The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-19

lrmy for routine duty at or near an
army post during a period OF field
raining or other outdoor exercises.
Applications for these details must be
forwarded through military channels
to the militia bureau at least two
months before the commencement of
the exercises.
No officer above the age of sixty
years and above the grade of colonel
ill be allowed to participate in this
course of study. While. participating
in these courses and exercises, officers
and enlisted men will receive the same
pay, allowances and subsistence to
which officers and enlisted men in the
United States Army are entitled, but
no officer will receive pay exceeding
that of a captain.
Hanging Uniform Marks
Changes in the insignia on uniforms
If commissioned officers and enlisted
men of the United States Army, the ma,
tional guard and the newly created re-
serve forces are anticipated before
ong. Military authorities are engaged
the revision of the regulations and
specifications pertaining to this means
IT Identification.
The problem deals with the method
If individual designation by some EN-.
Ilem, probably of metal, that shall be
Norn on the collar to Indicate the arm.
corps or other branch of the service to
vh1ch the wearer belongs. Great diff
1culty has been encountered in this
natter of identification, and the prob
lem is increased by the large number
" different emblems that must neces.
4arily be adopted for the new ranks,
trades and positions created by the ma.
iOnal defense act.
The war department intends to sim.
plify the system az a matter of econ.
)my and to avoid confusion and trou.
de that would come from carrying in
stock large number of distinctive EN-.
1lems.
Legislation For National Guard
RecOmme ndatiOns in the adminstra
ion of the national guard as affected
~ the national defense act of June 3
his year which will require congress
onal action, will be important subjects
discussed in the near future in hearings
before the House and Senate Military
Affairs Committees.
One suggestion along this line disre.
yards the national guard as a factor,
md contemplates the maintenance of
10000 enlistments a year, composed of
'uotas from different congressional dis
ricts, to serve three years with the
oilers md four years with the reserves,
he training to be at least two months
year intensive as mny be. At the end
The seventh year the advocates of
his scheme claim there would be under
rms in this country an aggregate force
something like l.400, 900 men, all
rndrr more or less training, but not
'nough for actual war with first.
lass Power
II has been suggested that in the new
!ystem there be some arrangement by
which large numbers of the organiza.
ion of this force be brought into prac.
isc together in order to acquire the
benefits of massing and association and
o furnish the opportunity for exercise
T command in force, it being pointed
'ut that so far we have been content
With individual work and have done
lothing with big commands,
Another scheme is to break up the
divisional and brigade system of ma.
ional guard troops. Army dopesters
10 not think that the national guard
n other reserve forces should have
arger units than regiment in its re.
. alton to the Federal service, 80 that
whom the troops of one State are trans
ferred to the Federal service they
should not necessarily be placed in the
'ame h"igades and divisions Inv no
separated as regiments with similar
commands from other States or with
the regulars to form larger units.