Word: rotc
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...country has never been prepared for any of its wars, not even for the last one. In the emergency of war the reserve army, headed by trained officers of the ROTC, would be quickly and efficiently mobilized for action...
...West Point men are fully trained for the profession of a soldier, acquiring there a complete college education. Their graduates become second lieutenants in the regular army, and the usual course is active military service. ROTC men, on the other hand, are commissioned in the reserve army. Military service in the time of peace rests entirely with the graduate, but if he wishes he may work and advance in the army. The ROTC is merely a skeleton of an emergency group, while the regular army is a permanent and active organization...