No. 310. CIVIL DEFENSE-FEDERAL FUNDS OBLIGATED IN THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS Program, by Program, and StATE AND CITY Expenditures: 1952 To 1959 [In thousands of dollars. Federal funds represent those obligated against a specified appropriation, not necessarily in a given fiscal year. In later years, the funds are obligated against a given appropriation over a 2-year period. Federal funds are obligated to help the State and local governments acquire civil defense materials, equipment, and training. Federal contributions are made on the basis of project applications submitted by the States and approved by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. States and outlying areas are required to match Federal funds on an equal basis, except that for 1952 to 1957, the matching ratio for Alaska was 70 percent Federal and 30 percent local] 4 1953 only; included with training and education for 1952 and 1954. $ Police items mostly for 1953 and evacuation studies for 1955-56 and 1956–57. • Expenditures in specified fiscal year and not against any appropriation over a 2-year period, as for Federal funds. Represents total expenditures of State and specified city governments for all phases of civil defense; only a part of this money was used to match Federal funds. Represents the expenditures of State and specified city governments from their Civil Defense appropriations for all programs. State data include funds received from Federal government. City data comprise 41 cities of 250,000 inhabitants or more in 1950. The city figures represent direct expenditures only, and do not include payments to other governments for civil defense. State data include expenditures for Alaska for 1958 only, but none for Hawaii. 8 1951 to 1955. Source: Executive Office of the President, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization; Annual Statistical Report. No. 311. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE DUTY, BY MAJOR PROGRAM CATEGORY: 1950 To 1959 [As of June 30. Includes National Guard, Reserve, and retired Regular personnel on extended or continuous active duty] 1 Combat forces and closely allied combat-supporting elements. 2 Personnel proceeding to or from an assignment, awaiting reassignment or separation, and personnel hospitalized and relieved of assignment. Source: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary. No. 312. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE DUTY: 1940 TO 1959 [As of June 30. Includes National Guard, Reserve, and retired Regular personnel on extended or continuous active duty. Warrant officers and flight officers included under officers; Military Academy Cadets, Naval Academy Midshipmen, Air Force Academy Cadets, and other officer candidates under enlisted men. torical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series Y 763-775] ARMY I NAVY MARINE CORPS Excludes Coast Guard. See also His AIR FORCE 2 YEAR Grand total Total Officers Enlisted Total Officers Enlisted Total Officers Enlisted Total Officers Enlisted Army command3 1 1940-47 includes Army Air Forces and predecessor agencies; 1948, 5,419 Air Force 2 Includes Army personnel assigned to Air Force Command; excludes Air Force per- 3 Included in Air Force data. Source: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense; semiannual reports of the Departments, and Departmental records. No. 313. COAST GUARD PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE DUTY: 1940 To 1959 Source: 1942-1945, Navy Department; records. All other years, Treasury Department, U.S. Coast Guard; Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury. No. 314. MILITARY PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE DUTY, BY AGE: 1940 To 1959 [In thousands. Estimated as of July 1. Includes Coast Guard] Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Based on Department of Defense data. No. 315. MILITARY RESERVE COMPONENTS PERSONNEL: 1950 TO 1959 [In thousands. As of June 30. Excludes reserve personnel on extended active duty. Reserve personnel in drill pay status are those authorized pay for participation in reserve unit training] Includes personnel undergoing 3 to 6 months active duty for training. Strength not wholly comparable with later data due to change in definition of Reserve Components as contained in the Reserve Forces Act of 1952. Includes Regular NROTC and Merchant Marine midshipmen, Source: Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary; Semiannual Report of the Secretary of Defense. No. 316. ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL-SUMMARY OF MAJOR CONFLICTS, BY BRANCH OF SERVICE For Revolutionary War, number of personnel serving not known, but estimates range from 184,000 to 250,000; for War of 1812, 286,730 served; for Mexican War, 78,718 served. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series Y 715-762] 1 Union forces only. Estimates of the number serving in the Confederate forces range from 600,000 to 1,500,000. Covers period Dec. 1, 1941, to Dec. 31, 1946. * Covers period June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. • Covers period Apr. 21 to Aug. 13, 1898. • Includes Air service. Includes Army Air Corps. 7 Not available. Based on Army and Marines only. Excludes Navy. See footnote 10. Covers period July 1950 through January 1955. Represents Far East area only. 12 Covers war personnel who departed from continental U.S. through December 1898. For periods covered, see footnotes 2, 3, 4, and 10. 14 Includes gassed in action; Army data includes casualties in northern Russia to Aug. 25, 1919, and in Siberia to Apr. 1. 1920. Marine data represent casualties in Europe only. Excludes personnel lost in sinking of the Maine, which occurred 2 months before hostilities. Includes casualties incurred in October 1941, due to hostile action. Covers only Army personnel base of 1,908,800. 1 Covers only Army personnel base of 246,410. Covers only Army personnel base of 3,665,000. Covers all services base of 9,370,986. # Covers all services base of 4,428,939. Source: The President's Commission on Veterans' Pensions, Veterans' Benefits in the United States, Volume I, 1956. 1 Constant dollars based on 1959 Consumer Price Index. Includes the value of quarters, food, and clothing, both in the form of cash allowances to officers and “in kind” to enlisted men. However, does not include the value of medical care, income-tax exemptions, recreational facilities, flight, combat, and other hazardous-duty pays, transportation, Government insurance benefits, etc. Source: 1865-1955, The President's Commission on Veterans' Pensions, Veterans' Benefits in the United States, Volume I, 1956, and records. 1960, Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary (based on the President's 1960 budget estimate). SHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY: 1950 to 1957 No. 318. [As of June 30. Includes vessels in active fleet, reserve (mothball) fleet, under conversion for change of status in shipyards, in custody of or use by district commandants, naval reserve training, and on loan. Excludes service craft and floating dry docks. Later data not available because of military security considerations] 1 Excludes ships under construction, service craft, small boats, and small landing craft. Source: Department of the Navy, Office of the Navy Comptroller. 1 Partly estimated. 2 Combat-type airplanes used for training are included with "Training" for 1940-1949, and thereafter with "Combat." Not available because of military security considerations. Source: Department of the Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics and Office of the Navy Comptroller. |