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THE BATTALION
College Station, Texas Thursday, February 15, 1968
Latest Viet Callup
Depletes Reserves
By FRED S. HOFFMAN
AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON <A>) _ The hur
ry-up shipment of another 10,500
combat troops to Vietnam cuts
deeper into a strategic reserve
of fulltime soldiers which senior
military officers say has been
dangerously depleted.
These officers say privately
they believe at least one division
should be called up from the Army
National Guard to bolster the
strategic reserve in the United.
States for swift deployment
around the world.
The question of the call-up of
group reserve units is under
study and no decision has been
reached. But pressure for such a
call-up is rising.
Military officers in the Penta
gon express belief further ground
force deployments to Vietnam will
be necessary and that the current
buildup objective of 525,000 will
be raised. This also is under study.
A Congress member who de
clined to be identified said the
dispatch of more troops to Viet
nam in addition to the 10,500
would be announced shortly.
“They’re already programmed,”
he said.
Three days after the Viet Cong
opened their devastating city of
fensive, Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara told news
men “we believe that the Ameri
can forces there at present are
adequate.”
In the interim, Gen. William C.
Westmoreland sent out a call for
more ground troops, in view of
that offensive and the continuing
North Vietnamese threat to at
tack the Khe Sanh stronghold in
northwestern South Vietnam.
Either McNamara was over
ruled or has changed his mind
since his Feb. 1 statement that
U. S. forces in Vietnam are ade
quate.
Civilian officials at the Penta
gon dispute the idea U. S. mili-
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VIETNAM SERVICE DECORATIONS
Army Lt. Col. Herman E. Schubarth (left) and Capt. Roy
L. Taylor were pinned with combat decorations by Col. Jim
H. McCoy at Texas A&M University. The commandant
presented the Legion of Merit and Air Medals to Colonel
Schubarth and the Bronze Star Medal to Captain Taylor.
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tary strength is being stretched
perilously thin. They say there
are nearly one million men—not
counting reservists—in uniform
in the United States who could
be drawn on for overseas deploy
ment.
But senior officers argue such
numbers are misleading, since a
large part of this total is in basic
or other training or performing
rear-area functions.
Key elements of the strategic
reserve, these officers say, are the
combat-ready regular Army and
Marine divisions in the United
States.
There were 10 such divisions
in this country in July 1965 when
President Johnson ordered a ma
jor build-up of American ground
forces in Vietnam. Eight of them
were Army divisions, two were
Marine.
There are four Army divisions
in the United States—and one of
them is losing a brigade of highly
trained paratroopers to the Viet
nam war.
The Army has begun to form |
another division, the Sixth Infan
try, at Ft. Campbell, Ky., but
this outfit will not be combat-
ready for about nine months.
After the new deployments to
Vietnam, the Marines will be
down to a little more than one
division in the United States.
Marine officers long have urged
a call to active duty of the Fourth
Marine Division, the Corps’ r
serve element.
The Marines claim their reserve
division and its associated air
wing could be ready for deploy
ment about 30 days after call-up.
This combined ground-air unit
totals about 48,000 men.
The Army has a 150,000-man
force of first-line reservists and
guardsmen who for two years
have been undergoing extra
training and are supposed to be
fit for deployment eight weeks
after being mustered.
Aggie Archer Hits Target
With Aero Engineering
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AERODYNAMIC ARROW
Barry Phillips of Corpus Christi prepares an arrow for
airflow tests in the Aerospace Engineering Department’
two by three foot wind tunnel. The Texas A&M senior
found that a new fletch shape reduces arrow drag and
promises archers more range and accuracy.
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A Texas A&M student’s ac
curacy with the bow and arrow
may improve as the result of his
aerospace engineering studies.
Barry L. Phillips of Corpus
Christi, archer of three years ex
perience, used aerodynamics meth
ods and a wind tunnel to study
improved arrow feather design.
Data the senior aerospace en
gineering major acquired pro
vided sufficient reason to change
the fletch design of his arrows.
“I’m anxious to try them out
on the range,” Phillips remarked.
He’s been taking final examina
tions the last week.
Feathers on the back end of an
arrow stabilize the projectile in
flight, acting as an airplane rud
der to guide it. Extending five-
eighths of an inch from the shaft,
the three feathers impart spin
through a slight twist in mount
ing (much like the rifling of a
gun barrel) and also resist air
passage, called drag in aero par
lance.
“Origin of and reason behind
many archery practices have been
lost,” the Brazos Bowmen Field
Archery Club member noted. “One
such practice is the use of only
two basic fletch shapes — shield
and parabolic — and the minimum
fletch span.”
He studied fletch drag and
span factors in the Aerospace De
partment’s two by three foot
subsonic wind tunnel and reported
results in a problems course in
structed by Prof. Charles A.
Rodenberger.
In wind tunnel tests of the
three fletch designs, he found the
Chicks Displayed
In NFFA Exhibit
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Here chick—there chick.
Everywhere chick, chick.
Old McDonald had a farm.
Well, maybe not a farm.
Just 50 baby chicks in
Memorial Student Center display
window.
The chicks are being displayed
in observance of National Future
Farmers of America Week, Feb.
18-24, Dr. Herman Brown, faculty
advisor for A&M’s chapter, said.
“My wife dreamed up the idea
back in 1959 and thought it would
be eye catching,” Dr. Brown said.
elliptical shape caused less drag
and that feathers could be shorter
than the prescribed five-eighths
of an inch.
“The elliptical shape should
give me a little greater range and
more accuracy at short distances,"
the 22-year-old said.
TO DETERMINE 170 feet per
second arrow velocity with a 53-
pound bow, he shot arrows at a
timing device manned by Max
Adams, department technician,
Wind tunnel velocity was matched
to give field-condition tests.
Phillips, son of a Corpus Christi
elementary teacher, said he hopes
to get into subsonic aerodynamics
work after graduation in May.
The son of Mrs. Maxine Phil
lips, (5726 Kerry, Corpus) grad
uated in the top fifth of the 1963
Carroll High class and attended
Del Mar Junior College two years,
Phillips’ archery interest has
taken him to the Longhorn Club
meet in Houston and the state
tournament at Corpus Christi.
His wife Becky also pulls a bow,
“If I ever have the time and
money to go hunting and fishing,
I’ll have trouble going by myself,"
he smiled. “Becky loves it.”
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Vietnamese service decorations
were awarded two Texas A&M
military personnel Wednesday for
combat duty in Southeast Asia.
Lt. Col. Herman E. Schubarth,
recently assigned officer-in
charge of the advanced section,
Military Science Department, re
ceived the Legion of Merit and
Air Medal.
The Bronze Star was awarded
Capt. Roy L. Taylor, assistant
adjutant in the commandant’s of
fice. Both officers are assistant
professors of military science.
Colonel Schubarth, 39, was in
telligence officer and executive
officer of the 2nd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division (Airmobile) at
An Khe and Bong Son. The
former Shreveport high schools
PMS was cited for intelligence
management and forces consoli
dation through the Legion of
Merit.
A transportation unit com
mander, Captain Taylor served
with the 529th Transportation
Company at Phan Rang and was
also operation officer of the 36th
Transportation Battalion in Viet
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