The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
Scheme First in History
of Nation That Bal
ances Man Power
TO UTILIZE VETERANS
National Guard VIII Attain
Maximum Strength by 1924;
ls Greatest Program
by uEnnEnr W. rorsrrH


,fu 'N, sos, fsrt 1imuaI
while congress has boon Wr1ug.
liug over tine m2c of the regular
army, trying 90 d.oid, between l5i.-
GOO ana 100000, 'h' war depart
mont has boon quietly completing
plans under a previous act passed
by congress. which VIII p'rmit the
president go All into tn, n'ld In
case OF national emergency ap-
pruNimutcly 1000 600 effective
troops This has boon don" under
the national d.f,us, ACT, amended a5
long ago aa june I, 1890. but the
vast scheme H. taking It's final form
only nov.
The program ~ the war depart
mont aims at a gradual r"construc-
iiuu OF the land forces of the coun-
Try by drawing principally upon the
men trained ana experienced in tho
world war ana 10y rebuilding the ma
tiuutl guard. which 81 to attain it's
authorized strength ON June 80,
1924. II formulatos for the first
time in the military history Uf the
country definite and 3"rll-bllanc-
cd achcme for the complete muhiliza-
tiun OF tho nations man power and
material resources In case of war
ana when put into execution VIII
place the United states on a military
footing. the power ana completeness
of which have been hitherto un-
dreamed OF In this country. It Is
by far the greatest poacctim" army
program the United states has ever
attempted and even In war times
has been cxccllcd only by the army
called together, trained ana placed
it. h. ft,,1I no.
crtious OF the world war
Secretary of War Weeks. when
seen on his recent tour of inSpcc-
tion In New York, indicated that
some details of the plan are still
under consideration by military OK
perta. and await his signature he
fore being put In motion. But when
the military order of iho world war.
composed of officers of the army.
navy and marine corps who served
during the war. met at Seagirt
from June II to II Mai Gen. w. G.
Haan. u. S. A.. Lieut.. Col. j. w.
Gulick, general staff, and Mai. J.
l.. Benedict, general STAFF, were au-
thorized by Secretary Weeks as rep
resentativos of the war department
to place before the convention a full
outline of the policy and the meth
ods to be employed In creating this
new army. General Pcrshing, to
whom has been assigned the chief
position In building up the great re-
serve. appeared on the final day Of
the convention and added his word
as to the importance and scope OF
the vast undertaking.
Fighting Force 1000. 900 Men.
Three years hence. the approxl-
mate date set for the completion Of
the program, the old sharp lines OF
demarcation between the regular
army under federal control and the
national guard as q state unit will
have dwindled away, and there will
he one unified army of the United
States comprising three great COM
ponerts--the regular army. the ma
tional guard and the organized re-
serves. The size of the regular army
has been determined by congress.
The object OF the war department ls
to build around this nucleus ma
tional guard Of 10000 men and an
enlisted reserve Of 100000 men 80
organized that the response to
national emergency will be prac-
tiCally instantaneous, and will en-
tail the least possible disturbance
10 the economic and social life OF
tho country while yielding fight
Ing force that totals about 1000
600 men ana can readily assimilatc
large additional numbers.
one OF the most important
changes following the new plan is
the ALLEGATION OF troops and their
among the various
states. The allotmcnts OF divisions
of both national guard ana reserve
corps as they now stand in the de-
scheme are shown In the
map, The six territorial depart
mcnts, through which the army has
been directed from Washington, are
10 be discontinued and the country
divided into nine army corps areas
for administration. training and
tactical control TO each area viii
be assigned tho proper regular army
officers, whose duty it viii be to
create the new rcacrvc army This
Will he accomplished by means Of
of points OF contact
throughout tho whole country by
onlistiuC tho Co-upcrltion ana as
distance Of those officers Of the
world war army who have become
members Of the reserve officers
corps
These regular army officers will
act directly with the national guard
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