South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-05
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR FIRST ARMY
Regulars to be Placed on Full
War Footing-MiIitia
Second Branch.

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The full
strength Of the first war army or
gained under the selective draft bill
will be 1S,53S officers and 52s.659
enlisted men, making up Is war
strength divisions. complete in every
arm and supplemented by Is regi-
ments Of heavy field artillery. equip
ped with large caliber hOwitzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and or
ganizing this force. has been care
fully worked out by the war depart
ment and the selection of the men
will begin as soon as the draft meas
ure becomes law.
Conferences of the senate and
house hope to agree upon disputed
features Saturday. so as to send the
bill to the president for his sigma
ture early next week.
Districts are Named.
a revised list Of officers training
camp districts issued Friday by the
department indicates that the divi-
sions of the first half million new
fighting men will be formed as fol-
lows:
First division-Troops from all
New England states.
Second-New York congressional
districts, to &c Gncluding Long Is
land. New York city and a strip
north Of the city,.
Third-Remainder Of New York
state and Pennsylvania. Congress
sional districts 10, IL, IA, Is, 16, 81,
25 and 26.
Fourth-Remainde of Pennsyl-
vania state. including Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh.
Maryland, Virginia and District Of
Columbia
sixth-North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh-Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth-Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth-Illinois.
Observation-Disclosures and Wiscon-
sin.
Observation-Disclosures, Mississippi
and Louisiana.
Thirteenth Minnesota, Iowa,
North and South Dakota and Ne
braska.
Fourteenth-NIisso Kansas and
Colorado.
Flfteenth-Oklahoma and Texas.
Sixteenth Montana Idaho, Wash
ington. Oregon, California, Nevada.
Utah. Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico.
Two Cavalry Divisions.
In addition there will be two sep
arate cavalry divisions. which prob
ably will be situated i'm the south
west. near the Mexican border. Off
GERS for the cavalry divisions will be
trained at all Of the Is officers train
ing camps, which will open within
a few days with 10000 prospective
officers under training.
Each infantry division will con-
sist of nine full, regiments of in
fantry. three regiments Of field ar
tillery. one regiment of cavalry. one
regiment OF engineers, one division
hospital, and four camp infirmaries.
The total strength of the Is will be
15,022 officers and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry divisions COM
bined will have 1924 officers and
$4,000 fighting men, including
mounted engineers. and horse artil-
lery units and each will have also
its divisional hospital and camp in
firmaries.
The proportion Of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the first
500. 900 will be 666 officers and 20
600 men with requisite medical
troops.
Heavy Artillery Units.
Supplementing these tactical units
will be the 16 regiments Of heavy
field artillery, strength 76S officers
and 21.104 men; eight aero squad
rons. or one new squadron TO each
two new infantry divisions; eight
balloon companies, ten field hospi-
tails: ten ambulance companies %
field bakeries; six telephone bat
talions: Is pack companies; six am
munition trains, and six supply
trains
In preparation for the enormous
task Of training this great army. the
existing regular establishment and
the national guard is being brought
10 full war strength. The regulars,
when all five additional increments
provided for in the national defense