Evening star., 1934-11-25
RESERVE OFFICER
PROBLEM STUDIED
Committee to Determine
Age-in-Grade Question
on Pay and Allowance.
AMERICAN LEGION.

Reserve officers in the District will
be interested in the problem now under
study by a General Staff Committee
pertaining to the age-in-grade problem
of pay and allowances for Reserve
officers while on active duty training
The committee conducting the study
is composed Of six Reserve officers
serving as additional members OF the
War Department general staff.
1t is understood the plan favored by
the majority of the committee is one
of establishing limits beyond which pay
and allowances will not be drawn for
active duty training. No other changes
in the age requirements are con-
templated. The facts of the proposed
plan are as follows Maximum pre-
scribed ages Of Reserve officers
assigned to organizations in the theater
of operations, to be: Colonels, so;
lieutenant colonels, As; majors, 40;
captains, 35, and lieutenants, 80 years
of age The prescribed ages for Re-
serve officers assigned to organizations
in the zone of the interior. to be:
Colonels, S. lieutenant colonies, so;
majors. As; captains, 40, and lieu
tenants. 35 years of age. The plan
also provides certain credit or over
age allowances to be made as follows:
Five years to be added to the fore
going ages for colonies on the brigadier
general eligible list, to officers who
hold certificates of capacity for promo
ton to the next higher grades. and to
officers with World War service. Under
the plan, five years is to be the total
that can be added for any individual.
In the event this plan is adopted, no
officer Of any age will be forced out
of the Reserve. The age limits apply
only to the receiving Of pay and allow
ances.
Reserve quartermasters and omcers
of the Judge Advocate Generals De-
partment will hold their conferences
tomorrow evening. The quartermaster
assembly will be held at District Re
serve headquarters, Maj. J. H. johnson
speaking on motor transportation in
theater Of operations, and Maj. c. l..
Middleton discussing rail transporta-
ton in same zone.
The law officers will meet in the
office Of the Judge advocate general
of the Army, Otis Building. 8lo
Eighteenth street, Maj. Harry E. Auer.
lecturing on The Use of the Military
Forces of the Regular Army in Do
mestic Disturbances" Coast Artil-
lery officers will hold their conference
at headquarters Tuesday evening.
Mai. E. B. Gray will discuss organiza-
ton of the Infantry division. Col. A.
J. L. Ford will conduct the military in
telligence meeting at headquarters
Wednesday evening.
Several District officers, all first
lieutenants, have been promoted to
the next higher grade. The new cap
tains include Brintnall H. Merchant,
Air Reserve; Maurice P. Power, Den
tai Reserve; Dom v. Smythe, Ord
nance Reserve; and Gordon v. Hol-
comb, Field Artillery Reserve. Mr..
Holmes Ficklen, a District resident,
has been appointed second lieutenant
in the Quartermaster Reserve.
The following have been continued
on active duty with the Civilian Con-
servation Corps for another six
months period: Capts. Frederick S.
Lee, Field Artillery Reserve; Jack D..
Thompson, Infantry Reserve; George
c. Whiting, Infantry Reserve, and
First Lieuts Alfred F. Werlich, In
fantry Reserve; Arthur E. Cliff,
George J. Hageage, William S. Miller
and Ward A. Rulien, all Medical Re-
serve; and Second Lieut.. Howard H.
Ruppart, Cavalry Reserve.
Lieut.. Col. Wellstood White has
been reappointed lieutenant colonel,
Auxiliary Reserve and relieved from
assignment to 80th Division. Mai.
Hugh Higgins and Capt Richard G.
McCabe, assigned to 503d Port Head
quarters; Capt. Guy T. Bolton, re-
lieved from assignment to 80th Di-
vision; First Lieut.. Alfred l.. Abrams,
assigned to 364th Medical Regiment,
and Second Lieut.. David NICK. Greer,
relieved from assignment to 62d Cav
alry Division.