wait, G. w. S.
The 1881 part of the chemical con-
ference program will begin on January
8, 1881, under the direction of Capt
Compel, the subject of which will be
company, battalion and regimental
chemical warfare tactics Capt Gem
pei will again be in charge of the
program on February IL, at which will
be discussed chemical warfare and its
relation to all arms. On March IL
Maj. Gen. H. L. Gilchrist, chief of
Chemical Warfare Service, will talk to
the local Chemical Warfare Reservists
on the branch as a whole while on
April 8 Mai. Alexander Wilson, G. w. s.,
chief of the personnel section office of
the chief of Chemical Warfare Service,
will lecture on chemical warfare train
ing in the Army. The concluding con-
ference of the season will be held on
May IA, under the direction of Maj.
F. X. English, G. w. S., who will lee
ture on chemical warfare supply prob
lens.
Approval has been given by Col Mel
vile S. Jarvis, Infantry, senior in
structor of the Organized Reserves in
Washington, of the 1930-31 inactive
duty training schedule for Air Corps
Reserve officers residing in the District
of Columbia. The schedule of the eight
conferences that will compose the in
active training of local Air Corps Re-
serviSts will begin on October IA, at
which will be discussed the progress
made in aviation since the armistice.
The dates on which the remaining con-
ferences will be held, together with the
subjects that will be discussed thereon,
are: November IL, How Pilots are
Made at the Air Corps Training Cen
ter; December 9, THE Value to Re-
serve Officers of a Tour of Extended
Active Duty: January 10, 1881, 1.-The
Air Corps Maneuvers at Mather Field
in $780,: February 10, How the Air
Corps Works With the Other Com
blatant Arms; March 10, Recent De-
velopments in Aerial Navigation" and
April IA, discussion of recent laws and
regulations affecting the Organized Re-
serves. The concluding conference of
the 1930-1931 season will be held on
May IL, but it has not been decided
up to this time what the subject matter
for this assembly will consist of. In
all probability, it will be in the nature
of a general review of the entire sea-
sons work Neither is it known at
this writing what instructor will be des-
ignated to conduct the meetings. Maj.
Douglas B. Netherwood, A. c.. on duty
in the Office of the chief of Air Corps,
was designated for this duty, but, as
recommendation was recently made by
his office for his relief from duty with
the Organized Reserves, it appears that
another officer will conduct the inactive
duty training during the coming season
of Washington Air Corps Reserve Of
ficers.