Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 5 | Reserve Officer Orders Received

RESERVE OFFICER R DRums VED Rules Governing Promo Promo- t i ion 0 fl s Assignments Transfer Etc Outlined RevIsed policies governing the officers officers' reserve corps concernIng procurement and appoIntment promotion promotion pro pro- motion assignment transfer separation separation sepa- sepa ration and reappoIntment of reserve officers have been sent out to corps S Sarea area department commanders and chiefs of branches by the war department de de- through the adjutant generals general's generals general's gen gen- eral's office at Washington The division headquarters has nas received re- re a cop copy In refer reference nce to procurement and appointment the order says that definite data may be available to the varIous assignment jurisdictions concerning the numbers and grades of reserve officers which should be procured iii time of pEace In view of the fact that the procurement procurement procure procure- ment and promotion ot of reserve of- of has been placed largely Inthe in inthe the hands ot of agencies of the war department a definite peacetime peacetime peace peace- time procurement objective by grade and section will be established and the various assignment jurisdIctions Informed of their allotments for procurement and promotion Continuing the order says that in time ot of peace no reserve officer will willbe willbe be promoted unless he holds a certificate er- er ot of capacity indIcating hIs professional qualifIcation and there i is an appropriate vacancy in the grade and section In the corps area branch or allotment under such time peace procurement ob- ob as the war department may establish lIe He shall ha have ve served a a mInimum time in grade in the officers officers' of- of reserve corps as constituted under section 37 of the national defense defense de- de act as follows As a second lieutenant four years first lieutenant lieu lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant eight years captain eight years major six years lieutenant colonel four years The order on assignment says that as soon as practicable after atter an officer has accepted in inthe inthe the officers officers' reserve corps lie he will willbe willbe be placed under the assignment jurIsdiction jurisdiction jur- jur of one ot of the following agencies Corps area commander chief of branch or the adjutant genera gen gee era eral 1 Transfers of o officers according to the order between all sections of the o officers officers' reserve corps except the auxiliary section lists s section and of officers placed in the unassigned section may be made upon approval of the chiefs or of branches concerned except that no transfer will wiil be made unless the of- of fleer desiring transfer has a certificate of capacity for the section and andgrade andgrade grade to which transfer is desired and provIded there is a vacancy for lim within the assIgnment j tion 4 Appointments in the officers officers' ye- ye rv corps are terminated by death vacation of appoIntment appoInt appoInt- ment by virtue of accepting commission corn com mission in the regular army or acceptance ac- ac or of an appoIntment in a different dif die ferent grade In the officers officers' reserve i corps discharge expiration or of term ot of appointment and dismissal or dropping from the rolls the report reveals In the case of reappointments the order discloses that a reserve offIcer above the grade ot of captain will be reappointed in the grade and section ot of the officers officers' reserve corps in whIch he was prevIously commissioned commis- commis and which is just leg ing provided that he passes the physical examination as prescribed or 01 has passed such examination withIn one year ear ot of date ot of reappointment reappointment reap reap- that his record during the year five period lately preceding such reappointment Indicates Indi- Indi cates he has obtained during his current appointment a certificate of capacity for promotion to the next higher grade