Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-12-05

The Organized Reserves are the
third component of the army Of the
United States.
1t Is the policy Of the War Depart
ment to develop the Regular Army and
the National Guard to the fun strength
provided by law and for the present
to maintain the enlisted tactical units
of the Organized Reserves as cadres
or skeletons only, but with the officer
personnel complete.
The National Guard is at present
volunteer force Of citizen soldiers,
which in peace time owes allegiance
to both State and Federal Govern
ments. At such time it can be used
by either the State or the Federal
Government for any emergency with
In the State or the United States.
The organized reserves will form
the bulk of the Army of the United
States. Its personnel serves volun-
tarily and all the members thereof
are assigned to some permanent unit
of the Organized Reserve. The forma-
ton of this component Of the army Is
a great departure from any military
policy heretofore pursued Developed
along proper lines it will produce a
force which is at once adequate, eff
Cient, economical and in thorough
keeping with our form Of government
and our traditional policy Of entrust-
ing the defense Of the nation to the
citizens Of the country.
The general elements of the plan for
organizing this reserve contemplate
the formation Of what are known as
corps areas. The primary functions of
the corps areas are the organization,
training and mobilization of troops.
The system is based upon the military
population available and under normal
conditions each area should produce
approximately the same number of
troops On the basis of the military
population the United States has been
divided into nine corps areas To these
nine corps areas are assigned certain
organizations OF the National Guard
and Organized Reserves, and these,
combined with certain Regular Army
ccntingents are designed to provide
in peace the framework and in war
the CuHlDltlEu VI SdlllLtLLlpliN Itb AlIt w
to carry on the war. These corps
area organizations, when conditions
permit, retain their old designations
carried during the world war. and this
fact tends to preserve the traditions
of those veteran organizations and
create esprit de corps.
The training Of the Organized Re-
serves is carried out under the Fed
eral Government. It's aim is to give
such training that each organization
will be able to fulfill its war time mis-
sion. For this training members of
the Reserve Corps are ordered to ac-
tive duty for not to exceed fifteen
days each year. This is the training
period, and it affords the principal
means of fitting the Organized Re
serves for their work. It is supple
mented by lectures, conferences and
correspondence schools.
Any person who was an officer Of
the army between April 6, 1917, and
June 80, 1919, or had been an officer
Of the regular army at any time, may
be appointed as a reserve officer in the
highest grade which he held in the
army or any lower grade; any person
now serving in the National Guard as
an officer may be appointed as re-
serve officer in his present or lower
grade.
But these are not the only sources
from which appointments to the Re-
serve officers Corps may be made. We
take these officers also from our coll
IL,
and applicants under these conditions
undergo a course of training at train
ing camps to prepare them for the
duties of the appointments they seek
We have two types of such camps es-
tablished; these are known as the Re
serve officers Training Corps camps
and the Citizens Military Training
camps.
The first Of the above named, the
Reserve officers Training Corps camp
consists in general of personnel volun.
teerng from various colleges ant
schools throughout the country. The
number of these young men permitted
to come to such camps depends par.
ticularly upon the amount of appro
priatior by Congress for the purpose
The camp is without expense to the
, participants and some Of the latter
, under certain conditions are paid fol
their services. These young men un
dergo a course of theoretical military
|, training during their college year while
. at college or school and a practica
course at the camp. The interes
shown is very marked and the i'm
provement rapid
Upon completion Of the six weeks
course at this camp qualified graduates
, are eligible, upon recommendation o
the regular army officers in charge, foi
appointment as second lieutenants il
The organized reserves. While in at
tendance at their Institutions and a
! the training camps these students re
ceive certain emoluments from TIL
Government in the way OF pay, cloth
ing and subsistence allowances.
The Reserve officers Training Corps
which supplies the students at tn
camps Just described is an outgrowtl
of the old department Of militar!
science included in the curriculum o
certain agricultural and State college
which are recipients Of Congressional
appropriations. These colleges unde
; that system were Obliged, In order t
remain eligible for the appropriation
to embrace in their curriculum a pro
gram of military instruction to b
given during a specified period OF tn
: term to a specified number OF tn
students,
In some colleges in the past years
developed that this system was dis
tasteful and considerable difficulty wa
experienced in maintaining an efficien
course of military instruction there.
was in some instances evident that tn
: army officer detailed for duty at tn
! institution was persona grata In in
, verse ratio to the amount Of miltar