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MILITARY ACTIVITIES. 321
annual appropriation from Congress, which
appropriated $210,500,000 for the fiscal year
1951. During 1949 Texas had three state-
owned National Guard installations: Camp
Mabry, Austin; Camp Hulen, Palacios; Camp
Wolters, Mineral Wells.
Enlistments.
Officers in the National Guard must have
had at least six months service subsequent to
Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, and must appear
before an examining board as to their profes-
sional qualifications. The National Guard
maintains an age-in-grade policy for officers.
Enlisted men must be 17 to 35 years old and
up to 55 for veterans. Enlistment is for three
years. All must be able to pass a prescribed
physical examination and all must attend
drill for two -hours one night a week.
Texas State Organization.
Before World War II Texas had about
15,000 troops on paper. Following the Loulsi-
ana maneuvers in 1940 and the screening for
federal service, Texas presented about 8,000
National Guard troops for service in World
War II.
With the consent of the state, Texas has
been allotted 30,124 troops in the new Na-
tional Guard. These will be divided into the
36th Infantry Division, the 49th Armored Di-
vision, certain nondivisional troops with an
aggregate strength of a division and air
units. The 49th Division is one of the two
armored divisions in the National Guard of
the United States, the other being the 50th
Armored Division in New Jersey.
These troops will be divided into a total of
288 units, located in 131 cities and towns in
Texas.
After the outbreak of the conflict in Korea,
information was restricted but, as of July 1,
1949, 255 units had been authorized, located
in 125 towns. The status of the Texas National
Guard at that time included: 1,550 officers,
13,450 enlisted men, or 15,000 total troops.
Practically all of the Air National Guard
was called into federal service late in 1950
and early in 1951.
The Commanding General, Texas National
Guard, is Lt. Gen. Ernest O. Thompson, Aus-
tin. Deputy Commander is Maj. Gen. Ike
Ashburn, Austin. The Adjutant General is
Maj. Gen. K. L. Berry, who now represents
the Governor as head of all National Guard
troops in Texas. (As of June 15, 1951.)
The Commanding General of the 36th Divi-
sion is Maj. Gen. H. Miller Ainsworth, Luling.
Assistant Division Commander is Brig. Gen.
Carl H. Phinney, Dallas. Artillery Commander
is Brig. Gen. Albert B. Crowther, San An-
tonio.
Commanding General of the 49th Armored
Division is Maj. Gen. Albert S. Johnson, Dal-
las. Under him the Commanding General of
Combat Command A is Brig. Gen. John W.
Naylor, Fort Worth, and of Combat Command
B, Brig. Gen. Clayton P. Kerr, Dallas.
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