New-York tribune., 1922-01-29

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Ths 10 tho Organized Reserve. It's basis Il
now specimen Of the genus Buck Private.
There are all kinds Of Buck Privates. Some
OF them arc Buck Privates because thew arc
new to the servtea Others, like Mulvaney
who was corporal wanst" have the honor
thrust upon them. But the Buck Private Of
the 0. R. c. is new specimen, for he worked
month, and worked hard, to achieve the dis
inction Of being eligible
The Regular Army his mentor and chap
eron, thinks him very superior sort Of Buck
Private, and to that end this wear will promote
aim and place him we'll upon the road to be-
roming an officer in the Organized Reserves.
Under the plans now In operation many Of tho
present Bucks will be the officers in the next
Tar having achieved their rank through the
curse OF training laid out for the Reserve.
At present most Of the officers Of the Organ
ed Reserve are men who held commissions
ith honor In the World War. These have been
sslgned to regiments bearing numbers Of or
anizations which took part H. ...e ,ar. In
ach corps area divisions have been formed
rom these units, and step by step the great
rganizatlon is developing to a point where it
IN be called into service in the event Of emer-
ency.
At the very foundation Of this great new
my IS the lad who was graduated from the
NJ. T. c. last summer and who will be
aduated from tho other camps this wear. He
the foundation of the whole thing, for as
nerals have learned in the past without the
-'ick Private there can be no armies.
There is strong affection for the new Buck
the part Ct the Regular Army, for the Req
n KNOWS that If war comes he is going to be
ampcd, annhilated, Just as he was last time,
a huge force of new men.
Under our military policy the Regular Army
simply trained skeleton of an army. cana
of expansion, which must train the added
cos.
he second force of course. is the National
ard, whose splendid service in the latest war
owed its mettle. 1t and the Regular Army
working together, for Regular officers and
n are attached to every National Guard
IN the country, and both Regulars and
ardsmen are helping to bring the new Re-
We Army along
o this end National Guard organizations
encouraging the enlistment Of Young men
inc citizens military training camps.
regular Army officers and men, on duty
'choois and colleges, are instructing CORPS
i'uoehts IN military science and tactics
nese 'hlnGs are not being done to bring
ut war; they are being done as a precau
iary measure for if war should come-war
modern power-thc pitifully small
'ular ARMY, now numbering only 100000
H. would be helpless. 1t therefore falls to
duty of the Regular to train the auxiliary
ces.
me splendid spirit Of the new Buck Private
'he O H. {. has made it possible These
DUCKS know what it Is all about too for
is letter one Of them wrote after at.
ding camp last year:
am back home now, but somehow mis-,
Ae with the company. We had the beat
pany IN camp, as you know
from the little that | have seen Of Army
know That every young man should at
'ime or another enjoy the pleasure of
wing his country in some way. | shall never
get the day that first stood retreat and
llnN that this formation more than anv ono
ng impressed all Of us that we were honor
ourselves by serving the Flag We saluted
h night"
ihe newest Buck Private comes u,uallv
m school or Office He Is vonnv
Of good character and reputation and IS
yslcally fit. When he reached camn last
r he walked with a SLOUGH and had q
dency at first to throw his things about.
ne Regular Army knew this would be thu
ae and 1t made allowances 1t wa. p,e-
'lbeo, for example, that the only disciplinary
asure which would be taken against tho
ing applicants would be to send them homo.
result OF this was wonderful demonstra-
OF the stamina of the average American
lth Not ten in sll the thousands who at
ded the camp were sent home, and when thu
t nps closed at the end Of the month hundreds
the graduates with their certificate, Of mr.
ency in their hands Joined the Organized
serves
hose who enlisted IN the Reserve. are eN-
'e this year to be sent to the White Caups.
ere they will be given months more train
which will give them certificates as nom
nmissioned officers. Another year and they
sttend the Blue Camps. from which they
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