The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-09-26

Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala
Sent. 25.-In the establishment IN
this camp Of statistical sectloh,
through which will be obtalnable
any kind of special information con-
corning the entire official and eniis-
ted personnel OF the division, d Dig
step toward efficiency is TO be taken
The organization of branches OF the
statistical division in every regimen
tai organization in camp has already
been authorized from the division
Headquarters and representation VIII
be given all of the small units also
The scope of work to be done by the
section will be far-reaching and It
has been designed with a view TO
eliminating a vast amount of IN
necessary work for the adjutants
general and for the adJutant gener-
ais office at Washington.
In every regiment there will be
section of three men under the
charge either of the regimental chap
lain or the regimental adjutant.
Where the organization is lesser IN
size than a regiment. one man Will
be named for the statistical work.
1t is the plan to have these statls-
teal section men compile every pos
sible kind of a record concerning the
men in their organizations. Their
military records, their health records,
behavior records. efficiency records,
their ages, their homes, their COM
plexions, their former vacations and
their avocatiOns, and in short any
thing and everything that can be OF
ay possible value to the War Depart
ment Note will be made OF the rec
Ords of men having especial abilities
along any given lines, and when the
section has accomplished the first
part of its work and everything is
working smoothly, it should be pos
sible for anyone to consult the statls-
tical sections records and find what
ever information concerning any man
in the division that he may desire.
Such a system will certainly SIM
plify many matters in the admins
tration work of the division and at
the same time make possible the Sc
lection of men for any particular
kind of work that is to be done. 1t
will insure the picking of the most
capable hands for the jobs that are
to be- done. By force of circumStan-
ces it will require long period be-
fore the section can be we'll organic
ed or its work become meaSurably eff
fective, but eventually it will prove a
wonderful help to all commanders
The Maryland troops here yester-
day entered into the new course of
advanced instruction which has been
prescribed by the War Department
for all troops in the training canton
ments. This work, which will lead
eventually into the more elaborate
training in keeping with the new
warfare of the European fronts, will
at the outset confined tn tha465ss
Intricate drills and work. 1t was not
thought that this work would be un-
dertaken until after the reorganiza-
ton of the division had been entire
ly completed, but it has been otfici-
ally stated that the reorganization of
the division will not hold up the
work at all.
Naturally, with some uncertainty
as to what troops are to go into yari-
Gus organizations, it is possible that
subsequent arrangements of men
may require that they be given 9TH
er training than that upon which
they started out, on, but for the most
part things have been arranged in
such a manner as to make possible
an alignment of the work in such an
order as to make a minimum number
OF changes necessary.
This week will probably see the
greater part of the rganization OF
the division effected. While little
has been given out SO far concerning
the organization work, it merely hav-
ing been announced that the military
police and the division machine gun
battalion had been completed, the
work has not been neglected in any
way. The various angles of the sit
uatiOn have been thoroughly studied
by General Morton and his advisers
and extensive details concerning the
perfection of numbers of the organi-
cations can reasonably be looked for
at any time now. The makeup of
most of the units is a little more
than tentatively decided upon now,
and the completion of the task re-
Quires merely the definite designa-
tiOns of some of these outfits, it is
understood.
There is marked activity today in
the camp of the artillerymen and
cavalrymen who are to be transferr-
Gu u tne artillery II IS OccdSloneu
by preparation for the reorganiza-
tion that will probably be made
within day or two. General w. c.
Rafferty,, commanding the division
here now, will personally superin-
tend the organization work also.
Additional assignments to the Fiji
ty-eighth Brigade courts-martial
were made known this morning at
the division headquarters. In addi-
ton to the Maryland officers men
toned in dispatches, the following
Virginia officers have been named:
Lieut.. Col. Samuel r. Miller. Second