QUESTION OF RECALL
MEN IN U.S. ORGANISED RESERVE
(Rec. 12.45) WASHINGTON, Mar. 16. The army has asked its legal experts for a ruling as to whether 1,323,000 officers and men of the organised reserve who served in the last war can be recalled to active duty without 'an Act of Congress. The United Press says this- _ was brought out in a survey of the military manpower situation, which showed 1,273,000 officers and men on active duty in the army, navy and air force and 226,000 available for a, Presidential call in the national guard. Over 12,000,000 ex-servicemen are on call in a vast unorganised reserve created by the little-known clause of selective service law, which provides that all discharged draftees will go automatically on reserve status for 10 years or until aged 45. Officials said, however, that. Congressional action will be required to recall these men.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 133, 17 March 1948, Page 3
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