Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-05

will become majors, and all heutenants 1 will become captains.
 All field artillery lieutenant colonels and the first five majors will be exam ined to become colonels- The remain ing majors and one captain will go up to lieutenant coIonels; seventy cap tains will be examined for majors, and all Heutenants will become captains. Promotions in Coast Artillery. In the coast artillery thirteen lieu tenant colonels must be promoted to colonels; twenty-two majors become lieutenant cOlonelS; all captains will become majors, and the first 230 lieu tenants will be examined for captains. All second Heutenants become first lfeutenants.
 In the infantry the first fifty lieu tenant colonels will be examined to become colonels. Majors down to num- tenant coIonels; the first 200 captains are slated for majors, and all present first Heutenants and second Ieuten- ants. including the first 153, will be- come captains.
 5,461 Vacancies in Lieutenants.
 The result of this expansion will be to create 5.461 vacancies in the grades of first and second lieutenant in the army. More than a thousand youths in civil life already have applied for examination for second lieutenant and 1000 will be selected from the officers training camps
 To provide general officers to com mand the eighteen divisional training camps, that number of army colonels may be examined. As there exists al- ready one vacancy in the grade of brigadier general, nineteen new gen eral officers must be appointed in the near future, and the army bill pro- vides that the president may select these men from any source.
 Uniform Grade of Major General.
 A uniform grade of major general. senior and junior rank, also has been proposed, doing away with the grade or br1gadler general In any event. the present general officers of wide ex- perience probably will be selected, so far as possible, to command the di- visional camps.
 Full Strength of National Guard.
 The full strength of the national guard units now existing will be 9,S47 officers and 32s,95 men, giving a total regular and national guard force to be whipped into shape before the new army is called of 21,OS0 officers and 6Z2, ,954 men, New units must be ere ated, however, to fill out tactical or ganfzatfOns and probably the total of this frsSg force will exceed 100000 ac- tive troops. backed by about 25o,0Oo more in the regimental recruit bat talionS.
 Eighteen Divisions.
 From this force will be formed eighteen divisions corresponding to the organization of the first new army. From 1t also, early in September. will be drawn some 200, 900 officers and non commissioner officers who will Constitute the framework on which the new army will be shaped. They will be-, with the 10000 officers to be se- iected from the training camps. the instructors of the first army. and on their efficiency rests the whole nin tary fabric that is to be built up.
 Regular Army Officers to Command.
 In general, the plan will be to pro- Vide regular army officer to command each new regiment, with an adeouate number of regular or national guard ofncers of experience to carry on ef1- ciently the administrative duties and to supervise instruction.
 During the interval between +ba registration and the calling out of the new army, the regular and national guard divisions will be at work pre pairing the mobilization camps and with their own training. To them also will continue to fall the duty of pro~ tecting public and private property. The commander of each training dis trtct probably will direct this work under the orders of the commander of the military department in which his camp is located.