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Civilian Army News
An Interesting and instructive
Inactive duty training schedule for
the 1927-28 season has been arranged
by Col. Leroy W. Herron, command
ing the 313th
Field Artillery, r
The training pro-
ped to carry out
the various duties t'ol. L. tv. llorron.
and functions of their office for im
mediate Held duty. The third confer
erire of the Field Artillery officers re
siding In Washington will he held
next Wednesday evening at Reserve
headquarters, the subject of which
will be liaison. (See section 17, Train
ing Regulations, 439-105; Field Artil
lery School notes.) There will also be
taken up at this meeting terrain
board firing and axial time bracket,
the text on which is paragraphs 385
and 286 of Training Regulations, 430-
83.
The other subjects of the local Field
Artillery conference and the dates on
which thev will be held are: Novem
ber 16—Field Artillery ammunition
and ammunition supply, see section
18, T. R.. 430-105; terrain hoard firing
and axial time bracket, paragraphs
287 and 288. T. R.. 430-85. This same
Training Regtilations will be used
throughout the training program, so
only section, paragraph and page
reference will he given. December 7
—Use of instruments and firing
tables, pars. 20 to 23 and 24. T. R., 310-
20, and pars. 50 to 62 and 299 to 301.
December 21 —Elements of trajectory
and use of the dispersion scale, pars. ;
1 to 17, 18 to 32, 40 to 41, 47 to 49,
61 to 66. and 302 and 303.
Beginning January 4 the local Field
Artillery reservists will start off with
the preparation of fire and forming
the sheaf, pai-s. S 3 to 92, 114 to 115,
117 to 127, 134 to 140; and pars. 28 to
35, T. R., 430-7. January 18—Prepara
tion of fire; rapid methods, pars. 165
to 169. 171 to 179, 188 to 194. Febru
ary I—Preparation of fire; deliberate
methods, pars. 108, 130 to 133, 159 to
164, 310 to 311, and lateral percussion
precision, pars. 222 to 237. February
15—Observation of fire. pars. 195 to
221, and pars. 277 and 278. March 1 —
• Conduct of fire and percussion pre
cision. pars. 254 to 276, 293 to 294,
and pars. 38, 39, 45 and 77, T. R
-430-70. March 15—Conduct of fire
and percussion bracket, pars. 280 to
282, 295 to 298. April s—Conduct of
fire and time bracket, pars. 284 to
289, and 299 to 301. April 19—Con
duct of fire, pars. 222 to 137 and 413.
May s—Conduct of fire, pars. 277,
278, 283 and 290. The subject of the
concluding assembly of the year, to be
held on May 16. will be fire In battle
and successive concentrations and de
fensive barrages, pars. 305 to 307, 356
to 359, 361 to 364. In all of the in
structional conferences the first hour
will be devoted to the assigned confer
ence and the last 30 minutes to terrain
board firing.
In an announcement made last
week Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
commanding general of the 3d
Corps Area, officially opened the 1927-
28 correspondence school year for
Reserve officers residing in the Dis
trict of Columbia. In his message
to Washington Reserve officers. Gen.
MacArthur pointed out that there is
no easier way to get the credit re
quired under the War Department
governing the reappointment
of Reserve officers than by means of
the correspondence courses.
Instructions have been issued to
the commanding officers of the 317th,
slßth. 319th and 320th Infantry regi
ments, to which a large number of
Infantry Reserve officers are assigned,
to submit to 80th Division headquar
ters not later than January 24 the
names of four Infantry Reserve offi
cers, two as principals and two as al
ternates, who may desire active duty
training at Fort Benning, Ga., for at
tendance at either the rifle or machine
gun course conducted at the Infantry
School, from February 24 to May 28,
1928. The officers who will be rec
ommended by Lieut. Col. John V.
Richards, who has assumed command
of the 320th Infantry, the District
of Columbia regiment, will be of a
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r lieutenant. However, under cxcep
-1 tional circumstances one officer of the
- grade of captain may be considered
for the detail. In accordance with
the above, the commanding officers of
the 317th and 318th infantry will each
recommend one officer as principal,
and the commanding officers of the
319th and 320th Infantry will each
recommend one officer as alternate.
Local Infantry officers assigned to
any of the above named Reserve regi
ments should file their applications i
at once on the prescribed form, as j
the application papers must reach t
SOth Division headquarters not earlier f
than December 1, 1927, and not later
than January 10, 1928.
The following Reserve officers of In
fantry. all residents of the District of j
Columbia, were promoted last week to j
the grade of first lieutenant: Robert I
S. Heriot, 1809 Belmont road; Angus- j
■ tus At’. Hines, 1418 Floral street; Ed
gar C. Moore, 2054 Thirty-seventh I
street, and Morrison MacD. Clark, 205 j
Colorado Building. Second Lieut. Car
lyle Van Buren Funke, Field Artillery
Reserve, residing at 3816 Fourth
street, has been promoted to the grade I
of first lieutenant. George H. Lynch,
United States Veterans’ Bureau, has
been appointed a captain in the Judge
Advocate General Reserve. Second
Lieut. Stephen F. Tillman, Specialist
Reserve, National Press Club, has
been tendered a reappointment by the
adjutant general of the Army.
Members of the 42Sth Infantry will
meet tomorrow evening at Reserve
headquarters, under the supervision
of Majs. R. P. Lemly and Albert S. J.
Tucker, for their instructional confer
ence, the subject of which will be the
company in defense. Next Tuesday
evening the 320th Infantry will meet
and will take up this same subject
under Majs. Lemly and Tucker. Offi
cers of the 306th Cavalry will meet
next Wednesday evening at headquar
ters.
WILSON TO ADDRESS
CITIZENS’ GROUP
Transit Official to Discuss Traction
Problems at Wilson Nor
mal School.
Harley P. Wilson, president of the
Washington Rapid Transit Co., will
address the Columbia Heights Citizens’
Association Tuesday evening at 8
o’clock on transportation problems in
the Capital, in the main auditorium of
the Wilson Normal School, Harvard
street, between Thirteenth and Elev
enth streets. The question of married
teachers in the public schools and the
$10,000,000 park and playground fund,
which it has been proposed to have ad
vanced from the Treasury, will be dis
cussed.
An amendment adopted at the Sep
tember meeting having made changes
in the association's committees and
terminated the services of all commit
tee chairmen. Alton B. Carty, presi
dent of the association, has just an
nounced appointment of new chair
men of committees as follows: Fi
nance. Burd W. Payne; membership,
W. W. Couliette; streets and alleys,
W. D. Sutherland: general welfare,
Dr. Lyman F. Kebler; public safety,
William B. Wells; recreation and
amusements. Miss A. G. Woodward;
education and schools, J. Edgar Hiatt;
law and legislation, Charles T. Clay
ton; public utilities, W. I. Swanton;
real estate conditions. J. Harry Jones;
business relations, Frank J. Sobotka;
suffrage, A. Leftwich Sinclair.
FLYER FACES CHARGES.
Under a 90-day suspension, dating
from October 24, for flying in illegal
manner over Hoover Field, at South
Washington, Va., Stewart Reiss, an
aviator, will be given a public hear
ing at the Department of Commerce
on November 4. The flying license
of the aviator has been suspended
because he is alleged to have flown
over the field at an elevation in vio
lation of the flying regulations, In
an effort to drive several mules from
the field and is said to have killed one
3f the animals.
Reiss is liable to a fine of SSOO for
the alleged breach of the air control
laws.
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