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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
7
Moscow reports a severe shortage of cotton fabrics as the Soviet textile industry cannot meet demand. long queues form outside state shops as villagers travel far to buy gingham and dress materials. production has fallen 70 percent since prewar times, prompting imports and potential further investment.
Washington July 15 The third of six AP series by Gen John J Pershing details the Army of the United States structure The two civilian components National Guard and Organized Reserves are described as the defense backbone The Guard now numbers 180636 officers and men with most training in field exercises this summer The article covers training plans for Guard units Reserve officers and the Citizens Military Camp concept across nine corps areas including mobilization and inducting men into organizations.
The text describes skeleton formations for 27 infantry divisions and six cavalry divisions plus corps organizations. It notes roRVIaE army and national guard divisions forming a six field army defense system. Reserve organizations exist in skeleton foray with officers and some noncommissioned officers, with full strength to be inducted after an emergency.
The Officers Reserve Corps will supply officers to the regular army and national guard as well as to the organized reserves. About 17,000 reserve officers, roughly one sixth of the total, will receive two weeks of training this summer. Local and combined unit camps will assemble reserve officers and enlisted men for practical study and joint training with infantry and artillery units.
The text notes that 15,925 reserve officers and 641 enlisted reservists joined army correspondence courses in the past year, a number larger than Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton and Brown combined. The extension department matched the combined correspondence study programs of Wisconsin, Chicago, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Utah. During winter and spring weekly and bi weekly meetings were held nearby.
Officers from 10 to 600 gather for study, showing a practical economical citizen army. The trend indicates extensive military study while on inactive duty status, signaling a new service concept for the United States with promising implications.
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