Evening star., 1939-07-30
D. T.. Reserve Officers
Offered Commissions
In Regular Army
Opportunities Open
In Medical, Dental
And Veterinary Corps

Opportunity for commission in the
Regular Army was offered last
week to District Of Columbia Re-
serve officers of the Medical Corps,
Dental Corps and Veterinary Corps.
1t is contemplated by the War De-
partment to order 1872 captains and
lleutenants Of the three corps de-
scribed above to extended active
duty with the Regular Army, prin-
cipally for assignment to Air Corps
stations. About one-fourth of this
number will be ordered to extended
active duty Immediately and the
remainder in January. 1910. Duty
will be for one year, with the privi-
lege OF extending one additional
year.
Applications should be submitted
on the regular form for active-duty
training, to their unit instructor, If
assigned to a unit, or to Col. Rich
ard Wetherill, executive officer of
this district, II unassigned. Each
application must be accompanied by
% recent report of physical exam
nation on form SO, AGO, made
preferably by medical officer of
the Regular Army; 90 list of
schools attended, special courses ta-
ken or specialized in, present du.
ties. private practice. ETC.: 80 let
ter from superintendent of hospital
in which internship was served, Civ
ing inclusive dates Of service. Blank
forms for active duty will be fur
nlshed officers interested on request
at Washington Reserve headouar-
tiers in the Munitions Building.
Col. Wetherill last week announced
the service schools that will be
available to Washington Reserve
officers during the 1910 fiscal year.
Providing they meet the entrance
requirements, all captains and lieu
tenants of the District of Columbia
OF the field artillery, coast artillery,
Ordnance Department and the
Quartermaster Corps will be eligible
for this school duty. The schools
and period of their instruction fol-
low: Field artillery fall course, Fort
Sill, Okla, September 16 to De-
cember is; coast artillery anti-air-
craft course and harbor defense
course, both to be held at the Coast
Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va,
September Is to December 7: ord
nance field service course, Septem-
Der 18 to December Is. and quarter
master motor transport course, Sep
tember 10 to November 8.
Attendance at the schools will be
limited to captains and lieutenants
who are not more than 40 wears of
age, and who within the five years
Immediately preceding this detail
have completed the major portion of
the Army extension courses requisite
for promotion to the grade of cap
tain go series) or major 40 series)
Coast artillery officers who NAV con-
template taking the course should
possess a working knowledge of
plane trigonometry. Applications
must reach local unit instructors or
the district executive, Col. Wetherill.
not later than August 5.
The following infantry Reserve
officers OF the District of Columbia
area will begin IA days active duty
with the 18th Infantry at Fort How
ard, Nd, on August S: Capt. Ray-
mond M. Peak and First Its. Paul
T. Hayne, jr.; Nathaniel o. Whit
law. Henry Osborne, Joseph w.
Jones, Ralph S. Hardiman, Hans G..
Jepson, Fred c. Pettee, Coleman P.
Cook, Albert B. Foltz, Raymond F..
Bartelmes, Benjamin j. Camp, Mer-
ton B. Tice and Second 1t. Olaf w.
Christopherson.