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Local Reserve unit retainedPentagon tsuveils plan for reorganmi wBy LARRY OS1USWASHINGTON (AP)—Governors held their fire for the most part as the Pentagon unveiled its program designed to get more ready-to-go combat punch into fewer National Guard and Army Reserve units.'■i quest 11 D. R ... cial lt;£ m-sellini of Washington that his col-: mi*;,o| thc conf,.n.nCe ]ooksleagues withhold approval of tk National Guard proposals until after a Pentagon meetin.’ withinto the matter after Monday’s;meeting.* * *sta.e adjutants general next Mon- T|w sh„kt,„Pi lhc worksday.Rossellini, chairman of the Na-An outcry had been predicted tional Governor's Conference, by some. It still may come. Cut said he pcrsonall; oppose Tuesday's announcement b\’ the tion of National Guard unit in hisr. t • ~ t , . . , I 1 • McNamaraDefense Department drew only a state. He urged other eovcrnoiI eight months or more, will build [reserve stiength far greater than anything we have known in of Defense said in announcing it. yi 1 he order goes into effect auto-Rizk un*t«. Approval by governors is Hjneeded for any changes in the! [- National Guard during peacetime. I In brief, the Pentagon pro-'a' P3scs:r Aliolishme four Armv Rt*serve| H, and four National Guard divisions) pies a net of 731 smaller units)[ it considers out of date.I Placing most of the men from^ the abolished units into 11 new brigades, new support units, and six high priority National Guard, divisions. The last would be an| elite first line of Army Reserve forces.Retaining 17 other National)Guard and six Army Reserve -omhat divisions at 50 per cent i 'i ngth, and keeping 13 reserve C- v.visions as training units, lb The over-all aim: to provide the i-- six National Guard divisions with) 11,000 men each and enough equipment, training and support! to get them ready for movement) to a firing line within eight weeks of a call to active duty. There are 16 regular Army divisions.The shakeup won’t affect the| over-all size of the reserve, which jV? -nil isn’t up to the 700000 man goal set by Congress. But higher *)r standards for reservists may) make it harder to reach that!* n-goal, Pentagon officials said. 1 •k The National Guard divisionslirlcpwhich the Pentagon proposes' abolishing—except for 150-manskeleton headquarters staffs—are)the 34th Infantry of Iowa and Ne. 1i,-m i I - (i i Olvl U /ti If *» vtnnct n/I I **0111i Adi re:braska, the 35th of Kansas and Missouri, the 43rd of Connecticut. Rhode Island and Vermont and the 51st of Florida and South i-j Carolina.; The reserve divisions ordered , 1 r| broken up are thc 79th Infantry 1 \ of Pennsylvania, the 94th of Mas-)™*) sachusetts the 96th of Arizona.! e Idaho. Montana. Utah, Washing- a. ton, and Nevada, and the 103rd n^r of Iowa, Minnesota and Wiscon-j _ I sin. JHere is a breakdown of Kansas units as they are affected by the reorganization plan:Welling?1 o: R' tained — Company A, 1st Battalion, 353rd Regiment.Alma: Retained — 2nd platoon,733rd Transportation Company.1 Arkansas City: Relocation’ (loss)—Company B. 1st Battalion,' 353rd Regiment, 89th Division. Beloit: Retained — Construction platoon, 154th Signal Company. Dodge City: Retained — Head ' quarters and Headquarters Com-f)any, and Company I, 3rd Battalion, 353rd Regiment, 89th Division.' El Dorado Inactivated — 971stQuartermaster Detachment. Retained—Company C, 1st Battalion, 353rd Regiment, 89th Division.Emporia Inactivated — 662nd I Transportation Company. Newlt; n'lnjpd to e*er 2. Col. 1)T;hoorowa?nig!molt;indull
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Wellington Daily News
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Wed, Dec 05, 1962
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