The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-29

eTdn OrganlZaClOn, 6mDrdclng the
 whole of the United States and hay I ing for it's object not the encourage
 ment of pleasant "reminiscences be- l tween comrades at arms, but service to the nation-that is the goal to which
 Brigadier- General Thornwell Mullally,
 of San Francisco, is working in his efforts to organize the Association of
 the Army of the United States. ! The new organization, which, ac-
 cording to General Mullally, already has taken hold Hike wild fire" in the
 West, has endorsement of Secretary
 of War Weeks, General John J. Persh- ing and numerous other high officers
 of the regular army.
 Its purpose, to quote from General Mullally and the constitution of the | association, is:
 "To promote the spirit of patriot 1 ism; to foster the best traditions of the profession of arms; to further the 'one-army spirit and to strength en the bonds of comradeship among all officers of the military forces in the United States; to encourage and facilitate the study of American his tory and military art in their rela- tion to their common defense of our country, and to transmit an interest in and a knowledge of the same to our descendants"
 Thus it appears that while the ori- ginal organization is to be composed of veterans for the most part, member ship is by no means limited to veter- ans, and, in fact, the very hope of the organization lies in the ability it may develop to interest the younger gen erations as they come to manhood.
 The association consists of officers of the Regular Army, the National Guard and Officers Reserve Corps. Its constitution contemplates the di- vision of the United States into nine zones, corresponding geographically to the nine corps areas into which the United States proper is now divided 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- lation and the corresponding need Of hosts for the membership. still further subdivision will separate the various branches of the service, as' for example, infantry, cavalry, artil- lery, engineers, etc.
 One zone already has been organ ized in the West, corresponding to the Ninth Corps Area, with headquarters at San Francisco. According to Gen eral MullalIy, the idea has been most enthusiastically received there, and ne has no doubt that with the support of Secretary Weeks and General Persh- ing, during which plans were discussed for organizing the second zone, with headuuarters in New York. Following this conference. General Mullally' pro- ceeded to New York, where he is TOW working on the detailed plans of or ganization.
 When the second zone mas been or ganized General Mullally plans to be- gin the organization ofthe third zone, headquarters for which will be locat- ed in Washington, D. c.
 The function of the regular army in the new association will be to act as instructors to the officers of the
 National Guard and the Officers Re serve Corps. The United States can never hope to have a continuous milf
 army unless some such plan as this is adopted, Mullally asserts. There 1 is nothing political about the Organiza- tion, he insists Those behind the | movement have no idea of attempting
 to influence political legislation or to meddle in any way in governmental
 matters They will meet solely for the
 purpose of bringing about professional J military improvement among the
 young men of the country. "One army
 one spirit" might well be taken as
 the slogan of the new association, he
 says.
 Mullally has no fault to find with
 the various other military organiza
 tions which have sprung up since the
 war. He is particular to point out
 however, that the organization has
 nothing of the reminiscent about it.
 unless such a characterization could