The Colorado statesman., 1922-10-14

Ties are in progress Ia solne stngc look
Ing to the formation OF these boy units.
The work in any given state is begun
only after the governor of that state
has had the plans of the organization
laid before him, and he has given these
plans his approval and has accepted
place on the honorary board of state
governors.
on the advice of the nutlonal coun-
Gilman for the state Il state couhcll
is formed, composed of one representa-
tive citizen from each county. Under
the guidance of the county meinbers OF
the state council, local councils are
formed, and these constitute the big
brother" committees Tor the orguniza-
tion of boy units. The national council
participates in the selection of the ad-
visory board, which through its eNecu-
tive committee directs the affairs OF
the organization. This committee
known as the "executive board, CON
stitutes Commission form of govern
ment," deemed almost practical ana
effective in carrying on nationwide
movement, such as the Junior naval re-
serve has become.
Helped by Specialists.
The executive board is aided in the
performance of its duties by small con-
sulting boards of specialists, represent
ing many lines. For example, there
are n military board and boards of
navigation, finance, hygiene, athletics,
aviation, publicity and so on. The men
who lend their cooperation in these
small committees are carefully chosen
and are representative exponents Of
specialized thought. Thus it will be
seen that there is an adult civic or
ganization on the one hand and
junior or cadet organization on the
other hand. Working along parallel
lines to these two ideas are parents
associations, which complete an inter-
esting triangle and lend Simultaneous
ly greater strength TO the mems COM
mittee and the boys unit. Local, state
and national auXiiartes of women are
a part of the general scheme.
While the civic organization is be-
ing perfected within state, the mill
tary-naval structure is belGg created
through the advice of naval and mill
tary members of the Junior Naval Re-
serve, comforting with the state adju-
tant general and military authorities
within the state as well as veteran or
ganizations like the Military Order OF
the Loyal Legion, the American Le-
gion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Unit
ed American War Veterans and other
like bodies. A state commandant is
,t.I,, -.,h Inv -
tional headquarters is duly commits
stoned and thereupon becomes the
military-naval head of the organiza-
tion within his state. A judge advo-
cate and an inspector general are also
chosen. The state commandant APP
points his staff, consisting of an aide
and an executive officer with two aides
and navigation, signal engineering,
ordnance and aviation officers, sur
geon, Il paymaster and other staff ofli-
GERS. These constitute his war
board" or consulting committee, and
under their guidance are worked out
the details of plans of the movement
within the state, along general lines al
ready mapped out by national head
quarters.
Ex-Service Men Called On.
Through the advice of the county
councilman, activities are started in
each town, and eX-service men from
the navy and marine corps are invited
to volunteer as local commandants. A
recruiting campaign Is commenced by
eliciting the interest of the local press,
the veteran organizations, the cham
Der of commerce, Rotary club, and
other like organizations. church con-
gregations, public and private schools
and through such other instrumentali-
ties as will take the message of the
reserve to the boy member. Junior
Naval Reserve units are known as
posts, and are composed of 16 or more
boys of fourteen years and over, but
boys of thirteen are sometimes per-
mitted to enlist if well grown for their
age. In large cities membership in
posts is restricted to boys who reside
within specified boundaries.
The local governing body of the or
ganization works out the salvation of
the movement within community
along standardized lines, carefully
thought out at national headquarters,
21SO Broadway, New York city. Each
post is given a serial number, and the
boys in the post choose the name, u.s.
ually historic in character and prefer
ably local. The name of some local
hero who made the supreme sacrifice
during the World war Is usually Sc
lected.