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1. lappuse
... WAR Secretary WOODRING . Mr. Chairman and members of the com- mittee : For a number of years the War Department has been confronted with the problem of vitalizing the officer corps of the Army . The predisposing cause of the need of ...
... WAR Secretary WOODRING . Mr. Chairman and members of the com- mittee : For a number of years the War Department has been confronted with the problem of vitalizing the officer corps of the Army . The predisposing cause of the need of ...
2. lappuse
... officers of the World War hump and all officers of the post - war group . I have discussed this with officers in my office and at posts where I have visited , and have studied this thing considerably in the last 2 years . The trend of ...
... officers of the World War hump and all officers of the post - war group . I have discussed this with officers in my office and at posts where I have visited , and have studied this thing considerably in the last 2 years . The trend of ...
3. lappuse
... world powers , and the age average of our Regular Army officers today is far in excess of any modern army anywhere . I am fully convinced that such a system , the ... war . We cannot listen to VITALIZATION OF THE ACTIVE LIST OF THE ARMY 3.
... world powers , and the age average of our Regular Army officers today is far in excess of any modern army anywhere . I am fully convinced that such a system , the ... war . We cannot listen to VITALIZATION OF THE ACTIVE LIST OF THE ARMY 3.
4. lappuse
... war . We cannot listen to theory or take into consider- ation the few ... officers on the promotion list . It shows the officers by grade and age ... World War group are indicated by the red line directly under the top graph and ...
... war . We cannot listen to theory or take into consider- ation the few ... officers on the promotion list . It shows the officers by grade and age ... World War group are indicated by the red line directly under the top graph and ...
5. lappuse
... World War hump . This hump contains officers whose commissioned service had its origin in the period of 2 years from November 1916 to November 1918. In 1926 it consisted of about 5,800 officers ; on October 20 , 1938 , it consisted of ...
... World War hump . This hump contains officers whose commissioned service had its origin in the period of 2 years from November 1916 to November 1918. In 1926 it consisted of about 5,800 officers ; on October 20 , 1938 , it consisted of ...
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active duty active list Advocate General's Department age in grade age limitations age of 60 Air Corps amendment ANDREWS arm and service average age bill brigadier CHAIRMAN chart Chemical Warfare command commissioned strength Congress EDMISTON field grades field officers fiscal Forced separations GASSER gentlemen going grade of colonel grade of lieutenant grade of major graduates HARTER increase Judge Advocate General's June 30 KENNETH ANDERSON large number legislation lieutenant colonel list of captains ment MERRITT Military Academy National Guard number of officers October 20 PACE percent percentage Pershing post-war group pre-war group promotion list Quartermaster Corps question rank reach the grade Reserve officers retired officers retirement pay second lieutenant second training camp Secretary of War separations after July served SPARKMAN THOMAS THOMASON tion United States Military vitalization War Department West Point words World War group World War hump World War officers
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13. lappuse - The academic theory of selection * * * is 100 percent correct. Its practicability is another thing. No logical mind can fail to wish the best man the more important positions; but when you consider the composition of our Army, scattered over 10,000 miles, where officers have a completely nonhomogeneous chance to display their ability; where the same commanders do not pass upon them, it is impossible to evolve any system where favoritism and privilege would not be important factors. If you take a...
22. lappuse - The following were my recommendations on the subject to the Secretary of War: "My observation of British and French Armies and most exacting arduous service conditions at the front fully convinces me that only officers in full mental and physical vigor should be sent here.
22. lappuse - French division commanders over forty-five or brigadiers over forty. We have too much at stake to risk inefficiency through mental or physical defects. Strongly recommend conditions be fully considered in making high appointments and suggest that no officer of whatever rank be sent here for active service who is not strong and robust in every particular. Officers selected for appointment as general officer of line should be those with experience in actively commanding troops.
13. lappuse - ... any system where favoritism and privilege would not be important factors. "If you take a list of officers, there are a few that practically everyone would agree are exceedingly fine officers and should be advanced; but after you selected those few, it is astonishing how difficult it becomes to pick out what you think are the best ones. "In time of peace the measure of the capacity of an officer — the yardstick by which you measure his capacity — is not of such scope as to really define the...
13. lappuse - ... standpoint, that it is not desirable, and would not advocate such process in the American Army. * * * > "In time of peace we do not attempt to apply the principle of selection until the higher command grades of general officer. In time of war we instantly jump to selection. We select in time of war * * *. "The academic theory of selection is 100 percent correct. Its practicability is another thing. No logical mind can fail to wish the best man the more important positions; but when you considered...
22. lappuse - July 28, 1917, he cabled the following recommendations, the first of several increasingly emphatic messages on this subject, to the Secretary of War:* My observation of British and French armies and most exacting arduous service conditions at the front fully convinces me that only officers in full mental and physical vigor should be sent here.