Evening star., 1951-09-30
Veterans Of Korea
May Prove Nucleus oi
Blue Ribbon Reserve

OluV MUWUU NC9Cl vC
The Korean war may provid
the Army with a well-trainet
nucleus for a blue ribbon reserv
force in sharp contrast to tn
Ihaphazard outfit which thre
years ago brought forth Presiden
Truman's criticism.
Draftees now fighting in Ko
rea are expected by high Arm.
Officers to provide the best re
serve organization the service ha
ever had.
Under the Selective Service Act
the inductees must serve in tn,
active and inactive reserve fo
eight years after being in tn,
regular Army for two years.
THE Korean war is higi
price to pay, all right" comment
ed Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks
Army information chief. "Bu
Wen certainly. be getting splendid
ly trained reservists because tn,
Eighth Army. according to al
experts. is the best fighting fore,
this country has ever had in tn.
field"
Filter Back Next June
The Army expects the selectee!
to begin filtering back into it.
reserve beginning next June. TIL,
Army has requested $4,000 mer
from Selective Service in the las
year.
The Army presently carrie.
590,694 officers and men on it!
rolls.
World War II reserviSts, many
OF whom have been called back
into uniform by the Army since
the start of the Korean hostilities
were not required by law to join
the reserve organization as are
inductees now.
AT the moment the Army is
not calling up any enlisted re-
servists. The Army hopes to have
those enlisted reservists now on
active duty back in civilian clothes
by December 81. with the excep-
ton of some key specialists.
Plans for Officer Reseryists.
In the case Of officer reservists,
the Army maintains it is making
every effort to get officers from
within its organizations. All of
the June graduates. of the Re-
serve Officer Training Corps. for
instance, are being called and the
output Of the Officer Candidate
Schools has been stepped up to
about 5000 graduates a year,
Nevertheless. some additional
individual reserve officers will be
called in the future to shore up
the natural attrition caused by
such things as the completion of
service by National Guardsmen,
The Army now plans to keep in
tact those National Guard diyi-
sions which have been summoned
INTO Federal service, allowing the
individuals to return to civilian
life after completion of two years
service. A large proportion of
most OF these divisions are yolun-
,eers and draftees.
MIR. Truman, during the l948
political campaign, took the whole
Defense Department by surprise
oy ordering a speed-up of the
organized reserve training pro-
gram.
Before that virtually every
Army staff division had a hand
n that services reserve program.
Mr. Truman ordered that IAN ac-
i've, capable, high-ranking off,
,er" be named to head the reserve
program.
Gen. JayneS Heads Program.
Maj. Gen. L. C. Jaynes now
heads the Army's program and.
lnder his direction, the first real
inventory of reservists has Just
'een completed. Four-fifths of
hose reServists have been given
physical examinations and the
Army now can locate them readily.
At the start of the Korean war
he Army had lot Of names on
is reserve roll but it couldn't lay
hands on many OF them.
Korean veterans, upon return
o this country, will be under or
lers to report to the commanders
VI their military districts who
will assigns them to reserve units
according to their specialties.
These battle-wise reservists, in
urn, are expected to teach those
Who have not seen combat, thus
pumping new life into the whole
program.
To provide the organization
With needed facilities A armories
IRE being built and eight addl.
lonal buildings suitable for ar
nory use are being purchased
lnder a $13 million appropria-
ion this year. A SIS million re-
erve armory program is planned
n the 1853 fiscal year.