Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-24
j. s. MILITARY
REVOLUT|ON|zED
UNDER NEW BILL
Army Is Being Worked Over
To Conform To the Re-
quirements of Law Which
Went Into Effect July |.

nv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED Wiesl
Washington, July 2S.--America's
military establishment is being
practically revolutionized under the
terms of the new army reorganiza :
tion bin which became effective
July !, Army officers say the work
will not be completed for some
months because Of the broad scope
of the measure passed at the last
session of congress to place the
land forces on permanent peace
basis.
While the regular army will con-
tain only 295,O00 officers and men
scattered over the country and the
insular possessions. 1t will be so
arranged in conjunction with the
national guard and the reserve that
rapid expansion of the, nations
fighting forces in time of emergen-
cy 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 largely on the enlistment of
eligibles. The regular army re-
serve as it formerly existed, COM
posed of former enlisted men fur
Laughed to the reserve to complete
their enlistment period ceased to
exist as such on July /. In its
place there is established the en-
listed reserve corps and the Off
GERS reserve corps The members
of the former, except veterans of
the world war, are required to en-
list for three years. Veterans Of
world war may enlist for only one
year.
The officers reserve corps is
composed of officers who held
or reserve commissions
during the war emergency and
graduates of the student officers
school.
To accomplish the reorganization
Of the national guard and the In
itial organization of the reserve, the
army bill provides for general
to be composed of reg
ular army general staff officers
and an equal number of reserve or
national guard officers. In addi-
ton, fifty-tWo other committees,
each state and territory
will arrange the national guard or
ganization in each state and will
arrange the national guard organi-
,ation in each state and territory.
Some of these committees have
not been appointed by the govern
Ts and consequently this work
has not yet been put under way.
While no full plan of organiza-
ion has been made public, a tenta-
i've plan to be placed before the
would divide the coun-
ny into nine districts with an army |
corps in each. This corps would |
consist of one regular, one guard !
and two reserve divisions, so or
yaniZed that in an emergency the |
wo reserve divisions, which
would be the only |
ines much below war strength,
,ould be filled up with selective
service men. A full quota of off
,ers drawn from the officers re-
serve corps would be available for |
hese divisions at all times.
The new regular army strength |
provides for approximately 1900 |
officers, To provide |
his number about 1000 reserve |
md temporary officers have been |
sept on duty and It is the plan to
each the full officer strength by |
about 1000 such
officers and enlisted men in the |
permanent army. Officers and
men to be so commissioned will be
selected by a board, known as the
oershing board, headed by Gen
sral Pershing and including six
,ther officers.
The bill broadens the scope of
he reserve officers training corps
It the various educational institu-
ions over the country. provides in
tructiorS and material for the
chools and also authorizes summer
amps to last six weeks for ad-
anced training of the student Of
icers. Graduates of the training
orps may be commissioned In the
rganized reserve.
The reorganization measure fur
her provides that the head OF the
Militia bureau of the war depart
nent, which under the reorganiza-
ion has jurisdiction over national
uard and reserve affairs, shall be
national guard officer not below
he rank of major who will receive
he pay and allowances and have
he rank while on duty of major
eneral in the army.
The offices of second and third I
ssistant secretaries of war are
polished by the measure and their [
uties absorbed by the assistant
acretary of war, who will be ,
harged with the procurement of
II military supplies and plans for 8
ne mobilization of material and t
ldustrial establishments needed
| time of war. !