Officer: TOE. S. & F. Reduction of drill pay strength to 15-day ACDUTRA potential Begin fiscal year 1962 Mob Des (Sel Svc). Total.. Enlisted: TD.. Total. End fiscal year 1962 Fiscal year 1958 actual.. Fiscal year 1962 estimate: August. October.. November. December. January 1962. February. 2,690 345 March.. April. 3,297 518 May. 3,297 518 562 June... Total, fiscal year 1962 estimate... 6,754 36, 430 5,195 POSSIBILITY OF INCREASE IN STRENGTH OF NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES Mr. ANDREWS. May I ask one question before he starts, Mr. Chairman? Mr. MAHON. Yes. Mr. ANDREWS. As I understand there is a request in this budget for 360,000 National Guardsmen, 270,000 reservists; is that correct? General WARREN. That is correct, sir. Mr. ANDREWS. Do you know whether or not any consideration was given by the present administration to increasing this number up to 400,000 for guardsmen and 300,000 for reservists in the new budget? General WARREN. We have no information respecting that, Mr. Congressman. General DUFF. Mr. Andrews, I have no information as to whether or not this is being considered at the present time. I know that the entire program is being examined, but it is being handled directly in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and I am not familiar with their disposition of it. Mr. MAHON. I do not think you adequately answered Mr. Andrew's question. You do not know whether or not it is being considered. Do you know whether or not the Army has requested that it be considered in the new budget? General DUFF. The Army has made such a request, Mr. Mahon, in its D-budget submission last September. Mr. MAHON. That is good. All right. Proceed without interruption. GENERAL STATEMENT General WARREN. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am Maj. Gen. Frederick M. Warren, Chief of U.S. Army Reserve and Reserve Officers' Training Corps Affairs. I have with me today Gen. Marion W. Schewe, the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Reserve Components; and from my office: Colonel Butler, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander, Colonel Yow, and Mr. Pethtal. This is my second appearance before this committee. When I appeared before you last year, I was relatively new in my position, and I deeply appreciated the considerations then extended me. I have always had great respect for our Reserve components, but now with about a year and a half in this position of trust and responsibility, I have an even greater appreciation for those dedicated citizens who so faithfully serve their country in the Army Reserve. Furthermore, I feel we may justifiably express satisfaction in the everincreasing mobilization readiness of our Army Reserve units and individual reinforcements. This, of course, is due in large measure to the wisdom, understanding, judgment, and support of this committee, and the Congress, by providing the incentive and stabilizing laws which we needed. Our office is responsible for the implementation and execution of approved plans, policies, and programs pertaining to the U.S. Army Reserve and the Army ROTC. One of our most important duties is the preparation, justification, and execution of that portion of the budget under which we operate, and the purpose of our appearance today is to justify the funds requested to support the Army Reserve and ROTC program objectives for fiscal year 1962. It is our desire to be of service to you in your deliberations concerning our program and its financing. By whatever term applied-limited war force, balance force, or otherwise it appears that increases in responsibility for the security of our Nation are deriving upon the Army. If this be true, it follows that availability to the Army of a trained and mobilization Ready Reserve component increases in importance and urgency. Last year I said to this committee: "Today, in greater degree than ever before, the Army Reserve is more nearly ready to accomplish its assigned mission." I am pleased to be able to make the same report now. This connotes, of course, an improvement over last year's status. Our mission, as you know, is to furnish, in the event of war or national emergency, and at such other times as national security may require "units effectively organized, trained, and equipped in time of peace for rapid mobilization, expansion, and deployment; such units to be of the types and numbers to meet the requirements of the Army, and also "additional qualified personnel for necessary replacement and expansion of the Army." The highly trained, well equipped individual soldier, Regular or reservist, continues to be the key to total military power, and a significant deterrent against any aggression. Our objective is to bring these units and individuals to the highest state of readiness possible, a state of readiness that will insure a minimum requirement of postmobilization training, and permit their immediate commitment to action if necessary. Equally important in our military posture is our Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The purpose of the senior division or college level of this program is to procure and train college students so that they may qualify upon graduation as commissioned officers in the Army of the United States. Today, this is a major source of junior officers for the Regular Army, and annually furnishes substantial numbers for our active Army and Reserve component units. Also, the program provides the trained individual officer reinforcements necessary to fulfill initial mobilization requirements upon declaration of an emergency, and a pool for individual replacements. Since the Korean conflict the Army Reserve has made tremendous progress. Starting with low strength units consisting primarily of officers, we advanced to balanced officer and enlisted cadre type units, and ultimately emerged to limited strength TOE units, the first such organization in the peacetime history of our Army Reserve. This development and progress must continue toward a mobilization readiness which will culminate in the complete fulfillment of our assigned mission. Improvement continues in the areas of individual and unit training, construction of home station training facilities, and in the provision of adequate equipment in support of our comprehensive training schedule and mobilization readiness. In order to present the Army Reserve and ROTC programs more effectively, and relate their position to the past year and to the next budget year (fiscal year 1962), we have with us today several VuGraph charts and tabulations which we desire with your permission, to show during this presentation. The most significant change in the fiscal year 1962 program for the Army Reserve is that the paid drill strength is budgeted to decrease from 300,000 at begin fiscal year 1962 to 270,000 by the end of the fiscal year. RESERVE TROOP STRUCTURE This first chart reflects the Army Reserve troop structure, by type and number of major units within the 300,000 paid drill training authorized objective strength of the Army Reserve. You will note the total number of company-size units included in the troop structure is 4,338. These units are grouped into three priorities in accordance with initial mobilization requirements in support of planned deployment schedules. (The chart follows:) 66865-61-pt. 1-19 |