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... H. H. Woodring , Secretary of War 1 Brig . Gen. L. D. Gasser , Assistant Chief of Staff , G - 1 . 4 Mr. John Callan O. Loughlin , publisher , Army and Navy Journal .. 45 III JUL 25 '39 VITALIZATION OF THE ACTIVE LIST OF THE.
... H. H. Woodring , Secretary of War 1 Brig . Gen. L. D. Gasser , Assistant Chief of Staff , G - 1 . 4 Mr. John Callan O. Loughlin , publisher , Army and Navy Journal .. 45 III JUL 25 '39 VITALIZATION OF THE ACTIVE LIST OF THE.
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... Gasser , will work no undue hardship on any individual , and will result in increasing the efficiency of our officer corps , and specifically the morale and hope of our younger officers , which is synonymous with the efficiency of the ...
... Gasser , will work no undue hardship on any individual , and will result in increasing the efficiency of our officer corps , and specifically the morale and hope of our younger officers , which is synonymous with the efficiency of the ...
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... Gasser first , and then if there is any desire on the part of any committee member to ask you further questions that may be done at that time . General Gasser , will you come around , please ? STATEMENT OF BRIG . GEN . L. D. GASSER ...
... Gasser first , and then if there is any desire on the part of any committee member to ask you further questions that may be done at that time . General Gasser , will you come around , please ? STATEMENT OF BRIG . GEN . L. D. GASSER ...
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... GASSER . The post - war group , which begins with the United States Military Academy class of 1920 , some 1,400 files down in the list of captains , consists of yearly groups properly distributed in age ; that is , in the first post ...
... GASSER . The post - war group , which begins with the United States Military Academy class of 1920 , some 1,400 files down in the list of captains , consists of yearly groups properly distributed in age ; that is , in the first post ...
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... GASSER . Yes , sir , as I shall show the committee later . The CHAIRMAN . All right . General GASSER . Now , the act of July 31 , 1935 , had for its primary purpose the speeding up of promotion of officers in the World War hump by ...
... GASSER . Yes , sir , as I shall show the committee later . The CHAIRMAN . All right . General GASSER . Now , the act of July 31 , 1935 , had for its primary purpose the speeding up of promotion of officers in the World War hump by ...
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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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Page 13 - 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...
Page 22 - 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.
Page 22 - 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.
Page 13 - ... 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...
Page 13 - ... 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...
Page 22 - 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.