Evening star., 1940-05-05
500 Reserve Officers
Apply for Training
AT Summer Camps
Entire 00th Division
Will Go to Fort
Meade in August

With the beginning Of the sum-
mer training camps less than two
months away, more than 500 Re-
serve officers Of Washington and
vicinity have submitted their ap-
plications to undergo q period of
active duty at nearby Army posts,
beginning early in July. The entire
Goth Division, of which Washing
ton units are a part, will go In
training In August at Fort George
G. Meade, Md. The training for
the divisional units has been di-
vided into two periods, the f1rst
extending from August 4 to II and
the second from August 18 to 81.
The Washington contingents Of
the division designated to attend
the encampment consist of the
320th Infantry of the 160th In
fantry Brigade and the 155th Field
Artillery Brigade, consisting Of
brigade headquarters, 305th AM
munition Train, the 313th and 3l5th
Field Artillery Regiments, 80th Sig
nal Company and the 405th Quar-
termaster Regiment. In addition
to these local units, other District
Reserve units will undergo two
weeks of active duty training as fol-
lows: 306th Cavalry. July 3 to l6.
Fort Belvoir, Va; 462d Reconnais-
sance Squadron, July IA to q, Fort
Knox, KY; 622d Coast Artillery,
August to II, Fort Monroe, Va.
The 42sth Infantry, single colored
Reserve regiment Of Washington,
will continue training colored c. M.
T. c. units at Fort Howard, Nd,
beginning July 3 and extending
until August S. So that as large a
number Of ofncers as possible from
this regiment will experience train
ing, there will be three l4-day
periods, as follows: July 8 to le.
July 13 to rs and July % to Au-
gust S.
Officers of other arms and services
will undergo training as follows:
Air Corps and flight surgeons at
Langley Field, Va, and 14-day period
between July Z, 1910. and June 30,
1941; Chemical Warfare Service at
Edgewood Arsenal, Nd. July 2s to
August 10; Corps Of Engineers at
Fort Belvoir. August 18 to 81,
and Ordnance Department at Fort
Meade. any 14-day period after
July Z. 1910. The training this sum-
mer of chaplains and oficers of the
Finance Department, Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Department and
Military Intelligence Department
will be determined by Sd Corps Area
Headquarters.
Instruction in horsemanship will
be given to District cavalry officers
at Fort Myer. Va, at $50 o'clock
this morning. Registered, officers will
60 to Quantico. Va, this morning
for rifle training. Members of the
428th Infantry will meet tomorrow
evening to discuss rifle and pistol
craftsmanship On Tuesday evening
infantry officers will take up q stan
exercise, Signal Corps officers will
discuss the war use Of photography,
while Air Corps officers will take up
modern attack aviation tactics. On
Wednesday evening there viii be
two conferences, Military INTEL
ligence omcers discussing map ex-
ercise, while the field artillery STAN
conference will discuss the employ
ment Of anti-aircraft and anti-tank
units.
Engineer officers on Thursday
evening will take up problem In
engineer reconstruction, following
which will be shown o training film
on map reading. District mobiliza-
ton units on Friday will take up
subjects as follows: 1300th Service
Unit, Sd Corps Headquarters mo-
bilization: 130sth Service Unit,
equipment and supply problems:
1310th Service Unit, study Of area,
personnel, facilities, etc., and 1322d
Service Unit, study Of unit mobiliza-
ton plan by sections. Pistol teams
representing the infantry and Corps
Of Engineers viii 1ire their match
Friday evening at the range Of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation. On
May IL an equitation class will be
held at Fort Myer, ct 8 an, for
fleld ARTILLERY omcers, and ut Guam.
tico . class Ia ri1ie training win be
held.