Evening star., 1935-05-19
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SERVICE SCHOOLS
DATES ANNOUNCED
Special Courses for District
Reserve Officers-Age
Limit Set at 40.

Announcement was made last week
Of the dates Of the special service
schools to be attended by District Re-
serve officers Of company grade on an
active duty status during the 1886
fiscal year. In only one exception will
two courses be held. these being
scheduled for the Field Artillery
School from September to November
80, and from March to May 80, 1896.
The other courses for District officers
of company grade will be held as fol-
lows: Cavalry School, March 2 to May
20, 1886: Coast Artillery School, Sep
tember 16 to November 9, 1885: En-
gineer School, March to June S,
1885; Infantry School, February "a to
May "a, 1886, and the Signal School
course from February 25 to May %,
1886.
The maximum age limit for the
1885 fiscal year courses has been fixed
at 40 years, and in applying this age
limitation no officer who has, or will
prior to the termination of the course,
attained his 40th birth anniversary, will
be eligible for the detail. Each officer
must have completed the appropriate
80 series of the Army extension
courses within five years of the open
ing Of the course. Coast Artillery ap-
plicants must possess a thorough
knowledge of plane trigonometry,
while those for the signal course must
pass an entrance test in elementary
electricity and elementary principles
Of radio prepared by the Signal
School AYY11ipo
scribed for active duty for detail to
these special service school courses
must be accompanied by report of
physical examination on form 63, ad-
jutant generals Office. District officers
desiring to pursue any of these courses
should submit their applications
through channels to Sd Corps Area
headquarters, Baltimore, Md, not
earlier than three months or later
than two months prior to the date on
which the course begins.
Lieut.. Col. H. C. Dagley will conduct
the class in equitation at Fort Myer for
Cavalry officers this morning at am.
Senior and junior groups of the 428th
Infantry will hold their conferences
tomorrow evening. Maj. E. w. Leard
Will conduct the senior meeting at
District headquarters, while the Junior
group will meet at the Howard Uni
versity Armory under Maj. William E.
Brougher. These two officers will
conduct the senior and junior group
meetings Of District Infantry officers
Tuesday evening. Capt. F. G. Borden
Will conduct the signal meeting at
headquarters Thursday evening. Mai.
r. M. Harrington will conduct the
343d Engineer conference Friday
evening.
District officers have been assigned
as follows: Maj. Chester A. Snow,
jr.. to the 404th Pursuit SQUADRON
Maj Roy E. Whitehead, to the 4O9th
Attack Squadron: Capts. Jesse w
Lankford and Leroy J. McCarty. to
the 404th Pursuit Squadron, and the
following to the 409th Attack Squad
ron: Capts. Cecil H. Braddick and
Charles w. Carneal, First Lieut.. Jo-
seph B. Hukn and Second Lieut.
Harold L. Kreider.
Capt. Eugene F. Smith has been
detailed, In addition to his other
duties, as assistant unit instructor of
the 320th Infantry. The 4O9th Attack
Squadron and 404th Pursuit SQUADRON
have a new unit instructor, Capt. Hez
Mcclellan, who Is on duty at Boiling
Field, D. c. He will assume these
new duties in addition to his Boiling
Field activities.