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Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

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-311- A Historical Analysis of <strong>Cadre</strong><br />

Congress asserted that the Guard would be the Nation’s primary wartime expansion<br />

force. The arguments of Upton were nearly irrelevant. However, the number of troops<br />

required in World War I would sustain the cadre idea. The Regular <strong>Army</strong> and National<br />

Guard were not large enough to meet the requirements of the First World War. Instead, new<br />

units were created from scratch. This experience was salient in the minds of post war<br />

military planners and provided a new role for cadre units.

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