Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-05
First Organization Under Sc
Iective Draft to Consist Of
1883 Officers and $685.
659 Private Soldiers.
CAVALRY DIVISIONS
FOR BORDER SERVICE
Military Strength to Total 21,-
080 Officers and 822,954
Enlisted Men Before Sec
ond ConSCription.
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Washington, May 4.--The full
strength of the first war army organ
lied under the solective draft bill IS
1858 officers and 52S,659 men,
making up eighteen war-strength di-
visions complete in every arm ana
supplemented by sixteen regiments OF
heavy field artillery equipped with
large caliber howitzers.
Virtually every detail has been
carefully worked out and the selec-
ton of the men win begin as soon as
the draft measure becomes law. Con-
ferees of the senate and the house
hope to agree upon disputed features
tomorrow, so as to send the bill TO
the president for his signature early
next week,
The Training Districts.
A revised list of officers training
camp districts. issued today by the de-
partment, indicates that the western
divisions of the first half million new
fighting men will be formed as fol-
lows:
Thirteenth--Minneso Iowa, North
and South Dakota and Nebraska.
urteenth---Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado.
Fifteenth---Oklaho and Texas.
Sixteenth--Montana Idaho, Wash
ington, oregon, California, Nevada.
Utah. Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico.
In addition, there will be two sep
arate cavalry divisions which proba-
bly, will be situated in the southwest
near the Mexican border. Officers
for the cavalry divisions will be
trained at all the officers camps,
which will open within few days
with 10000 prospective officers under
training.
Strength OF Divisions.
Each infantry division will consist
OF nine full regiments of infantry,
three regiments of field artillery. one
regiment of cavalry, one regiment of
engineers. one division hospital and
four camp infirmaries.
The total strength of the sixteen
will be l5,022 officers and 439, 1872
men.
The two cavalry divisions combined
will have 1.24l officers and 32,062
fighting men, including mounted en-
gineer and horse artillery units and
each will have also its divisional hos
pital and camp infirmarles.
The proportion of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the first
100000 will be 666 officers and co.
900 men with requisite medical troops.
Other Force Organizations.
Supplementing these tactical units
will be the sixteen regiments of heavy
field artillery, strength 1853 officers
and 21,104 men; eight aero squadrons
or one new squadron to each two in
fantry divisions: eight balloon COM
panies. ten field hospitals ten ambu-
lance companies, twenty-five field
bakeries six telephone battalions six
teen pack companies, six ammunition
trains, and six supply trains.
In preparation for the enormous
task Of training this great army the
existing regular establishment and
the national guard Is being brought
to full war strength. The regulars,
when all five additional increments
provided for In the national defense
act have been added will total 1928
officers and 293, 900 men of all arms
Since April near $4,000 recruits have
been obtained, bringing the army up
to nearly 100000.
Promotions Ahead.
Already orders summoning officers
of the regular service for examination
for advance in grade have been pre-
pared.
The result of this expansion will be
to create 5,461 vacancies In the grades
Of first and second lieutenants in the