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MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1860.
U.S. Army in
condition since war
the best Freak train
New York, July 7.
The organization and state of training of United States Army units In this country have boon improved and strengthened considerably in the last year, though fow if any units are ready for instant action. There are five divisions and numerous independent combat teams, anti-
aircraft battalions and other units stationed in this country. They represent the Army's strategie reserve, continental defence and Zone of Interior security forces, and, together with the National Guard and Reserves, the mobilisation bane for a far larger wartime Army.
but larger transfers force a new the Intest weapons, and its per- start Thi policy gives experience sonnel turnover reduced. Today, in commed to more officers and, the Army is meeting to a large the need for a large by training more men, provides extent
somewhat wider mobili-mobilisation base, but it has done perhaps n sation base, but it adds nothing to too little to meet the new require "readiness potential and, in the ment of the atomic age for Instant opinion of some officers, is car-readiness-Haucon Baldwin fa ried to extremes.
the "New York Times”,
Are
ALL-OUT EFFORT
It is difficult to inculcato a unit DEMANDED
Though their general condition
2. Lack of unit "consolousCIE" in manpower, organisation,, train or unit esprit. In considerable Ing and equipment has improved remurkably since the Army's "dog part this is the result of excessive turnover of personnel; When real- days" of several years ngo, the mental commanders change every combat forces available are not year large enough to provide both year or so and other ranks
transferred almost as frequently, strategic reserve and a base for würtline mobilisation. Nor is their state of readiness adequate to the split-second demanda of the atomie uge.
Army combat units struggling agalust many major hundicaps in their attempts to achieve a higher "readiness poten ttal. These include:
་་
and
aro
Bill
of poor
Continuous cyclo
perienced younger
men, many of
of them
War II"
collision kills TO
Galesburg, July 0.
Ten passengers were örùsh- ed and twisted to death today In a freak polllaan of two fast passynger trains running side by alde,
Estimates of the number injured ranged between 60 and 78, some of them critical- ly ist.
The crash occurred At Monica, inal 150 milice Bouth Woit or Chicago.
A mail van of the El Capi. tan, a train, running between 1:00 Angeles and
Chicago, was said to hevé suddenly tert "the rafia and 'swerved into
the Kansas City Chief combined pullman and 'obrah express which runs between Kansas City and Chicap).
About 15 coaches of both streamlined trains were Jam- med logather in the wreak- age. Four or five were tola. scopod and badly, wrecked.......... Reuter.
U.S. Embassy
denies accusation
Prague, July 6.
Americans had In- fested Czechoslovakia with gave potato bugs.
with real enthusiasm. Another | rea reason for this is the deliberate Army Department policy of do- Albany, New York, July, 6.
Mr. Thomas Dewey, Governor emphasising special units or ellie
of New York, at a Press con- 1roops.
3. Lack of good noncommis-ference today, called for sli- sloned ofleers. The old pre-war out United States production "non-com" who provided the ce- of essential materials necessary 1. Excessive turnover of both ment that bound the Army to to match and then outstrip the
gether has gone. He has been re- Soviet production of arms. ofrer and enlisted personnel. One placed
and less ex
The Governor asserted "Na hundred to 150 per cent turnover
production should be in one year is not unusual. The good, but too few
of them real luxury
allowed to interfere with the pro- Army's career guidance
nce system leade
leaders, Leadership cours and
the owerwhelming The U.S. Embassy In, Prague and the demanda uf service giore careful selection, as well as duction of achools and of foreign service the rebuilding of the Army into a material force necessary to pre- today dented Czech charges account for a considerable part of tong-term professional organisa-vent lie, catastrophe of World that the this turnover, but not all. Some tion are helping to remedy this.
