South Bend news-times., 1917-08-17
MAJ. CEN. SAGE
IS IN COMMAND
At HATT|ESBURG
Assigned to Concentration
Camp For Third Indiana by
War Department Order
Issued Today.

| two major generals have been as
signed IN a war department order
made public today 10 command thu
national guard and national army
divisions Of the war armies ON
: the list are all sDf the present rezu-
/ lar 0eoa. mental commanders. IN
cludins MAJ Gen. Leonard Wood.
! ranking uiHcer of the sCrvice. wha
now are called upon for duty i'm
! the Gclc and probably at the front
| Ia France.
Both of the national g1ard major
| generals nominated Tuesday 10y the
president-John +. O'Ryan of New
York. and Charles NJ Clement of
Pennsylvania-are placed at the
| heads Of divisions i'm their branch.
with some regular army briga diers
under them
The order also assigns briga diers
Of both regulars and guardsmen to
command the brigades of each di-
J vision. and colonel or lieutenant
colonel 20 serve as chief Of staff
under each of the major generals.
All are directed TO report not later
than Aug. %. if practicable Sue
cessors 10 the departmental COM
manders in their present posts have
not been named.
I'm note appended 10 the order
il is stated that the order of desig-
nation Of the divisions bears no re-
lation 10 the order i'm which they
will GO To the front. A warning is
added hat shifts and changes i'm
the officer personnel OF the divisions
are to be expected one change APP
parently has been made since the
list was made up. Mai. Gen Fran
els J. Herman is assigned 20 com
mand the 32nd national guard di-
vision. whereas that officer in an
order issued yesterday. was tempor-
arily designated as chief of the new
division of embarkation OF the gen
eral staff in charge Of all transporta-
ton.
I'm Command i'm South.
Assignments announced today in
clude:
National guard. 3Sth division.
Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg Miss
Maj. Gen. w. II. Sage, commanding;
Lieut. Col. J. 3. Gowan. chief of
staff: Brig Gen E. NJ Lewis. 74th
infantry brigade; Brig. Gen. A. w
Harvey. 18th infantry brigade;
Brig. Gen. r u. Williams. 63rd de-
pot brigade: Brig Gen. Fl tt. Whit
ney 63rd field artillery brigade
Indiana S guardsmen will be trained
at Camp Shelby
To command the fortieth (na-
tional guard division Camp Kear-
ney. Linda Vista. calf. Mai Gen.
+. : strong. Lieut. Col J. w
Gulick. chief OF staff: Brig Gen.
g. IT. Cameron 18th infantry bril-
gade Brig Gen. a NJ. TUthil 18th
infantry brigade: Brig. Cen L. s
Lyon. 65th field artillery brigade
No commander for the depot bri-
gade (trainine battaliops) assign
ed
To command the ilst national
guard) division. Camp Fremont.
Palo Alto. Calf Mai CEN H.I
Ligcctt. Lieut.. col NJ Craig chief
Of staff Brig. Gen. 4. Wedgewood.
10th infantry brigade: Brig. Gen r
Coulter jr.. S1st infantry brigade
Brig Gen. r Nollrath. 66th depot
brigade. Brig Gen. IT, Jervey. 66th
field artillery brigade
New Division Separate
The new 42nd Ouational euard)
division. known as the composite
national guard division" lis not i'm
cluded i'm the list. To viii be located
at Ninola. l. T.. commanded by
Mai Gen William A Mann. Col
Douglas Macarthur chief of staff
The brigade commander will he
Brie Gen r. A Brown S3nd ir-
fantry brigade. Brig. Gen. NJ J.
Lenihan S3rd infantry brigade
Brig. Gen. @. p Summerall 67th
field artillery brigade
National army:
S3rd division Camp sherman.
Chmicothe o. Mai Gen. T. r.
Glenn. commanding. Lieut.. Col T.
r. Havne. chief Of STAFF. Brig Gen
w. A. IGoldbrook 165th infantry
brigade. Brig. Gen. r. W Perkins.
I66th infantry brigade: Brig Cen
3D. IT. McRae. 15Sth depot brigade
Brig Gen G. TT. McKinstry. 15Sth
field artillery brigade
S5th division. Camp Taylor. Louis
vile. Ky Mai Gen. o. q. Hale.
commanding. Lieut. Col T.. Hal
stead chief Of staff. Brig Gen. r
B Deyor. 167th infantry brigade:
Brig. Gen. ". f. Wilder. 16Sth i'm
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