Evening star., 1938-05-01
RESERVE TRAINING
SCHEDULES LISTED
Active Duty to Be Ready
for D. c. Groups During
Summer Months.

StructOf OF the ORGANIZED RESERVES
in Washington, announced last week
the schedule of active duty training
that will be available to District OF
Columbia reserve units during the
1899 fiscal year.
There will be corps area service
command training for members of
the 1304th service unit at Richmond,
Va, from July 10 to %, for members
Of the 1306th service units at Harris
burg, Pa, from July II to 30, and
for members of the 1320th service
unit at Fort Belvoir, Va, beginning
August 20 and concluding September
10. The places and dates Of training
for officers of the Adjutant Generals
Department, Corps Of Chaplains. FL
nance Department, Judge Advocate
Generals Department and the Military
Intelligence Department will be de-
termtned later.
Local officers desiring active duty
training should file their application
at District headquarters not later than
May is and should indicate more than
one preference for active duty. This
Is particularly applicable to officers
assigned to units not designated for
active duty training, those who are
unassigned, and medical department
reserve officers and chaplains.
The schedule Of active duty training
this summer for District units fol-
lows: Air Corps at Langley Field, Va,
any 14-day period beginning on Sum-
day from July to June 80, 1899.
The First Chemical Laboratory Com
pany, the 412th Chemical Depot Com
pany and the 422d Chemical Main
tenance Company, Edgewood Arsenal,
Md, July 81 and concluding August
Is; 343d Engineers and the 376th En-
gineers, Fort Belvoir, Va, August
IA to ~. District Field Artillery, Fort
Hoyle, Md, and Fort Myer, Va. Those
units going to Fort Hoyle include the
313th F.. A., 314th r. A., 315th F. A.,
and the 305th Ammunition Train Of
the 155th F. A. Brigade, August 81 to
September 3. District field artillery
officers assigned to the 9Th Field Ar
tillery at Fort Hoyle, or for those as
signed to the 10th Field Artillery at
Fort Myer, Va, will be determined
later. Infantry officers, Fort George
q. Meade, Md, and Fort Howard, Md.
Those assigned to the 34th Infantry
and the 66th Infantry will be trained
at Fort Meade at q date to be deter
mined by the commanding officer Of
those two regiments. The 317th and
318th Infantry regiments Of the 159th
brigade and the 319th and 320th In
fantry regiments Of the 160th brigade,
Fort Meade, August IA to 81. Officers
belonging to divisional and non-di-
visional tank units will train at the
same post and on the same dates as
the infantry officers.
Infantry training at Fort Howard,
Md, will include the 428th Infantry,
July 10 to % and July 81 to August
8; the 429th Infantry. July 81 to Au-
gust 13, while the date Of training
Of officers assigned to the 18th In
fantry will be determined by the COM
manding officer Of that regiment.
Oncers Of the 364th Medical Regi-
ment. Carlisle Barracks, Pa, July 10
to %. and flight surgeons. Langley
Field, Va. Quartermaster officers,
Fort George G. Meade, Md, July 81
to August Is. Ordnance Department
officers. Rarit2u Arsenal. N. j., the
date Of which will be announced
later. Officers Of the Signal Corps,
Fort George G. Meade, Md, as fol-
lows: 18th and 14th Radio Intelli-
gence Companies and the 50th and
80th Signal Companies, July 10 to 20;
Sth Signal Company. 18th Radio In
telligence Company, and the 333d
Construction Battalion, July 81 to Au-
gust 3; 9th Radio Intelligence Com
pany, Fort Meade, July 81 to August
Is.
Rife craftsmanship and range FIR
ing will be discussed at the 428th and
429th Infantry conference tomorrow
evening. Infantry officers on Tuesday
evening will discuss combat princi-
Piles. the machine gun platoon and the
employment Of machine guns in de-
Tense. A training film also will be
shown. Gunnery will be taken up at
the Field Artillery conference Wednes-
day evening. Cavalry officers on
Thursday evening win discuss cavalry
marches, adjusting and packing the
Phillips, pack saddle. lessons from the
Civil War, general plan for messing
and medical attention and care of
animals for the 1317th Service Unit.
Observations on the proposed infantry
division and proposed medical bat
talon will be the subject Of the med
ical conference Friday evening. Dis
trict cavalry officers will meet at Fort
Myer, Va. next Sunday morning from
$50 to II O'Clock, for equitation and
drill and pistol craftsmanship.