South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-23
MANY REGIMENTS
ASKED OF STATES
Scores of New Units Required
to Supply Formations.
First Work to Fill Gaps.


Will oe undertaken soon to supply
the tactical formations necessary for
the establishment of the 10 divis-
ions OF the guard provided for in
the war departments plans.
In addition 10 these troops. inn
mediately after the existing state
soldier have been drafted into the
federal service there must be organ
lied divisional headquarters detach-
ments, supply, ammunition and
medical trains, heavy field artillery
and signal battaliOns, an aero ser
vice, two cavalry divisions and many
new coast artillery units and re-
serves.
Need Over 80 Regiments.
Comparison of the organization
tables for the 10 infantry divisions
with the existing guard establish
ment shows that in the infantry.
the arm of the service in which the
guard is strongest. 30 regiments and
six companies must be created 10
provide the 144 regiments for the
divisional structure.
The principal shortage is in field
artillery. Each Of the 16 divisions
requires three full regiments Of bat
teries each of a total of 2SS bat
teries. There now exists in the guard
-NS batteries.
The shortage in engineers is al
most as great There will be need
ed Is regiments or a total of 96
companies. whereas there now are
only 80 companies.
Each division also will have an
aero squadron or balloon company,
making 16 air service units. New
York has one aero squadron less
one company.
Fill Present Units First.
The first effort of the department
is TO bring up TO full war strength
all existing units of the guard.
When that has been accomplished
and the force has been drafted, the
next step will be to create the new
units necessary to complete the 10
infantry divisions. and the adjutants
general of the states have been in
structed that they should prepare
for these new organizations without
delay. Indiana will be called upon
to supply two regiments of infan-
try. one regiment cavalry. two regi-
ments less one battalion field artil-
Iery. Each state will be called up
on to furnish in addition the fol-
lowing:
Fifth division New England
states New Hampshire. one cav
airy machine gun troop; Massachu-
setts. one regiment and one battal-
ION field artillery, one regiment en-
Sineers; Vermont, one squadron
cavalry.
Sixth division-New York, one
aero squadron, less one company
now existing.
seventh NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
one battalion engineers.
Eighth division.-New Jersey. one
battalion field artillery. two COM
panies engineers; Delaware one bat
talon engineers; Maryland. one cav
airy machine gun troop. two batter
les held artillery; District of Col
umbia. two troops cavalry, two bat
teries field artillery (the district has
one excess battalion of infantry:
Virginia. two batteries field artillery.
Ninth Division.
Ninth division.-North Carolina,
one cavalry, machine gun troop. one
regiment field artillery, one radio
company. signal corps; South Caro-
lima. one regiment infantry; three
troops cavalry. one regiment field
artillery. two companies engineers.
one outpost company. signal corps;
Tennessee. one regiment infantry
one troop cavalry; one regiment field
artillery. one wire company. signal
corps
Tenth bama. one reg
iment field artillery, one battalion
engineers. Georgia, two battalions
infantry. one regiment field artil-
lerv. one battalion engineers. one
wire company and one outpost com
pany. signal corps; Florida. two bat
talions infantry. one battalion field
artillery
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures one
regiment infantry, one regiment
Oess two existing batteries) field ar
tiIlery. one battalion Oess one COM
pany) engineers. one field battal-
ion Oess one company signal corps;
Wisconsin. two regiments infantry,
one regiment (less three troops) cav
airy. two regiments Oess four bat
teriesl field artillery. one battalion
engineers.
Twelfth Observation-Disclosures. one
regiment infantry, two regiments
field artillery. one regiment Oess
one company engineers. one bat
taiion Qess one company signal
corps.
Thirteenth Division.
Thirteenth dfvision--Minneso
one regiment field artillery, one bat
TALON engineers. one radio company.
signal corps: North Dakota, one reg
iment infantry: Iowa. one regiment
1ess one squadron cacalry. two
regiments less four batteries Held
artillery. one battalion Oess one
company engineers, one outpost
company signal corps: Nebraska.
one regiment infantry. one wire
company signal corps.
Fourteenth divisiOn.-kansas one
regiment infantry. one regiment
Uess one battery field artillery. one
battalion Oess one company en-
rineers. Missouri. two regiments in