The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-07-24
UNITED STATES ARMY
TO BE MUCH CHANGED
Military establishment Being Prac!i.
caIly ReVolutionized by Laws
Effective July I.

elective July "
Washington, July 23.--America's mil
itary es ablishment is being practical
ily reyolutonized under the terms of
the new army reorganization bill
which became effective July l. Army
Officers say the work will not be com
pleated for some months because of
the broad scope CT the measure passed
at the last session Of Congress to place
the land forces on permanent peace
basis.
| While the regular army will contain
only 295,000 officers and men scatter
ed over the coun ny and the insular
possessions, it will be 50 arranged in
conjunction with the National Guard
and the Reserve that rapid expansion
ICf the nations iigh ing forces in time
of emergency will be possible
The National Guard will have about
100000 officers and men, but the
strength Of the reserve has not yet
been worked out and will depend large
~ OH The enlistment of eligibles The
regular army reserve as it formerly
existed, composed Of former enlisted
men furloughed to the reserve to com,
pete their enlistment per.cd ceased to
eXis, as such on July !. In it's place
there is established the enlisted re
serve corps and the officers reserve
corps. The members of The former
except veterans of the world war, are
required to enlist for hree years
Veterans of the world war may enlist
for only one year.
The officers reserve corps is compos
ed of officers who held temporary OF
reserve commissions during the wal
emergency and graduates of the stud,
tents officers training school.
To accomplish the reorganization OF
the National Guard and the initial or
lgani2ation of the reserve, the army
bin provides for a general committee
Ito be composed of regular army gen
Ieral staff officers and an equal mum
Der of-reserve or national guard Off
GERS In addition, 81 other commit
tees have not been appointed by the
governors and consequently this work
has not We; been put under way
While no full plan of organization
has been made public, a tentative plan
IT, be placed before the commit ees
would divide the country into nine dis
tricts with an army corps in each
This corps would consist of one regu
lar, one guard and two reserve diyis
ions, so organized that in an emer
gency the two reserve divisions. whicl
theoretically would be the only one
much be'cw war strength, could b.
filled up with selectye service men
IA full quota of officers drawn from
the officers reserve corps would b.
available for these divisions at al
times.
The new regular army strength pr
yides for approximately 1900 commit
stoned officers TO provide this mum
Der about 1000 reserve and temporar.
officers have been kept On duty and i
is the plan to reach the full office
streng h by commissioning about 100
such officers and enlisted men in tn
permanet army Officers and men t,
be so commissioned will be selecte,
lby q board, known as the Pershini
board, headed by General Pershing an,
including six other officers.
The bill broadens the scope of tn
reserve officers training corps a tn
various educational institutions owe
the country, provides instructors am
ma erial for the schools and also AT
;horizes summer camps to last ST.
weeks for advanced training Of tn
student officers Graduates of III
training corps may be commissioner
in the organized reserve.
The reorganization measure furthe
provides tina the head of the militi
bureau of the War Department. whie
under the reorganization has iurisdiC
ton over national guard and resery
affairs, shall be a National Guard off
Ger not below the rank of major VIII
will receive the pay and allowance
and have the rank while on duty Of
major general in the army
The offices of second and third a.
sistant secretaries Of war are abolish
ed by the measure and their duties a
sorbed by the assistant secretary
war, who will be charged with the pr
currement of all military supplies an
plans for the mobilization of ma'eri;
and industrial establishments needed