Evening star., 1934-01-07
COL. M'CAMMON q
WILL HEAD DRIVE
c. M. T. C. Campaign in
Nearby Areas to Be Direc-
/ ted by District Officer.

Col. w. w. McCammon, Infantry,
senior instructor Of the Organized Re-
serves in Washington, has been named
chairman Of the District and nearby
counties of Virginia and Maryland for the
1884 Citizens Military Training Camps
campaign, which will begin February
Is. Assisting him will be the following
Regular Army officers, all Of whom are
ON duty at District Reserve headQuar-
ters as assistant instructors, and who
have been designated as associate chair
men of the nearby counties indicated:
Maj. Elmore 3. Gray, g. A. c., Charles
and st. Marys counties, Maryland; Maj.
William E. Brougher, Infantry. Arling-
ton and Prince William counties, Vir-
ginia Maj. Turner M. ChambliSs, In
fantry, Prince Georges and Montgomery
counties, Maryland, and Maj. S. Leroy
Irwin, F. A, Fairfax and LOudoun
counties, Virginia. Mai H. c. Dagley,
Cavalry. will be associate chairman for
the District of Columbia.
In addition to the above regular on
GERS, the following officers, all Of whom
are on detached duty in the District,
will assist in the 1884 G. M. T. C. pro-
curement activities of the District and
vicinity: Maj. Lindsay McD. Sylvester,
Infantry. and Capt. David L, Hooper,
c. E, both on duty with the District
National Guard, and the following ON
Eers, who are on duty at Georgetown
University: Maj Raymond o. Barton,
fn1antry Gnn and Heny saDts L awrenes Ks coS5
Infantry, and william c. beware, In
fantry. For the past several years Maj.
Charles Demonet, Ordnance Reserve,
has served as civilian chairman IN the
procurement activities and it is ex-
pected he will serve In this same capac-
ity for the 1884 camps The quota FOR
the approaching camps for the District
and nearby counties of Maryland and
Virginia is 309, of which number 207
young men will be procured from the
District of Columbia.
Cavalry reserve officers of the Dis
trict will meet today at the Fort Myer
riding hall at 9 am. for instruction IN
equitation under the direction OF MAJ.
H c. Dagley.
washington reserve quartermasters
will hold their conference at reserve
headquarters tomorrow evening under
Maj. F. F. Snowden and Maj. I. B.
Summers. They will discuss the mo-
bilization Of the Civilian Conservation
Corps.
Bombardment will be the subject Of
the Air Corps conference Tuesday
evening in the Munitions Building.
Capt. L. H. George will conduct the
meeting. District Coast Artillery ofh-
GERS will meet the same evening at local
headquarters under Maj E. B. Gray.
Officers of the Military Intelligence
Department will meet at headquarters
Wednesday evening under Maj. G. M.
ThieIe, who will discuss the examination
Of prisoners and captured documents.
Mai. S. Leroy Irwin will conduct the
ordnance meeting at headquarters
Thursday evening. He will discuss new
developments of field artillery materiel.
Commercial law. property and mis-
cellaneouS, will be the subject OF the
finance meeting at headquarters Friday
evening The speakers will include Col.
c. o. Schudt and Capts. M. Parshan
and K S. Harrison.
Two more reserve officers OF the Dis
trict have been assigned to six-months
active duty with the Civilian Con-
servation Corps. They are First. Lieut.
Joseph B. Stanley, Air Reserve, l7l2
New Hampshire avenue, who has been
assigned to the 4th Civilian Conserva-
tion Corps district, Fort Adams, II. l.,
and First Lieut.. Richard G. Stern,
Quartermaster Reserve, Hamilton Hotel,
who has been assigned to duty at Fort
George G.. Meade, Md. Both officers
began their duty January 2.