Evening star., 1939-09-24
Two More Troop
School Schedules
Are Approved
Lecture Part Of.
Program to Begin
October 9

TWO more troop school schedules
for District officers. the Quarter
master Corps and Finance Depart
ment combined into one, and that
of the 376th Engineers, have been
approved. Although the joint Quar-
termaster-Fin program began
on September 10, only close order
drill and pistol instruction have been
taken up. This will continue up to
and including the pistol range in
struction on October 8. The lecture
part of the schedule will begin on
October 9 in the auditorium of the
Labor Department, when the Rev
Edmund A. Walsh. vice president OF
Georgetown University and regent
OF the Georgetown University Schoo
Of Foreign Service, will lecture or
"The World Today On three Sun.
days, october IS. % and 20. Quar-.
termaster and Finance officers will
undergo pistol range instruction al
Camp Simms.
Details of Program.
The military phase of the Quar-.
termaster-Finance program will be.
gin In November as follows: Novem.
Der l3, morning reports, duty roster
and unit instruction OF 405th Q. M
Regiment; November q, sick anc
guard reports, service records. 504th
O. M. Regiment unit instruction, anc
December II. rife and pistol demon.
stration and G. H. @. Air Force lee.
ture.
Beginning with 1910, the schedule
will be as follows: January 8, rife
instruction, company pay rolls. g. H
Q. Air Force: January %, rifle in.
struction, company funds, property
and auditing. unit instruction: Feb.
ruary IL, rife instruction and ar
address on the Far East by DR.
William Boyd Carpenter: Februar,
rs. rifle instruction, procurement dis.
tr1cts, corps area procurement, ma.
val districts: March 8, rifle instruc.
ton at indoor range Georgetown
University. Beginning with the
March Is conference and continuing
until the final assembly on Nav 2,
close order drill and rife instruc.
ton will be taken up at every con.
ference.
Eight conferences compose tht
1939-40 schedule of conferences TO,
the 376th Engineer Regiment. thu
flrst Of which will be held on Octo.
Der IL. Each conference will con.
sist OF a problem and lecture or 9
problem and training film that will
be shown during the course of the
1939-40 season. The schedule fol.
lows: October IL, problem or
the I'd Engineers in the World Wal
and lecture by Capt L. ]. Claterbos
and Capt. Stuart on the 1st Arm,
Maneuvers: November 9, a problem
on fixed bridges and training film
portraying musketry and combat
practice firing; December IA, 9
problem involving engineers In ar
opposed landing and a training film
showing the rifle squad in combat
Beginning with 1910 the schedul,
will be as follows: January II, 8
problem on the operation of tn,
light pontoon company and a train.
ing film embracing the Medical Reg.
iment; February 8, a problem or
engineers with the mechanical cav.
airy brigade and two training films
March IA, engineer reconnaissance
a problem, and two films; April II
q problem on the construction o.
landing fields and two trainine
films. The concluding conference o.
the season will be held May 9, wher
a problem on aerial photograph.
will be discussed and a lecture or
war planning will be delivered b,
Capt. Claterbos.
Maj. William A. Coleman of Alex.
andria will begin IA days Of activ,
duty at the Sd Military Area Head.
quarters, Richmond, Va, tomorrow.