Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 19, 1959 verdict awaited on 10 pet. Army Reserve Cut  Makov Akk Sikin 81fill writer Washington Sas a 10 per cent Cut in the army h Reserve program for fiscal 19 10 May mean that fewer Usa Kuh personnel sch adult a for separation next year will be called up for paid Active duty training an army spokesman Eaid her. There Are an estimated 105,800 volunteers and inductees scheduled to leave Active duty stains next year under the program that Calls for two years of Active duty and two years of ready Reserve service die spokesman pointed out. Of this number i he army plans to use 57,000 in its ready Reserve program troop units with 50,000 of them earmarked for army re serves and the remaining 7,000 scheduled for the National guard. Control Iron put but unless 1 res Clent Eisenhower s budget Cut in Reserve Man Power is changed by Congress Only 28,400 of the remaining 48,000 leaving Active duty status May expect to do any part time soldiering the spokesman said. However All will be placed in control groups As individual reinforcements he added. The proposed manpower Cut in the reserves will be submitted to Congress for approval this month. If the administration s recommendations Are adopted the ready reservists in troop units will be Cut from 300,000 to 270,000, while the National guard May take a Cut from 400,000 men to 360,000., the cuts if adopted will no affect the army s Reserve program in Usa eur however the spokes Man explained. Volun Terrt affected the dip in Reserve manpower will hit hardest among those who plan to Volunteer for the six month program. Next year s budget Calls for 17,000 men in this Supe Carrier Ranger prepares to join 7th Fleet a v the Zipern Irriger Hanger gets the Oiler i Onchi Itotia off Salui a refuelling from in he hawaiian islands in final preparations for its assignment to Hie 7th Fleet in far Kos torn Waters. Ai photo army changes pm tour Rule ii Idelburg Germany is qualified usar Kur enlisted personnel serving overseas without dependents Are now being offered the re enlistment option of serving o 3g-month foreign Tona usar eur spokesman announced. Pm without dependents previously were permitted to serve Only the Normal 24-month Lour or to re enlist for the maximum 48 month overseas tour. The policy change is designed to encourage the Young draftee or regular army Man to Servo a longer tour with usar Kur.  Many pm desire to serve overseas for longer than 24 months they feel that an additional 24 months is too Long. The new policy will enable pm without dependents to serve the same 36-month Lour As that nor Mally required of pm serving Over seas with families. Mats to halt us runs during terminal move by Milde Nisall England is All military air transport service passenger flights to and from hit1 United kingdom will be suspended Between feb. 21 and March 1 to expedite the shift of Mats terminal facilities from Burton Wood to tins new us Mats Center Here officials have announced. Freight handling facilities have already been transferred to this More Central location without any stoppage in the flow of cargo officials said. The Transfer of Mats l 25th support so from Burtonwood will be completed by March 1 when the first passengers Are scheduled to be processed through the new terminal building nearing comple Tion Here. Kou Kkt ,1. Ifni ii staff writer crippled plane gets fast Aid Devreux France special . Air Force c121 Constellation lost the use of an engine at Dakar French West Africa and the 322d air div Here had a new engine delivered in 18 hours air Oase officials announced. The air Force credited fast action by personnel of the 322d in getting a replacement to the disabled aircraft. When the message was received Here the 40th troop Carrier so was notified and a  m Crew took off. After refuelling at Joni masseur the c130 departed for Dakar 1,300 Miles to the South on the Atlantic coast. The aircraft touched Down at Dakar exactly 18 hours after the emergency Call went out. Officials slated that it is anticipated Mats will move More ban 2 million pounds of cargo and about 5,000 passengers through this base each month. The strategic air Odomd s5913th combat support up will support the Mats operation and accommodations for More than 200 per sons will be available in the new 80-room transient hotel now near ing completion Here. Maj Gen Mowell m. Estes jr., air Force assistant Deputy chief of staff for operations recently conducted an inspection tour Here. Category a 9,000-Man Cut from the 1959 program. Only congressional action can halt the administration s decision to curtail Reserve manpower strength the spokesman pointed out. Last year Congress refused to go along with a similar proposal to Cut manpower. Instead additional dollars were appropriated with a provision which fixed re serve strength at 400,000 for the National guard and 300,000 for the army Reserve program. Waiting list but. Following a highly Success Ful recruiting program this year the army s ready reserves Rose to 302,000 in troop program units with a four month waiting list among Young americans seeking to enter the six month Active duty program. The army s Reserve program is divided into standby and ready re serve units. Of about 1 million ready reservists funds Are Avail Able for paid Drill training of about 300,000. There Are four Reserve programs open to volunteers and inductees