Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
Officers. See also Officers, National Guard; Officers, Regular;
Officers, Reserve.
advisory board on reclassification set up, 244
attention to complaints from within the service, 264-66.
bill passed providing grades in relation to years of service,
248-49
complaints of discrimination by National Guard, 265
declaration of war brings a new promotion policy, 266-69
General Staff, assignments to, 272-77
General Staff, Marshall waives restrictions on, 273
limited number assigned to foreign duty, 146, 146n
Marshall urges adoption of principle of promotion by selection,
247-49
Marshall's scrutiny of individual candidacies for major assignments
in the combat forces, 274-77
Officer Candidate Schools, 270-72
over-age, reclassification of, 244-45
policy determining selection and promotion, 253-58
qualified youths in replacement training centers permitted to
attend Officer Candidate Schools, 271-72
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selective promotion act passed, 249-53
shortage
of, 146n, 208
special attention to important personnel
assignments, 272-77
War Department Personnel Board established,
242-43
young, controlling inflow of, 269-72
Officers, National Guard
promotion of, 249-51, 258-63, 264, 267-69
reclassification of, 243-44, 246
Officers, Regular, 263-64
complaints to Chief of Staff with regard
to fitness of, 246-47
expediting promotion of the specially
deserving, 247-49
"hump" during the thirties, 247
new promotion
policy following declaration of war, 266-69
reclassification of,
241-44, 245-46
relations with National Guard officers, 261-63
removal procedure speeded up by establishment of a single board,
242-43
Officers, Reserve, 149, 153, 159, 186, 264, 265, 266, 269-72, 490
ample number regarded as available in 1940, 269-70
Marshall
commends, 226, 270
precautions against discriminatory treatment of,
244-47
promotion of, 249, 250, 263-64
reclassification of, 243,
244-47
retention of requested, 218, 219
ROTC, 24, 186, 226, 254,
269, 270
O'Kelliher, Col. Victor J., 190
Olds, Col. Robert, 290
Oliphant, Herman, 136
Operation INDIGO, 488
Operations and Training. See G-3.
Orange War Plan, 87, 92, 415, 426, 466, 468, 476. 503
Ordnance planning, revised by Army, 134-36
Osborn, Frederick, 232
Oumansky, Constantine A., 329
Over-age officers, reclassification of, 244-45
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