Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests and homeland defense missions of the United States.
PL 110-203 (H.J.Res.70), enacted 04/23/2008

122 STAT. 701 
PUBLIC LAW 110–203—APR. 23, 2008 
Public Law 110–203 
110th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Congratulating the Army Reserve on its centennial, which will be formally celebrated 
on April 23, 2008, and commemorating the historic contributions of its veterans 
and continuing contributions of its soldiers to the vital national security interests 
and homeland defense missions of the United States. 
Whereas on January 9, 1905, the 26th President of the United 
States, Theodore Roosevelt, dispatched a ‘‘special message’’ to 
the Senate and the House of Representatives that ‘‘earnestly 
recommended passage’’ of legislation to establish a Federal 
reserve force of skilled and trained personnel to bring ‘‘our Army 
* * * to the highest point of efficiency’’; 
Whereas on December 14, 1905, the then-Secretary of War and 
later 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft, 
transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a draft bill and letter authored by Major General Leonard Wood, 
‘‘strongly commending * * * proposed legislation’’ to ‘‘increase 
the efficiency of the Medical Corps of the Army’’ by establishing 
a Federal reserve force comprised of specially trained personnel; 
Whereas in response to the recommendations of President Theodore 
Roosevelt and senior military and civilian leaders, the 60th Con-
gress enacted Public Law 101, entitled ‘‘An Act to increase the 
efficiency of the Medical Department of the United States Army’’, 
ch. 150, 35 Stat. 66, which was signed into law on April 23, 
1908, by President Theodore Roosevelt; 
Whereas Public Law 101 authorized the establishment of the first 
Federal reserve force and the first reservoir of trained officers 
in a reserve status for a United States military service; 
Whereas Congress subsequently adapted, expanded, and amended 
the reserve organization of the Army to include additional mili-
tary occupational specialties and capabilities and established the 
organization today known as the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Army Reserve has played a major role in the defense 
of our Nation and in furtherance of United States interests for 
100 years; 
Whereas many distinguished Americans have served honorably and 
with distinction in the Army Reserve, including Presidents Harry 
S Truman and Ronald W. Reagan, the former Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Henry H. Shelton, Brigadier Gen-
eral Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Major General William J. Donovan 
(Director of the Office of Strategic Services during World War 
II), Drs. Charles H. Mayo and William J. Mayo, and Captain 
Eddie Rickenbacker; 
Apr. 23, 2008 
[H.J. Res. 70] 
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122 STAT. 702 
PUBLIC LAW 110–203—APR. 23, 2008 
Whereas the Army Reserve contributed 169,500 soldiers to the 
Army during World War I; 
Whereas the Army Reserve contributed 200,000 soldiers and 29 
percent of the Army’s officers during World War II and was 
recognized by General George C. Marshall for its unique and 
invaluable contributions to the national defense; 
Whereas 240,500 soldiers of the Army Reserve were called to active 
duty during the Korean War; 
Whereas more than 60,000 Army Reserve soldiers were called to 
active duty during the Berlin Crisis; 
Whereas 35 Army Reserve units were activated and deployed in 
support of operations in Vietnam, where they served with distinc-
tion and honor; 
Whereas the Army Reserve contributed more than 94,000 soldiers 
in support of Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield in 
1990 and 1991; 
Whereas the Army Reserve contributed more than 48 percent of 
the reserve component soldiers mobilized in support of Operation 
Joint Endeavor and Operation Joint Guard in Bosnia; 
Whereas since September 11, 2001, the Army Reserve has provided 
indispensable and sustained support for Operations Enduring 
Freedom, Noble Eagle, and Iraqi Freedom, with 98 percent of 
units either deployed or providing mobilized soldiers, and more 
than 147,000 individual soldiers being mobilized (of which more 
than 110,000 individual soldiers have deployed) in support of 
the Global War on Terrorism; 
Whereas more than 39,000 individual soldiers of the Army Reserve 
have served multiple deployments since September 11, 2001; 
Whereas 13,003 Army Reserve soldiers were forward-deployed in 
the Central Command Area of Responsibility on October 31, 2007, 
and 102 soldiers of the Army Reserve had borne the ultimate 
sacrifice in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi 
Freedom through October 31, 2007; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is organized into 3 components, the 
Ready Reserve, the Standby Reserve, and the Retired Reserve, 
which together contain more than 601,000 soldiers; 
Whereas the Army cannot go to war or sustain a military operation 
without the highly skilled and trained personnel of the Army 
Reserve; 
Whereas the Army Reserve provides more than 37 percent of the 
mission essential combat support and combat service support 
forces of the Army; 
Whereas 100 percent of the Army’s Internment Settlement Bri-
gades, Judge Advocate General Units (Legal Support Organiza-
tions), Medical Groups, Railway Units, and Training and Exercise 
Divisions are in the Army Reserve; 
Whereas more than 66 percent of the Army’s Civil Affairs Units, 
Psychological Operations Units, Theater Signal Commands, 
Expeditionary Sustainment Commands, and Medical Capabilities 
are in the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is no longer a force held in strategic 
reserve but today functions as an integral and essential oper-
ational reserve in support of the missions of the active Army; 
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122 STAT. 703 
PUBLIC LAW 110–203—APR. 23, 2008 
Whereas the Army cannot go to war or sustain a military operation 
without the skilled and trained Ready Reserve and Retired 
Reserve soldiers of the Army Reserve; 
Whereas the Selected Reserve component of the Army Reserve 
is comprised of more than 30,000 officers and 150,000 enlisted 
soldiers who have volunteered their personal service in defense 
of the Constitution and their fellow citizens; 
Whereas the Army and the Army Reserve are recognized as institu-
tions that have played historic and decisive roles in promoting 
the cause of individual dignity and the value of integration; 
Whereas nearly one in four Selected Reserve soldiers and more 
than one in five Individual Ready Reserve soldiers are women 
whose contributions are consistently characterized by a high 
degree of commitment, professionalism, and military bearing; 
Whereas the ability of individual soldiers and the Army Reserve 
to perform their wartime missions is contingent on the active 
engagement and support of their families, employers, and local 
communities; 
Whereas the Army Reserve is a community-based force with an 
active presence in 1,100 communities and 975 Army Reserve 
centers in operation throughout the United States; 
Whereas Sir Winston Churchill once remarked that ‘‘Reservists 
are twice the citizen’’, a sentiment that applies especially to 
the soldiers of the Army Reserve; and 
Whereas the Army Reserve makes these contributions to the secu-
rity of our Nation in return for less than 5 percent of the Army’s 
total budget: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Con-
gress— 
(1) congratulates the Army Reserve on the occasion of 
the 100th anniversary of the enactment of its original author-
izing law; 
(2) recognizes and commends the Army Reserve for the 
selfless and dedicated service of its past and present citizen- 
soldiers whose personal courage, contributions, and sacrifices 
have helped preserve the freedom and advance the national 
security and homeland defense of the United States; and 
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122 STAT. 704 
PUBLIC LAW 110–203—APR. 23, 2008 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 70: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): 
Apr. 8, considered and passed House. 
Apr. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
(3) extends its gratitude to the veterans, soldiers, families, 
and employers whose essential and constant support have 
enabled the Army Reserve to accomplish its vital missions 
and renews our Nation’s commitment in support of their noble 
efforts. 
Approved April 23, 2008. 
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