Evening star., 1925-06-14

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faced with more &xx
diversified prob s&&Sh
lens. The out
lined e C my MAS. "H->' >"iA>'
program of the Director of the Bud
get threatens to still further reduce
the Army of the United States, which
includes the Regular Army, the Ma
tional Guard and the Organized Re
serves. In addition to Gen. Nolan,
the other members of the legislative
council participating in the conference
are: Brig. Gen. Campbell King assist
ant chief of staff, GIL; Brig. Gen. Hugh
n. Drum, assistant chief of staff, Ga;
Brig. Gen. Fox Conner, assistant
chief of staff, CA; Col James H.
Reeves, assistant chief of staff, CO;
Col. Edward r. Stone. acting assist
ant chief of staff, War Plans Division;
Lieut.. Col. Kyle Rucker, j. A. G.. D.,
and Lieut.. Col James H. Bryson, sec
retary of the council. In addition to
the council members the Adjutant
General of the Army and chiefs of the
various War Department branches,
were called in to discuss the recon.
mendations. Maj. Gen. kenzie w.
Walker, chief of finance, also attended
the meetings.
From influential sources insidious
suggestions are being made, not only
TO the Regular Army, but to the Ma
tlonal Guard and the Organized Re
serves, that there are not sufficient
FUNDS In the administrations budget
Tor carrying out the War Depart
ments original program for the two
Junior components. The department
is being told that if it continues to
recommend adequate appropriations
for the National Guard and the Or
Ganlzed Reserves this will neces-
state a reduction in the regular estab
hshment, which is already operating
at reduced strength AS was re-
Gently stated in these columns, If. the
regular establishment is to be main
tanned at its present strength and the
two Junior components of the Army
of the United States are to receive
Federal Government support an in
crease of S16.000,000 will be required
Tor the military activities of the War
Department. A study of the reports
submitted to the legislative council by
the various chiefs of the War Depart
ment branches and bureaus indicates
tnat this is conservative statement,
yet there is before the board a letter
from the President requesting the
war Department to prepare plans
which during the next three years
"ouiu teuucS the department s budget
s35 900 900
A crisis in the affairs of the Army
of the United States will be reached
in the next Congress, it is pointed
out, II the recommendations of the
budget director in still further reduc-
ing the military establishment pre-
vail. There is an indication that the
supporters of the amended national
defense act will demand from the
general staff report under the ma
tional defense act, and a resolution
from either House of Congress will
force such report from the depart
ment
History records the fact that since
the creation of the general staff every
important measure which has been
enacted into law has been recommend
ed by the general staff. For instance,
the original national defense act,
which was introduced In the Senate
by former Senator Chamberlain
Again. in the reorganization of the
Army after the World War Congress
passed the bill which created the
Army of the United States as worked
out by the General Staff
Ihere are stanch supporters in
the council who advocate sending to
the Director of the Budget recon-
mendations in support Of Gen Perish
1ng's program for $4,000 officers, with
corresponding increases for the two
junior components of the Army Of the
United States. This group insisted
that the General Staff should recon-
mend program for a progressive
development of the Army of the
United States which would include
the Bacon bill, providing for / 900 ad-
dit1onal regular officers in five incre-
ments. Members of the council also
contended that responsibility should
not be taken by the General Staff for
any compromise, which would amount
to an abandonment of the new Army
policy, but let the President or Con-
gress assume this responsibility. The
council is also considering a plan for
developing the Air Service which en-
braces program for the DEVELOPMENT
of fiers at the Military Academy SINH
lar to thos, lines laid down for the
Naval Academy. The new construc-
ton program for the Regular Army
is being discussed, and it is believed
that this will be approved by the
council, the only question being the
amount of money which will be pro-
Vided for the next fiscal year.
Announcement has been made by
the War Department that authority
has been granted the Army Air Serv-
ice ~ eIleT d pistol team In the ma
tional matches for 1925 About Au-
gust Is all officers and enlisted men
OF the Air Service who desire to COM
pete and who are able to attend will
nre the regular course at their home
stations. In selecting the team the
number of highest scores necessary
to make the team will be chosen, with
sufficient number of alternateS II
the chosen competitors can be spared
from their. regular duties, they will
be ordered on cross-country flights so
as to arrive at Camp Perry in suffi-
clent time to elect a team captain and
perfect their organization for the
matches.
The 1925 Colorado endurance ride,
which is an annual event for the pur-
pose of encouraging horsemanship in
long-distance rides, will be held from
September 81 to 25, the starting point
being from Broadmoor, Colorado
Springs, Colo. Each horse shall carry
minimum of 200 pounds, made up
of the stripped weight of the rider
dive weighD and everything else that
he carries (deadweight, except the
bride and the halter, If the latter is
worn on the horses head In addi-
ton to the first four prizes which
will be offered, the rider who shows
the best horsemanship during the
ride, regardless of his position at the
finish, will be given S100. In addi-
ton to the individual silver cup
awarded each year to the winner of
the ride, the name Of the winning
horse the names Of his rfdar q nd bis