The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-05-10
PLANS FOR NEW
ARMY COMPLETED
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
AND TENNESSEE IN SIXTH
DIVISION.
FORM EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS
Each VIII Be Complete In Every Arm
OF ServIce.-AlI Details For Raising
Now Army Completed BY the War
Department.

Now Army Completed BY the War
Department..
Washington.-The full strength Of
the first war army organized under
the selective draft bill will be 1883
officers and 528,659 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
largo caliber howitZers.
Virtually every detail Of plans for
raising, training. cquipping and or
ganizing this force has been acrcfully
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-
ed features at once SO 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 iniicat' 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 Gnclud
ing Long Island and New York CityD
Third-Remainder Of New York
State and Pennsylvania Congression-
al districts 10, II, ID, IL, 16, 81, rs
and %.
Fourth OF Pennylva-
MIA State, including Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.
Fifth-New Jersey Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia and the District of
Columbia.
The CaroIinao.
Sixth-North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth-Ohio and West Virginia
: Ninth-Indiana and Kentucky.
i Tenth-Illinois.
n Eleventh Michigan and Wiscon
d sin.
a Observation-Disclosures, Mississippi an,
h Louisiana.
hirteenth-Minnesota, Oklahoma
i. North and South Dakota and Nebra
n. ka.
ot Fourteenth-M Missouri, Kansas an
Fl. Colorado.
IN Fifteenth-O Oklahoma and Texas.
ID Sixteenth Montana. Idaho, Wasl
10 ington Oregon, California, Nevad
n. Utah. Wyoming, Arizona and Ne
" Mexico.
II In addition, there will be two Sc
10 arate cavalry divisions which pro-
ably will be situated in the Southwes
Ia near the Mexican border.
" Strength of Division.
v. Each infantry division will consi
"a Of nine full regiments Of infantr
n. three regiments Of field artillery, or
"a regiment Of cavalry, one regiment
ia engineers, one division hospital al
four camp infirmaries The tot
q. strength Of the sixteen will be 16,0:
rs officers and 439,792 men.
or The two cavalry divisions combine
ls will have 1914 officers and 32,OI
d. fighting men, including mounted G
10. gincers and horse artillery units al
nv each will have also its divisional ho
tn ptal and camp infirmares.
q The proportion Of coast artille
or troops to be provided out Of the SOL
,r. 600 will be 666 officers and 200
men. with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tatical uni
will be the sixteenth regiments
% heavy field artillery. strength 768 {
ficers and 21,140 men; eight ae
of squadrons. or one new squadron
fi each new infantry division; eight b'
-. loon rOmDanieS ten field hOsnita a
nd ten ambulance companies; twenty-ol
ia. field bakeries; six telephone bait,
10. ions. sixteen pack companies. six al
munition trains and six supply trair
In preparation for the enormo
task OF training this great army. Il
M existing regular establishments al
the National Guard is being broug
n. to full war strength. The regular
he when all five additional incremen
rs provided for in the National defen
IN act have been added, will total 11,2
~ officers and $4,000 men Of all arms.
ne Upon the Presidents approval
al the army bill. the first increment W
m be added to the regulars. AS soon
q, possible thereafter, the remaining
~. crements will be created. existing re
"a iments being divided and expand
to form the new units.