Mr. Dewey recently the result seems to bo
4. Difficulty of eliminating the personnel administration,
The Embassy released a note It is wholehearted support to President Incompetent and the unit. extremely difficult to
of Truman in the President's deck which, it said, had been presented rid of get
to give armed ald to South to the Foreign Miolstry. the incompetent
Bnd offeer, caster,
"Allegations to the effect that though still difficult, to eliminate or
Mr. Dewey said at his Press the U.S. encourages the depreda- Regimental commanders may the incompetent Other Banks. The retain their commands for nine tendeney by each organisation months ago had voted military tinely to introduce the potato bug 10 tons of or had sought clandes- conference that Congress. months to a year, rarely more to "pass the buck" of responsild to the Republic of Koren but, into Czechoslovakia are false and Thus, all combat units are in ability to another-to transfer
up to
te last month, not so much preposterous," the note stated. continuous cycle of waliing and the bad men to another unit.
The note said that the Embassy retraining. They may reach close 1, Excessive overhead. More $500 worth of military equip
from expresses its sympathy over the
damage perlod, ne could be assigned to combat ment had been delivered
to Czech agricultural unlts if the personnel "fat" of that appropriation.
"That is why the American-production caused by the insect non-combat outfits were further
Ro- question
in KRAKOWA SOKAKLES A Blanding reduced. The proportion of faculty trained forces of the new
The Embassy doubts whether and administrative and supporting public had no tanks, na combat staffs of most Army (and other planes and no anti-tank artillery," the potato bug even in its most
ho went service) schools to students is ap preciably higher than in comparable civilian institutions.
Number of teachers In one training division, the number of men under training the clear to all that Communist the Soviet Union gave the US, a did not much exceed the number of men engaged in training them stop with Korea, and the
Imperialism does not intend to planes had, spread the bug in Viclent personnel fuctuations, move may come at any time particularly. In enlistments, and
to peak form for a brief
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most
we desirability of malapitling
arger mobilsation base larger peacetime requirements altate account
than neces.
of
aunt for some of this. 6. Inadequate discipline. There has been
much improvement 地 discipline, but the letdown post-war days, the Post-war em- phasis on "equality" and "demo- cracy," personnel turnover, inex perienced noncoms" and some substandard officers leave consider- able improvement sill to be de- sired.
The
DR
DII,
That is why American young men are fighting and dying in Korea today.
"The terrible truth must now, at last, be clear to all that, we war for five years. It must now have been steadily losing the cold
next
form
voracious
nibble could ship uniting the Czechoslovak effectively at the fabric of friend- and the American people," the document said
said.
The Czechoslovak Government made its charges in a proclama- tion published last week. Later
noto declaring that American
East Germany,
Czechoslovakia
where in the wort Roland Associated Press.
ITALY WILL NOT STAR
GO COMMUNIST
Pretoria, July 0.
"I am convinced Italy will not go Communist General Sir Frank. Thereon, South Africa's Minister to Italy, Greece and Egypt, said here today.
Sir Frank is in the Union to 7. Reduced officer standards.
in standards of In-report to his Government on the reduction tegrity and character of the officer work of the United Nations Erl- corps, in part a result of the war trean Commission of which he is
a member. and the post-war integration of large masses of hastily trained men, has not yet been overcome completely.
but
He said the de Gasperi Govern ment in Italy is well entrenched.
He added that although there is a strong.Communist influence
8. Lack of adequate housing in Italy's trade union movement, has been improved, he is sure that the average Italian
has little time for Communism.
The situation
In Greece is stabilised, he said, and the Gov-
situation it is still probably the most important single physient deficien- cy at nearly every Army (and
Air Force) post. The Wherry Act ernment there in undisputed con- and other bills have not yet re-trol-Associated Press. medied it.
Equipment short
MALAYA READY
Fenang, July 6.
9. Scarcity of new equipment. No new post-war weapons in any In air power, Malaya is fully quantity have yet reached the prepared to meet any crisis, Air combat units. A few of various Marshal Sir. F. J. Fogarty, Com- types are coming into the hands mander-in-Chief, Royal Air Force, of troops in the field, but basical-Far East, said here this evening. ly the Army in this country is RAF Far East Command, he still armed with the weapons of told a Press conference, had not World War 11.
naked to send any planes to Despite these, weaknesses, Army in the United States is to- "I suppose if we are approach- day in its best shape since the ed, we shall be ready to make war. What It needs most is an four contribution,” he added. increase in the "readiness poten- Air Marshal Fogarty said that
units
jet planes would be Bent to
of its combat
been
the Korea.
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