The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-03
New Plan Will Be Put
Into Effect on Feb
ruary Is.
FOUR DIVISIONS
ARE PROVIDED FOR
Heretofore There Has Been No
Tactical Organization Higher
Than Regiment, and Work
of Preparing for War or
Any Emergency Will Be
Greatly Simplihed.

Washington, February 2.-Provis-
ion for the tactical organization Of
the United States Army into three in
fantry divisions and one cavalry divis-
ion, is made in an order issued by d.
rectlon of President Taft and made
public Tonight by Secretary OF War
Stimson. This plan for reorganization
which becomes effective February Is,
includes the entire mobile. army with
in the continental limits of the United
States and was first drafted by the
War College division of the general
STAFF and was determined upon with
some notifications at the close OF
conference OF general officers at the
War Department last month.
system New to This Country.
Hitherto there has been no tactical
organization higher than a regiment
There have been no brigades or di-
visions existing in time Of peace. Upon
the outbreak of war. when an army
was needed. IL was necessary TO create
such an army under all the stress and
hurry and excitement Of such an oc-
c8sion. In order to carry out the
necessary administrative work con-
nected with the military establish
ment OF the United states the country
has been divided by the new order in
TO four geographical departments-an
Eastern, Central. Western and South
ern department, with headquarters, re-
spectiveiy, at Governors Island. Chi
cago. san Francisco and San Antonio.
One army division will be situated
in each of these departments. the Cav
airy Division being IN the Southern
Department with an infantry depart
ment in each Of the remaining, de-
partments. The Eastern and Western
Departments are virtually the same.
territorially. as the present Eastern
and Western divisions. while the
Southern Department is taken from
the present central division
The New Assignments g.
The Eastern Department. Major
General Thomas H Barry; the Central
Department Mator-Generai WilfiatI IL
Carter; the Southern Depariu
Brigadier-General Tasker H Bliss d:
present commanding Department OF
the East): the Western Department.
Major General Arthur Murray: the
Philippine Department Major-General
J. Franklin Bell. including District Of
Luzon. BrigadieT General Clarence r.
Edwards: District of Mindanao. Brig
adier-General John J. Pershing; the
Hawaiian Department, Brigadter-Gsn-
The First Division. Najor-General
Thomas II. Barry. including the First
Brigade, Brigadier-General Marion 7.
Maus. and the Second Brigade. Briga-
dier-General Robert K Evans
The Second Division. Major-General
William II Carter. including the
Fourth Brigade. Brigadier-General
Ramsay d. Potts: the Fifth Brigade.
Brigadier-General Frederick A Smith.
and the Sixth Brigade, Brigadier-Gen-
eral Ralph W. Hoyt-
The Third Division. Najor-General
Arthur Murray. including the Seventh
Brigade (senior colonel presently and
the Eighth Brigade, .Brigadier-GeneraI
Walter s Schuyler.
The Cavalry Division. Brigadier-
General Tasker H Bliss. including the
First Cavalry Brigade, Colonel Frank
West; the Second Cavalry Brigade.
Brigadier-General E L. Steever; the
Third Cavalry Brigade. Colonel Charles
A Phatheld. Thirteenth Cavalry
Geographical Departments
The territorial organization hereto
fore existing is discontinued. and for
military purposes the territory or the
United States is organized into four
geographical departments. HAWAII ana
the Philippines constituting two more
In addition to the four new divisions
which are established in continental
United states tnere also VIII cC
lished three districts for the Coast Ar
tiiIerv troops-one on the North At
lantic. to comprise the Coast Artillery
subdistricts north OF Delaware. inclus-
i've. with headquarters at Fort Rotten
" Y: another on the South Atlantic
to comprise the subdistricts between
Baltimore and Galveston inclusive.
with Headquarters az Charleston. : G.
and one on the Pacific. to embrace the
subdistricts on that coast with head
quarters at Fort Miiey. Cal
\ separate officer of the rank. II
possible of a central officer will be
placed in charge Of each of these
Coast Artillery districts. and he will
be RESPONSIBLE for the training dis
cipiine and Instruction Of the troops
under his command
The new order also creates brigade
of infantry at Hawaii which viii ne
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