T HE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATE S,-~ Ey Captain R.P, Cook, 7th Inf,
T he Army of the United States consists of three component parts; the Rogt
lar Army, the National Guard and the Organised Reserves. These three parts are so c<
erdinate'd that each reinforces the other« ' They, will not be used as replacemnetr one
for the ether, except in case of unas signed officers of the Reserve's. Each j art 5.*.<
distinct in its status and each has a specific mission, in an emergency the three
parts furnish six rield A rnies, each Ar~vr consistin'* o* '"’avrlry Diviri*»rs and
three Corns each composed o* throe Divisions, Of the Field Armies the ionum Any
will furnish one, the National 0 uard two, and the Organized Reserves three*
Geographicly the Country is divided into nine. Corps Area according to tic
population, and the same manner into the National Guard and Organized deserve Divir.*
*kv!;as, The Regular Army consists of eight active and five inacu.-e. .0x7 .a-.
lie Far:: one 1 Guard into forty-five Divisions. The Organized Deserves rnco or-s •"u-r'.
red arid four Divisions.
A Division constitutes the fcllowing:
4 - Regiments or Infantry, 1 - Division of Train,
2 - " ” Field Artillery, 1 - *leld Artillery Train,
1 - " " Engineers, 1 - Observation Squadron and Division
1 - n 11 Medical, Headquarter 3o
In numbeis there are, 995 Officers and 'Current Officers, 19063 Enlisted
6944 animals, 4492 wagons, 5259 motor vehicles, 768 guns and caissons, 240 Aeroplane?
437 tanks and 107 motorcycles or a total nearly 4,000,000 men for over 162 Divis
ions constituting the Army of the United States. Now ifi these 162 Divisions with
their trains were placed on a road in column the Army would be 4860 miles long or it
would reach from New York to San Francisco and back again to the Fississinpi Riverc
ihese numbers do not include the troops that are assigned to Corps and Army Headquar
ters nor those of the Adj .-Gen, Q.M.C". J.A.G, Ord. aod such departments that do not
enter the field but still are the head of the different branches cf administration
and supply.
Now then, the main duty of the Regular A rmy in Peace tines is to train a:
organize the two other components of the Army of the United States. This mears tha
Officers and men are detailed to the National Guard, to the schools and colleges, to
headquarters of the Deserve Units. It is the dutv of all non to so prepare themse.iv
by caretul study end training that at any time they cay be able to teadh our brothers
in Arms who are members of the National huard and Reserves,
"Tf-ip KIP"
"Tie kid has gone to the colors, And we don’t knew v;hrt t,o s^y.
The kid we have loved and cuddled, Stened out for the fl?“ today*
We thought him a child, a baby, With never r care at all,
But his country called him mansizo, And. the kid has heard the call.
He paused to watch the recruiting, Where, fired by the fife and drum,
He bowed his head to Old '’-lory, And thought that it whispered, "Gomel
The kid, not being r slacker, Stood forth with patriot ivy
To- add his no ©• to t c roster—And, G od, we’re nr cud of the boyj
The kid has rone to the colors, It seems but a little, -hile
Since he drilled a schoolboy army, In truly martial style.
But now he’s a mm, a soldier, And we lend him listening ear,
For his heart ie a heart all loyal, Hnsc^urycd by tk
cu:
r f c ar.
His* dad, when he ttl him, chudir-cd, His mother—Sod bios' her1.
Yet, blest with a mother nature, She went
But he whose old shoulders straightensf,
th - motto
Gr a added.
•cried;
pride
or ■.'lenorw ran
To years when he, tm, a youngster, Was changed by the flr~ r
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