The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-05-10
PLANS FOR THE
FIRST j. s. ARMY
Will Be 1883 Officers and
528,659 Enlisted Men.
ALL IN READINESS FOR DRAFT
officers From Regular Army and Ma.
tional Guard To Instruct New
Troops-19 New Generals
To Be Named.

Washingt0n.-The full strength Of
the first war army organized under the
Selectiye Draft bill will be 1889 Off.
GERS and 52S,659 enlisted men, making
up IL war.strength divisions complete
in every arm and supplemented by 16
regiments OF heavy field artillery
equipped with large.calibre howitzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and organ
izing this force has been carefully
worked out by the War Department,
and the selection Of the men will begin
as soon as the draft measure becomes
law.
Groups OF Troops Arranged.
A revised list of officers training
camp district issued by the department
indicates 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 / TO 26, including Long Is.
land, New York City and a strip north
of the city.
Third - Remainder of New York
State and Pennsylvania Congressional
Districts 10, IL, II, Is. 16, 81, 25 and 2S.
Fourth-Remainder OF PENNSYLVANIA,
including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Fifth-New Jersey, Delaware, Mary.
land. Virginia and District Of Co
lumbia.
sixth-North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh - Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth-ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth-Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth-lllinois.
Observation-Disclosures and Wisconsin,
Twelfth-Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Thirteenth-Minnesota, Iowa, North
and South Dakota and Nebraska.
Fourteenth - Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado
Fifteenth-Oklahoma and Texas.
SiXteenth-Montana, Idaho, Wash.
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada.
Utah, Wyoming. Arizona and New
Mexico.
Two Cavalry Divisions.
In addition, there will be two sepa.
rate cavalry divisions which probably
Will be situated in the Southwest. near
the Mexican border Officers for the
cavalry divisions will be trained at all
OF the 16 officers training camps.
which will open within a few days
with 10000 prospective officers under
training
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 innrmaries. The total
strength of the 16 will be 15,O22 OH.
GERS and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry divisions combined
will have 1,21i officers and S2O69
hghting men, including mounted
engineers and horse artillery units,
and each will have also its divisional
hospital and camp infrmaries.
The proportion OF coast artlilery
troops to be provided out OF the first
100000 will be 666 officers and 10000
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tactical units
Will be the 16 regiments Of heavy field
artillery, strength, 76S officers and 81,
1O4 men; eight aero squadrons. or one
new squadron to each two new in.
fantry divisions eight balloon com.
panies, 10 field hospitals, 10 ambulance
companies. 90 field bakeries. six tele
phone battalions; 16 pack companies,
six ammunition trains and six supply
trains.
Recruiting National Guard.
In preparation for the enormous task
of training this great army, the exist
Ing regular establishment and the Ma.
tional 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
29S,000 men of all arms. Since April
l nearly $4,000 recruits have been OBJ
tained bringing the army up to nearly
10000.