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The Preparedness Movement was a campaign led by former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Leonard Wood, and former President Theodore Roosevelt to strengthen the U.S. military after the outbreak of World War I. [1] [2] [3] Wood advocated a summer training school for reserve officers to be held in Plattsburgh, New York.
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, and for other purposes Pub. L. 113–77 (text) (PDF) 113-78
After the outbreak of World War I, Stimson became part of the Preparedness Movement. He served as an artillery officer in France after the United States entered the war. From 1927 to 1929, he served as Governor-General of the Philippines under President Calvin Coolidge. In 1929, President Hoover appointed Stimson as Secretary of State.
Before the United States entered World War I, private citizens of the Preparedness Movement set up what were known as the "Plattsburg camps" to build a reserve of qualified men. These provided at least one summer of training in 1915 and 1916 to some 40,000 men, who were all college graduates and largely drawn from elite social classes.
The campaign will include a website with information on emergency preparedness, a telephone campaign that will contact 400,000 women led head of households and a video social media campaign.
The National Defense Resources Preparedness executive order (Executive Order 13603) is an order of the President of the United States, signed by President Barack Obama on March 16, 2012. [1] The purpose of this executive order is to delegate authority and address national defense resource policies and programs under the Defense Production Act ...
The Federal Election Campaign Act, or FECA, laid out disclosure requirements for contributions and spending. Three years later, it was amended in the wake of Watergate and the revelation of major ...
Sunrise Movement LA held a demonstration calling out the role "Big Oil" at the Phillips 66 Gas Storage Facility in Carson on Jan. 16. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)