Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-20
ALL THREE ARMS
OF SERVICE SOON
TO Be AT FRONT
Navy Already There, and
Marines Ordered to Join
Pcrshing's Division.
MEANS FORCE OF NEARLY
100000 FOR LAND DUTY
Expeditionary Commander and
Staff Will Sail for Europe
Ahead of Troops.
no PREPARE FOR TRAINING
States Join in Preparations to Com
plctc Military Census Of Eli
giblcs on June ,.
MEANS FORCE OF NEARLY
100000 FOR LAND DUTY
no PREPARE FOR TRAINING
States Join in Preparations to Com
plctc Military Census of Eli
giblcs on June ,.
INV Associ,,.a Press


lBy Associated Pressi
WASHtNGTON May ia.-Nll three
arms OF Americas Gghting forces. the
army navy and Marine Corps. soon
will be represented In the war zones.
with american dcstroycrs already
combating the U-boat menace III Eu-
ropcan waters and army regulars con
ccntra;ing To carry the nag to the
battle lines in Belgium and France.
regiment OF marines Was designated
to-day to Join the cxpeditionary force
"ud round out the nations representa-
'iou in tho field.
The marines viii be attached TO the
army division under General Pcrshine.
which l. under orders TO proceed
abroad soon as practicable. Al
though details are not being made
public, IL was calculated tonight that.
with the marine regiment, IN. total
American force now designated for
land service in Europe Is close to
3 <o.ooo IN army division at war
strength comprises about 5000 men.
aud upwards Of 1900 are expected
TO be IN tho nine volunteer regiments
Of engineers now being recruited.
The forestry regiment and the marine
regiment each VIII number more than
1000. The strength OF tho naval
force ia European waters has not been
revealed.
. MUCH To he DONE TO PAVE
WAY ron HUGE 1. =. ARMY
General rcrshing and his staff viii
sail for Europe ahead of the troops.
as there il much to lie done on tho
other side 10 pave the way for nnal
training Of the force and for the huge
army the United States is preparing
10 pour across the seas after i, as
rapidly as men can bc trained and
equipped.
For obvious reasons. no Information
~ I" the timc Of the American COM
nandcr's departure or his destination
VIII bc made public.
When General Pcrshing leaves every
detail OF the organization and equip
mcnt OF his troops viii have been
worked out He will know exactly
what preparations must bc made and
what use is To he made OF his divi-
sion Presumably he will have wide
discretionary powers TO cooperate
With commanders Of the French Brit
ish and Belgian forces
While attention here was centcred
to-day on these immediate matters
The whole strength OF the Federal and
stat" organizations Was being pre-
pared to complete on June a military
census OF tho lO.VoO000 men from
whom viii b" selected 100000 for the
war army! From the Office Of the
provost narShai-g genera! ali necessary
blanks for registration were sent on,
10 the state and municipal authorities
who VIII enroll the men as provided
IN President Wilson'S proclamation
ALL STATE OFFICIALS
REDOIBLE THEIR EXPORTS
IN all parts Of the country also state
officials rcdoublcd their efforts al re-
,ruiiinE the National Guard 10 war
strength. Authorization reached them
almost simultaneously with the sign
ing of the army bill. The War De-
rartmcnt uufolded new elements Of its
plans for the guard disclosing the de-
rartmcnis in which each division Will
he trained
similar table of geographical dis
iribution Of divisions for the new Sc
icctivc army also was given out 1t
follows closely the lines OF the National
Guard divisions.
Distribution OF the country by States
into the areas tnat viii provide the
sixteen divisions Of the selcctive-draft
army. as announced to day by the War
i'tFdI lIheHl, lncluue.
Fifth Divsion--Ncw Jersey. Della
ware. Maryland. Virginia eastern De-
partment).
Sixth Division-Tcnnessec North
Carolina. South Carolina (Southcastern
DcpartmenD.
seventh Division-C;corgia Florida,
Alabama Southeastern Department..
Eighth Division--West Virginia Cen
trai pepartmenD.
Twelfth Division Arkansas. Louis
lana. mississippi tSouthcastcrn De-
partmcnp.
These organizations correspond close
ly 10 that Of the sixteen National Guard
divisions except that all of the canton
mcnt camps for tho guard will he In
tho Southern, Southeastern and West
crn departments. The NTH divisions.
National Guard. composed OF troops
from New England States; the sixth.
from New York: the seventh, from
Pennsylvania; the eighth. from New
Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and Vir-
Einia: tho ninth. from Tennessee. North
Carolina and South Carolina; the tenth.
from Alabama. Georgia and Florida
the sixteenth, from Ohio and West Vir-
Sinia: tho seventeenth. from India ma
and Kentucky. and the eighteenth. from
Arkansas. Louisiana and Mississippi.
will all bo mobilized In the Southeast :
crn Department.
NEW FORCES DESIGNATED
AS THE NATIONAL ARMY
For the purpose OF distinction, the
War Department has named the new
,Cont;n,,o =, S,.--o- i