MILITARY POSTS AND CAMPS IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES-Continued Post or Camp Miley, Fort. Miller Field. Mission Air Corps Facility. Mississippi Ordnance Works. Missoula, Fort. Mitchel Field.. Mojave Antiaircraft Range. Morgantown Ordnance Works. Mott, Fort... Moultrie Air Corps Facility. Muroc Lake Air Corps Facility Nansemond Ordnance Depot. New Cumberland General Depot. Normoyle Quartermaster Depot. Ogden Ordnance Depot. Ohio River Ordnance Plant. Oklahoma City Air Depot Omaha, Fort.. Omaha Quartermaster Depot. 22d and Hickory Sts., Omaha, Nebr. Ontario Air Corps Facility Ontario, Fort. Ord, Fort... O'Reilly General Hospital Orlando Air Base.. Owens Field. Oxnard Air Corps Facility Paine Field. Palo Alto Airport. Parks Airport. Parks Airport, Harvey Patterson Field.. Pearson Field. Pendleton Field. Pendleton, Camp.. Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. Philadelphia Signal Depot. Phillips Field. Springfield, Mo.. Orlando, Fla. Columbia, S. C. Oxnard, Calif. Everett, Wash King City, Calif. East St. Louis, Ill. Sikeston, Mo... Fairfield, Ohio. Vancouver, Wash. Pendleton, Oreg Virginia Beach, Va. 21st and Johnston Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Wissahickon and Abbottsford Aves., Philadelphia, Pa Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Picatinny Arsenal. Pickens, Fort New Orleans Port of Embarkation. Perry, Camp. Pine Camp. Dover, N. J. Fort Barrancas, Fla. New Orleans, La. La Carne, Ohlo. Pine Camp, N. Y Pittsburgh-Alleghany County Air Base Dravosburg, Pa. Plattsburg Barracks. Plum Brook Ordnance Works. Plattsburgh, N. Y. Sandusky, Ohio. Camp Polk, La. Fort Bragg, N. C. 1,900 5,400 13,400 1,300 13,700 Columbus, Ohio. Jackson, Miss Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark. 22.900 Roswell Air Corps Facility. Robinson, Camp Joseph T. Robinson Quarterm. Depot (Remount) Rodman, Fort. Rogers Field, Will. Roosevelt Field, No. Rosecrans, Fort. Ruckman, Fort Russell, Fort D. A. Sacramento Air Depot. Fort Robinson, Nebr. 1,900 MILITARY POSTS AND CAMPS IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES-Continued Victuals for U. S. Army Cost $5,000,000 a Month The Chicago Quartermaster Depot is the chief pantry of the United States Army, shopping for a family of approximately 1,500,000 and spending more than $5,000,000 a month for victuals. The Depot buys 2,000,000 pounds of fresh, frozen beef every week and places an order for 20,000,000 pounds of flour four times each year. It was in the market (Oct.. 1941) for 35,368,000 cans of tomatoes, 25,000,000 cans of corn, 22.131.600 cans of peas and 5.444.400 cans of spinach Supplies piled up at this depot are delivered to military posts throughout the country. Its leading platforms, all under one roof, can accommodate 72 freight cars a day and 50 motor trucks at one time. The principal duties of the Quartermaster Corps are to feed, clothe, house and transport the Army. In Chicago and in eight other original depots in each Army Corps the Q. M. C. handles all supplies common to two or more branches of the service. Although its chief task is the procurement of food, the Chicago depot also buys all the coal and coke used by the Army, most of the beds and cots and about 2.100 other items ranging from mothballs to snowshoes. The Chicago depot keeps fires going under three large roasters capable of turning out 1.000 pounds of coffee every 20 minutes. The depot buys its coffee green and sees to it that 1,000,000 pounds are on hand at all times, so that the beans can be roasted just before shipment. Army of the United States Source: Office of the Adjutant General Figures for Officers' Reserve Corps include Regular Army enlisted men and also, prior to 1924, National Guard officers, holding commissions in the reserve. Of the Regular Army, June 30, 1941, enlisted men numbered 491,790; officers, 15,025; of the National Guard in Federal Service, enlisted men totaled 262,722; officers, 21,274; National Guard not yet inducted, 1,031; of the Reserve forces (both active and inactive) officers were 122,020; ensted men, 2,149. The Selectees totaled 606,915 enlisted men. The officers of the Regular Army (June 30, 1941) were commissioned, 14,294; warrant, 731. Figures for the Regular Army show the actual strength, exclusive of cadets and retired personnel. The actual strength of the Regular Army, the National Guard in Federal Service, Selectees, and Reserves on active duty on Sept. 30, 1941, the latest date for which returns are available, was as follows: Com- Warmis. rant officers officers Components Enlisted men Total Components Com- Warmis. rant officers officers En listed Total such other officers and enlisted men as are now or may hereafter be provided for. The National Guard of each State, Territory and the District of Columbia consists of members of the militia voluntarily enlisted therein, who upon original enlistment shall be not less than 18 nor more than 45 years of age, or who in subsequent enlistment shall be not more than 64 years of age, organized, armed, equipped and federally recognized, and of commissioned officers and warrant officers who