(7) Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of a branch of engineering or other profession or occupation qualifying for duty in this section. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(8) Field Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps.

Field Artillery drill regulations.. Knowledge necessary to command at drill or in the field

Matériel.....

Gunnery..

Animal management (the candidate may elect to take either this subject or the one following).

Motor transportation......

any unit appropriate to the grade for which examined. General knowledge of Field Artillery guns, ammunition, and equipment.

General knowledge of the trajectory and its elements; the principles of fire and the action and effect of projectiles and fuses.

General knowledge of training, care, management, and use of Field Artillery horses.

General knowledge of motor vehicles, Artillery trucks, and tractors, including design, operation, and maintenance.

(9) Finance Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of the principles of banking, accountancy, or disbursement of funds, or other profession or occupation qualifying for duty in this branch. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(10) General Service Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of handling group labor on construction projects. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both. (11) Infantry Officers' Reserve Corps.

Subject.

Infantry drill regulations..
Weapons.

General scope.

Knowledge necessary to command at drill or in the field any unit appropriate to the grade for which examined. General knowledge of the technique of Infantry weapons; detailed knowledge of the use of machine guns, Infantry howitzers, or tanks, if an applicant for service with such

units.

Care of arms and equipment... General knowledge of the care and preservation of Infantry arms and equipment.

(13) Judge Advocate General's Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of the profession of law. Such general knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted, supplemented by such examination as the board may deem necessary.

(14) Medical Department:

(a) Dental Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of the profession of dentistry. Such general knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted.

(b) Medical Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of the profession of medicine or surgery. Such general knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted.

(c) Medical Administrative Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge in administration work of the Medical Department. Such general knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(d) Sanitary Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of sanitary engineering, procurement of medical supplies, or other profession or occupation fitting the candidate for special duties of the Medical Department not performed by other branches thereof. Such general knowledge to be determined by credentials submitted, by examination, or both..

(e) Veterinary Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of the profession of veterinary surgery. Such general knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted.

(15) Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve, Corps.-General knowledge based upon experience fitting the candidate for the collection, evaluation, and dissemination of military information. Such knowledge to be determined by credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(16) Military Police Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge, based upon experience, of enforcement of police and traffic regulations, police protection, and the custody and care of prisoners. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(17) Ordnance Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge of a branch of engineering or other profession or occupation qualifying for duty in this section. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(18) Quartermaster Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge and practical experience in professions or occupations qualifying for duty in the various services included in this branch. Such knowledge to be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(a) Construction service.-Construction, engineering, or other profession or occupation qualifying for duty in this service.

(b) Supply service.-Warehousing and rentals, boxing, crating, etc.; textiles, manufacture of clothing, shoes, leather goods; packing-house and dairy products, canned goods, and matters pertaining to subsistence; heating and cooking appliances; personal equipment; stationery and furniture supplies; tools, hardware, ship chandlery, machinery, freight handling and equipment; building materials and supplies; fuels, lubricants, paints and their components; motor, animal, and hand drawn vehicles, harness, saddles, etc.

(c) Transportation service.-Operation, activities, and maintenance in. animal, rail, water, or motor transportation.

(19) Signal Officers' Reserve Corps.-General knowledge along technical, scientific, or electrical lines or in professions or occupations qualifying for duty in this branch. Such general knowledge may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

(20) Staff Specialist Officers' Reserve Corps.-General or special knowledge in special subjects, professions, or occupations qualifying for miscellaneous duties as officers, which duties are not appropriate to other authorized sections of the Officers' Reserve Corps. Such general knowledge and qualifications may be determined from credentials submitted, by examination, or both.

116. General provisions.-Former officers of the Officers' Reserve Corps or of the Medical Reserve Corps may be reappointed in the Officers' Reserve Corps in the section for which qualified and in the grade, not above the highest grade previously held by them, for which they are eligible under the law and regulations in effect at the time of reappointment. Reappointment in the highest grade previously held will, in general, be limited to persons whose applications are received within three years of separation from the Officers' Reserve Corps. In other cases the appropriate lower grade will be determined in accordance with the elapsed time between separation and application for reappointment.

