Show J ARm Jt OFFICERS Reductions Made fade in Every Arm Am of Service While hile Aviation Suffers Most lost C Citizen Reserve Planned Feb 20 Eight thousand fewer few army rs than for b by tho war department depart depart- meat ment aro lr provided provide l by the House army bill formally presented today by Ch Chairman Kahn of the military mili mili- tary affairs committee Reductions in the tho number of officers were made mad madin in every br branch of the service but the sharpest shu cut was vas for the aviation service r c oDly of or the asked for In all aU the department de tEle- tEle sought officers and the House committee granted 1 None ono of ot tho the various plans offered to tho the committee for reorganizing the army was adopted by the Iho committee Instead the committee e. e report as submitted sub sub- mittel by Mr II Kahn pointed out the rational national defense act acl o of 1916 was wai used as s U working basis tho the new law be being being belag be- be ing lag a a revision of or the old one System In Is Unaltered E Extensive lve as are arc the changes hanges madei said Mr lr Ir Kahns Kahn's report the they alter aller In Inno inno no no material re reaped the tho military system tern tem established b by the national l I de- de cl but lut l ut merely march make th thc e I la in which the lapse of and the thc i experience lIco of or the thear war scar ha have llac e shown t. t 11 essary o h r will rc rc- malit as ls now determined by br law consisting consisting con con- o of a comp comparatively small regular regu regu- lar ann of professional soldiers bal backed c. c by a large reserve reserve of or citizen officers and an aU national guard subject to c considerable federal aup n and anti liable in time t. t Q of or war Continued ed on ott page Se 6 p S REORGANIZATION OF ARMY CUTS OfFICERS Continued from Crom l Paso Pago o 1 to be drafted into tho army for general gen s-en- eral eal military service Organization to io be bo Plc Flexible hl Perhaps tho mO most t. t notable change which it has been proposed to introduce Introduce introduce intro intro- duce into the tho regular army is the tho principle principle prin prIn- ciple of oC flexibility of or organization the tho report added declaring that the provision giving bivin tho the th the tho right to outline tho the tactical formation will enable the tho army t to to- keep pace with changing conditions No mention to universal training Is ls made mido in Sn the report but Chairman Kahn announced ho expected to appoint to tomorrow tomorrow to- to o- o morrow the subcommittee which will win investigate all questions o of a 1 training scheme and framo frame the bill biU tobe tobe to tobe be submitted d on this subject The committee t to to- tobo bo be composed of ot seven n members will Include a a. majority o of supporters of or universal training Minority Declares It Inadequate In a minority report Representative C Democrat of New York declared do- do dared tho the measure submitted by Mr orr Kahn was not an aa army reorganization tion bib in an any sense and complained that the tho bill would not provide an adequate adequate ade ado quate quata army anny for the tho country countr In In many instances declared Mr Caldwell's report I 1 supported the propositions with the Ices Icea that they were to O be followed by a t provision incorporating In Incorporating In- In universal training for which a a. majority of or the whole committee commIttee committee com com- at ono one time timo voted and amt for which never nover less than halt half of ot tho committee com com- expressed their approval until this bill was completed complete l efficiency The bill is not constructive but destructive destructive destructive de de- de- de for tor under It It ft will bo be impossible im hn rn- rn possible to havo have as aa large or as an Ln ef of- a n force as can be bo sO secured urell un under under under un un- der the national dc defense act without amendment While hUe the Ule bill 1111 in terms Authorizes 9 enlisted enlist strength I by change in term of or enlistment en nn and the repeal of ot the provisions authorizIng author author- Ing InS an enlisted reserve it makes It I Impossible ImpoSible for or tho government to have hlo under its control at any time n more oro than 1 men and consequently it would bo IJO In a n. position where where- it would not notha ha- ha have hause use for tor more moro than or officers at the outside while the bill provides for officers Under tho bill as framed nunc t the tho 10 an annual annual annual an- an nual e exp expense ns will bo ho practically twice that incurred when the to defense act net was In n operation and will win produce I about half the resul results s. s j I |