The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-10
EACH CAATOAMENT
TO TRAIN DIVISION
National Guard Ranks to he rmmedi-
ately fiiled With Surplus From
Camps.
NEGROES TO Bic SCATTERED
Camp Lees Quota of CoIored Draftecs
Not TO Bo fncreased--Reguiar Army
to Be Strengthened.

Washington. October a.~-The ma.
tional army is to be completely reor-
ganized Plans were announced today
by Secretary OF War Baker after a con-
ference with General Tucker IL Bliss
chief of staff
Every one OF the sixteen canton
menis. except that at American Lake,
Washington. is affected. BY the reor-
gsnixatton each cantonment will train
an army division of 271oo men, in.
stead Of $4,000 as originally planned
Negro drafted men are TO be dis
trfeuted In such fashion that no con-
siderable number witt be under train
ing at any one camp. The negroes
viii be organized into a division at
an embaraatlon point as rapidly as
possible and will be sent to France
where they will he divided into fight
ing forces and labor regiments. In all
there are ss.e0e coiored msn. APP
proximately 21t9eo will be sent into
the trenoher The others Will be em-
ployed behind the lines
AS a result of the reorganization,
which contemplates the immediate fill-
ing up OF national guard ranks in the
South from the drafted forces, great
shifting Of the national army will
soon begin.
The training Of n division to a camp
Will leave surplus OF i7.ouo men At
twelve of The camps These men viii
be transferred TO the camps at Atlanta
and Little Rock. ehare to form sepa-
rate divisions.
Tire White men of the South orig
inaiiy assigned 70 Camp Gordon at At
lanta and Camp Pike at Little Rock. as
we'll as those assigned 10 Camp Jack
son ~ Colum h.a. will ne drawn Gpoa
heavily to I'll the ranks Of the Th'r-
tieth. Thirty Grst and Thirty ninth
national guard divisions from the
same states to war strength
This wifi leave an Insufficient mum
her Of white men TO form, divisions az
each of the three camps. SO the white
men from Camp Gordon and Camp
Pike will be removed to Camp jack
son 10 form q division tAeTe.
To Camp Gordon a. Atlanta. then
will 60 tas surplus white forces from
Aver. Mass: Yaphenk. L. l.; wrights-
town. N. J.: Admiral. ND. and Peters
burg, Va. to Camp Pike. at Little
Rock. will be moved the surplus from
Battle Greek. Mich: Rockford. III;
Louisville. KY: Dea Moines. la; Fort
sam Houston. Tex and Fort Riley.
Kan.
The negro troops will be scattered
as follows;
Camp Devens. New England quota.
400; Camp UPTON. N. Y: and Porto
Pfco quotas. $500: Camp DIX, ftr own
and Florida quotas. $500; Camp Meade.
it's own and Tennessee's quotas. 500;
Camp Lee. it's own quota, $500:
Camp sherman. its own and Oklahoma
quotas. 5000; Camp jackson. South
Carolina quota, $500; Camp Gordon,
Geoygts quota. O. gro; Camp Pike Ar
kansas and Louisiana quotas a.Qee:
Camp Custer. It's own quota, 400: Camp
Grant. its own and North Carolina.
T.2oo Camp Taylor. its own quota.
5000: Camp Dodge. fits own and Ala
hama quotas, $500: Camp Funeton. its
own and Mississippi quotas. $500;
Camp Travis, Texas quota, $500; Camp
Lewis. it's own quota
Explaining the plan General Bliss
said.
The selected men that are now be-
ing gathered into the sixteen national
army cantonments Will be used TO form
the first force of Sooieoo men author
lied by congress and to fiji up the ma
tional guard divisions to practically
the maximum strength OF the new or
gantZation.
THE balance of the $4,000 selected
men will be used to supplement tho
voluntary eniistments for the regular
army and will be enough to keep that
branch aNed up 70 war strength with
out transferring men TO II from this
first selection for the national army"
said;