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The National Defense Act of 1916, Pub. L. 64–85, 39 Stat. 166, enacted June 3, 1916, was a United States federal law that updated the Militia Act of 1903, which related to the organization of the military, particularly the National Guard.
5 de nov. de 2009 · On June 3, 1916, United States President Woodrow Wilson signs into law the National Defense Act, which expanded the size and scope of the National Guard—the network of states’...
1 de jul. de 2014 · The 1916 National Defense Act provided major restructuring of the U.S. Army expanding the size and scope of the National Guard and establishing the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to train and prepare high school and college students for Army service.
National Defense Act of 1916. June 3, 1916, ch. 134, 39 Stat. 166. Hide Pub. L. 115-52. title II. this act refers to only a portion of the Public Law; the tables below are for the entire Public Law. Hide Classification.
Description. The National Defense Act of 1916, although traditionally understood as simple bill that expanded federal powers and funding over the Army, National Guard, and ROTC, also enabled the federal government to require manufacturers to produce war materiel for the government at a fair price.
The National Defense Act of 1916 affected the size and organization of America’s peacetime military. It authorized an increase in the peacetime strength of the Regular Army over a period of five years to 175,000 men and wartime strength of close to 300,000.
The 1916 act resulted from the “Preparedness” movement to ready the United States for modern war. It authorized nearly doubling the regular army, to 175,000 (and 286,000 in war), but failed to eliminate state militias as nationalists and regulars desired.
