COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES. EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION CARD DIVISION 48-296 PART 2 MARCH 25; APRIL 1, 8, 12, 13; MAY 13, 1965 Printed for the use of the Committee on Armed Services U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1965 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire DANIEL B. BREWSTER, Maryland LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts JOHN G. TOWER, Texas CHARLES B. KIRBOW, Chief Clerk KOVO OSADREPAREDNESS INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEE JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi, Chairman STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts JAMES T. KENDALL, Chief Counsel ROBERT M. NEAL, Professional Staff Member GLENN A. SMITH, Professional Staff Member STUART P. FRENCH, Professional Staff Member RVS CONTENTS ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES BEFORE THE PREPAREDNESS (Part 1: Pages 1-342; Part 2: Pages 343-635) Name, title, and date of appearance: Page 10, 108, 238 Cantwell, Maj. Gen. James F., president, National Guard Association of the United States, April 8, 1965. Carlton, Col. John T., executive director, Reserve Officers Association of the United States, April 12, 1965 Johnson, Gen. Harold K., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, March 1, 18, 1965_ Kaine, Maj. Gen. J. W., Chairman, General Staff Committees on Army Wilson, Maj. Gen. Winston P., Chief, National Guard Bureau, March Wright, Lt. Gen. William H. S., Chief, Office of Reserve Components, 474 533 15, 238 574 4 415 344 276, 465 PROPOSAL TO REALINE THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND THE ARMY RESERVE FORCES THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1965 U.S. SENATE, PREPAREDNESS INVESTIGATING SUBCOMMITTEE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee (composed of Senators Stennis (chairman), Symington, Jackson, Saltonstall, Smith, and Thurmond) met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 224, Old Senate Office Building, Senator John Stennis presiding. Present: Senators Stennis, Symington, Jackson, Saltonstall and Thurmond. Also present: Senators Cannon, McIntyre, and Tower. James T. Kendall, chief counsel; Robert M. Neal, Stuart French, and Glenn A. Smith, professional staff members. TOWER TELEGRAM FROM TEXAS GOVERNOR Senator STENNIS. The subcommittee will come to order. Senator Tower has a telegram he wants to read into the record. What does it say? Senator ToWER. It says: As Governor of Texas I have accepted the troop allotment for Texas under the proposed merger plan: however, I have protested the excessive loss of troop units in Texas. The national average of troop units cut from the program was 25 percent; Texas sustained a reduction of 42 percent. Further, I did not concur in the renumbering of the 49th Inf. BDE (Sep) to 72d BDE (Mech) as proposed by the CNGB. Bt. ་ A Senator STENNIS. Thank you, Senator. General Wilson, we are delighted to have you here. You are always welcome. We are glad to have you testify on this matter. I know you are interested in it and have worked a lot on it. You have a statement. Do you wish to put it in the record and just summarize it, or would you rather read all of your statement? STATEMENT OF MAJ. GEN. WINSTON P. WILSON, CHIEF, NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU General WILSON. Whatever you desire, sir. I can put the statement in the record and summarize it or I can read it, sir, whichever the chairman desires. Senator STENNIS. That being true, I believe you really can do better if you place it all in the record so we will have the benefit of every |