Evening star., 1940-03-03
Training
Dates for Reserve
Units Announced
Officers Applications
Must Be Submitted
By April IS

Headquarters of the Washington
military district announced last
week the places and dates of active
duty training of District of Co.
lumbia units and individuals of the
organized reserves this summer.
Local officers desiring this training
must submit applications to their
unit instructors at Washington Re-
serve headquarters not later than
April Is
No officer will be eligible who has
failed to earn Is inactive status
credit hours since July /, 1899, to
include minimum of IS hours Of
extension school work, appropriate
to his grade and arm or service, ex-
cept that exemption from this re-
quiremenf will be granted to officers
who ID are in their first year of
service, and (2) in the preceding
fiscal year (a) graduated from a
service school, (b) satisfactorily
served for period Of not less than
three months under the provisions of
the Thomason Act, or on extended
active duty with the Air Corps, or
on the War Department general
staff.
The requirement for earning is
hours inactive credit by completion
of Army. extension course work is
not applicable to officers who hold
certificates of capacity for pro-
motion earned during their current
appointment. Such officers, how
ever, must have earned Is hours in
active credit by attendance at con-
ferences, classes, ETC., to be eligible.
This exemption does not apply to
officers who were issued certificates
Of capacity based upon r. o. r. C.
graduation. Officers, particularly
those who are not assigned to units
which have been designated for
training. should state more than one
preference as to place and dates of
training. This is especially ap-
plicable to unassigned officers. chap
lains and medical department off,
GERS.
Training Dates.
District of Columbia units sched-
uled to undergo active duty training,
with places and dates indicated, are:
313th Field Artillery, Col. Leroy
w. Heron commanding, Fort George
G. Meade, Md, August to IT; 160th
Brigade and 320th Infantry, Fort
Meade, August 18 to 81; Air Corps,
at Langley Field, Va, any 14-day
period between July 7, 1910, and
June 80, 1s41 3O6th Cavalry, Fort
Belvoir, Va, July 3 to 16, 1910; 462d
Receiving Squadron, Fort Knox, KY,
July IA to q; Chemical Warfare
Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Md,
July % to August 10; 622d Coast
Artillery, Fort Monroe, Va, August
4 to IT; Corps of Engineers (non-
divisionaD, Fort Belvoir, August 18
to 81; Finance Department officers,
places and dates to be determined
by Sd Corps Area Headquarters;
428th Infantry to be trained in three
increments, Fort Howard, Md, July
3 to 16, July 13 to 26 and July %
to August S; 362d Medical Squadron,
Carlisle Barracks, Pa July to 20;
Ordnance Qess 305th Ordnance
Company, Fort Meade, any 14-day
period after July Z; Signal Qess
80th Signal Company, Fort Meade,
July 8 to 16, July 13 to 26 and July
% to August S. The training periods
of officers of the Judge Advocate
Generals Department, Military In
telligence Department and Quarter
masters Oess 4Q5th Q. M. Regiment)
will be determined by Sd Corps Area
Headquarters.
Schedule of Meeting.
Meeting tomorrow evening, men,
bers of the 42sth Infantry will dis
GUS combat principles, while quar-
termaster officers will meet at Z pm.
at the indoor range Of Georgetown
University for rifle instruction. On
Tuesday evening infantry officers
will take up naison with field artil-
lery and other units, signal officers
will discuss signal communication
during internal disturbances and
Air Corps officers will take up the
Link trainer-instrument training
The duties Of the field artillery regi-
mental staff will be the subject of
the field artillery conference We'd
nesday evening.
Brig. Gen. H. s. Hawkins, U. S. A.,
retired, will speak at the cavalry
meeting Thursday evening. District
mobilization units will meet Friday
evening and will discuss the SUBJ
jects indicated: 1300th Service Unit
corps area mobilization plan; 1308th
Service Unit, continuation Of prob
lem; 1310th Service Unit, solution
Of problems by sections: and l322d