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2 B TH0MDAT. MAT . 1161 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDfORD. OREGON 1 17 SO. CENTRAL SP 3-7301 OPEN MONDAY NIGHTS UNTIL 9 V mm ';i Wards Riverside ASSISTS DOCTOR - Af new wrangle ihapei up in Geneva over the seating of the Laotian delegates at the international .con ference that is trying to settle the country's fate, American medic Phillips J. Wheeler of Florida, ministers to the ailments of Laos citizens. Here Wheeler, left, assists a Laos doctor in treating a little girl.' , (UPI Telephoto) 1,448,000 STRONG Reservists Are Standing By for National Emergency Br J- SPENCER GRAY (Written for UPI) ' He may be the man living down the block or next door, He may be the neighbor you nod to on the train. You might know him as an executive, a professional man or merely as . a solid member of your com munity. But, if war was to start, ; he'd suddenly vanish-because he is a selected reservist of the United States Army. . Enjoying little publicity and operating in some ways, un der less-than-ideal conditions, the nation's Ready Reserve stands by, prepared for instant mobilization if a national emergency should arise. . Most of the . men in the Ready Reserve . have either had full tours of duty in the armed services, or at least six months active duty training. All of them know exactly how they fit into the over-all-table of command, of the na tion's reserve arm. Know Missions : If they were called, they would know their missions In stantly. ' As Gen. Bruce C. Clarke, commanding general of the U.S. Army Continental Com mand recently put it, "No victory in American military history has ever been won by a single arm, service or component of the Army. "Victory in the field has al ways been the product of the combined efforts of regulars, guardsmen, reservists and Army civilians with all arms and services working as a compact team." This would hold just a true today as in the past whether reservists should be called to fight in a localized conflict, or whether the Worst should happen and all-out nu clear warfare explode. ' From the very outset of a shooting war, general or local ised, all components and all arms and services would be Involved. Has nuclear war, with Its Incredible technological ad vances and highly specialized demands, made the reservists obsolete? . Absolutely not, the Army says. Gen. Clarke pointed out: "The focal point of all our efforts is the ground combat soldier." (Modern concepts of defense have not changed this, he emphasized.) George Fielding Eliot, re garded as among the nation's foremost observers of military affairs, recently underlined the necessity for giving to both full-time and part-time combat manpower, whatever peace-time training it requires to meet its war-time respon sibilities. The Army hss been train ing its reservists with ever increasing effectiveness. . But why the necessity for a reserve, when, we are sup porting today a fairly large peace-time active Army? ."With rising costs and a demand of other essential military expenditures," said Eliot, "it's neither politically nor economically possible to keep up an active Army of sufficient size to deal , with all foreseeable emergencies. "Today, the active Army alone cannot carry out the Army's mission of providing a well rounded defense ca pability. "Today the reserve components-Army National Guard and Army Reserve-are essen tial elements of our ready forces. ;.'' : i "They are of greater im portance now than ever before in our history." Just what is the Army Re serve? It consists of three parts the Ready Reserve, the Stand by Reserve, and the Retired Reserve. The Ready Reserve is made up of units and individuals. There are combat, combat support, supporting forces, special activities and mobiliza tion base units. The Ready Reserve also in cludes some 750,000' reinforce ments or non-unit members who) would provide replace ments for early combat losses and fill ihe full tables of or ganization In both the active Army and mobilized reserve units. Citizen-soldiers assigned to a reserve unit take, part in both year-round training and annual active duty. The former takes place at an Army Reserve center or National Guard armory near the reservist's home. Annual duty is conducted for IS to 17 days (including travel time) during the sum mer. The reservist puts Into practice what he learns In his year-round training. Ready Reserves If a unit Isn't available for the reservist, he is assigned to the Ready Reserve Group and is required to take part in 13 days of active duty an. nually. Ex-Gls who entered the service for the first time be fore August, 1955, aren't re quired to train as reservists. Those who entered after that date may be required to train if they 'were under 26 when they were inducted. Such reservists continue as National Guard or reserve unit members until their ac tive-auty , time and reserve- unit time totals four years. Numbers tell one aspect of the Importance of the Ready Reserve. Total strength of this re- servle is 1,448,000, Including 700,000 in paid drill status, 400,000 in the Army National Guard and 300,000 in reserve. The Army Reserve consists of 10 infantry divisions, 13 training divisions, two maneu ver area commands and two engineer amphibious support commands. During the last fiscal year, tne Army Reserve trained 301,801 men on active duty tor six montns. , Another 60,000 Ready Re servists participated in 19-day annual training tours. More than 660,000 indi viduals who did not partici pate in paid reserve training were subject to recall to ac tive duty in the event of mo bilization or a national emer gency. 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