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The National Defense Act of 1916, Pub.L. 64–85, 39 Stat. 166, enacted June 3, 1916, was a federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard. The 1916 act included an expansion of the Army and the National Guard, the creation of an Officers' and an Enlisted ...
3 de jun. de 2013 · Soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard 8th Infantry disembark from a train stopped in Columbus, N.M., on or about July 1, 1916. The Massachusetts Guardsmen were among the first National Guard units to arrive in Columbus after their 2,000-mile journey from Boston, after President Wilson federalized the entire force on June 18, 1916, the first use of the National Defense Act signed into ...
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reserve or National Guard officers or enlisted men who could quickly enter the fight.5 Congress solved this problem with the National Defense Act of 1916, which created the nation’s first air reserve program. The War Department knew it would be impossible to maintain sufficient strength in aviators and skilled technicians in the peacetime Army.
The National Defense Act of 1916 provided for an expanded army during peace and wartime, fourfold expansion of the National Guard, the creation of an Officers' and an Enlisted Reserve Corps, plus the creation of a Reserve Officers' Training Corps in colleges and universities. The President was also given authority, in case of war or national ...
5 de nov. de 2009 · Finally, the National Defense Act formally established the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to train and prepare high school and college students for Army service. Also in June 1916, Wilson secured passage of the Naval Appropriations Act, which set out to create a U.S. Navy equal to the most powerful in the world—Britain’s—by 1925.
5 de ene. de 2023 · The National Defense Act, ratified by Congress in May 1916 and signed by Wilson on June 3, brought the states’ militias more under federal control and gave the president authority, in case of war or national emergency, to mobilize the National Guard for the duration of the emergency.
