The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-28
Stress Mobilization
 In Four-Army Plan
Purpose to Increase Readiness of Existing Units for
 Emergency-FactOrs Affecting Morale

The chief of stan has sum- marked in his annual report the more important activities of the army during the fiscal year ending June 90, 1888. The report de- scribes present conditions in the military establishment and specif- ically presents General MacAr- thurs conclusions concerning the minimum present and future needs of the United States in various categories of land defense forces. These subjects are discussed under several headings as follows:
 1. Civilian Conservation Corps.
 The report gives a brief story of the army's connection with the Ci- william Conservation Corps project. It describes the mobilization up until the end of the fiscal year and refers to some of the difficulties that had to be overcome. The chief of staff states that in speed, effi- cheney and economy the 1933 mo- bilization was incomparably a greater success than was the re- cruiting campaign in the spring or 1917. For this there are several reasons, chief of which are the facts that the American army has a greater number of professional officers than it had before the World war; it has a dependable and reasonably efficient body of re- serve officers, and has developed comprehensive plans applicable to emergency mobilization.
 2. Effect of the Civilian Con- servation Corps Project Upon Army Activity and Readiness for Emer- gency.
 The task of administering the Ci- william Conservation Corps project has taken away from essential mili- tary activities a great number of officers and enlisted men. General MacArthur states that training for both the regular army and the civilian components has suffered and lists the considerations that led the war department to recom- mend the utilization of a greater number of reserve officers on Civil ian Conservation Corps activities. The most important of these con- alterations is the necessity for re- leasing regulars for the perform ance of vital military responsible ities.
 3. The Four-Army Plan.
 This section is given over to a description of certain revisions of the higher tactical organization of the army. The Fou-Army plan di- yides the United States into four great areas, conforming to natural defensive regions. All existing mili- tary units in each area are grouped tacticalIy into an army and placed under the tactical control of a sim gle commander. The initial objec- tive in event of @ major emergency will be to prepare each army for combat as rapidly as possible. The plan includes National Guard as well as regular army units and es- tablishments.
 The purpose of the new organ ization Is to increase the readiness of existing units for emergency, and places emphasis upon speed and effectiveness in mobilization, rather than on numbers. The chief of staff states that planning and other preparatory activity for emergency will be better coordinat- ed under the new organization.
 4. Appropriations for Army Maintenance.
 Under this heading the chief of staff presents statistics to show the rate at which appropriations for army maintenance have been de- creasing for several years. He ex- presses the belief that the amounts provided in 1892 and the years im- mediately preceding were not suffi- cient to sustain the army in the proper degree of readiness for emergency. He states that under the steadily decreasing appropri- ations of 1893 and 1894 it has been impossible to prevent further de- terioration in efficiency.