Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-15
Organization of Forty-four New
Regiments viii Begin To-
day; More Than. 10000
Men Are Wanted.
EXISTING BATTALl0NS TO
Be USED IN EXPANSION
Officers Assigned to Construct
Quarters Necessary at Postsl
Named for Building Up New
Units.
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Washington, May 14.---Orders to
bring the regular army to its full
war strength of 293,000 men were an
nounced by the war department to-
day. Organization of forty-four new
regiments will begin tomorrow with
further efforts to stimulate recruiting
and bring in the 116,455 men needed
to fill up the ranks.
Since April. 67.443 men have been
accepted and officials are confident
that the full number will have been
enrolled as war time volunteers be-
fore June Is.
Expansion of the army will be ac-
complished by converting each exist
ing battalion into a full regiment.
Syracuse, N. Y, will be the largest
single expansion post. There the
Thirty-eighth, Thirty ninth, Fortieth,
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh. Forty
eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth in
fantry regiments and the Fifteenth
field artillery will be raised. At least
three infantry regiments now on the
border will be sent Immediately to
syracuse Tor expansion.
Movement to Begin Soon.
In the central department the For
tieth and Forty-first infantry will be
raised at Fort Smelling, Mimi; the
Forty-third and Forty-fourth at Fort
Douglas, Utah.
The Tenth and Eleventh field artil-
lery and the Twentieth and Twenty
first cavalry at Fort Riley, Kans.. and
the Sixteenth and Seventeenth field
artillery at Sparta, Wis
In the southern department, the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth field artil-
lery will be raised at Fort Sill, Okla,
while tho Fifty-seventh and Sixty
fourth infantry and the Eighteenth
and Twenty-first field artillery will be
raised at points in the department to
be designated by the department
commander
In the western department the
Forty-feurth infantry will be raised at
Vancouver Barracks, Wash. The Six
ty-second and Sixty-third infantry
will be raised at San Francisco and
the Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth
cavalry at Fort ID. A. Russell, Wyo.
Quartermaster officials: Officers al
ready have been assigned to construct
necessary quarters at the points
named and large number of regular
army officers have been ordered up
for promotion preparatory to taking
advanced grades. The movement of
troops from the southern department
to carry out the orders will begin at
once.
Other Arms to Be Expanded.
In addition to the new regiments to
be raised at each point, the remain
ing portion of each existing regiment
which is divided to furnish nucleus
of officers and men for the new unit
must be filled up again to war
strength. Thus at Syracuse there will
be twelve full regiments of infantry
and two regiments of artillery In all,
probably 10000 men must be taken
care of at that point.
Orders have not been issued as yet
for the expansion of the other arms
of the service. such as the engineers,
signal corps, coast artillery and hos
pital corps. They will be announced
shortly.
When the expansion is complete.
the regular army will have seven full
divisions. including the four infantry
and two cavalry divisions regardde es-
sentially as troops Of the mobile army.
A full war strength division is main
tanned in the Philippines and addi-
tional for service in the Panama
canal zone and Hawaii.