Evening star., 1939-10-22
Credits Will Decide
Active Duty Priority
OF Reserve Officers
Men Will Be Chosen
Who Do Most to Widen
Professional Truinina

Under the new Reserve training
policy inaugurated by the War De-
partment and published in this COL
umn last week, District officers who
do the most to improve their pro-
fessional knowledge and prepare
themselves efficiently to perform
the duties of their mobilization as
signments, will be given preference
in the selection for active status
training next summer. Officers will
be placed in low priority who fail
to earn at least 10 hours credit
through active and satisfactory par
ticipation in the inactive status
training of the unit to which as
signed, provided such inactive status
training is available and accessible
to them. When neither inactive
status training with his own unit
nor conferences of his own arm Of
service are available and accessible,
an officer may be placed in nigh
priority for training provided he
meets War Department require
ments and has earned IS hours
credit through extension course
work appropriate to grade and arm
or service Officers will be placed
| in low priority who fail to earn at
least Is hours credit by completion
of Army extension course work ap-
propriate to grade and arm or serv-
ice.
Certain exemptions will be made,
however, from requirements for
preferential active status selection.
For instance, when a District officer,
whose record shows that he has been
Jealous in improving his professional
knowledge and ability qualifications
by participation in both extension
course work appropriate for his
grade and in the activities of the
unit to which assigned, is unable to
meet the selection requirements for
active status training because of ILL
ness or other adequate cause. he
will be exempt from all require
ments for preferential selection ex-
cept the War Department require
ment of 25 hours inactive status
credit. Based upon the new training
policy, Reserve officer selections for
active status training will be made
in accordance with the following
priorities:
(a) Officers to whom the War
Department gives preference as an
nounced in Reserve training poll
cies, Cd unit commanders, provided
they are discharging the respons!-
bilities contemplated by paragraph
AR 1908 In the absence of the
unit commander from corps area
jurisdiction. the senior field officer
present with the unit and qualified
is considered the unit commander,
Co Reserve officers meeting War
Department and corps area require.
ments for preferential selection in
the order determined by length of
time that has elapsed since last tour
of 14-day active status training, ID
Reserve officers who are Federal
employees performing the same type
Of work that would be required Of
them in the event of mobiliZa ton,
(e) Reserve officers who have not
participated satisfactorily in the in.
active status training and adminis-
tration of the unit to which as.
| signed, C) Reserve officers who have
not earned Is hours inactive status
credit through the completion Of
extension course work appropriate
to grade and arm or service.
District men are assigned to units
as follows: First 1t. Herbert j.
Lidoff, to the Sd Battalion, 1st
Chemical Regiment; Second 1t.
Flies Elvove. to the 80th Signal
Company; Pvt. James S. Afford, to
the 320th Infantry: Pvt. Edward S.
Caccavo. to the 306th Cavalry. and
Pvt. Willard w. Savoy to the 428th
Infantry.
Maj. Campbell c. johnson. hav-
ing been transferred to the inactive
Reserve. has been relieved from as