1. The Signal Corps, U. S. Army, desires to secure the aid of the transmitting radio amateurs
throughout the country for the following purposes:
(a) To secure additional channels of communication throughout the continental limits of
the United States that can be used in time. of an emergency such that the land lines, both tele-
phone and telegraph are seriously damaged or destroyed by flood, fire, tornado, earthquake, ice, or
from other causes.
     (b) To provide channels of communication for the civilian components of the United States
Army; the National Guard and the Organized of their business through these channels.
     (c) To provide a reservoir of radio operators trained in army methods of procedure and in
the basic principles of the army's methods of using radio in the field.  Reserves, such that they may carry on portions
(d) To provide a means of establishing a contact with considerable number of radio' operators and popularizing the Signal Corps and its activities with them as well as the exchanging of views on experimental work.

2. The agencies to be employed in this work are the Regular Army, the National Guard, the Organized Reserves and the transmitting radio amateurs. The work will be decentralized and handled under the Corps Area Signal Officers. The Signal Corps will appoint an officer to act as a liaison agent between the representatives of the transmitting radio ama-eurs and the Corps Area Signal Officers of policy.
8. The Chief Signal Oflicer of the Army will, subject to the approval of the War Department, appoint a national civilian organization as the representatives of the transmitting amateurs. of the country. The organization selected must be one, which, in the opinion of the Chief Signa] Officer, best represents the interests of a majority of the transmitting radio amateurs of the country. Since his plan affects the United States as a whole, it is considered essential that the organization selected be one with a national scope and preferably be a mutual cooperative association of a non-commercial character.
4. A general outline of the plan of action is as follows:

(a) There will be organized in each Corps Area' the following amateur radio nets, with amateur transmitting stations representing each military unit concerned: 1st A Corps Area Radio Net, comprising the headquarters of each of its Organized Reserve Divisions, the Governor's office in each state with in its area, and a Corps Area Headquarters station acting Net Control station.  2nd A Division Radio Net for each of the Organized Reserve Divisions with Brigade, Regimental and such other nets as are necessary to properly provide radio communication for the units of the Organized Reserves.  3rd A radio net for the National Guard of each state to be called the Governor's Radio Net and which will comprise all of the units of the National Guard of that state, grouped into Brigade, Regimental and such other nets as are necessary to properly provide radio communication for all of the units of the National Guard.

(b) Tactical regulations do not provide for radio stations to be situated at the headquarters of units
lower than battalion. Under this plan the Corps Area Signal Officer is authorized to set up such sec-