The Nevada County picayune., 1920-02-05


 posed legislation. be assigned or trans ferred to an organization of the Ma tional Guard of the United States without his consent.
 The number of reServ1Sts who have completed their training in the train ing forces that may be assigned to the National Guard will be prescribed by regulations of the war department, but it shall not in any year exceed one third of the maximum strength of the National Guard of the entire country. All young men who have completed the military training course and have not been assigned to the National Guard become members of the United States organized reserves.
 May Be trained to Be Officer.
 While assigned to the organized re- serves, reservists will be subject to mobilization and additional training for two annual periods of not to eX- ceed two weeks each during their membership therein. Any reseryist assigned to the organized reserves who desires to qualify as non- commissioned officer or as commis- stoned officer may take additional training A reSeviSt may be commis- stoned in the organized reserves for a period of ten years.
 The grades and ratings for reserv- istS assigned to or enlisted in the Ma tional Guard, or in the organized re- l,N los ratings and rates of pay provided for enlisted men for the permanent per sonnel of the army.
 The organized reserves under the proposed legislation will be liable to cali for military service by the pres ident only when congress shall declare that national emergency exists. The maximum strength of the National Guard of the United States, under the proposed legislation. is to be approxi- mately equal to 500 officers and en- listed men, or reservists, for each sen ator or representative in congress.
 Make Ups of the Army.
 Under the army reorganization plau the new army of the United States will consist of the overseas gar riSons, the home forces, the Ma tional Guard of the United States, the organized reserves and the unor- ganiZed reserves. These various con- ponents will be subdivided into the ! .igade, the division, the army corps, and army headquarters, with their Ge- turhrDDIItG ing arms are to be composed of the infantry the cavalry, the field artil- lery. the coast artillery corps, the air corps the corps of engineers, the sig nal corps the general staff corps, the adiutant general service, the inspee- tor general service, the judge advocate generals service. the quartermasters service, the medical service, the ord nance service. the finance service, the transportation service, the construc- tiOn service, the chemical warfare service and the corps of chaplains.
 Under the general scheme of or ganization there vii! be permanent and a reserve personnel. The perma- ent personnel will be properly known as the regular army. The reserve personnel will include the National Guard, which is to he known as the National Guard of the United States and the reserve corps. which will be built up through universal military training.
 Make Up of Regular Army.
 The permanent personnel. that is to say the regular army. will be made up of one general of the army, 20 major generals. 50 hrigadier generals, ell eolonels. GSS lieutenant eolonels. 2.292 ma aiors 4,5S4 captains, 4,355 first lieu tenants. and 2752 second lieuten. ants. the officers and enlisted men of the medical service, the corps of chaplainS the warrant officers. the fly ing cadets of the air service and 263. 200 enlisted men.
 The base of initial monthly pay for the enlisted men is fixed as follows by the senate bill: Master sergeants, Sl0O: technical sergeants, $75: first SergeantS. SD; staff sergeants. $60; sergeantS, $50; eofporals. S4o; pri. yates (hrSt elasS). $30, and privates (Second class), $25. There is pro vision that enlisted men shall receive an increase of To per cent of the initial pay of their grade for each five years of service, not to exceed total increase of 10 per cent. The air corps legislation proposed k. of course, all new. II provides for a permanent per sonnel of the air corps consisting of one chief of air corps with the rank