End of A.S.C.

Last week the War Department dissolved the Army Specialist Corps, commanded by Dwight F. ("Davis Cup") Davis, 63, Secretary of War in the middle '20s. A civilian appendage which was supposed to recruit business executives, technicians, etc., the Corps never worked out practically. Reasons: 1) the Army found the specialists' civilian status a nuisance; 2) the Corps could not hold a man against the draft; 3) the Army was leary of men whose health disqualified them for normal service, for fear they would eventually be a load on the Treasury; 4) the Army, especially the Services of Supply, appointed its own officers directly out of civilian life.

From now on, all specialists, including those previously appointed to the defunct Corps, must qualify for the Army by examination.

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