George Marshall: Speech to the American Historical Association on the National Organization for War

Glossary

• “as did the United States in 1898” reference to the Spanish-American War
• CMTC Citizens Military Training Camps, held in the summers from 1921 to 1940 and providing military training with no requirement that the trainee serve in the military
• materiel military equipment and supplies
• Regular Establishment the regular, full-time military, as opposed to reserve forces
• ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps, a program located in colleges and universities to train military officers
• War between the States the American Civil War (1861–1865)