117. Examination.-Examination for reappointment will consist, in general, of an examination of the applicant's record, supplemented by physical examination and, in any case where deemed necessary, by a professional examination.

118. Applications.-Applications will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army through department or corps area commander and will contain full information as to prior service and a statement of the grade and section in which reappointment is requested. The application should, to avoid delay, be accompanied by a report of physical examination, preferably by a medical officer of the Army.

119. Reappointment of former Reserve National Guard officers.-Reserve officers who have been granted commissions in the Officers' Reserve Corps corresponding to their National Guard commissions will, upon termination of status as active National Guard officers, be considered for retention or reappointment in the Officers' Reserve Corps in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) The chief of the Militia Bureau will make prompt report to The Adjutant General of the Army of the name and cause of separation of any reserve officer who ceases to be an active National Guard officer. If such separation is not due to misconduct or inefficiency, The Adjutant General will determine whether or not the officer would receive an advantage or would suffer a disadvantage with respect to other reserve officers by remaining in his present grade in the Officers' Reserve Corps.

(b) In cases where there is no advantage or disadvantage, the officer will be notified, through the proper department or corps area commander, that he will be continued under his existing reserve commission and will be given an assignment other than with the National Guard, unless he expresses a desire for termination of his reserve commission.

(c) In cases of advantage or disadvantage to the officer by continuance under his existing commission, The Adjutant General of the Army will determine the suitable grade for reappointment. The officer will be in

formed through the department or corps area commander of the new grade deemed suitable in his case. Should the officer not desire to continue as a reserve officer in such grade he will, upon receipt of statement from him to that effect, be discharged. Should the officer desire the reappointment, he will apply therefor. The application will be forwarded by the department or corps area commander with his recommendation and, if reappointment is to be in a higher grade, the application will be accompanied by the report of an examining board.

(d) Examining boards and others concerned, in reaching findings or making recommendations, will exercise care that no applicant receives an advantage or suffers any disadvantage by reason of having held a reserve appointment corresponding to his National Guard commission. In determining qualifications, due consideration will be given to experience and service in the National Guard.

120. Assignment jurisdiction. For administrative control each reserve officer is under the jurisdiction of the commander of the department or corps area in which his permanent residence or military station, if in the Regular Army, is located. For training or assignment, or both, most, though not all, reserve officers are placed under the jurisdiction of department or corps area commanders. The term assignment, as used in reference to reserve officers, refers to an assignment or designation for a class of duty, or a specific duty for which it is contemplated to use the officer in time of emergency and for which it is contemplated he be trained in time of peace.

121. Distribution for assignment.-For purposes of assignment, reserve officers are divided into three groups:

(a) General Assignment Group.-The officers in this group are selected by the War Department and are for assignment to special duties and activities which, in time of peace or war, are not included in the jurisdiction of chiefs of branches or of territorial commanders who function in time of peace. The selection and assignment of such officers and the scope of duties they are to perform will be covered by instructions of the Secretary of War issued from time to time. For convenience of reference, this group will be referred to by the abbreviation G. A. Group.

Officers will be placed in and removed from the G. A. Group by The Adjutant General of the Army, upon the request of the chief of the activity for which their services are desired to be reserved, in accordance with approved policies.

The names of officers in the G. A. Group and their assignments will be recorded in the personnel bureau, Adjutant General's Office. The chief of this bureau will cause the records to be kept in such form as will facilitate the prompt issuance of orders regarding these officers in case of emergency, and will cause the chief of the branch in which the officer is commissioned, the commander of the department or corps area in which he resides or is stationed, and the chief of the activity for which he is reserved to be notified of the placing in or the removal of any officer from the G. A. Group. The chief of the personnel bureau, Adjutant General's Office, will cause each officer of the G. A. Group to be notified of his assignment.

(b) Branch Assignment Group.-The officers of this group are selected by the chiefs of branches and are for assignment by those chiefs to special duties and activities pertaining to the various branches. For convenience of reference, this group will be referred to by the abbreviation B. A. Group. Officers will be placed in and removed from the B. A. Group by The Adjutant General of the Army upon the request of the chief of the branch concerned, in accordance with approved policies.