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UNITED STATES NAVY OPERATIONS IN TEXAS 341
serve personnel residing in their respective
areas. The Army Reserve in Texas is under
command of the Fourth Army, with Head-
quarters at Fort Sam Houston.
Each Army area is organized into military
districts, one for each state in the area.
Chiefs of the military districts are responsible
to the Army Commanders for the co-ordina-
tion, supervision and inspection of organiza-
tion, training, administration and supply of
all units and personnel of the Army Reserve
in their respective states. Unit instructors
representing the district chief directly super-
vise the training of such units and personnel.
Maj. Gen. Lewis S. Griffing is Chief of the
Texas Military District with headquarters in
the U.S. Courthouse, Austin. Unit instructor
offices are located in 17 cities of Texas:
Austin, San Antonio, Waco, Beaumont, Hous-
ton, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, College Sta-
tion, Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock. El Paso,
Amarillo, Longview, San Angelo, Laredo and
Texarkana.
Reserve officers in command of Army Re-
serve units are responsible to the Chief of the
Military District for the administration, train-
ing and supply of their organizations. Mili-
tary instruction and training are conducted
twice a month in most units, but some units
carry out these activities weekly. Organized
units are authorized certain weekend training
activities in addition to two weeks of summer
field training.
Under new training policies adopted in
1950, United States Army Reserve schools
have been established in Amarillo, Austin,
Beaumont, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San
Antonio, Waco and Lubbock. Instruction is
by conference, practical demonstration and
applicatory exercises divided into branch and
grade courses with a progressive schedule
based on a three-year course. Reservists at-
tending do not receive pay, but do qualify
for retirement points, longevity and promo-
tion.
Prior to the Korean conflict, Texas had
some 40,000 Army reservists, 23,000 commis-
sioned and 17,000 enlisted (including inactive
reservists not assigned to units). Since the
time the fighting stopped the strength of the
Reserve has been steadily augmented; how-
ever, comparatively few of the separated re-
servists participate in training activities.
Major Reserve unit of the state is the 90th
Infantry Division stationed at Houston. Other
reserve units, ranging in size from small de-
tachments to brigade headquarters, are lo-
cated throughout the state.
United States Navy
Texas is located in the Eighth Naval Dis-
trict which also includes Louisiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and New Mexico. The commandant
of the Eighth Naval District is Rear Admiral
Walter G. Schindler, USN (as of August 21.
1957), with headquarters at the U.S. Naval
Station. New Orleans, Louisiana.
Naval Air Activities in Texas are under
command of Rear Admiral Ralph S. Clarke,
USN, Chief of Naval Air Advanced Training,
with headquarters at the Naval Air Station,
Corpus Christi.
Naval activities throughout the state con-
sist of both regular and reserve components.
Included are Naval Stations, Naval Air Sta-
tions, Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Train-
ing Centers, Naval Reserve Electronics Facil-
ities. Volunteer Naval Reserve units, Naval
Reserve Officer Training Corps units, medical
activities, a Hydrographic office, material
and construction offices, as well as recruiting
stations and sub-stations.
Naval Air installations in Texas, in addition
to the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi,
are: the Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Cab-
aniss Field, also at Corpus Christi; the NavalThe Army Reserve as now constituted was
authorized by Congress in the National De-
fense Act. The Reserve is designed to fur-
nish effectively trained units capable of rapid
expansion and deployment, in time of na-
tional emergency, in addition to providing
trained commissioned and enlisted personnel
for needed expansion of the active Army.
The Chief of Staff of the Army is respon-
sible for supervision and control of the Army
Reserve with the advice and assistance of the
executive for Reserve and ROTC affairs, a spe-
cial staff officer in the Department of the
Army. Command channels for the Army Re-
serve are the same as those established for
the Army.
The ground force elements of the National
Guard, as in the case of the Army Reserve,
come under the command of the Army in the
event an emergency mobilization results in
their activation for federal service. The Army
provides appropriate assistance to the Na-
tional Guard at all times through the offices
of its senior Army advisors in all pertinent
phases of administration, training and supply.
Major Army Installations in Texas.
Fort Sam Houston.-Lieut. Gen. John H.
Collier, Commanding General; Col. Henry
F. Taylor, Deputy Post Commander.
Fort Bliss.-Maj. Gen. Robert J. Wood,
Commanding General.
Fort Hood.-Maj. Gen. William N. Gillmore.
Red River Arsenal.-Col. H. R. Whittaker.
Texas Military District.-Maj. Gen. Lewis
S. Griffing.
Other Important Fourth Army Activities.
Dallas Chemical Procurement District, Dal-
las; Division Engineer, Corps of Engineers,
Southwestern Division, Dallas; District Engi-
neer, Galveston District, Galveston; District
Engineer, Fort Worth District, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth General Depot, Fort Worth;
Lone Star Ordnance Plant, Texarkana; Long-
horn Ordnance Works, Marshall; Pantex Ord-
nance Plant, Amarillo; San Jacinto Ordnance
Depot, Channelview; Dickson Gun Plant,
Houston.
Fort Worth General Depot, Fort Worth;
Fort Worth Quartermaster Market Center,
Fort Worth; Killeen Base, Killeen; 498th
Engineer Aviation Brigade, Wolters Air Force
Base, Mineral Wells.
San Antonio Regional Office, Army and Air
Force Exchange Service, Fort Sam Houston;
personnel management team, the Adjutant
General's Office, Dallas.
Operations in Texas
Air Station at Dallas; and Naval Auxiliary
Air Stations at Beeville (Chase Field); Kings-
ville; and Port Isabel.
The Naval Station at Orange operated dur-
ing World War II as an outfitting base for
amphibious craft, minecraft, destroyers and
destroyer escorts. The station now has as its
prime mission support of the Texas Group of
the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, which is based
there.
There is one Naval Hospital in Texas, lo-
cated at the Naval Air Station, Corpus
Christi, with medical dispensaries located at
all of the major naval installations in the
state.
Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps Units
are located at Rice Institute in Houston, and
at the University of Texas in Austin. NROTC
units provide Navy officers to supplement
those coming from the Naval Academy.
There are also division offices for the in-
spector of naval material in various cities
with the Inspector of Naval Material for the
Eighth Naval District located at Dallas.
There are resident officers in charge of con-
struction situated throughout the state, usual-
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