Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-18
TROOPS SHIFTED
To FILL GUARD
Iowa. Nebraska and South Da-
kota Selected Men Subject
to Transfer-NeW
Draft Soon.

Washington. d. c.. Oct. 15.-The war
department made public today details
of the plans providing fer the transfer
of 7S.4o0 men from national army can
tonments to the various national guard
divisions to fill them to war strength.
State quotas in this process will be de-
termined upon the basis of congress
sional representation and SO far as
practicable the drafted men from a
state will be assigned to national guard
units from the same state.
Local Men Are Included.
The divisions of the national guard
forces showing the greatest deficiency
in men are: Thirtieth, 10000; Thirty
first, 5000; T~hirty-ninth, 5000;
Thirty-third. e,4o0; Thirty-eighth,
5000; Fortieth, 5000.
The orders in part authorize the
commander of the Thirty-fourth di-
vision TO call upon Camp Dodge for
5000 men from Iowa, Minnesota and
North Dakota, and upon Camp Funston
for 1000 men from Nebraska and South
Dakota; Thirty-sixth division to call
upon Camp Funston for 1900 men from
Missouri and Kansas: Fortieth division
to call upon Camp Lewis for 5000 men
from California, Nevada and Utah, and
upon Camp Funston for C,000 men from,
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona;
Thirty-sixth division to call upon Camp
Travis for 5000 men from Oklahoma
and Texas.
Commanders of the national guard
divisions are directed to state the mum
Der Of men required, to inform the com
mandcr of the national army canton
ment on whom the call is made of the
number Of men of special qualifications
| needed and the dates on which the lev
les can be received and accommodated
at the guard camps.
To Reform Divisions.
Paralleling these orders, instructions
I have been sent to the divisional COM
! manders Of the national army to fur
nish the men as required and also to
| make the following transfers between
the national army environments:
Camp Gordon to transfer all remain
! ing white men TO Camp Jackson and
| receive in return 5000 white men from
! Camp Devens, 1903 from Camp Upton
! 5000 from Camp Dix, 5000 from Camp
Meade, and 1900 from Camp Lee.
Camp Pike--After all remaining
white men have been transferred te
! Camp Jackson. to receive 5000 whites
from Camp Custer, 1000 from Camp
| Grant, 1000 from Camp Taylor. 5000
from Camp Sherman, 5000 ron CamI
Dodge. 1000 from Camp Funston, ane
/ 1000 from Camp Travis.
The effect OF these transfers will bt
20 mobilize at Camp Gordon, $4,000 mer
rom eastern states to form the new
division there, and at Camp Pike to as.
semble $4,000 men from the middl.
western territory. to reform that diyi.
sion.
washington, .. c.. Oct. 15.-Discus,
sion of the ACCESSIBILITY Of expeditin.
The call for the second increment o
! the draft army now is in progress a
he war department and it appear
| likely that the date may be fixed 70
come time in December or January.
Mobilization of the first incremen
IF $4,000 men is now far enough ad
tapced to show clearly that there vii
be a big deficiency for the II nationa
army divisions. More than $50, 600 o
The first increment are still to be as
sembled. but it already is evident tina
here will be available at the is can
comment quarters for an additions
regiment at each post and at som
Tor a fun brigade Of two regiments.
!: The shortage Is due partially to tn
necessity Of taking out national arm,
tnen to I'LL up national guard diyi
ON.