1940-12-09 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 9, 1940. MUTT AND JEFF

WELL CAN'T WE VOTE FOR BOTH ROOSEVELT AND:

OF COURSE NOT! NOW, BY PICKING A NAME OUT OF THE HAT WE WILL DEFINITELY DECIDE OUR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT!

(WILLKIE?

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HOORAY FOR-

WHO?

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ROOSEVELT!

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· By BUD FISHER

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THAT'S BETTER!

P-I. HAVE 12 DIVISIONS READY

DISCUSSING AT LENGTH the preparedness of the Philippines to meet foreign aggression, Major Gen. Basilio J. Valdes, chief of staff of the Philippine Army, assured the student body of the University of the Philippines that the military authorities are cog: nizant of the seriousness of their responsibilities and that everything is being done to provide an ade- quate national defence within the limited finances of the government.

Answering criticisms which have been raised from time to time against the Philippine Army be- cause the streets do not resound to the tramp of mil- itary feet, Major Gen. Valdes said:

RELEASED FROM

THE ARMY ··

In order to render houses hit by bombs to be made habitable more quickly, the War Office yes- terday announced it had been de- cided to release from the Army 3,000 men as the first contingent of men from the building trade.-- Reuter.

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wealth, usefulness and honour, every Filipino worthy of the name should strive to do his part in the attainment of this development," he emphasised; "This is what is known as na- tional discipline, an attribute without which a nation is doom- ed to perish. The civilisation, strength and stability of a people can be measured by the degree of national discipline they have "These critics forget that we and incorporated

additional attained as

. Without discipline, have already trained the per-units in their defence plans is there will be confusion and, sonnel of twelve divisions, that sufficient evidence of their esti- where confusion, exists dissen. these men are available Onz #1 mated fighting efficiency and sion and weakness naturally fol- moment's notice, that mobilisa-

low." tion orders for their recall can be issued immediately, that the places of assembly are already. indicated in our plans and that the uniforms and equipment are walling in our mobilisation ware- houses ready for instant distri-clared. The regular army is out that this is the best type bution,

building technical. services and suited here under the Anancial divisions which, with its general limitations imposed. staff sections, continuously "The Philippine Army in- study and determine the proper cludes all the normal branches types and methods best adapted of similar field forces of other to local geographical and psy-nations including the air force. chological characteristics.

A naval contingent of the army, "If we want our country to termed the Off-Shore Patrol, Is grow in strength, intelligence,

"Nothing is more indicative of the growing potentialities of the Philippine Army than the recent action of the United States gov- ernment in planning to use this force as the basis for defending our shores.

The fact that

these forces are being welcomed

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usefulness."

Own Methods

Major Gen. Valdes made an appraisal of the progress of the Philippine Army, declaring that the basis of the Philippine na- tional defence is a nonprofes- desional, citizen.army. He pointed

The Philippine Army will de- velop a form and type of tactical procedure all its own, he

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well organised and is provided with speedy torpedo boats as its basic material; The per- formance of the Philippine Army air corps has been the source of much favourable comment from qualified officers of the United States Army and other armies.", U.S. Model

A regular army force of profes- sionals is authorised, he con- tinued, in the basic law for the purposes of providing a labora- tory in which to experiment with the latest military. developments. While the military force is pat- terned after the United States Army system in general, there is no hesitancy about revising or modifying either equipment or procedure to fit local conditions obtaining in the Philippines, he declared.

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The PA chief of staff further said that the regular army in- crement will be finally estab lished at its authorised, strength by the graduations from Philippine Military Academy and other commissioned pointments. With this plan, the number of reserve officers on active duty service will be gradually reduced...

In view of the great financial difficulties encountered in main- taining the Philippine Military Academy and other military training schools for officers, the Philippine Army can never turn gut every year, an adequate, num- ber of officers to command the citizen army in case of general mobilisation. This is the rea-" son the ROTC "(Reserve Officers Training Corps) becomes a vital element in our national defence programme because it is the one sure source that could furnish the bulk of officers required. to. lead our reserve units," he de... clared.

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