The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-09
HooSier Army Reserve Officers
Close First Training Period
Other Units Begin School
Sunday; ManeuverS
to Be Feature.

CAMP KNOX, KY, Aug. 9--The
first two-week period Of training for
Indiana officers Of the reserve corps
was completed here today.
The final week was not only
crowded full of activity, but proved
very interesting as well.
For the officers Of the coast artil-
lery group, who are receiving anti
aircraft Instruction the final train
ing consisted of range practice at
targets towed behind airplanes. For
this practice 3-inch guns and ma
chine guns we're used. Not only
was instruction given during the
day, but was carried on at night as
well. For the night firing five huge
100000 candle power searchlights
were used to locate the targets.
Planes Tour Targets
The equipment used in this train
ing Is the very latest devised by
army experts.
Regular army airplanes from
Bowman field, which is near Louis
vile, have been used to COW the
target. This target is an eighteen
foot sleeve target made of CLOTH 1t
is fired at by both the three-inch
gun and machine gun.
The Indiana field artillery reserve
officers are rounding out their in
struction also with range work. They
have spent the entire week on the
range, firing the rs nm. gun.
In the cavalry, their final in
Struction has consisted in tactical
problems, firing of the rifle and
pistol and the use of the sabre.
Colonel Daugherty Is Chief
The above three mentioned groups
comprised the greater part of the
Reserve camp. The remainder of the
camp is made up of ordnance, quar-
termaster and medical officers
Their instruction consisted partly
of lectures on subjects of their par
ticular branch and partly in practi-
cal work with the regular units OF
their branch who are on duty at this
camp.
Immediately following the break
ing up of this camp today the sec
ond and last Of these camps will
open.
The instructors and staff are
the same. Colonel A. j. Dougherty
Indianapolis, chief of staff Of the
Eighty-fourth division of the or
gained Reserves, also will be in
command of this camp.
In this last camp about 275 re-
serve officersN will receive instruc-
ton. They will come mainly from
reserve units of the field artillery,
medical corps, signal corps and
quartermaster corpse
StaffS of the Thirty-eighth divi-
sion, composed of Indiana. Ken
lucky and West Virginia national
guards, have carefully drawn up
schedules Of training. which include
frequent tests and inspections.
Hold Combat Tests
On August 18th and 18th there
will be combat tests of war strength
platoonS in preparation for the
division maneuver, all tests to be
judged by a board of officers. The
final review of the division will take
place on Aug. 18th. Immediately fol-
lowing this, there will be ma
neuver in the form of a test of the
previous weeks training. That
night the troops will bivouac in
the presence of the enemy, and
then launch an attack at daybreak
against an entrenched position. The
enemy throughout being the 18th
Engineer Regiment.
This attack will complete the ma
neuver except for critique, to dis
cuss the mistakes and good points
of the exercise. The formal training
will then be practically ended ex-
cept for field inspections the follow
ing day.
Likewise training of the COM
munication troops will eliminate in
a command post exercise on Aug.
10, consisting of a rehearsal of the
division maneuver of the following
day.
The entire day of the national
guardsmen is not devoted to work,
for the afternoons are chucked full
of athletics, preparation for field
meets, and battalion and regimental
ceremonies.