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Caption: Convocation - 1942 Winter-Spring
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2 University o) lllitii ( nvocattons I therefore propos« onducting this r onnaissan* from th< fol lowing \ anta point \ National Defen e Foi Anns and Servi The Army Organization I Organization Functions \\ r Department Mobilization Procedure '1 rritorial lactica] NATIONAL DEFEI E FORCE The President is the constitutional Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, As such he is vesl 1 with general and i lusive authority to give orders and make and publish regulations for the Army and, in the execution of the general la\ 3 for the government of the Army, may issue neo ary regulations without any sp fie I station. The President exercises comn nd through his secretary who arccharged with carrying out the policies of the President in military i 1 naval matters. The;/ directly repr >ent the Pr sident and, under the law and decisions of the Supreme Court, their acts are the Pr< ident acts and their orders are the President's orders. No discussion of the Navy will be undertaken ; first, because it not up for discu n and secondly, tx ause 1 do not :"• I that I am qualified to cover the subject. While there are many joint boards d commits that are charged with various cooperative activities involving both services, suffice it for the purpose of this survey if e mention only I —i. . th int ;ard and the Munitions Board. The function of the Joint Board is to determine the major questions of cooperative action and general strategy. Under Section 5a of the National Defense Vet, as amend I, the Under xretary of War, as directed by the cretary of \\ -. charger], among other duti< ith the supervision all administrate 1 md O] tion functions and installation of the militar stablishment c ncerned with the acquisition and production of military suppli< 1 with the assurance of ad juat' provision for the mobilization of materiel and industrial organizatioi itial to the r time n In other v . i lustrial mobilization. It is to be noted that In mandate of tl C01 th< priman r poi >\\\\ r this tremendous undertaking pi upon a mei 1 >f tl V tr J artment T< tuat< this mandat the Munition I ;jrd v.; organized. Attei ion is invii I to th< t that tl ffi )l A tant S< •• 1 \ ,\ X for Air. cr< I b an amendment u\ the National Defen m 1926, has b n 1 tctival I in the emer ency. There had b« <
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