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Our Defense and the Shape of the Army in War Plans
The document outlines the U S Army structure under the President and Secretary of War detailing the Chief of Staff five divisions including Personnel Military Intelligence Operations and Training Supply and War Plans It describes Regular Army National Guard Organized Reserves and the initial protective force alongside the Navy and the push for 800 000 more troops Then it lists fighting arms Infantry Cavalry Field Artillery Coast Artillery Air Corps Engineers and Signal Corps and discusses mechanized forces and potential armored divisions likened to German Blitzkrieg tactics It follows a hypothetical recruit John Smith through enlistment and the provisioning needed to train him
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Regular Army
National Guard
National Defense Advisory Commission
General Staff
Guilder
War Plans Division
Organized Reserve
Navy
Coast Artillery
Air Corps
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
John Smith
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