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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:

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DETAIL OF OFFICERS TO TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHER
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Under the provisions of section 127a of the National Defense Act, 184 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: Generals, 1; Infantry, 28; Cavalry, 17; Field Artillery, 9; Coast Artillery Corps, 4; Air Corps, 44; Corps of Engineers, 16; Signal Corps, 3; Adjutant General's Department, 2; Judge Advocate General's Department, 14; Quartermaster Corps, 8; Finance Department, 2; Medical Department, 27; Ordnance Department, 5; Chemical Warfare Service, 3; Chaplains, 1. Included in the total of 184 officers were 103 taking short courses varying in duration from two weeks to six months.

RECRUITING AND INDUCTION SERVICE

Current appropriations during the fiscal year 1941, authorizing increases in the enlisted strength of the Regular Army, together with the passage of the act calling the National Guard into the Federal service, and the Selective Training and Service Act, placed a heavy burden on the Recruiting and Induction Service.

The First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1941, approved June 26, 1940, increased the authorized enlisted strength of the Regular Army from 280,000 to 375,000. Subsequent appropriations provided for further increases up to an enlisted strength of 500,000 for June 30, 1941, the actual enlisted strength of the Regular Army on that date being 491,825.

Enlistments for the Regular Army during the current year numbered 313,439. That number includes enlistment in the Philippine Scouts and the Army of the United States with the Regular Army as well as those in the Regular Army. During the month of October

1940, when the recruiting campaign was at its height, a total of 44,653 enlistments were made, which established a new record for enlistments during any one month in peacetime.

Included in the above total of 313,439 enlistments made, 14,009 were enlistments of aviation cadets, for training as commissioned pilots. Besides those actually enlisted 19,608 qualified aviation cadet applicants were on the eligible list at the end of the fiscal year, awaiting call, and 3,250 applications were still pending.

The following table shows, by months, the number of enlistments and reenlistments accomplished within each corps area and department, the Philippine Scouts being shown separately. Enlistments in the Regular Army Reserve are not included.

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The number of enlistments in the Regular Army, Army of the United States, and the Philippine Scouts are classified according to race and type of enlistment, in the following table:

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The following table shows by months and type of enlistment the number of men enlisted for the Regular Army, Army of the United States, and the Philippine Scouts. The number of 3-year enlistments are classified to show the number of enlistments of men with former service, the number of reenlistments (men reenlisting within 3 months of date of discharge), and the number of original enlistments.

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