Evening star., 1925-02-22

Guard, advocated in certain quarters
| Is adopted. would make 1t necessary
TO modify the entire National Guard
| organization, which is being work ed
out, is clearly illustrated IN perusin 6
1 the strength requirements of the
various arms OF the States armed
| cttizenry. Completion of the 250,000
strength program was being rapidly
pushed forward by the authorities in
| the Militia Bureau, until the retrench-
| ment policy of the Government step
| ped In and concluded the plans of the
bureau In perfecting this organiZa-
ton. 1t is pointed out by the sup
porters of the quarter million
strength program that a fixed figure
of 100000 men will not only be In
sufficient to complete the organiza-
| tion of the Is Infantry divisions, peace
! strength. but will prevent the peace
strength formation of the four Cav
airy divisions. 130 Coast Artillery
companies, and the regiments OF heavy
field artillery.
The requirements of the Is Infan-
try divisions, peace strength, are
| 1o,6o2 commissioned officers. 144 war
| rant officers and 1se,63s enlisted men,
while the four Cavalry divisions, in
oresr to meet the peace strength re-
quirement figures, will need ,424 OFF,
GERS, 16 warrant officers and 1892
| men, the total aggregate strength of
the Infantry and Cavalry divisions
being 210.3s4 and 20.432, respectively.
Six hundred and eighty eight officers,
il warrant officers and $4,000 of the
enlisted personnel viii be required
for the organization of the 130 Coast
Artillery companies, or total of
16,702; while the regiments of heavy
field artillery, of which there are Is
in number, will require 1,l34 officers,
Is warrant officers and 26,632 enlisted
men, or q total Of 21.7S4. The total
required strength of these four arms
is. therefore. 13,S4S officers. 1872 war
| rant officers and 254,262 enlisted men.
This does not include the strength OF
the Army Corps troops and special
troops, which have an approximate
strength of 27,024.
Limiting the size of the National
Guard to 100000 would cause B. COM
plete modification of the quar- ter
million strength program structure.
That this limitation would make re-
cruiting less difficult, one of the
| points brought out by the Limitation
| supporters. is debatable, as a study
OF the monthly strength reports for
the past year, compiled by the War
Department, indicates that the
strength of the Guard steadily In
of recruiting officers.
The most important bill affecting
| the organized reserves or National
| Guard, was that which passed the
| Senate January 26 and which also
was not objected to when 1t went
| through the House. II is perhaps, one
| of the most important affecting the
military as 1t is an amendment TO
section 5S OF the national defense act
| as II applies to the National Guard.
National Guard regulations have
| for some years past Authorized re-
! enlistment in the State citizen forces
| of men between the ages of 80 and
! 81 years. The controller general ir
decision dated August 30, 1924, held
| that under existing laws enlisted
men Of the National Guard cannot be
| more than as years of age, that the
| enlistment OF men over IS is contrary
| to law, and that such men cannot re-
ceive pay from Federal funds for
| services they perform At the pres
| ent time, there are a considerable
number of men in the National Guard
between the ages Of 45 and "a, many
| of whom hold positions as non-com-
| missioned officers, caretakers and
| armory employees. Continuing these
| men in service in the National Guard
| Is very desirable, the proposed amend
ment to this section not only making
Ethis possible. but IL will also validate
payments made to enlisted men with
| in these age limits. Warrant officers
who have been otherwise authorized
| for the National Guard since this sec
| tion was enacted, are specifically pro-
vided for in the proposed change.
! According 10 paragraph /. special
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| Area, current series, the follow in G
| named reserve officers residing ir
| Washing gton have been assigned &c
the non divisional group, r. L.; Maj
| Harry W. Schoening, Veteran Oficers
| Reserve Corps as evacuation Office
| of the 1st Army; Lieut.. Col. John A
| Herman, Veteran Officers Resery,
| Corps, as commanding officer of tn,
| Veterinary Evacuation Hospital No
| Is, 4th Army, and Maj. Jesse P. Porch
| Veteran Officers Reserve Corps, a!
executive officer of Veterinary Hos
| pital No. %.
The following reserve officers re
| siding in Washington having beer
| assigned to the on-divislonal group
| r. o., by paragraph 1, special orders
No. 20, headquarters, Sd Corps Area.
G s., are assigned to the following 6
| units and in the capacity designated
! IN eacn case.
| Receipts officer, Capt Alton G. Grin
nell, Medical Administrative Corps
Oficers Reserve Corps, 1920 McKin
ley street, Chevy Chase, District o
Columbia: dental surgeon, Station
Hospital No. 5S, First Lieut.. John A
Boston, Dental Corps, officers Re
| serve Corps las East Wilson boule
ward. Clarendon, Va; adjutant and de
tachment commander. Capt. John F
Newport, Medical Administrative Corps
Officers Reserve Corps, 432 Upshu
| street northwest: supply and mess off
Ger. First Lieut. Michael ]. Leahy
Medical Administrative Corps, Officers
Reserve Corps, 5344 Forty-frst street
| Chevy Chase, District of Columbia
aijutant and deta achment commander
First Lieut.. Harry P. Davis. Medica
Administrative Corps, Officers Re
serve Corps, 515 Longfe1low street
supply and mess officer, Capt Charle
IC Young. Medical Administrative,
Corps, Officers Reserve Corps, Ian
ham, Md; Station Hospital No
5s. chief of Medical Service, Mai
Augustus c. Gray, Medical Corps
Officers Reserve Corps. 1912 Newton
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