Show O I A ARMY Mf VO VORK OF f M MONTHS NT Plan Under Which Mili Mili- Military Military tary Authorities Are Proceeding WASHINGTON July 24 Amen 4 Ameri Americas America's caPs ca's military establishment Ja is be being belog bt- bt In log ing practically ly revolutionized under the terms of ot the new army bill which became effective July 1 Army of leer II sa laythe say lay the work will not tie be completed for tor some Borne months because of the broad scope of the measure me passed paused at th thelast the last of or congress to place the land forces on a permanent peace basis buls Whilo the tho regular ann army will only ln of officers tic era and men scattered over the country and the Insular possessions It will willbe willbe be he so arranged in conjunction with th the national guard cuard and the reserve that rapid expansion of the nations nation's na na- na tion's fighting forces In time of ot emergency will he possible Strength of nf Militia The national guard will wilt have about officers and men but bt the strength of tho to reserve hue not Je yet been work worked d out and will de depend uc- uc pend largely on tho the enlistment of ot The re regular ar iUt ariy I iy re reserve re- re serve as It formerly existed composed com com- posed lolled of ot former enlisted ine met inai fi furloughed fur fur- r- r 10 Hh d to ta the reserves reserve to complete their e enlistment period ceased to exist as os such on Jul July l. l lu Its place there is established the cn- cn listed reserve corps and the officers officers' oUI- oUI c cers' cers r. r rell reserve corps The members of the former except veterans of the world war ar art are required to In n- n list for tor three years Veterans Veteran of ot the world var ar may enlist for anI only one year Tle OT The of leers leers' reserve C cor coipa t is III composed of or officers who he held ld temporary or reserve during the war emergency and graduates e of tt the student officer training school t Method of Procedure To accomplish the reorganize lion Hon of ot the national guard and the Initial organization of the re reserve reo re- serve the army bill bitt provides for tor a general rAJ committee to be bo composed of ot regular Army array general staff of officers of- of and ond an equal number of ot re- re verve per or national guard officers In addition two fifty other committees com corn mitten representing each ech state And territory will arrange the national na na- na- na guard organization In each fl and territory Some of ot these committees have not been by the governors and consequently this work has not been put und under r way R while no full plan of ot organization tion has as a. been made thado public a tentative ten- ten lath plan to be placed before I I the committees would divide the country Into nine districts with an army ormy corps in each ech This corps I would consist of one regular one guard and two reserve divisions so 80 organized that In an emergency I the two reserve divisions which theoretically would be ho the only ones much below war strength h. h could be filled d up UD with selective men A full fult quota of ot of of- of drawn from Irom the officers officers' re rc- corps corpo would be I available lo for these thue divisions at all alt times times' Jl n r Army The Theo new regular arm army strength provides for approximately 1 commissioned To provide this number numberS about reserve reune and temporary ha have ve been bean kept on duty and It Is to roach reach the full officer strength bv by commissioning about such officers and enlisted men In the permanent army and men to be so commissioned will wilt be se- se by A board known as ae the Pershing board headed by General P Pershing and Including six elx other officers The bill broadens broaden the scope of ot the reserve officers training corps I at the various educational institution tlona tion over o the country provides provide I Instructors and material for lor the schools and also aiso authorizes sum sum- mer camps campe to last six w k kor fir or advanced training of or the student Graduates of ot the training corps may be commissions 1 In lit tha tise I reserve Guard Ex Executive euh The reorganIzatIon reorganisation n I further provides that tn the hud head nt l o of ot r the militia bureau of tho the war de de- de which under tho rent on has haa Jurisdiction over liver r nations national guard and reserve reler affairs shall be bo a national guard r not b below lo the rank of ot maor marn vh vh will receive the Pol pay and nd allow ances ancos and have the rank while oi on duty of ot a a. maJor maJor- major general in the th army The offices of ot lecon second and third secretaries of Ot wr are abolished by the measure and nd their duties absorbed absorbed by by the t i of ot war var who ho will be Charged barred with the procurement of or all aU military supplies and plans for the of material and Industrial s n nu needed d In time of war ar |