The Monticellonian., 1917-10-26
Pershiaq Uraed the Chan7e.


 # Was General Pershing Wha urged aa tha American military aarhorfTa5s ts-e aecs@s Y of having the reaimeufd I#r1f faqs correspond to those of fhe French ana British now actually on Hhe A4atHa9 ae. Iheee years of trench Kags and saeh open field Work aS there has been hae proved that q couh#ete change iu 1he reEiueuui formations f# ae made. The Waf department hHas ta de what it e3n ta insure 90 far as is possible quick victory. has DO alternative ba 10 change the old or eatiza4iou Hlan.
 Under fte new FIie q regiment mHst 6aaa#a aa8af 3eo0 mea T6is makes # a#salu5zzT Haeassafx tl4at seae zaHd -.aants ShaIl Ea combined 70 =fH#5H# 2 ue# si#aai. I'm whole szs- tHm af uazaHizatina las undergone EHaHss YAa Heeessitt t af machine ean 5zaops has made Il imperative fa8 some regiments shall he split inte smaller uHifs for arattfe fire gun for m9dans. The war department realizes that in a measure thiS splitting of regj- meHis k to The men like the breaking ID of home ties hut war is on and lhe war must he fought along modern lines and therefore the chanses absolutely are necessary.
 There is one colonel to regiment When two existing regiments are com bined into one if means that the junior colonel must he displaced from com mand. or if if shall he deemed wise from the military sense to put the jun for in chief command. the senior feels that he had been sighted.
 No Officer to Lose His Rank.
 Ii can be said however, that no col onel, unless found unfit, will lose his rank. He will be attached 10 regi- ment ready to take command in cnse fine actual commander is incaaactated or transferred. In other words. the ad- ditional colonel will in sense be lieutenant colonel. although keeping the colonefs rank. The lieutenant col onel of an outfit always has been q sort Of q supernumerary.
 Other officers than the colones will be affected but every man who Is fit for the service will stay in if at the rank which he holds. II will he no news probably to most of the officers 0f the army regulars OF National Guardsmen. that If they prove their unftuass to command men io tAe pres eut crisi@-eut they @il %
 New hPszthet.c Being Tested
 Washington 0.f5ciafs. particularly tbose Of the madieaI department. and prest 1ab'y nil persons #ho have hoaaa oe raaa esHins on the subject are tnt terested fa sa artJ- ee written HF E1-Hr huSef Ioarer Nt.oh appears in Golfers Weekly Of September - Il gives in dataii as- bounding counts of aha rafa-eaHaeHa work which f is eIamea au 8esihaHc eaIlet H.'sai@#a. fte discovery of a#zat.- IHsHl Gordon Edwards i=s aee=na nsH a the var haHft' 's of Is#s iaad and Ffaneq.
 eH8s discovery ui# da #Hst E is ciHHeG -tt Wlli do. rsro S raasGn eHoHit faHtAe interest i4 ~ba. hes haeU rauscd It hns haen g eWnt t7 tHsi otff lfiff4 ab8Ht .s5#a and .ts ra4sih'e If rrHhah'e Hse as local aHe~IHetc EY the#Aie#i daRaft- men ha UntHd States garefumeut.
 Medical s@.ence Is Alert
 There Hee h ihe United S.ates medi- i col service several of II foremost play siciaas of fbe world is neither in accordance with the eshies e1 the f profession ner with tho othfrs of een- sorshfp If ane may so Spe8t for the doctors to discuss prior to ihornugh teriai which is claiming recognition. it