World War I Reserve Officers Plaque at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.

At this site on the 2nd of October 1922
General of the Armies John J. Pershing met with 140 World War I reserve officers and founded the"RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
At the meeting General Pershing said: "I consider this gathering perhaps one of the most important, from a military point of view, that has assembled in Washington or anywhere else within the confines of thiscountry within my time."Army Reserve Brigadier General Henry J. Reilly was elected 1st National President,and the association's mission was defined:
"To support a military policy for the United States that will provide adequate national security, and topromote the development and execution thereof."
Dedicated to the reservists of the uniformed services of the United States on the 2nd of October, 1997 the 75th anniversary of the Reserve Officer's Association of the United States.