The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
pERIALISTS OF
us, have BIGGEST
MILITARY FORCES
Pretty Girl Officers
Lure for ROTC

WASHINGTON, March 28.-The
United States actually has a larger
number of men in its armed forces
than Great Britain or France, &C.
cording to the official figures given
by Congressman Ross A. Collins, a
member of the subcommittee on ap-
preparations, which handles military
bills.
Small Army" Pretense.
The American government has
made pretense of having one of
the smallest armies of the powerful
imperialist powers by means of its
reserve system and National Guard.
The figures given by Collins do not
include the navy, marine corps,
naval reserves, cadets, and many
other military organizations. The
statistics given by Collins include
661,393 officers and men and no.
600 members of rifle clubs supported
by the war department, or a grand
total of more than 10000 who re-
ceive regular military training
under direction of the war depart
ment. The navy, marine corps, and
other official and semi-official mill
tary organizations not mentioned by
Collins probably would bring the to-
tai to more than one million.
s7OO,OOO,OOO for War.
In the regular army" there are
1885 officers and enlisted men
and more than 10000 cIassed as
Civilian workers" The National
Guard has 1892 officers and men,
the organized reserves 114,824 of
ficers and 5,416 enlisted men, and
the reserve officers training corps
127,141. Last year, 34,515 attended
the Citizens Military Training
Camps.
The military establishments men
toned are maintained at total cost
of $328,338,S15. Expenditures for
the navy and other war prepare
tons bring the grand total to more
than seven hundred million dollars
per year for military purposes.
Militarist Propaganda.
The subtle propaganda used by
the government to lure young work
ers into the military service and
prepare them for imperialist war is
revealed by Congressman Collins,
who admits some of the psychology
cal methods for deceiving the
masses and surrounding imperial
ist militarism with romantic halo.
Discussing the Reserve Officers
Training Corps, Collins says:
Pretty Girl Officers.
II cannot give the congress the
of girls who are given this
particular training because their
was not furnished to the
committee, but usually pretty girls
are chosen as officers and sponsors
and uniforms are provided for them
from some source.
"These girl officers are frequent
ly installed with much pomp and
ceremony and public display; they
lead parades and participate in re-
views and preside on social occa-
sions, conduct personal inspection of
boy cadets in some places, and act
as general billboards, advertising
the glory of the Reserve Officers
Training Corps.
Horses Also Lend Color.
"The young ladies are not the
only agencies used in the Reserve
Officers Training Corps for the
purpose of popularizing military
raining. Horses also play large
part. There are certain schools that
would probably not have a Reserve
officers Training Corps unit were
t not for the riding horses that are
provided for the amusement of these
young men.
Riding is becoming very popular
and most young men in
chools like to ride, and as long as
hey are able to ride a good horse,
fed, and equipped in
inc, splendid way by the United
states government, they join the
reserve Officers Training Corps
or the purpose of improving their
orsemanship. The horse is kept in
ne army because Of it's amusement