The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-02

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points out that final announcement
as to the amounts that would be
made available for these purposes by
the Public Works Administration had
not been made by the end OF the
fiscal year" Nevertheless, in a four
page mimeographed publicity release
given to the press around NOV. ~
not one word is said about the sums
received since June. In fact, the
Department even repeats the gen
erals printed wall for more money!
The mobilization of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, containing ap-
proximately 100000 youths, has al
ready been characterized by an Army
Colonel as 'the most valuable ex-
perience the Army has had since the
World War" So that its fortnight
treatment by Macarthur as a mill
tary weapon is not surprising. In
this case, the War Department again
steps further into the open under
the subheads: Comparison OF Con-
servation Corps with Mobilization
and Recruiting in 1917" Effect OF
the Civilian Conservation Corps Pro-
ject Upon Army Activity and Read1-
ness for Emergency"
Macarthur clearly describes the
war character of the @. G. c.: plans
prepared for the emergency of war
were applicable, after rapid revision
in some of their details, to most OF
the problems that arose -
"To epitomize the military lessons
of the 1888 mobilization, it has given
renewed evidence Of the value OF
systematic preparation for emer-
gency, including the maintenance OF
trained personnel and suitable sup
plies and the development of plans
and policies applicable to mobiliza-
ton. Particularly has it served to
emphasize again the vital need for
strong corps of professional off,
GERS and for an efficient body of
commissioned Reserves
ut is true that certain benefits
have accrued to the Army through
it's administration of the Civilian
Conservation Corps project. Junior
officers in particular have obtained
valuable training in mobilization pro-
cesseS and in leadership. Stats have
been enabled to test in q practical
way certain phases of theoretical
plans :.
IN the chapter entitled "Disarma-
rnent" General Macarthur repeats
the fable close to the hearts of all
American militarists and War De
partment bureaucrats. In brief, the
United States has tiny army, one
more suitable to the principality of
Monaco than to this great country,
and so Oh. "In numerical strength
cur Army is so small that in this
respect it does not constitute even
minor factor in the difficult prob
lens facing the delegates at Geneva.
The organized land forces of the
United States still rank seventeenth
in size among the worlds armies,
whereas if organized on the basis of
population, total wealth, and length
of frontier our Army would be
second to none"
Aside from the fact that Mac
Arthur ignores the obvious Difficult
ties in rating the various armies be-
cause of sharp differences in police
arrangements, consumption. organized
reserves and civilian forces, he seems
to be in deep ignorance of the fact
that the larger" Soviet army is not
solely a military force, but to q great
degree cultural factor, literally q
huge school
Chairman Ross Collins Of the War
Department Appropriations Commit
tee of the House, whose chief object
is to make the Army more efficient,
has stated publicly: "The idea of
letting the world think we have an
army of 100000 or $4,000 is just hid
ing the truth"
In describing what the United
States does have, Collins said: I'VE
have 10000 men in our Army; we
have 10000 men in the National
Guards; we have about 10000 to
$4,000 men in the Reserve Officers
Training Corps, a little more than
that in the Organized Reserves; we
u d1l cOOuJ tu,uUU Ill OllC ClUlAtIlS HILL
tary training and, including the per-
sons in civilian life who perform a
larger service than the enlisted men
in the Army, we have around 100000
men . In the National Guard en-
listed personnel we have better
class of soldier than in the enlisted
personnel Of the Regular Army Now
there is not any use in hiding any,
thing in this situation. We want to
tell the truth about it, and the idea
Of letting the world think we have
an army Of 100000 or $4,000 is just
hiding the truth. And its cost, I
dare say, Is larger than the cost of
any other military establishment in
the world"