are citizens of the United States between the ages of 21 and 64 years: Provided. That former members of the Regular Army, Navy or Marine Corps under 64 years of age may enlist in said National Guard. National Guard and Regular Army figures in "actual strength" summary do not include Selectees. Enlisted men total includes 11,967 Philippine Scouts. The Regular Army consists of the Infantry, the, Cavalry, the Field Artillery, the Coast Artillery Corps, the Air Corps, the Corps of Engineers, the Signal Corps, which are designated the combatant arms or the line of the army, the General Staff Corps, the Adjutant General's Department, the Inspector General's Department, the Judge Advocate General's Department, the Quartermester Corps, the Finance Department, the Medical Department, the Ordnance Department, the Chemical Warfare Service, the officers and enlisted men under the jurisdiction of the National Guard Bureau, the chaplains, the professors and cadets of the United States Military Academy, detached officers, detached enlisted men, unassigned recruits, the officers and enlisted men of the retired list, and ARMY TRAINING Regular Army-Throughout the year all units of the Regular Army receive peace-time training at their home stations or in summer training camps. National Guard-The National Guard is trained throughout the year. The principal training objective of the National Guard is to produce units prepared to take the field on short notice at peace strength to carry out their missions as a part of the Army of the United States. The law requires that each organization assemble for drill and instruction not less than 48 times each year and shall in addition participate in encampments and maneuvers, or other exercises at least 15 days each year. Original enlistments are for 3 years; subsequent enlistments for 1 or 3 years. ACTIVITIES Officers' Reserve Corps-Active duty training is usually conducted at Regular Army garrisons. Reserve Officers' Training Corps-Young men attending certain schools and colleges receive military training during their academic courses. This training is divided into a basic course and an advanced course. The basic course normally is given during the freshman and sophomore years. The advanced course normally is given during the junior and senior years. Depending on the requirements of the institution, all students may be required to take, or may elect, the basic course. Citizens' Military Training Camps (temporarily discontinued in July, 1941). RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE when, under the law,, they would have to be returned to civil life are shown below: REGULAR ARMY Release Period DATES OF PERIODS FOR The distribution of Selectees among the Regular Army and National Guard divisions and the dates Release Period 1942 Division Selectees 1942 5,400 Feb. 28-Mar. 15 9th. 4,800 Jan. 15-Jan. 31 5,300 2,000 Feb. 15-Mar 15 1st Armored.. 4,100 June 15-June 30 3d Armored 5,500 2,300 Jan. 15-Feb. 15 4th Armored. State U. S. Army Corps Areas, as of Nov. 1, 1941 Source: The Adjutant General's Records First-Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Fort H. D. Wright. Headquarters, Boston Army Base, Boston, Mass. Second-New Jersey, Delaware, and New York, except Fort H. D. Wright, N. Y.-Headquarters, Governors Island, N. Y. Third-Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Headquarters, United States Post Office and Court House, Baltimore, Md. Fourth-North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Headquarters, Post Office Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Fifth-Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Ken A total of 337,649 persons was listed as draft deserters in the World War, but 163,738 of them were apprehended and dealt with before July 15, 1919. Only some 160,000 escaped the conscription machine entirely. Although the number of deserters was large compared with the number actually inducted into the Army, it was small in tucky. Headquarters, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, Ohio. Sixth-Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Headquarters. Post Office Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Seventh-Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Headquarters, New Federal Bldg.. 15th and Dodge Sts., Omaha, Neb. Eighth-Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Headquarters, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Ninth-Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California and that portion of Arizona which is attached for certain spe- . cific purposes only. The Territory of Alaska is attached to the Ninth Corps Area. Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. | comparison to the 24,234,021 who answered the three registrations. Army records disclose that 55.368 members of religious bodies opposed to war professed noncombatant religious creeds between June 5 and Sept. 11, 1918. Total claims for noncombatant classification were 64,693, but only 56,830 were recognized. S. D. Tenn. Texas. 2,288 4,551 15,259 N. Y 30.719 1 Md. 4.508 Mich. 8.207 Okla 6,514 128 W. Va. 2,706 Wyo 1,261 Nev.. |
