Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-17
FULL WAR STRENGTH
OF ARMY ORDERED
Organization of "A New Regi.
ments of Regulars Now
in Progress.
116,455 MEN WANTED.
Each Ex1sting Battalion Will BE Con-
verted fnfo . Full Regiment-
. GAS Volunteer Ia Dsse.

WAenluStOps may l4.-OEoerS 10
bring the regular army 70 It's full war
strength Of $4,000 men were an
nounced to-day by the war depart
ment. Organisation Of ~ new regi.
ments will begin tomorrow with fur
ther efforts to stimulate recruiting and
bringing in the t16.455 men needed TO
MI up the ranks.
Since April 1. e7,4l3 men have been
accepted and officials are confident
that the full number will have been
enrolled ~ war time volunteers before
June IL.
Expansion Of the army will be &C.
complished by converting each exist.
ing battalion into full regiment.
Syracuse. New York. will be the larg-
est single expansion post. There the
3sth. Ssth. 45th. 4eth. 47th. 4Sth, 4sth
and 5oth infantry regiments and the
18th field artillery will be raised. At
. least three infantry regiments now on
the border will be sent Immediately
tn Syracuse for expansion but the regi-
meuts assigned have not been an
umced
Other points in the eastern department
assigned a. expansion posts are Fort
Myer, Va, where q battalion Of regular
1ield artillery will be converted into the
12th field artillery: Gettysburg National
Park. where the 6sth. 59th. % and 61st
infantry regiments win be raised. and
Montauk Point. Long Island. where the
18th and 10Th field artillery win be raised.
In the southeastern department.. the 61st.
Sand. 53rd, 54th. 55th and b6th infantry
will be raised at Chickamauga Park. Ga
The End and 2srd cavalry also will Be
raised at Chickamauga.
In the central department. tho 10th and
l1st infantry will be raised at Fort Smell
ing. Mimi: the 43rd and 44th at Fort
Douglas. Utah: the 10th and 18th field ar
tillery and the 10th and list cavalry at
Fort Riley. Kans.. and the 10Th and nth
field artillery at Sparta. Wis.
In the southern department, the 18th
and 18th field artillery will be raised
at Fort Sill Oklahoma while the 57th
and 64th infantry and the 18th and
21st field artillery will be raised al
points in the department to be desig.
mated by the department commander
In the western department the 44th
infantry will be raised at Vancouver
barracks Washington. The e2nd and
esrd infantry will be raised at San
Francisco and tho oath and 26th
cavalry At Fort D. A. Russell. Wyom.
ing.
Quartermaster officers already have
been assigned to construct necessary
quarters at the points named and q
large number Of regular army Officers
have been ordered up for promotion
preparatory to taking advanced grades
The movement Of troops from the
southern department to carly out the
orders will begin at once.
In addition to the new regiments tt
DO raised At each point the remaining
portion of each existing regiment
, which Is divided to furnish q nucleus
Of officers and men for tho new unit
must be filled up again to war strength
Thus at Syracuse there will be twelve
6nn regiments Of infantry and tive
regiments Of artillery. In all. proba'
bly, $4,000 men must be taken care Of
It that point.
Orders have not been issued as yet
for the expansion Of the other arms of the
service, such a. the engineers, signal
corps. coast artillery and hospital corps
They will be announced shortly.
When the expansion is complete, the
regular army will have seven full divi-
sions, including the four infantry and
two cavalry divisions regarded az essen.
TALLY troops Of the mobile army. A full
war strength division Is maintained In
the Philippines and additional forces in
the Panama canal zone and Hawaii.
Another stop expected soon is the or
der for the organization of regiments OF
the regular heavy field artillery. troops
attached to no divisional organisation but
under the orders Of corps commanders
who employ the large cslber howitzert
with which the regiments arc equipped Al
the employees Of the battle front dictate
At least four regiments Of this type mus
be provided for, one for each infantry
division.
ing actual war mobilization Of the Ma.
tional Guard. The war department IL un.
derstood to be waiting action by Congress
on the administration war army bill. Ma
teriat alteration by Congress Of the pro
ject for army building mapped out would
compel a revision Of the plans in many
respects.