The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-23
NEW REGIMENTS
 NATIONAL GUARDS
ARTILLERY ENGINEERS. SIGNAL TROOPS AND CAVALRY ARE NEEDED TO FILL
 DIVISIONS.
Arkansas Needs Infantry, Artillery and Signal Corps to Bring Its Forces Up to the Required War Strength Of Army Regulations

Washington, May Organization Of sc-res of new regiments of ma ional guard artillery engineers. signal troops and cavalry will be undertaken soon 10 supply the tactical f5rmatons necessary for the estab ishment f lG divisions cs the guard provided for in Jhe war departments plans In addition to these troops imme. diately after the existing state sol. diers have been drafted into federal service, there must be organized dlyi slonal headquarters detachmeut.. sun | ply, ammunition and medical crains heavy field artillery and signal batta- hons, an aero service, two cavalry divisions and many new east artl. cry units and reserves.
 Comparison of the organization tables for the l6 infantry divisions with the existing guard esta0 ishmeut shows hat in the infantry. the arm Of the service in which the guard is str ngest, 90 regiments and six com panles must be created to provide the l Ii regiments of the divisional struc. ture.
 The principal shortage is in field artillery. Each of the l6 divisions re. quires three full regiments of six bat teries ca h, or a total of 2SS batteries There noH exists in the guard los batteries
 The shortage in engineer, is almost as great There will be needed I6 egiments, or total of gG companies. whereas there now are only 90 com. panies
 Each division also will have an aero squadron or ba loon company, making l6 air service unts. New York has one aero squadron les one company.
 The first effort of the department is to bring up to full war strength all existing guard units. When that has been accomplished and the force has been drafted the next step will be to create the new units neces,.a ary to com. plete the l6 infantry divisions and the adjutants general Of the states have been instructed, too, that they should prepare for these new organi. ! zations without delay.
 In addition the following organiza- tions must be furnished:
 Ninth division: North Carolina one cavalry machine gun troop. one regi- ment field artillery, one radio com. pauy, signal corps: South Carolina. one regiment infantry, three troops cavalry, one regiment field artillery, two companies engineers. one cutpost company, signal corps; Tenne, see one regiment infantry, one troop cavalry. one regiment field artillery. one wire company. sigma corps
 Tenth division Alabama, ane reei- ment field artillery, one battalion ell gineers Georgia two battalions in. fantry. one regiment field artillery. one battalion engineers. one wire com pany and one outpost company signal corps; Florida two battalfons infan- try, one battalion field artr cry.
 Fourteenth divisions Kansas enc regiment infantry, one regiment Qess one battery) field artillery. one bat talon (less one company engineers; Missouri, two regiments infantry, one regiment Qess one trcop) cavalry two regiments Cles- one battalion field artillery. one batta icn engineers. one field battalion (less two com paniesl signal corps.
 Fifteenth division: Texas. four regi- ments infantry, one regiment 0ess one squadron) cavalry two regiments Cless two batteries) field artillery, one batta ion Cless two companies) en- gineers, one field battalion signal corps; Oklahoma two regimentr in fantry, one regiment field artillery, one battdfion Cless one company en- gineers
 Eighteenth division; Arkansas, enc regiment infantry, one regiment field artillery one outpost company signal corpr; Mississippi, two regiments in. fsntry. two sQuadrons cavalry. one ma. chine gun troop cavalry, one regiment field arti lery one battalion engineers, one radio company signal corps; Louis. iana, two regiments infantry. one squadron (less two troops) cavalry, one regiment tless one battalion) field artillery, one battalion engineers, one wire company signal corps.