The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-05-13

UNITED STATES CAN CALL
OUT 1856 MILITIA REGIMENTS
Also rs Cavalry Troops and 50 Field
Batteries-Each States Quota.

In the event that the national guard
is called into active service the federal
government can rely upon the states |
to furnish 1876 regiments of infantry,
&c troops of cavalry, 53 batteries OF
field artillery, % companies of engi-
neers,. % companies of signal troops,
u field hospitals and 10 ambulance
companies.
The war college plan of mobilization
for defense provides for the employ
ment of the regular army as the first, ,
second, third and fourth divisions, with
the national guard Of the District of j
Columbia acting as army troops. The I
other tactical divisions, made up of
national guardsmen, Is planned as fol- !
lows:
Fifth Division-Infantry, Massachusetts,
five regiments and two separate battal- /.
ions: Maine. one regiment: Connecticut,
two: New Hampshire and Vermont. each
one; cavalry. Massa chusetts. three troops;
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Con-
nectcut. each one: field artillery. Massa-
chusetts three batteries: New Hampshire
Rhode Island and Connecticut, each one
signal troops. one company from each of
Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire
and Connecticut; sanitary troops, Massa-
chEsetts and Connecticut, each one field
hospital and one ambulance company;
| Rhode Island. one field hospital. Head
| quarters at Boston.
Sixth Diyision-Composed of the nation
! al guard of New York, including thirteen
| regiments of infantry, sixteen troops Of
/ cavalry, seven batteries of field artillery,
! twelve companies of engineers, two COM
! panies Of signal troops. two field hospitals
| and three ambulance companies Head
/ quarters at Albany.
! Seventh Division-Pennsylvani nation
/ al guard, including thirteen regiments OF
! infantry. eight cavalry troops, two field
/ batteries, two companies of engineers, one
! company OF signal troops and one field
/ hospital. Headquarters at Harrisburg.
4 Ninth Divsion-Infantry North Caro-
! lima, South Carolina and Georgia. three
/ regiments each: Florida two regiments
cavalry Georgia and North Carolina eaca
one troop; field batteries. Georgia. two;
/ sanitary troops. North Carolina. one field
hospital and one ambulance company.
Headquarters at Atlanta.
Tenth Division - Infantry. Kentucky,
+ three regiments: Albania three. Tennes-
see, two; Mississippi two; cavalry. Ten
/ nessee and Mississippi. each one troop
/ field artillery: Alabama. two batteries; sig
! nal troops. Tennessee one company: san
itary troops. Tennessee Kentucky and
Mississippi. each one field hospital; Ten
nessee, ambulance company. Head
quarters at Nashville.
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures nine regi-
ments from Ohio and three from Michi-
gan; cavalry. Ohio. four troops; Michi-
gan. two; field batteries Ohio. four: Mich
igan, one; engineers. Ohio. four compa-
/ MES; Michigan. one: signal troops Ohio.
two companies; Michigan, one: sanitary
troops. Ohio, two field hospitals: Niichi-
+ gan, one; ambulance companies. Ohio and
Michigan, eacn two. headquarters at Co.
- / lumbus
Twelfth Extraordinarily. eight regi-
> ! ments from Illinois and three from In
diana. cavalry. Illinois, nine troops. field
; batteries, Illinois and Indiana. each three;
signal troops, lndiana~and Illinois. each
one; sanitary troops Illinois and Indiana.
each one field hospital; Indiana one am
> bulancc company Headquarters at Chi
, cago.
Thirteenth Diyision-Tnfantry. four regi-
ments from Iowa, three from Wisconsin,
f three from Minnesota and one each from
North Dakota and South Dakota; cavalry
p Wisconsin, one troop; field batteries. Wis
consin one and Minnesota three: SAM
tary troops. Iowa, field hospital
I Headquarters at ST. Paul.
Fourteenth Division-Infantry Missouri
five regiments: Nebraska, two; Kansas
u two; Colorado, two; Wyoming one; cav
+ airy, Missouri and Colorado. each two
1 | troops: Kansas, one; engineers. Nebrask
h and Colorado each one company; sigma
+ / troops Nebraska, Missouri. Kansas and
: ! Colorado. each one company; sanitary
troops NeDTaSka ana MISSOURI edCl one
T field hospital: Missouri, one ambulance
l. company. Headquarters at Kansas City.
T Fifteenth Division - Infantry. Texas
Y three regiments; Arkansas. two: Oklaho
! ma, one; Louisiana, two: New Mexico
one; cavalry. Texas. four troops; Louisi
' ana, two; field batteries, Louisiana. three
: Texas, one; New Mexico. one. engineers
Oklahoma, one company; signal troops
Oklahoma and louisiana each one com
panN; sanitary troops. Oklahoma ant
Louisiana, each one field hospital. OKLA
e homa. ore ambulance company. Head
} quarters at San Antonio
h Sixteenth Division Infantry. California
three regiments; Montana. Idaho. Wash
' ington, Oregon and Arizona each one
cavalry, California, four troops: Arizou
q and Washington, each one: field batteries
A California, two; Oregon and Utah. eac
: one; signal troops, Utah. California an
u Washington. each one company; sauitar
It troops, Washington, one field hospital
a Oregon. one ambulance company. Head
: quarters at San Francisco.
There is this difference between tn
national guard in 1898 and now: TIL
guard is equipped and ready to TAX
the field at short notice Its arms
equipment, uniform. regulations an
p organization are Identical with thos
% Of the regular service. the men are u
a TO the physical standard and the off
Ie GERS are trained in the art of war an
the care of troops.