South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
NEW ORGANIZATION
OF ARMY VETS Is
MULLALLY'S PLAN
Proposal Has Endorsement of
Gen. Pershing, Sec'y Weeks
and High Officials.

WASHINGTON. July IA vet
Grams organization. embracing the
whole OF the United States and hav-
ing for its object not the encourage
ment OF pleasant "reminiscences be-
tween comrades al arms. but def
mite and positive service 10 the ma
tion-that IS the goal 10 which Brig
adier-Gen. ThornweH Mutually OF
san Francisco IS working in his ef-
forts 10 organize the Association OF
the Army Of the United States.
The new organization. which. &C
cording 10 Gen Mutually. already
has taken hold like wild fire" in
/ the west. has the endorsement Of
Sec'y OF War Weeks. Gen. John J.
/ Pershing and numerous other high
officers Of the regular army.
Its purpose, to quote from Gen.
I Mutually and the constitution OF the
/ association. is:
ITO promote the spirit OF pa
4 triotism: 70 foster the best traditions
/ OF the profession OF arms; 10 fur
J Their the 'one-army spirit. and 10
] strengthen the bonds OF comradeship
among all officers OF the military
/ forces in the United States; 10 en-
! courage and facilitate the study OF
American history and military art
in their relation TO their common
defense OF our country. and TO trans
NIT an interest In and knowledge
of the same TO our descendants"
Not Limited TO Veterans.
Thus Il appears that while the
original organization is TO be COM
posed OF veterans for the most part.
membership is by no means limited
to veterans. and. in fact. the very
hope OF the organization lies in the
ability IL may develop to interest the
younger generations as they come
10 manhood.
The association consists OF officers
of the Regular Army. the National
guard and Officers Reserve corps.
It's constitution cOntemplates the d.
vision of the United States into nine
zones, corresponding geograr hically
to the nine corps areas into which
the United States proper Is now di
vided by the war department,
There will be other zones for
Hawaii, Alaska. the Philippines and
the Panama Canal zone.
These zones are further subdivided
into sectors. the number OF sectors
depending upon the density of popu-
latlon and the corresponding need
OF posts for the membership. A still
further subdivision will separate the
various sectors into sections. each
devoted TO the various branches of
the service. as. for example infan-
try. cavalry. artillery. engineers.
etc.
One zone already has been or
gsnized in the west. corresponding
10 the Ninth corps area, with head
quarters at San Francisco. Accord
TO Gen. Mutually. the idea has
been most enthusiastically received
there. and he has no doubt that with
the support OF Sec'y Weeks and
Gen. Pershing II will be equally sue
cessful elsewhere in the United
States. The general recently held a
conference with the secretary OF
war and with Gen. Pershing. dur
. ing which plans were discussed for
= organizing the second zone. with
! headquarters in New York. Follow
0 ing this conference Gen. Mutually
= proceeded to New York, where he is
now working on the detailed plans
of organization.
To Aid State Troops
1 When the second zone has been
y organized Gen. Mutually plans to
begin the organization Of the third
, zone, headquarters for which will be
q located in Washington. d. c.
n The function of the regular army
: in the new association will be to act
p as instructors to the officers Of the
. National Guard and the Officers Re-
: serve COrIs. The United States can
never hope 10 have a continuous
= military policy or a real united
American army unless some such
plan as this is adopted, Mutually as
serts. There is nothing politica
a., about the organization, he insists
:, Those behind the movement have
!, no idea Of attempting 10 influence
: political legislation or TO NEEDLE in
: any way in governmental matters
They will meet solely for the pur.
: rose OF bringing about professional
: military Improvement among tn,
" young men OF the country. ION,
army-one spirit" might we'll b,
taken as the slogan OF the new as
ISOLATION, he says.
Mutually has no fault 10 fn(
with the various other military or
CARNATIONS which have sprung III
y since the war He is particular 4
: point out, however. that the organ
y ization has nothing OF the "reminis
u cent about Il, unless such a charac
n terization could be given to the de
= sire 10 retain and pass on some O.
the military knowledge gained as ;
4. result Of the war. II Is not a good
fellowship organization, formed pri
marily for the preservation Of tn
5 spirit OF comradeship among veter
II ans who fought together. but "a
I eyes rather are on the future and n
aims are to make each generation
s efficient in a military way and Z,
- provide a force OF citizen-ofFicer
who are ready and able 10 do thei
duty in case OF an emergency.
~ Mutually has been called the faith
T., er OF preparedness on the Paclf
n Coast. He organized the first pre
m paredness parade II San Francisco
= and narrowly escaped death or in
" jury from a bomb alleged TO hav
is been cent him by Mooney. and whIc,
resulted In the death or injury n