Evening star., 1933-10-08
/ Marine Corps Reserves

6eglnnlng this week, officers and non.
commissioned officers of the 9Th Marine
Reserve Brigade will embark upon an
arououS Winter season OF attendance at
brigade schools, 458 Indiana avenue
Lieut.. Col. j. j. Staley. commanding
the 9th Marines, announced Yesterday.
The purpose Of the officers schools is
to assist and stimulate officers in the
completion of the courses in which they
are enrolled in Marine Corps CORE
spondence schools at Quantico and to
review and bring up to date the officers
knoWledge OF his profession by progress
slVe instruction in its various phases.
The scope of the officers courses in
cludes IS hours of homework. % hours
OF class room duty and % optional
hours In the class room, together with
80 hours of field work at Quantico in
musketry. combat firing and tactical
walks, four hours armory practice in
the operation of a battalion command
post.
The course also includes map and
aerial Photographic reading (topog-
raphy), weapons and musketry, scout
ing and patrolling, combat principles,
defense against chemical warfare. sani-
tation and flrst-aid. solution of map
problems, combat orders, offensive COM
bat OF small infantry units, defensive
combat and organization of the ground.
command. staff and logistics, landing
force operations, troop movements and
shelter
The officers courses are divided in two
classes, the first or junior class, which
consists of First Lieuts. John w. Au-
gust1ne, Francis j. Donohue, Ralph S.
Nagle, Joseph E. OBrien, Wilfred J.
SerpaS, Archibald G. Slaymaker, Ben
Jam1n M. Stern, Wolcott E. Waggamon;
Second Lieuts. Robert H. Adams, jr.:
James w. Bayne. George A. Brace,
William j. Burrows. Justice M. Cham
bers. Robert E. Copes, Ivan R. Edwards,
Patrick j. Haltigan, jr: Peter w. Hazes,
James A. Hennessy, Rex R. Hill. Earl
2. Holmes. Daniel J. Murphy, Otho L.
Rogers Hillary C. Rowe, John W. San
derson, Henry A. SchWeinhaut, Brad
ford Swope and Ralph NJ King.
The second or senior class consists Of
Majs. Percy l.. Crosby. Earl C. Lane.
Harvey L. Miller. Chauncey G. Parker,
Jr.; Vincent E. Stack, Lucian H. Van
doren; Capts. Frank L. Ach, John B.
Berry. Ralph B. De Witt, Francis R.
Geraci. Thomas j. Luckett, Cromwell
Warner; First Iieuts Theodore L.
Bartlett, John P. Collins, Martin D.
Delaney, Dwight L. Harris, Donald r.
Hyland, John T. Irwin, George r. Lit
tlehales, Edward G. Parker, Winslow H.
Randolph and william w. Stickney.
The classes for non-commissioned of.
flcers consists of So hours Of homework.
28 hours of class room duty and %
optional hours in the class room, 80
hours of work in the field at Quantico
and 4 hours of armory drill.
The non-commisSiohed officers course
includes complete instruction in the
use, stripping and assembling of the
automatic rife, the machine gun and
37-mm. gun.
The course also includes characteris-
tics and uses of the rifle and hand
grenade, trench mortar and all elements
Of bayonet combat.
Special lectures are to be given by
officers Of the regular establishment Of
the Marine Corps and by the officers Of
field rank In the 9Th Marine Reserve:
Brigade. /:
Regularly detailed instructors from
the regular establishment are First
Lieuts. Edward A. Robbins and Harold
E. RoSecrans.