Civilian applicants and military reservists could apply directly. The Military Districts were to supervise the training and enlistment of reservists and new recruits. It was paid for with donations mostly from active duty Marines and Marine Reservists. But secretly a group of Greek reservists mobilized and fortified Athens. Richards was concerned about a controversial plan to replace regular troops with reservists. It was estimated to number 350,000 personnel, including 100,000 recently recalled reservists. The army has approximately 40,000 reservists. The garrison comprised British, Indian and Canadian battalions plus local Hong Kong Chinese reservists. In October 2019 there were just over 79,330 trained Regulars and 27,250 Army Reservists. NSmen are the equivalent of other militaries' reservists. The number of full-time professional personnel is 22,850, in addition to around 4,000 reservists. A total of 950 Coast Guard reservists were called to active duty. During the emergency, its ranks of reservists and volunteers almost reached 5,000. NOSC Phoenix supports over 750 Navy Reservists in sixteen Navy Reserve units. Additionally, there were a total of 57,792 Reservists and Guardsman in California.