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Show ARMY PLANS AN AIRJERVICE Personnel of 21,853 Men and 1,923 Officers, 1,700 Planes in Commission, 3,400 in Reserve. WASHINGTON, April 2 Army reorganisation re-organisation plans upon which the war (department Is now working, it was j learned today, provide for an air service ser-vice with approximately 1700 airplanes in actual commission and a minimum available reserve of 3400 additional planes. This is based upon the proposed pro-posed military establishment of 501', 000 nu n in whlrh total the air service personnel per-sonnel will be 1923 officers and 21,853 men. The organization tables show that the air forces on a peace basis will be composed of 87 service squadrons of which 12 will be assigned to coast defense work in the U. S. and insular pi ssesalons; 20 will be pursuit squadrons squa-drons and 25 observation and bombing squadrons The typical army airplane squadron includes 18 planes in service serv-ice and I heir personnel. The tables also call for the maintenance mainten-ance iif 42 balloon companies divided into three wings of fourteen companies each. The general plan of the army reorganization reor-ganization calls for 21 divisions, including in-cluding one cavalry unit of nine regiments, regi-ments, to be formed into five army corps, each to be commanded by a lieutenant general. To each corps will be attached five observation and j bombim: ,-quadrons of a'rplanes and four pursuit squadrons, representing !a wing formation for each type of ma- I chine Machines in sufficient number to equip all of the air units planned for are now being stored at the various aviation fields that are being retained by the government Storage capacity I has been provided for approximately' 6000 complete planes not including those in service or in immediate re-1 serve with the squadrons. In addition j airplane motors by the thousand hae, been stored, the upkeep of any unit in b r ice requiring three or four extra noiors per plane. So far as the government Is con - i cerned. it appears likely that the sur- I plus will be disposed of eventually at j whatever loss, since to retain the; machines would mean building of new j storage facilities, and increased per-BOnnel per-BOnnel to keep them In shape, all with-OUt with-OUt any assurance they would ever be; of any value. The training planes are' already out of date and anticipated' development of new types will soon make even the service machines obsolete. obso-lete. oo |