under 26 years of age. 0-year obligation the program embracing most of Usa eur s Young soldiers Calls for a six year military obligation. Here the Young Volunteer or inductee serves two years of Active service two years in the ready Reserve and two in the standby re serve. Usa eur soldiers under this program scheduled for separation during the fiscal 19 to will be among the 105,800 expected to join the ranks of the reserves next year. Ready reservists go into control units or groups. If they Are in units they must be paid train ing for 48 weeks a year plus two weeks of summer training duty. Men. Assigned to control groups can expect one two week Active duty tour arid May be expected to be called up in event of National emergency. If the manpower cuts Are approved by Congress a Good por Tion of ready reservists being Sepa rated next year will not be expected to participate in paid Active duty training. Other programs other army Reserve program include a special six month Active duty enlistment for youths be tween 17 and 18 i years old. These men must put. In three years with the ready Reserve and 4 i year with the standby Reserve after their initial six month hitch Over. Men Between 18 i and 25 May join up for six months of Active duty training and 51/ years o ready Reserve. Those in the 17-2? age bracket who have critical skills May serve six months of a live duty and 7v years in the ready or standby Reserve depend ing on the need for their skills. Reserve officer training corp graduates serve either two year of Active duty and three years o ready Reserve or six months o Active duty and 7v. Years of read Reserve depending on the needs o the army. Sen Schuyler retiring from Post at shape Paris a Gen Cortland Tvan Rensselaer Schuyler will re ire from his Post is chief of staff o Allied supreme commander in Europe Gen Lauris Norstad this All it was announced Here. Except for a Brief period in 19.r 3, 5chuyler has been at the Nort Atlantic treaty organization Mili Ary Headquarters since it was set up in 1951, serving successively under Gens Dwight d. Eisenhower Mfred m. Gruenther Matthew  and no stud. Schuyler 57, will also retire from he . Army. His future plans were not. Announced. His replacement will have be approved by the nato countries and no announcement i expected for some time. A West Point graduate from Arl Egton va., Schuyler spent much of his military career in staff jobs. He was also representative to the Allied commission for Romania immediately after world War ii. He came to supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Europe in 1951 As assistant to Gruen ther. In 1953 he was named cd of the 28th inf div in Germany but returned to shape the same year to assume the Post As chief of staff. 6th army Deputy cd to get Usa eur Post Washington special new assignments for two army general officers and retirement of another were announced Here by army Secretary Wilber m. Brucker. Maj Gen Robert l. Howze jr.,Deputy cd of 6th army at the Presidio of san Francisco has been assigned to Usa eur effective May 15. Brig Gen John b. Sullivan Dep Uty chief of staff for personnel and administration of the Continental army come at it. Monroe,va., has been assigned to Camp Irwin calif., effective aug. 1.brig Gen Aaron w. Beeman assistant army quartermaster Gen eral for administration at the Pentagon will retire from Active service feb. 28. Education up in of ranks Wiesbaden Germany is in 10 years the air Force May be manned entirely by persons with a High school education or  s the conclusion of an air Force Survey received at Safe he Here. A Check made in de Cember 1948 revealed that Only about 44 per cent of air Force personnel had completed High  last Check made in May 1958, found 72.5 per cent with a High school education representing a gain of 28.5 per  upward trend is expected to continue Usan officials say be cause of a general tightening of enlistment and re enlistment stand Ards. Buyers foiled on commissary preferences by a k Waltkas staff writer Glessen Germany is the com z pm Supply Center Here is conducting its annual patrons preference Survey for items stocked in army Aid air Force commissary stores in Europe. Customer Survey forms drawn up by the commodity manager for subsistence army col John a. Ford Are being distributed to al commissary patrons. Army pm supplies both army and air Force commissaries. Patrons Are urged to list their preferences for Brand name items in perishable and non perishable commodities. Commissary officers Are instructed to make sure their individual surveys will be representative of the bases and posts served. A 15 per cent Sample must be received from stores serving 500 patrons or less. A sliding scale has been devised for larger stores. At least go per cent of the re quests must come from enlisted men or department of the army civilians and department of the air Force civilians of comparable rank officials said. Each commissary officer will consolidate and Forward the sur Veys to Ford s office Here by March 15.requisitions will be readjusted to the Survey results with the new requested commodities appearing on commissary shelves later this year it was explained. West Point anniversary Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial the 157th anniversary of the founding of the . Military acad Emy will be observed at a founder s Day dinner at Campbell bar Racks Casino Here March 14