Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-17

company D, and the coast artillery of
the north and south Atlantic coast
districts.
UNDER GENERAL CARTER.
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
MissCula. Mont. will be under COM
mand of Major General 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-23rd, Goth, 9th,
4th. eth. 18th, 2Sth, 1lth. 18th. 22nd;
artiileTy-4th field. 9Th field; battery
d, 9TH field; cavalry-1Oth 9th, Bird
engineers 2nd battalion less company
F; signal corps-company d. A: sani-
Cary troops-field hospital No. 3 and
ambulance company No ). and field
ambulance company No. l.
The southern department, embracing
the states of Texas Except Galveston
coast artillery district, Louisiana
I except New Orleans coast artillery
district, Arkansas Except Fort Logan
H. Roots, Oklahoma, New Mexico
and Arizona, will be under command
of Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss,
with headquarters at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas Located in this department
will be the cavalry division, composed
/ of the 1st and 2nd brigades, including
/ the LIST regiment, the End, Bird, 14th,
/ 9Th. 9Th, 18th, 18th, 18th, and 18th;
artillery-5th, 9th, 3rd; infantry-2nd
/ battalion, 18th, 22nd; engineers
companies d and NJ; signal corps
companies A and l.
/ 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 Major General Ar
thur Murray with headquarters at San
/ Francisco. Located in this depart
ment will be the following troops: In
fantry-14th, 2Oth, 21st. 9Th, 18th,
I 10th, Both artillery-2nd field less LIST
battalion and the Pacific coast artil-
lery district; cavalry-1st; engineers
company F; signal troops-company
E; and sanitary troops-feld hospital
and ambulance company No. 2.
BELL IN PHILIPPINES.
Two other departments outside Of
the limits of continental United
States, the Philippine and the Hawai-
ian, will include all of the troops now
in service in those islands, the Philip
pine contingent being under command
of Major General ]. Franklin Bell, and
the Hawaiian department under Briga-
der General Frederick Funston.
All of these divisional and depart
mental organizations are expected TO
begin operations, and all of the gen
eral officers to be in their places by
noon tomorrow. These officers. ac.
cording TO the new plan, are not 10
be merely head clerks and desk men
as formerly, but are expected to diyest
themselves of administrative work 70
a large degree and to devote them
selves TO drills, marches, maneuVers
inspections and the like. While the
various brigades created in the ords!
are scattered considerably within the
departmental limits, il 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, full brigade-iI
will be necessary to give only one or
der directed to the commander Of that
brigade, who will himself summon its