New Britain herald., 1916-07-10
COLONEL OFFERS TO
 GIVE A DIVISION
If Plan Goes Through He Will
 Have 100000 Men

New York, July 10.-Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt has made a formal of fer to the government in Washington of a division of volunteer troops to be assem bled at che call to arms for a war with Mexico.
 The colone1's offer was made in a letter to the secretary of war, and though it's contents remain a carefully guarded secret, both in Washington and Oyster Bay, it is said by men close to MT. Roosevelt that the letter gives every detail of the organization of the force which the colonel hopes he will be authorized to lead.
 If his application is allowed-and the secretary of war, it is said, has told friends of Colonel Roosevelt that it undoubtedly will be-then on call for volunteers the colonel will become a major general and will be in conn- mand of more than 10000 soldiers, each of whom might almost be said to have been chosen personally by Colo neI Roosevelt himself.
 In the letter which brings his di- vision to the official notice of the war department the colonel tells what he has already done, what he is doing now, and what he intends to do if they get the chance to serve. He has applied for a detail of regular officers, naming the men he wants, some of them the best-knoWn soldiers in the army.
 Lumber Jacks and Lawyers.
 Among the civilians he has desig- mated for command under himself are men from every walk of life, from the lumber jack and COW puncher to the lawyer and wealthy Wall street men.
 Rear Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow, who retires on July 29 from command of the Pacific fleet, will be- come a brigadier general in command of a brigade if the ooloneps request Is granted. The other brigade command CTS are all army officers at present in active service as majors or lieutenant colonels. The divisional chief of staff with the rank of brigadier general is also a regular officer, a captain of cavalry.
 Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, and at one time Colonel Roosevelt's candidate for governor of New York, is to be the divisions chief quartermaster, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. MT. Stimson, who went to Oyster Bay in person to VOL unteer, was selected by MT. Roose- welt because of his knowledge of the war department. On him will fall the burden of obtaining supplies and equipment for the "T. R. division" after it is mustered into service.
 Other men who will hold the rank of colonel, lieutenant colonel and ma- jor under Major General Roosevelt are ma nf hi en1S
 John M. Parker, the leading pro- gressive in Louisiana, who was the party's nominee for vice president in June. is to be colonel of a regin1 ent.
 Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France and once secretary of state. is to hold, the rank of major. either as an aid to the major general or with a cavalry command.
 Seth Bullock Rejuvenated.
 Seth Bullock of Deadwood, $. D., former Rough Rider and ex-United States marshal, will be an officer. as will John Greenway, the old Yale "end," who was progressive national committeeman from Arizona. Others are Rock Charming, a, former Prince ton athlete, now a mining engineer in Denver; Sloan Simpson of Texas; Hugh Carey, son of the ex-governor of Wyoming; Roger Williams of Ken lucky; David Leahy of New Mexico and George Curry, former governor of that state. Major John c. Groone of the Pennsylvania state constabulary will lead unit of the division.
 In charge of recruiting are Regis H. Post and Theodore Roosevelt, IT,, in this city, while Ben Joy, the old Harvard athlete, and David Goodrich are covering the territory about Bos- ton Medill Mccormick of Chicago is said to be enrolling men in the middle west while other recruiting officers for the colonel are scattered from Maine to California.
 The colonel's idea is to break all speed records in getting his division ready for the field, and accordingly he | is leaving no stone unturned to have l the way smoothed before then. The ! recruits have been warned to get l their affairs in order, so as to be 1 ready to leave everything at a mo- 1 ment's notice. Only unmarried men l or those of independent means and between 20 and 30 years of age will l be taken as privates.
 l Dr. Richard Derby, the coionePs son-in-1aw, is in charge of organizing the medical staff, but it Is believed that when it takes the field the health
 of the "T. R. division" will be looked
 out for by doctors under command of | a regular army surgeon.
 Tn his letter to Secretary Baker, it is
 said, Colonel Roosevelt asks for a re- | inforced infantry division. That means l three brigades of infantry, numbering
 approximately 15,000 men. One and l possibly two of these brigades, the ! colonel has said, he intends to use mounted. Then there will be a whole l brigade of cavalry In place of the di- 1 visional regiment, and two regim ents