Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-05
NATIONAL GUARD
TO HAVE INCREASUII
ARTILLERY FOUCR
Reorganization Plans Nov
Under Way to Be Sub
mitted to Legislature at M
Present Session.

A plan for the reorganization ~ d,
present division of the National cus,s :.
Pennsylvania is under way and viii
decided upon before the present ses,,.'
of the State Legislature terminates n.
War Department is insisting thai IS
10, 600, officers and enlisted men OF "a,
sylvania shall be well balanced tsc,,I..
division, having in II the proper pros..
ton OF infantry, cavalry. field artlll.,.
signal corps, engineers and sanv,
troops. At present 1t is overbalanced ~
infantry.
To reconstruct Il and furnish the nro..
proportion of field artillery is tho nrs1
lem that confronts high ranking c..
officers, with whom will rest the draf,s.
of necessary bills to be presented for ".
legislators.
Tho State has Battery A at South ~.
lehem; B, at Plttsburgh; c, at phosrs.
vile, and ID, at Willlamsport. Pittsb,,.,
wants to organize Batteries Il ana
and Colonel Caldwell X. Blddle. ~ NJ
3D. Infantry, of this city, is anxIou, !.
tillery.
TRANSFERS EXPECTED.
If these changes are made, II ia s,,
that the transfer OF Brigadler Gsu.,,,
William g. Price, Jr., from the 1st RI.
ade to the artillery brigade might /. n
possibility.
It is also authorltatively stated a.
Colonel Ellis would not object TO the M
Infantry, which he commands. b.is.l
transformed into coast artillery orrsr,
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field artillery and the 9Th to a coast A.
fense body, 1t would mean a reconstrn.
tion of the 1st and 4th Brigades.
Some officers believe that the sth J.I
fantry may be transferred to coast avls
lery, and the 9Th Infantry wilh again N
merged as infantry with its old brirad'
the 1st, owing to its close proximity NJ
this city.
In the event of the Sth becoming cas-
defenders, the 9Th being assigned wlE|
the list Brigade and the 4th Infantry eolr-|
back to the Sd Brigade in place AZ s'Ssl 9.l
dlsbanded 18th Infantry, Colonel ChS.
topher r. O'Neill. commanding the ls|
Infantry, would be Rwarded the NH,
star of a brlgadier general in the W.
future.
His promotion will probably be ulsl
after Brigadier General Charles N. ceu.
ent, commander of the Sd Brigade. Il
comes major general commanding MI
division. The commission of Major G,s|
eral Dougherty expires September o II
this year, and General Clements expis|
next month. He will be reappolnted, ta|
the law prescribes that a major generi|
can hold his commission for five yssa|
only and Is not eligible to a reappcial
ment.
The changes affecting the 9Th lnfann
by transfer to the 1st Brigade and M
Sth to coast artillery would utimataJ
leave Brigadier General James B. Cord
without command and at the same lind
dlsband the 4th Brigade. The commssdl
OF General Coryell expires next April 81
his friends believe that he will be reeonl
missloned and placed on the unasslra
list.
TURNER FOR BRIGADIER
A successor to Brigadier General Pral
If he becomes commander Of the field sr|
tillery brigade. logically would be coloas
Hamilton d. Turner, of the I'd Infant1l
who is senior. But in some quarters n
name of Brigadler General Edward q
v. Morrell, a close friend of Govern
Brumbaugh, is mentioned as a successal
for the reason that he commando ii
1st Brigade while General Schall was J
colonel commanding the 9th Infantry dHl
ing the Spanish-Amerlcan War. On Fl
reorganization of the guard in 1899 he Il
signed in order to allow General seA
to resume active command OF his q
brigade.
The present separate battalion, as
remaining four companies OF the old
Infantry are termed, will be the auxlsi
troops, either as signal corps, engines
or sanitary units.