Bisbee daily review., 1922-06-20

Urging eX-servica men to make it impossible for the nation to ever be caught at the beginning of an emer- gency without the foundation for big army, Major William McCleve spoke to American Legion members last night on the necessity for the carrying on the organization and training of the United States Organ ized Reserve.
 Major McCleve, a regular army field artillery officer assigned to duty at headquarters in Denver of the 1O3rd Reserve Division, arrived in Bisbee on Sat- friday. Yesterday he conferred with General John c. Greenway, com manding the 205th Infantry Brigade Major Charles M .McKeen, Major Verling Marshall and other local re- serve officers.
 Twenty-Five reserve officers and other ex-service men were at the Le- zion club last night to hear Major McCleve outline the plans and pur- poses of the organized reserve. Major McCleve proved an interesting speak CT and cleared up many questions re- garding the reserve force of the army that have been puzzling local veterans He commented on the work of various local reserve officers, and declared the Warren District was showing more in terest in the reserve than many other localities of larger population in the southwest
 Appropriation Is Reduced
 Tn the ex-service men of the nation this country has a great resource ihat can be developed into the nucelus for a tremendous army" said Major Me Cleve. Time is the most important thing. Any nation, the United States 1 included, must be ready to strike when ever an emergency arises, regardless of how peace loving that nation may be.
 "I am sorry that I cannot say any thing definite regarding when or where the reserve forces will be mob- ilized. We had counted on receiving an Appropriations $4,000.000 for the mobilization and traing of reserve of ficers and non-commissioned officers. Instead, we have been advised that we will receive only about $250,0 900, and this amount will be wholly insuf- ficient to. permit of any elaborate schedule. But, eventually 1 believe, there will be sufficient appropriation for the proper organization and train- ing of the reserve, and for this reason we want every member to continue to give it his most hearty support and not lose interest for a moment.
 If we can organize an entirely tao tical army of officers and non-com- missioned officers, each with the ex. perience of the recent struggle, we will have accomplished more than any other organization has ever accom-. ! tlished in the military history of this nation. The reserve is subject to call by only the national government in time of war. It cannot be called out by the governor of any state, and can only be called when the regular army
 and the national guard are found to be incapable of coping with any emsr genoys
 Ex-SerVice Men Needed
 'The reserve army must be made up almost entirely of men who saw service in the world war-men who make up the nations greatest military i asset It IS up to the eX-seryice men, the young men and middle-aged men who are seasoned by experience, to
 support the reserve army if it is to
 be successful.
 'T have found that a great many
 ex-service men arc opposed to join i ing the reserve because they came
 out of the war with some personal ' grievance. In a way, I do not blame | them for feeling that way; yet that is ] just what the reserve would do away with. All of you know what d task i it was to organize an army of millions
 of men fin but a few months. We had i to have officers, far more than the regular army could suply. And some
 of the men who were commissioned ] looked all right at the training camps seemed to have enough education and
 intelligence to qualify as officers, and 4 yet failed to make good when they
 were assigned to different outfits. Il I is against some of those officers, prob ,i ably, that, some ex-service men have \ directed their preiudiceS And tha