Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-07
GEN. SUMMERALL
LAUDS RESERVES
New Chief of Staff LikenS
Corps to Minute Men of
Colonial Era.

| The Army Reserve Corps of the
nresent was likened to the minute
| men" of the colonial era by Gen.
Charles P. Summerall, chief of stan.
| +. S A. who last night addressed
| the meeting of the Reserve Onlcers
| Association of the District or Column
! hia in the auditorium of the Interior
| Department Building. Gen. Summer
/ all paid tribute to the organization
when he declared that through the
! existence of the reserves conditions
| of preparedness today are far SUI
/ perior to those OF 10 years ago,
when the United States entered the
World War almost totally unprepared
| for the conflict.
| Officers of the District organization
were elected following Gen. Summer
alrs speech, and Maj. John d. Gutter
was chosen president to succeed LIT.
Col. r. E. E. Mckinney, president
since the founding of the body four
wears ago. Other officers who were
elected include Col. Glendie 3. Young,
vice president; Capt. Albert Suffer,
| secretary; and Maj. Frank A. Frost,
| treasurer The executive board. IN
addition to the elected officers, Is com
posed of the following members VINO
were named last night: Maj. Albert
Barrows. Col Walter c. Clephane, 1t.
| Col. Issac We'll" Col B. W. Black,
Lit. Col. J. Miller Kenyon. 1t. Col.
&c. G. VIII, Maj. Frederic William
! Vile, Capt j. n. Long. Capt. II. B..
Minor. Capt w. w. Bercaw and 1t.
| r. b. Turner.
Declaring one of the chief virtues
| of the Reserve Corps is its activities
| in the various communities which
permit men to become better ac-
quainted with one another. Gen. sum
neral contended that in the event or
an emergency, the confusion and lack
of cooperation resulting from the as
signment of large groups of officers,
unknown to each other, to strange
localities will be avoided. This, he
declared, is one instance of the i'm
provement wrought by the reserves
over the pre- World War conditions.
II question whether any provision
| of the national defense act meant
more to national security than recog-
milton of the fact that dependence
could no longer be placed upon un-
| organized reserves Of manpower, y
Gen. Summerall said. Mobilization
of the national armies today would
| find us months ahead Of the World
| War schedule.
Unlike the minute men, you can
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! like the minute men, you are ready
! for the call TO service at a minutes
/ notice.
| Gen. Summerall took issue with the
/ opinion expressed that the Reserve
Corps is a militaristic order. contend
/ ing that it's members could more
| justly be called ''pacifists. Born of
their training, he said, is hatred for
war embittered even more by the
memories of the last conflict.
THE Reserve Corps officers would
prevent war if national honor and
security permitted" the general said:
they would save mems lives in war
! if no other recourse was left"
| The retiring president, Col. McKen-
ney also spoke, outlining the history
: of the Reserve Corps from its found
/ ing. He called attention to the added
support Congress has given the
corps in recent years in the form of
| greatly increased appropriations.