[RESERVE OFFICERS OF THE NAVAL SERVICES 1726 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C.] AND TO THE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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• Document Release Date: October 9, 2002
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AWW~A
1726 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. ?1.
Washington, D. Ca
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TO THE, COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTS.'rEN;TS
OF THE HOUSE, OF REPRES'IN'TATI'JES;
Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Conrriittee:
I am speaking to you as the representative of the
Reserve Officers of the Naval Services -:better known perhaps
as ROWS ;- an organization with a membership of over thirty-
.six thousand reserve officers of the Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard. Reserve officors, a greater part of whom have
now rosumod their places in civil life in their home community,
arc vitally interested in this proposed unification of the
armed forces, Most of them left positions of standing in
their chosen profession or occupation to servo in the Naval
Services for periods ranging from two to six or more years.
Their number provided approximately 90 of the officers
to the Naval Services in World War II and their activity
touched upon every function of that tremendous wartime organi-
zation.
No group in the country today has a bettor grasp, a
more thorough understanding, more intelligent oppronch
to the underlying causes which impel unification of our
armed forces than those Reserve Officers, everyone of whom is
subject to recall in any nation_nil cnergen_cy. Perhaps no
group can more dispascionrtoly weigh the pros and cons of
unification than such a one.
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 To insure this, we reconzend that there bo included in this
Defense who shall fnrwn,+.a 4-1 .. _ ,
findings and recorinendations to the Secrete'ry of National
make continuing studies of unification and, their
such questions dis?a ssionatel;r and without prejudice, to
legislation provision for the appointment of a Coxnission
composed primarily of Reserve Officers, who can study all
recommendations.
Respectfully, submitted
John P. Bracken, President
Reserve Officers of the Naval
Services
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Statement
of Major C'enera1 L uric i?orstad, T.rirector of Fl rs
fiv'i.siori., .:aY T)(artm t General staff b iO +Y. n jtS
in TT , c .r.e .f? O rifitee Qrr=t]cJ:O tuT,c.
art.1 ri..s rouse of Representatives
Security" Act, of 1947 re F Apo 2319, t T: , l
`- nce 1.918, r:any studies have been 77,, -de . -i a v e to *fivelorir^ a
1:'or af3e plan for ]1it rr~ .i.rr the arced force g into an eff1, c' er and era-_o
Cal rach7ne for the preservation of %.eace, or ryS e latt resort s
' r the Sur-
cessf 1 pa o-ecutio, of wa.ra since U 2 at e
i
introduced in the Congress p~ertainin_,t to thi' subject, Daring th? ., nc
period there have been some seven Cor f`res , ona1. Co: z:i4tees who have .situ-3ed
the problem and submitted reports.
During ? orld War 11, a committee Composed of Army, ,avJ , ' r
officers of long, experience were appointed by the Join? Chief= of to to
study the reorganization of nat3 Dia1.1 de f C=nser. The Co7-nit tree re o 'tc tl:~`?
the ma jorit r of the leaders in the veld reco!nl;:craded a ur_i fi=d
organization of the armed f Orcf2s, an ? considered it to be es~er -1
In 1:944, the Committee on Post y
}?iar '`Jj.^yr jr Othe Representatives, after conlucti nF :eari.nFs exteridjn - over a perio_3 of ge.rn
eral months, rendered a rFnort to } h. i e rfect
of was, not +hen
opportune, beermse was in profre s , to unr'ertake to :*,r?.t$ he ;t-
tern of the proposed un-lfivation of the ;.reed force "she, rl.C: i'qy: L7r!'cTZIiS
however, that when the :war was over Llie C;ue sti;f?
arared forcer: should be follor'eci thro'