The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-18
MAJ. Gen. WOOD
is ORDERED TO
POST IN KANSAS
Thirty-tWO Other Officers of
Same Rank Assigned to
War Armies.


Washington, Aug. 17-AssignmentS
Of .32 major-generals to command
the federalized National Guard and
the other divisions of the war armies
were announced last night by the war
department.
MaJoE-Gen. Leonard Wood, now
in charge of the Southeastern De-
partment, has been assigned to the
Eighty eighth division, Camp Funs-
ton, Kansas. Both of the National
Guard major-generals nominated
Tuesday by Mr.. Wilson are placed at
the heads Of divisions, with some reg
ular army brigadiers under them.
They are John F. Organ of New
York and Charles M. Clement of
Pennsylvania.
Major-Gen. Organ will command
the Twenty-seventh division, which
will mobilize at Camp Wadsworth,
s. G.. Col. H. H. Bandholtz will be
his chief of staff. The brigadiers un-
der his command will be r. E. L.
Niche, at present aide to Major-Gen.
Scott, chief of staff; Henry D. w.
Hamilton, James W. Lester and c. L.
Phillips of the New York National
Guard.
In publishing the assignments OF
commanders, the war department is
sued this statement:
I'm announcing the accompanying
assignments of officers. the war .de~
partment calls attention to the fact
| that the numbers of divisions are no
| Indication of the order in which units
| will be sent abroad The personnel
Of the command of camps and of
l ifc Of q.
great deal of shifting as men prove
| their fitness. Such changes are likely
| up to the very moment that units
actually depart for foreign service.
These selections are for the purpose
| of starting the training under the, best
! available men and to make the troops
! ready to move at the earliest possible
1 date
| Major-Gen. Woods friends feel
| that the war department has clearly
i indicated it's desire to snub him by
1 assigning him to command Camp
| Funston, Kansas. AS ranking major
4 general of the army his friends fee
that he should have received mos
consideration from the board of Sc
1 lection.
The announcement that Gen. WOOD
4 is to be sent to Kansas reminded his
| friends of the fact that he has re
peatedly criticised the officers whG
are now in the saddle at the war de
i partment. Last year he told Congress
that the first step needed to give the
4 United States an army would be tt
sand bag'' the war department. Hi.
lremarks were interpreted as directed
at the men who are now in chargt
of the general staff and the bureau
chiefs.
I When commanding the Department
of the East with headquarters at New
York, Gen Wood had the most con
spicuous post in the service with tht
4 exception of that occupied by Gen
4 Scott and chief of staff. He wa
transferred to South Carolina sool
4 after the United States entered thu
war with the understanding that hi
4 new post would give him control o
1.-The training of great numbers of tn
new soldiers.
4 In his former post Cen Wood wa
: ranked by only one officer in tn
!. larmy-the chief of staff-and he stooa
on an equal plane with the Ave othe
major generals. In his new post
while working under the direction o
the chief Of staff, he is on a, par witt
So other major generals.
Gen. Wod' s friends believe that th1
assignment means that he will not b
be sent to France at least in the nea
future. They appear to be satisf1e
that as long as. Gen. Pershing is il
command in France it. would be i'm
). polite to send a ranking officer 1ik
Gen. Wood, because of the danger
! friction.
The order assigns brigadiers 0
Iboth regulars and guardsmen to com
mand the fbrigades Of each division
and colonel or lieutenant-colonel t
serve as chief Sof staff under each Q
the major All are directe
to report not later than Aug. 20
practicable. Successors to the de
partmental commanders in. thei
present posts have not been named.
One change apparently has bee
made since the list was made. VI
Major Gen. Francis J. Herman is as
signed to command the Thirty-secon
National Guard division, whereas tina
officer, in an order issued yesterda!
: was temporarily designated as chic
.. of the new division of embarkatio
of the general staff, in charge of
, | DEMONSTRATION