1 The following table shows the number of officers of the Regular Army retired from active service during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1937, and the causes of their retirement. The table shows the grades in which the officers were placed on the retired list according to their highest wartime rank (act of June 21, 1930). 1 Major general, former Chief of Finance. Brigadier general, assistant to the Surgeon General. * Major general, former the Inspector General. Includes brigadier general, assistant to the Quartermaster General. Of the preceding numbers, one brigadier general, two colonels, four majors hold their present rank through advancement of one grade on the retired list in accordance with provisions of an act of Congress approved June 21, 1930. RETIRED COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHO HAD CIVIL WAR OR WOrld war SERVICE Of the 3,339 commissioned officers of the Regular Army, exclusive of Philippine Scouts officers, on the retired list at the end of the fiscal year, six, or approximately 0.18 percent, had served in the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps, otherwise than as cadets, prior to April 9, 1865, as against 0.31 percent on June 30, 1936. The grades of these six officers are: Major general, one; brigadier general, four; and chaplain (major), one. One brigadier general and one major hold their present grades on the retired list through an advancement of one grade under the provisions of the act of Congress approved April 23, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 264), making a total of two officers on the retired list on June 30, 1937, who have been advanced one grade under that act because of service during the Civil War. One general, 1 lieutenant general, 10 major generals, 93 brigadier generals, 199 colonels, 207 lieutenant colonels, 174 majors, 51 captains, 7 first lieutenants, hold their present grades on the retired list through an advancement of one or more grades under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 21, 1930, making a total of 743 officers, including Philippine Scouts, who have been advanced under the act to the highest grade held by them during the World War. RETIRED WARRANT OFFICERS The following table shows, by classes, the total number of warrant officers on the retired list at the beginning of the fiscal year 1937, the number and causes of retirement during the year, the number and causes of separations from, and the number on the retired list at the end of the fiscal year: In the following table the 581 warrant officers on the retired list on June 30, 1937, are classified according to causes of retirement: RETIRED ENLISTED MEN The following table shows by grades the changes in the retired enlisted men's list during the fiscal year 1937: 11 enlisted man, Regular Army, and 2 Philippine Scouts were discharged to accept pensions; the others separated from the retired list died. FOREIGN OFFICERS ATTENDING ARMY SCHOOLS During the fiscal year 10 officers from foreign armies were in attendance at Army service schools or attached to Army organizations, as follows: Command and General Staff School, 2; Medical Field Service School, 1; Motor Transport School, 1; Air Corps Primary and Advanced Flying School, 2; Field Artillery School, 2; and attached to Sixth Cavalry, 1; and to Second Signal Company, 1. The countries represented and the number from each were: China, 3; Colombia, 1; Japan, 2; Mexico, 2, and Turkey, 2. COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE AT FOREIGN SCHOOLS The following summary shows the number of United States Army officers who attended foreign schools as students during the past 3 fiscal years: DETAIL OF OFFICERS TO TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Under the provisions of section 127a of the National Defense Act, 138 commissioned officers of the Regular Army were detailed to take courses of instruction at civil institutions in the United States during the fiscal year, as follows: Infantry, 3; Cavalry, 1; Field Artillery, 3; Coast Artillery Corps, 2; Air Corps, 14; Corps of Engineers, 28; Signal Corps, 8; Judge Advocate General's Department, 12; Quartermaster Corps, 11; Finance Department, 2; Medical Department, 44; Ordnance Department, 7; Chemical Warfare Service, 2, and Chaplains, 1. Included in the total of 138 officers were 53 taking short courses varying in duration from 2 days to 4 months. RECRUITING FOR THE REGULAR ARMY At the close of the fiscal year 1936 the actual enlisted strength of the Army, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, was 146,826. War Department appropriations for the fiscal year 1937 provided funds for increasing this strength to an average of 165,000 men, and also made provision for accomplishing such increase by recruiting at the rate of 1,500 per month, in addition to the recruits necessary to maintain an average of 147,000 enlisted men. Recruiting activities for the year resulted in the Army reaching an enlisted strength of 158,626 on June 30, 1937, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, which numbered 6,367 on that date. There was a slight increase over the previous year in the number of applications received for appointment as flying cadets in the Air Corps, and continued interest was evinced in the citizens' military training camps, applications for which greatly exceeded the number of young men that could be accepted and trained with available funds. The following table shows, by months, the number of enlistments and reenlistments accomplished within each corps area and department. The Philippine Scouts are shown separately. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth. Hawaiian Department. Panama Canal Department.. Philippine Department (American).. U. S. Forces in China... Total..... Philippine Scouts. Aggregate... 283 241 238 315 251 779 930 788 615 598 792 711 719 807 983 954 838 212 289 234 191 275 254 242 3,025 627 8,653 858 11,397 630 687 161 344 382 450 312 436 333 532 445 353 383 394 395 424 496 584 5,087 1, 026 1, 097 1, 186 1, 319 1, 372 1, 4931, 578 1, 1791, 1131, 1261, 047 936 14.472 605 788 764 1,016 1,009 1,013 1, 024 801 883 882 68.5 851 10,321 99 124 116 112 130 64 89 87 79 100 117 139 1,256 224 227 3,414 285 384 337 264 3,805 15 38 5, 516 5, 938 6, 261 7, 007 6, 618 6, 982 7, 350 5, 816 5, 893 6, 625 5, 618 5, 846 75, 470 5, 588 5, 993 6, 301 7, 068 6, 681 7, 013 7, 418 5, 848 5, 958 6, 671 5, 758 6, 533 76, 830 |