Show 5 ARMY EXPANSION EXPANSIONS mN 5 S PlAN SUBMITTED f BY SECY DAVIS t. t 5 S Not Recommended at This Time However for I 5 Reasons of E Economy onomy I 0 S WASHINGTON Jan IS AP-A AP APAS plan for gl expansion over a S ten perIod of the army's enS en- en S listed strength from to S OO men has been transmitted with with- I out recommendation to the house committee by Secretary of S War ar Davis Is S rho ho officer personnel would be bet t t. t c Increased from fram to while the cost incident to pay alt alC al- al t C S 1 and mileage would S amount gradually from S to at the end of the h 5 5 period r 5 The s secretary said it was drafted S after aCter I a study b by an army board of S military but was not r i S mended at this time for of economy econom S f ri 11 transmitting m it to you he I wrote in order to indicate a coordinate cor co- co r ordinate plan for these tE needs at such time as tho financial i S con o ol the government will willS will'S L warrant the serious contemplation S 'S S S S S of an increase in the strength of the theS ther r S regular army This study which I 1 am not recommending recommending rec- rec S 5 S at the present time S 5 would seem to the advis advis- r. r S ability of the development of a aL al l f regular army at the end of a tenear tenS ten ten- S year ear period to a strength of oC officers and enlisted men men S' S S He added he was of the oa t S that a strength of at least officers and OO enlisted i S 5 men S would enable us to increase the effectiveness etS et- et t S S of our national d defense defenseS S in far greater proportion than the theS I i S Increase In personnel might 5 5 S cate S I PROBLEM ACUTE r S f The problem of maintaining a aS aI I mob mobile tie force suitably organized for S S 5 S immediate use In an emergency and andS S S at th same time maintaining sufi sut- sut i units to conduct the 5 t S ing ot of our civilian forces has beS be- be S S S S Come ome very acute he continued In InS trying to solve thi this problem the theIS IS b S war dep department has been forced to tor r make serious reductions In the size S of army units My Iy pre pre- I. I repeatedly stated that a regular amy of at least offS off oUI- S 5 cers and enlisted men was j-F- j 1 necessary to meet the responsibilities ties upon the war departS depart depart- S f ment Ii The plan would contemplate reS reconstruction re- re S construction of a number of regi- regi I r. r 5 now inactive For contiS conti- conti S S l United states tates it would prot pro pro- t S vide 1 1 In Infantry Can try twenty eight combat I t i regiments and one school regiment calvary thirteen coin bat units and andone 4 one school field ten comI combat com com- I I bat and ancl one school field artillery I S horse one heavy fIeld artillery on ona brigade field artillery for Fort Ga Ca one battalion batta batta- lion ens tour four combat regiments regiments regi- regi ments all air corps nine observation squadrons photo nine purs pursuit Jt bombing attack ck and balloon balloon bal bal- loon and airship companies to be determined later S FOR OVERSEA WORK For overseas possessions it would provIde Infantry ten combat and two Philippine scout regiments cavalry caval- caval ry one regiment Philippine scouts held artillery four regular and one Philippine scout regiments engineers engi- engi two regular and one Philippine Philippine Philip Philip- pine scout combat regiments air corps three observation two pm suit and two bombing squadrons arid and four balloon companies Combat infantry regiments would have 1312 men each Aviation should be considered as asan asan an integral part of the army just justas as any other combat branch and should be subjected to gains and losses according to the varying strength th of the regular army just justas as any other combat branch Major MajorI G. G A. A Lynch general stat staff recorder said in a memorandum accompanyIng accompany accompany- lIng Ing the report S 5 |