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Considering a Cadre Augmented Army - RAND Corporation

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-324- A Historical Analysis of <strong>Cadre</strong><br />

his and the army’s attitude toward the relationship between manpower and military<br />

preparedness.” 191 One could also argue that MacArthur was driven by a loyalty to his fellow<br />

officers and possibly even future political ambitions. Whatever his motivations, MacArthur<br />

proposed a cadre force when faced with budget cuts.<br />

In the end, Congress cut neither enlisted nor officer end strength. The Regular <strong>Army</strong><br />

remained in cadre status until the Second World War not because Congress or the War<br />

Department had planned it that way but because when faced with smaller appropriations<br />

from Congress, the professional soldiers at the War Department were attracted to the cadre<br />

concept as they had been since Calhoun and Upton first proposed it.<br />

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191 Griffith (1982), p. 129.

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