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E K TO
REORGANIZE ARMY
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or the North and South At
lantic coast districts.
The central department. embracing
the states Of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana.
Illinois. Wisconsin. Minnesota. North
Dakota, South Daota. Iowa. Missouri.
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming Except
Yellowstone Park) Colorado and Fort
Missoula, Mont, will be under COM
nand Of Maj. Gen. William II. Car
ter, with headquarters at Chicago.
In this department will be located
the troops of the second division also
ing infantry twenty.third. twenty
ntneeenth, twenty-eighth. eleventh,
eighteenth, twenty-second: artillery,
fourth field, sixth field, battery d.
fifth field; cavalry, tenth. sixth, third;
engineers. second battalion less Com
pany F; signal corps. Company D, A:
sanitary troops. field hospital No. 3
Ind ambulance company No. 3, and
field ambulance company No. I.
The southern department, embrace
ing the states of Texas Except Cal
weston coast artillery district) Louis.
lana. except New Orleans coast ar.
tillery district; Arkansas. except Fort
Logan H. Roots: Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Arizona will be under
of Brig. Gen. Tasker H.
Dates' WILL du4ud1t eTS az cOIt aHa
partment will be the cavalry division.
of the first and second bri.
gades, including the first regiment,
the second, third, fourteenth. fifth,
ninth, twelfth, thirteenh. eleventh
and fifteenth: artillery. fifth. sixth.
third: infantry. second battalion, nine
teenth. twenty.second; engineers.
D and NJ; signal corps,
nn~nnortas A and
The western department embraces
the. states Of Washington. Oregon.
Idaho. Montana Excepting Fort Mis-
soula), Yellowstone Park, California,
Nevada, Utah and Alaska, and will
be commanded by Maj. Gen. Arthur
Murray with headquarters at = San
Francisco. Located in this department
try try. f To- ras lIa.0" tMen aieSps' twenty se1aY-
first, sixth. twelfth, hirtieth: artillery.
second field less. first battalion and
the Pacific coast artillery district;
cavalry, first; engineers. company F.:
signal troops, company E: and, sani-
tary troops. field hospital and nm
bulance company No. 9.
Two other departments outside Of
the limits Of continental United States:
include all Of the troops now In serv-
ice in those islands. the Philippine
contingent being under command Of
Maj. Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, and the
Hawaiian department under Brig.
Gen. Frederick Funston.
Begin Operations at Noon.
All Of these divisional and depart
mental organizations were expected
to begin operations. and all Of the
general officers to be in their places
by noon today. These officers accord
ing to the new plan are not to be
merely head clerks and desk men as
formerly, but are expected to divest
themselves Of administrative work to
a large degree and to devote them
selves to drills. marches. maneuvers,
inspections and the like. While the
various brigades created in the order.
departmental limits. 1t is expected
that the commander Of each brigade
shall by constant travel keep in touch
with all of its elements. SO that when
the war department has occasion for
the services in an emergency Of the
army unit-namely a full brigade-it
will be necessary to give only one
order directed to the commander of
that brigade, who will himself sum-
mon its constituent parts into whole
and effective organization.
The next step to be taken up under
the reorganization plan will be to dis
troops now within continental United
States to the canal zone and Of Ha-
wall to form permanent garrisons in
those places. but 1t must be left to
the next administration to carry out
that portion Of the plan IL 1t sees fit
to continue the new policy Just tnau-
gurated.