The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-15
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be the first division of the army, un-
der h command of Maj. Gen. Thos. H.
Barry. who will command o only the
division but the, department with head
quarters at Governors island, and In
J cluded in his command are the follow
ing organizations: Infantry, Third,
Fifth, Twenty-ninth, Sixth, Tenth,
Seventeenth and Porto Rican; artil-
lery, Third field; cavalry, Tenth, Elev-
enth and First squadron, Fifteenth;
engineers, First battalion less Co. d,
and the coast artillery of the north and
south Atlantic coast districts.
The central department, embracing
the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota. North
Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming Except
yellowstone park, Colorado, and Fort
MisSoula, Mont, will be under the
command of Maj. Gen. William H.
Carter, with headquarters at Chicago.
In this department will be located the
troops of the second division also
commanded by General Carter, COM
prising infantry, Twenty-third, Tween
ty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Fourth,
Seventh, Nineteenth, Twenty-eighth
Eleventh, Eighteenth, Twenty-second;
artillery, Fourth field, Sixth field, Bat
terry d, Fifth field; cavalry, Tenth,
Sixth, Third: engineers, Second battal-
ion less Co. F; signal corps, Co. d, A;
sanitary troops, field hospital No. 3 and
ambulance Co. No. 3, and field ambul-
anc Co. No. /.
The southern department, embracing
the states of Texas Except Galveston
coast artillery district), Louisiana Eek
cept New Orleans coast. artillery dis
trict), Arkansas Except Fort Logan
II. Roots), Oklahoma, New Mexico,
and Arizona, will be under the COM
mand Of Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss,
with headquarters at Fort Sam, Hous-
ton, Tex, Located in this department
will be the cavalry division, composed
Of the First and Second brigades, in
GLIDING the First regiment. the Second.
Third, Fourteenth, Fifth, Ninth,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Eleventh and
Fifteenth; artillery, Fifth, Sixth,
Third. infantry. Second battalion,
Nineteenth, Twenty-second; engineers,
Co.'S d and M; signal corps, Co.'S A
and /.
The western department embraces
the states of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no, Notwithstanding Fort Missoula),
Yellowstone Park, California, Nevada,
Utah and Alaska, and will be com
manded by Mai. Gen. Arthur Murray,
with headquarters at San Francisco.
Located in this department will be the
following troops: Infantry. Four
teenth Twentieth, Twenty-first, Sixth,
Twelfth, Sixteenth, Thirtieth; artil-
lery, Second field less First battalion
and the Pacific coast artillery dis
trict; cavalry, First; engineers, Co. F.;
signal troops, Co. F.; and sanitary
troops, field hospital and ambulance
Co. No. 2.
Two other departments outside OF
the limits of continental United States,
the Philippine and the Hawaiian. will
include all of the troops now in serv-
ice in those islands, the Philippine
contingent being under command of
Maj. Gen. j.. Franklin Bell, and the
Hawaiian department under Brig. Gen.
Frederick Funston.
All Of these divisional and depart
mental organizations are expected to
begin operations, and all of the gener-
al officers to be in their places by noon
tomorrow. These officers, according 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 de-
gree and to devote themselves to drills,
marches, inspections and
the like. While the various brigades
created in the order, are scattering
considerably within the departmental
limits, it is expected that the COM
mander of each brigade shall. by con-
stant travel, keep in touch with all of
its elements so that when the war de-
partment has occasion for the services
in an emergency of the army unit
namely q. full brigade-it will be neces-
sary to give only one order directed TO
the commander of that brigade, who
will himself umfnon it's constituent
parts into whole and effective organic
alton.
The next step to be taken under the
reorganization plan will be to dispatch
a large portion Of the regular troops
now within continental United States
form permanent garrisons in those
places, but 1t must be left to the next
administration to carry out that por-
ton Of the plan if II sees ft to con-
tinue the new policy just inaugurated.