Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-17
REORGANIZATION PLAN OF PERSH|NC
 ADOPTED IN FULL
Administrative Unit of the h. fantry Arm, Hereafter, Will Consist of a Company of 250 Men, With Two Cap tains.
(By Review Leased Wire.) '

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Complete reorganization of all branches of the America narmy to conform with Euro pean standards, as recommended by Major General Pershing, is provided for in army orders revealing that the recently announced divisional reorgan- ization plan is to be carried down into the regiments and companies.
 Company EnIarsedi
 The administrative unit of the in fantry arm hereafter will be a com pany with 25O enlisted men and six commissioned officers in place of something over 100 men and three off cers The company will be divided into four platoons, each in command of lieutenant. There will be two cap tains, as first and second in command, one first lieutenant and three second lieutenants.
 This plan has already been carried but in General Pershing's forces. The object in assigning two captains to each company. it is understood, is to provide against Reorganization of the unit through the loss of its command CT. The second captain, under the European plan, does not go into the battle with the company if his senior is present. He is held as a reserve to reorganize the company if neces- sary.
 Regiments of 5000,
 Under the new plan each regiment will have three battalions of four com panies, making a total of 5000 men. Supplemented by the regimental head quarters. supply and machine gun or ganizations, the strength of the new regiments will be brought up ro ap- proximately 3600 men as against lit tie more than 2000 in existing war strength regiments.
 The unit organization of the field ar tillery and other arms of the service has been changed. AS a result of reducing the number of regiments in a division, the division instead of 28,000 men will total hereafter about 19,000 men, 15.000 of them infantry.
 Thirty More Divisions
 Toady's orders show that provision has been made for organization of 32 new infantry divisions, in addition to the regular divisions out of troops al ready called to the colors, including the first increment of 6S7,O00 drafted men. A system of numerical designa- tions has been worked out under which any division numbered below 26 will be regulars; between 26 and 75 na- tional guard, and 76 and above nation al army. Regular infantry brigades wUl be numbered from 1 to 50 inclu- sive; national guard from 51 to 150. and national army from 151 up. Reg ular regiments will be numbered from l to 100, national guard from 1O1 to 300 and national army from 301 up.
 New Army Insignia
 Assignment of brigade, regiment or other numerical designations will be in accordance with the numerical Or der of divisions, with the result that any person familiar with the system will know that the 335th infantry, for instance, is attached to the 167th bri- gade of the S4th infantry division and that it is composed of national army troops, while the 300th infantry regi- ment would be in the 150th brigade and the 18th division. composed of na- tional guard troops. The department approved today collar insignia to des- ignate the three elements of the army. Regulars will wear teh standard U. S. monogram. National guardsmen will wear a similar monogram with the in- itials N G. superimposed, and nation al army men will have the initials N. A. superimposed on the U. s.