Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-08-17
Infantry Will Have Conlple- ment of 250 Enlisted
 Men in Future.
TWO CAPTAINS ARE
 ALSO DECIDED UPON
nuuartment Makes Known New Sys- teu,. Recommended by General Pcrshing.-Many Major Generals and Brigadiers Assigned.

Washington, Aug. 16.-Complete re- of all branches of the limited States army, to conform with European standards, as recommended Inv Major General Pershing, is provid- fcd for in army orders revealing that hhe recently announced divisional re- Iorganization plan has been carried flown into regiments and companies. The administrative unit of the in- Pantry arm will be company with 25O enlisted men and six commission Ed officers. ill place of some thing byer 100 men and three officers. The .ompany will be divided into four blatoons, each with a lieutenant.
 There will be two captains, one first lieutenant and three second lieuten- lnts. Reports of the review of Amer can troops in France yesterday show hat this plan already has been car- jed out ill General Pershing's forces. The objective of two captains is to rovde against Reorganization of a nit thru the loss of it's commander. he second captain does not go to the (atlte line with the company if his enior is present, being held as a re- erve to reorganize the company if ecessary.
 Under the new plan, each regiment III have three battalions of four pmpanies, with 5000 men. Supple lented by regimental quarters, SUD- lies and machine gun organizations, Re strength will be brought up to bout $500 men, as against little ore than 1000 in existing war rength regiments. :. The unit organization of the field tlllery and other arms had not been aaneed AS a result of reducing the moer Of regiments in a division, the vlslon, instead of 2S,O0O men, will tal about 19,000 men, 15,OO0 of them fantry
 Order Assigns Officers.
 washington, Aug. 16.-Thirty-two a]or generals are assigned, by the ai department order made public to- sal, to command the National guard Nallonal army divisions of the Rr army.
 on the list are all the present reg 2, oepartmental commanders, in uins Major General Leonard Wood, nnlns officer, now called on for duty tue lleld, and probably at the ont in France
 nolA Of the National guard major pela's p nominated Tuesday, John S. taya'l or New York and Chas. M, V,leht of Pennsylvania, are placed .ng mead Of the divisions in their +h ne oraer also assigns 5rigadie1s of .n regulars and guardsmen to com nu oflgades of each division and a hel nh: or lieutenant colonel to serve ,o eniel or staff under each major , al. ,s. All are directed to report 'a'er than August 25. if practic- n, a note appended to the order. 1t a a'a.ea, ae that the! order of designa- I ,, ol tne division bears no relation
 . sso otoer i'll which they will go to fife s'it' a The warning is added tha, 's ana changes in the officers. ,ao4le sn4lei Of the divisions are to be sr ,cesea; a One change apparently has ;an niaoe since the list was made up. io, ;o, general Francis J Herman is ,saea sa to command the 32d National .,u asa division, whereas that officer. ,uefs ,ar;,. issued yesterday, was tenn ny a; ueslgnated as chief of the
 u,vislon of embarkation of inc 1taH 1tiai staff, in chai ge of all trans 1a50f aaS l. General H. c. Hodges is as- ora ,ra lo command National guard
 pS ae Camp Beauregard, Alexan- TO I'd. Other officers assigned nch, are Lieutenant Colonel O. Dens; ems, chief of staff; Brigadier radas ps'a,s R R. c. Walsh, 7eth infantry eade. % w, W. s: Metcalf. 77th infantry nt ntue, h., W; W. Wilson, 64th depart kl,ou nrigade; w. J. Snow, 64th field Pllery brigade. ''" A0''