Arizona republican., 1917-05-05
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strength of the first war army organ ized under the selective draft bill will be 1S,53S officers and 52Se59 en- listed men. making up eighteen war strength divisions complete in every arm and supplemented by sixteen regiments of heavy field artillery. equipped with large calibre howitzers.
 Virtually every detail has been carefully worked out and the selection of the men will begin as soon as the draft measure becomes law. Con- ferees ot 'he senate and house hope to agree Upon disputed features to- morrow so as to send the bill to the pre- sident for his signature early next week
 A revised list o1 officers training camp districts issued today by the department indicates that the west ern division of tke first half mil lion new fighting men will be formed US follows:
 Thirteenth-Minneso Iowa, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.
 ourteenth-MissCuri. Kansas and Colorado.
 observation-disclosures and Texas.
 Montana, Idaho, Wash ington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico.
 In addition there will be two sep arate cavalry divisions which proba ply will be situated in tie southwest near the Mexican border. Officers for the cavalry divisions will be trained at all of the sixteen officers training camps, which will open with in a few days with 40,0OO prosec- tive officers under raining.
 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 he 15.O22 officers and 43S,792 men.
 The two cavalrv divisions com nined will have 1.214 officers and 32, 062 fighting men, including mounted engineers and horse artillery units, and each will have also it's divisional hospital and camp infirmaries.
 The proportion Of coast artillery troops to be provided out of the first 50e.Ooi will be 666 officers and 20000 men with requisite medical troops
 Supplemelting these tactical units win be the 16 regiments of heavy field artillery, strength 76S officers and q .104 men; eight aero squadrons, or one new squadron to each two new infantry divisions eight balloon companies; ten field hospitals, ten ambulance companies, 22 field baker ies. six telephone DattaiiOns. sixteen pack companies. six ammunition trains and six supply trains.
 Tn preparation for the enormous task of framing this great army. tI ,tah licI1f and the national guard is being brought full wal strength. The reg ulars, when all the additional. incre ments provided for in the national defense act have been added will to- tai 11.23S officers and 293.000 men of all arms. Since April 1 nearly 50,000 recruits have been obtained bringing the army up to nearly 1s0.000.
 Already orders summoEing officers of the regular service for examination for advance in grade have been pre- pared.
 The resplt of this expansion will be to create 5461 vacancies in the grades Of first and second lieutenants youths in civil life already have ap piled for examination for second lieu tenants and 4,u00 will be selected from the officers training camps. 
 To provide general officers to com mand the IS divisional training camps that number of army colOnels may be examined. As there exists already one vacancy in the grade of brigadier gen. eral, 19 new general officers must be appointed in the near future and the army bill provides that the president may select these men from any source.
 The full strength of the national guard units now existing will be 9,S47 officers and 329,954 men, giving total regular and national guard force to be whipped into shape before the new army is called of 21,080 officers and 6z2. .y54 men. New units must be ere ated however to fill out tactical or ganizations and probably the total of this first force will exceed 100000 active troops backed by about 230 900 more in the regimental recruit bat talions.
 From this force will be formed IS divisions corresponding to the organi-