Evening star., 1935-07-21
FIFTH BATTALION
TOFULL STRENGTH
506 Men to Go to Marine
Reserve Camp This
Year.

Mai. Gen. John H. Russell. U. S.
M. c.. commandant of the Marine
Corps, has notified the 5th Battalion,
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, that the
battalion will go to camp with an al
lowance of full battalion strength.
This provides for an enlisted
strength of so men for each of the
eight line companies, two officers to
each line company, eight officers in
battalion headquarters and four Fleet
Naval Reserve medical officers at
tached- A total strength of sos. This
is the largest battalion in the Marine
Corps Reserve.
To make final preparations for the
training schedule, as approved by the
major general commandant, Maj.
Lewis B. Reagan, U. S. NJ c., the
battalion's inspector instructor, ana
Maj. Harvey L. Miller, battalion COM
mander. conferred with Maj. Gen.
Charles H. Lyman, U. S. M. c.. COM
manding general of the Fleet Marine
Force and of the Marine barracks,
Quantico. AS a result of that con-
ference the finest instructors in the
Marine Corps will administer various
important phases of the training
schedule. a feature available only to
organizations training at Quantico.
Instructors Approved.
Gen. Lyman has approved of in
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Quantico, and from the Marine Corps
schools under Brig, Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb. U. S. M. C.
The training schedule is an ad-
vanced infantry schedule involving
one day and night devoted to bush
warfare problems under conditions ap-
proximating Nicaragua and Haiti, a
day devoted to battalion in attack
combat maneuvers, with air forces in
support, and a day to battalion land
ing force problem, with air forces lay
ing smoke screen in support.
Other periods scheduled provide for
instructions and demonstration by the
most competent officers in the Marine
Corps in the use of the bayonet, hand
and rife grenades, Browning machine
gun and automatic rife, 37-millemeter
gun, Thompson submachine gun,
Stokes mortar, .30-caliber rife, 30
caliber rifle and Colt As pistol.
Since the reorganization of the 5th
Battalion in November, 1884. every
cooperation has been extended by
headquarters, Marine Corps, where,
for the first time in the history of the
corps, a general officer Brig. Gen.
Richard P. Williams, U. S. M. c. is
in charge of the Reserve.
The cooperation in camp from
Maj. Gen. Lyman, Col. Charles F. B.
Price, U. S. M. c., commanding the
famed 5th Regiment; the Marine
Corps schools under Gen. Holcomb,
and the aviation forces under Lieut..
Col. Roy S. Geiger now place the sue
cess of the training schedule squarely
up to the local Reservists.
Started as Private.
Gen. Lyman began his military Ca
reer prior to the Spanish
War as private in the District of Co
lumbia National Guard. His son,
Midshipman Irving B. Lyman, went to
the Naval Academy from the enlisted
ranks of the local Reserve battalion.
Gen. Lyman will inspect the bat
talon at review and inspection on the
first Saturday in camp, and one week
later the battalion will conduct sun
set parade In his honor. Thus the
general will observe the value of one
weeks training, followed by another
formation for inspection purposes
after two weeks training.
Marine Reservists in tie Eastern
and Southern Reserve Areas may affl-
late with the 5th Battalion to I'LL a
few existing vacancies in Companies
A and B. Honorably discharged
Regulars from any branch of the serv-
ice and honorably discharged Reserv-
lists are also being accepted. No first
enlistments are being made. The ar
mory at 458 Indiana avenue north
west Is open on Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights.
The outfit goes to camp on August
for a 15-day training period under
canvas. The various companies while
in camp will be on a strictly competi-
tive basis, silver trophies being award
ed to the various companies in 13
classes Of military performance.
The battalion will hold khaki pre-
camp ball at Beaver Dam Country
ciun next Fridaytevenins.