Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-27
ARMY-NATIONAL.
GUARD WILL
AFFILIATE

ny Associated pvess
WASHINGTON. d. e.. July I'll
Americas military establishment j.
being practically rcvoluiionixcd un
der The terms Of The new army re-
Organization hill which became r.
fcctive July I. Army officers say
lhc work viii not be completed for
some months because Of the broad
scope OF The measure passed AZ the
last session OF Congress 10 place the
land forces on n permanent peace
basis.
4 While the regular nrmy will con.
lain only 10000 officers and meu
scattered over the country and the
insular possessions. Il will be 80 ar.
ranged IN conjunction with the ma.
lional guard and the reserve that
rapid expansion Of the nations fight.
ing forces IN time Of emergency Will
be possible.
fi0Uo8 OsfIeers nd Men.
The national guard will have
about ii0,000 officers and meii, bat
the strength Of the reserve has not
,ei been worked oui and will DE-.
pend largely on the enlistment Of
eliTiblcs The regular army reserve
as u formerly existed. composed OF
former enlisted men furloughed to
the reserve 10 complete their enlist.
nlcni period ceased 10 exist a. such
on July I. IN iis place there b.
established The enlisted reserve
corps and the officers reserve
corps. The members Of the former.
except veterans Of the world war
are required 10 enlist for three
wears. Veterans Of the world war
may enlist for only one year.
The officers reserve corps h
composed Of Officers who held TEN.
porary or reserve commissions dur
ing the war emergency and grad.
uaics Of the student officers train.
ING school.
Committee 10 Control.
10 accomplish the reorganization
OF the national guard and the initial
organization Of the reserve, the
army bill provides for a general
committee 10 be composed OF reg
ular army general staff officers aud
an equal number OF reserve or ma
iional guard Officers. In addition. 8.
other committees. representing each
state and territory, will arrange the
national guard organization in each
state and territory. Some Of these
committees have not been appointed
by the governor, and consequently
this work has not yet been pul
under way.
While no full plan OF organization
has been made public, n tenlaliv,
plan io be placed before the com
millecs would divide the cOuntr,
INTO nine districts with an army
corps IA each. This corps wouls
consist Of one regular. one guar,
aud Two reserve divisions. ~ organ
ixed that IN an emergency the tw,
reserve divisions. which lheoreti
cally would be the only ones fnucl
below war strength. could he file.
up with seleclive service men.
, fun quota Of officers drawn iron
! the officers reserve corps wouli
be available for these divisions q
all times.
1900 Commissioned Officers
The new regular army strength
provides FOR approximately 100
comnpasioned officers. To provid
this numbcf about 1000 reserve am
temporary officers have been KEEP
ON duty. and Il is the plan 10 reacl
the full officer strength By c0mml.
sioning about 1000 such officers am
enlisted men IN the permanent arm,
Officers and men to be- 40 commil
stoned will be selccied BY boar
knowN ~ the pershing board. bead
A ed BY General pershine and inclug
ing six other Officers.
The bin hroadens the scope Of ~
q reserve Officers training corps d
llhp various educational Institution