Evening star., 1931-12-06
Organized Reserves

The first I'd Squadron, 3O6th Cav
airy dinner and conference of the 1881
80 training year will be given Wednes-
day at the Racquet Club, at 7 pm.
Col. John Phillip Hill, reg,mental COM
mander, will act as POSTMASTER
Among the\, distinguished guests will
be Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley,
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecti-
cut Representative Percy E. Ouin of
Mississippi, and Capts. L. H. Truscott
H. j. Fitzgerald c. H. Palmer and
George I. Smith, all Regular Cavalry
officers. The committee in charge
of the arrangements is composed of
Capt. Albert J. McCurdy jr., and
I'd Lieuts. William / Irby jr., and
Ernest H. Daniels, all of the 3O6th
Cavalry. This conference is a 3O6th
Cavalry formation and Reserve officers,
as well as the enlisted Reserve members
of the regiment, should wear their
uniform if possible.
Cavalry Reserve officers of the Dis
, trict will meet at the Fort Myer riding
hall today at Sis am, for instruction
in equitation under the direction of
Maj. H. c. Dagley.
Reserve quartermaSterS will hold
their conference at Washington Re
serve headquarters tomorrow evening,
during the course of which Mai H. A.
Kroner will lecture on China. On this
same evening at headquarters, Capt. E.
P. II. Gempel will conduct the chemical
warfare service conference. the subject
Of which will be map and aerial pho
tograph reading.
Capt. C. P. Prime will conduct the
Air Corps conference for Washington
Reserve officers of that arm at head
t1pxt rT1tocIau CT
Artillery reserve officers of the District
will meet this same evening at the
Army and Navy Country Club for a
dinner and conference, to be conducted
by Capt. T. J. Bolts, who will lecture
on the Manchurian situation. The
speaker of the evening will be Mai.
Gen. John w. Gulick, chief of Coast
Artillery.
Military Intelligence Reserve officers
of the District will meet at local Re-
serve headquarters Wednesday evening
during which Lieut.. Col. P. V. Kieffer,
officer in charge of Press Relations of
the War Department, will discuss pub
lie relations.
Ordnance Maintenance in the Field
will be discussed by Capt. j. w. Wal
ters, at the Ordnance conference at
headquarters Thursday evening.
Reserve finance officers of the Dis
trict will hold their instructional con-
ference Thursday evening, during the
course of which Maj. K. P. Lord and
Mai. j. R. Borrios will discuss topics of
interest to finance officers. Maj. Lord
will lecture on the procurement of
funds by the War Department while
Mai. BorrioS will discuss public funds
and the laws and regulations governing
procurement and disbursement methods
of keeping, transferring and deposit.
Now that a year has passed since the
Inauguration Of the policy on october !,
1880, whereby promotions in the Or
ganized Reserve Corps were placed en-
tirely upon the basis Of military quail
fications, it can be said that the re-
action of the Reserve Corps to this
long needed policy has been entirely IA
vorable. This procedure requires an
affirmative showing of military knoWl-
edge as determined by examination and
of military ability as determined by
practical tests Although it Is admitted
that reasonable opportunity exists in
the Reserve Corps for the advancement
of officers qualifying for promotion, at
the same time the higher grades in q
few services are still blocked by the
excessive number of appointments IN
the senior grades made during the first
years Immediately following the World
War. A continuation of the applica-
ton of the present policy will correct
this condition by 1888
Another policy being followed by the
War Department that is destined to
promote organizational spirit in the
Reserve Corps is the administration OF
Reserve organizations as units Dur
ing the early days or the Reserve |
project, the department found it neces-
sary. to a considerable extent, to deal
with Reserve officers individually With |
the development of Reserve organiza
tions, however, the war Department |
has found that it is more feasible to |
administer them as units and policy |
to this effect is being followed in the |
department.
including both the active and mac |
tive lists, the commissioner Strengtn |