Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-05-11
PLANS FOR NEW
ARMY COMPLETED
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
AND TENNESSEE IN SIXTH
DIVISION.
FORM EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS
Each viii Be Complete In Every Arm
at Service.-AIl Details For Raising
Kew Army Completed BY the War
Department.

Kew Army Completed BY the War
Department.
Washington full strength Of
the first war army organized under
the selective draft bill will be 1888
officers and 528,659 enlisted men, max.
ing up eighteen war strength diyis-
ions complete In every arm and sup.
plemented by sixteen regiments Of
heavy field artillery equipped with
large caliber howltzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
rniging, training, equipping and or
ganizing this force has been acrefully
worked out by the War Department,
and the selection OF the men will be-
gin as soon as the draft measure be.
canes law. Conferees Of the Senate
and House hope to agree upon .disput-
ed features at once 50 as to send the
bill to the President for his signature
early this week.
A revised list OF officers training
camp districts issued by the Depart.
ment indicat" that the divisions of
the first half million new fighting
men will be formed as follows:
First division-Troops from all New
England States.
Second-New York Congressional
| districts one to twenty-sixth, Qnclud-
ing Long Island and New York City,
Third-Remainde of New York
State and Pennsylvania Congression-
al districts TO- IL, IA, Is, 16, Fl, 25
and 2S
Fourth-Remainder Of Pennylva-
mia State, including Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.
Fifth-New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia and the District OF
/ Columbia
The Carolinas.
Sixth-North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh-Georgia, Alabama and
| Florida.
Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth-Indana and Kentucky.
Tenth-lllinos.
Michigan and Wiscon-
sin.
Twelfth-Arkansas Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Thirteenth Minnesota, Oklahoma
North and South Dakota and Nebras-
ka.
Foprteenth-M Missouri, Kansas and
| Colorado.
Oklahoma and Texas.
xteenth-Montana Idaho, Wash
Ington. Oregon, California, Nevada.
/ Utah. Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico.
In addition, there will be two sep
arate cavalry divisions which prob
ably will be situated in the Southwest.
near the Mexican border
Strength of Division.
Each infantry division will consist
of nine full regiments of infantry,
three regiments of field artillery one
regiment of cavalry. one regiment OF
engineers, one division hospital and
four camp infirmaries. The total
strength of the sixteen will be 1902
officers and 439792 men.
The two cavalry divisions combined
will have 1,214 officers and 32,O62
fighting men, including mounted en-
gineers and horse artillery units and
each will have also its divisional hos
pital and camp infrmaries.
The proportion of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the 5O0,-
900 will be 666 officers and 10000
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tatical units
will be the sixteenth regiments Of
heavy field artillery, strength 76S Of
ficers and 2l,140 men; eight aero
squadrons, or one new squadron to
each new infantry division; eight bal
loon companies, ten field hospitals,
ten ambulance companies; twenty-one
| field bakeries, SIX telephone Dattal-
ions. sixteen pack companies, six am
munition trains and six supply trains.
In preparation for the enormous
task of training this great army tho
existing regular establishments and
the National Guard is being brought
to full war strength The regulars,
when all FIVE additional increments
provided for in the National defense
act have been added will total 1928
officers and $4,000 men of all arms.
Upon the Presidents approval Of
the army bill, the first increment will
be added to the regulars. AS soon as
possible thereafter, the remaining In
crements will be created, existing reg
iments being divided and expanded
to form the new units.
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