Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-05-17
PLANS FOR NEW
ARMY COMPLETED
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
AND TENNESSEE IN SIXTH
DIVISION.
FORM EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS

NV" wv" oo SoWPIeto " GNeTy HTUi
Of Serviee.-AlI Details For Raising
New Army Completed BY the War
Department.
Washington.-The full strength Of
the first war army organized under
the selective draft bill will be 1858
officers and 52S,659 enlisted men, max.
Ing up eighteen war strength divis.
ions complete in every arm and sup
plemented by sixteen regiments OF
heavy field artillery equipped with
large caliber howitzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and or.
ganizing this force has been acrefully
worked out by the War Department,
and the selec Ion OF the men will be-
gin as soon as the draft measure be.
comes law. COnferees of the Senate
and House hope to agree upon disput-
cd features ,at once 80 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 indicate 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, (includ
Ing Long Island and New York City. }
Third-Remainder of New York
State and Pennsylvania Congression.
al districts 10, II, II, 15, Is, 81, 25
and %.
Fourth-Remainder of Pennylva
MIA State, including Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.
Nfth-New Jersey. Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia and the District Of
Columbia.
Tho carolInas.
Sixth-North and South Carolins
and Tennessee.
Seventh-Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth-Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth-Illinois.
Eleventh-Michigan and wiscon
sin.
Twelfth--Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Thirteenth-Minnesota, Oklahoma
North and South Dakota and Nebras
ka.
Fourteenth-Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado.
Decentralization and Texas.
SiXteenth-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 consis,
Of nine full regiments of infantry
three regiments Of field artillery. on,
regiment Of cavalry. one regiment o.
engineers, one division hospital ant
four camp innrmaries. The tota
strength Of the sixteen will be 1902;
officers and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry divisions combined
will have 1.214 officers and 32,06;
fighting men. including mounted en-
gineers and horse artillery units and
each will have also its divisional hos
pital and camp infirmaries.
The proportion Of coast artiller!
troops to be provided out OF the 500,
900 will be 666 officers and 20,00l
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tatical unit
will be the sixteenth regiments o
heavy field artillery. strength 76S Of
fcers and 21,140 men; eight ser,
sQuadrons. or one new squadron I,
each new infantry division; eight bal
loon companies, ten field hospitals
ten ambulance companies; twenty-on,
field bakeries; six telephone battsl
ions, sixteen pack companies, six am
munition trains and six supply trains
In preparation for the enormou
task Of training this great army, tn
existing regular establishments an,
the National Guard is being brough
to full war strength. The regulars
when all five additional increment
provided for in the National defens
act have been added, will total 11,23
officers and $4,000 men Of all arms.
| Upon the Presidents approval o
the army bill, the first increment vii
be added to the regulars. As soon a
possible thereafter. the remaining In
crements will be created, existing res
iments being divided and EXPANDS
to form the units.