The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-12

frequent and probably the summer
 encampments would be omitted. It is
 proposed to brigade the veteran ar.
 ganizations with the national guard
 commands wherever such commands
 are now organized or will be organ.
 ized in the future.
 Not only would reserve corns
 such as described be a good "back-
 oone" TOT the new national guard that mas yet to be organized, but it would serve to keep together vast bodv ot experienced former soldiers who would be extraordinarily valuable in event of the next war in training re. cruits, and in supplyiI in a hurry Q great part of the rcw volunteer if ficers that will bs needed when war peglns again, to train the million. of raw recruits that will be caued +o the colors, either by draft as in the World war or by the old volunteer system.
 While the plans for the veterans, reserve corps ara necessarily .n neouious state now 1t is reported here that these plans will soon take more concrete shape ond the reserve corps will soon 5s started.
 Along with this scheme the militia bureau of the war department wu, soon launch a comprehensive and sustained effort to recruit the new national guard up to four or five hun dred thousand men. Efforts to build up new national guard by the mili. tia bureau have so far ended in com. parative failure. there being only at this date about 6O,000 rank and file in the new guard. A national guard officer will soon be at the head of the militia bureau and it is then be. l1eVed steps will be taken which wi,, quickly recruit the new guard un to the standard desired Col. George q Richards, of Oil City, Pa, an over. seas veteran with a splendid record. mas been nominated chief of the mili. tla bureau, according to the amended national defense act of 1920 but the senate at this date has not con. tlrmed the nomination. Col Richards may not be confirmed until the next congress, as so far it has been the policy of the Republican major lty in the senate to refuse to confirm all nominations made by President Wilson at this session.
 Tremendous efforts will be made in the next administration to build up the officers reserve corps into an organization the like of which has never before existed in any country. It is proposed, according to informa. t1on obtained at the war department, to enlist in the officers reserve corps every officer who served in the World war, and also thousands of civ ilian experts of every kind, so that when the next war comes there will not be lack of officers as occurred when the united States went into the World war, but even a great surplus of officer material.
 In addition to the actual officers reserve corps, thoroughly organized at the war department and every man ready on telegraphic orders to take the field, it is proposed to great ly extend the system to education in- stitutions throughout the country. Every high school, university and college Is to have a student officers training corps, so that every man, at the same time he is getting his edu- cation, will be prepared to fight for the republic when the need comes. 1 Cadet corps are to be organized in every hamlet, village, town and city, l and the American youth taught how to defend his country