Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-03
United States Is Divided Into
Three Infantry Divisions and
One Cavalry Division on the
Continent
ISLAND POSSESSIONS
HAVE TWO COMMANDS
In Case Of War Notifications
Are Expected to Be Carried
Out With Greater Expedition
Than Before,

Uul WIN Uledl6l CAp6ulll0ll
Than Before,
lB, Morning Journal special Leased Wire.I
Washington. Feb 2~ Provision for
the tactical organization OF the Unit
ed states army into three infantry di-
Visions and one cavalry division. ~
madc IN an order issued by direction
of President Taft and made public
tonight hy Secretary OF War Stlmson.
This plan OF reorgnnlzatlon will be-
come effective Fehrnars 18TH and in
oludes the entire mobile army within
the continental limits of the unNtd
states Hitherto there has been 40
tactical army organization higher than
a regiment There have been no bri-
sadcs or divisions existing in time ~
peace. Upon the outbreak Of var
when an army was needed, Il was
necessary to create such an army un-
der all the stress and hurry and eN-
citement Of such an occasion.
In order to carry out the necessary
the military establishment Of the
United states. the country has been
divided hy the new order into four
geographical departments nn eastern
central western and southern. with
headquarters respectively at Cover
nors Island, Chicago San Francisco
and San Antonio.
one army division viii be situated
In each Of these departments, the cav
airy division being IN the southern de-
lpartment with an infantry division N
each of the remaining departments
The eastern and western divisions ale
practically the same territory as tho
preseni eastern and western DIVISIONS
while the southern department s
carved from the present ce1llrl d.
vision. l.v direction Of President TAFT
the following ASSIGNMENTS ta eon'
mand of departments divisions, hi'-
gades and districts are annonIleed'
The Eastern department. Iajcf
Genera Thomas II Harry.
The Central -Mai3f
General william II. Carter.
The Southern department. Brisa-
dler General Tasker f. Bliss iet pfcF-
ent commanding the department q
the eastl.
The Western department 9laJoF
General Arthur Murray
The Philippine department Mal'r
General J. franklin Bel, ihpludins
the district Of Lueon. Brigadier Gen.
eral Clarence r. Edwards.
District Of Mindanao--Bt Btigtdler
General John Pershing
The Hawaiian departinent--hsisa- :
dler General Frederick Funston
me rirst DIVISION Major General
Thomas H. Barry including ths i'ss
brigade. Brleadier General Marion =
Maua and the second brigade, hflsa-
dier General Robert K. Evans.
trhe SECOND division Major Geher-
~ william II. Carter Including tne
fourth brigade, ilrigadier deher"'
RAMSAY u. petts. the firth brigades
prlaadier General Frederick A. sn''n'
and the sixth brigade brigadier Cen
efal Ralph W Hot
The rhtrd division Major Genera
Arthur Murray, including the seVeh.s
BRIGADE tsenior colonel, the eish,l'
brlraae. Brlgadler General Waiter ..
schuyler ,,..
THE cavalry divslon-Brlgadler
General Tasker H. Bliss, incluu'hs
the FIRST cavalry brigade; Colonel
Ffanlx West the second cavalry pri-
s.de. prisadler General II. q. SteeVer
tie third cavalry brigadei COLONIES
Charles A. r. Hatfield, thirteenth GAYS
airy.
The territorial organization hereto-
fore existing IS discontinued anu LOB
military purposes the territory OF ths
t'nited Sfates Is organized INTO tour
eaouraphical departments. Hawaii
and the philippines, constituting two
more
In addition TO tho four divisions
which are established In continental
United states. there also viii be es-
phlished three districts for the coasf
artillery troops one on the north At
lantie to comprise the coast artillery
sub-dimricts north of Delaware, in
elusive. with headquarters at Fort
Totten, \. y, another on the sout1
Atlantic. 10 comprise the sub-disErlcts
between Baltimore and Galveston, IN
elusive, with headquarters at Charles
ton. S. G., and one on the Pacific %
embrace the sub-distrIcts on that
coast with headquarters at Fort MlleYs
California. A separate officer. WIN
the rank. II possible. Of general Of
foer. will be placed in charge OF eacn
Of these coast artillery districts and
he viii be responsible for the training.
discipline and instruction Of tha
troops under his command. The new
order also creates a brigade of intan~
try at Haw,ii. which Will be eom+
manded by BrIgadler General Mont+
gomery NJ. AIacomb.
Thus. in the future, the three m
fantry divisions will consist Of tar's
hrlgades with proper proportion 90
Divisional arllleryg cavalry, engineers