Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-05
SELECTION OF MEN
. TO BEGIN AS SOON
AS DRAFT PASSES
Hoped That Measure Will
Reach President Early
Next Week.
WILL ORGANIZE EIGHTEEN
WAR STRENGTH DIVISIONS
These Will Be Composed of 49,
538 Officers and 52S,65e
Enlisted Men.
DETAILS ALREADY WORKED OUT
Revised List OF Officers Training
Camp Districts Issued by
War Department.
WILL ORGANIZE EIGHTEEN
WAR STRENGTH DIVISIONS
DETAILS ALREADY WORKED ouTi
fBN Associated PreYs.l


WASHINGTON. May 1.-The full
strength of the first army organized
under the selective draft bill will ba
1888 officers and 52S.659 enlisted men,
making up eighteen war-strength divi-
sions complete in every arm. and sup
plemented by sixteen regiments of
heavy field artillery equipped with
large-caliber howitzers.
Virtually every detail OF plans for
raising. training. equippng and organ
izing this force has been carefully
worked out by the War Department.,
and the selection of the men will be-
gin rs soon as the draft measure be-
comes law. Conferees of the Senate
and House hope to agree upon dis
puted features Tomorrow so as to
send the bill to the President for his
signature early next week.
NEW LIST OF OFFICERS
TRAINING CAMP DISTRICTS
A revised list of officers training
camp districts issued to-day by tho
department indicates that the divisions
OF the first half-million new fghting
men VIII be formed as follows:
First division-troops from all New
England States.
Second-N w York Congressional
Districts One to Twenty-six, including
Long Island and New York City.
Third-Remainder OF New York
State and Pennsylvania Congressional
Districts Ten. Eleven, Fourteen. Fiji
teen, Sixteen. Twenty-one Twenty-Five
and Twenty-cight.
Fourth-Remainder of Pennsylvania
IN inr li,li u
burgh.
Fifth-New Jersey Delaware. Mary
land. Virginia and District of Columbia
SiNth-North and South Carolina and
Tennessee.
Scvcnth-Georgia, Alab m a and
Florida.
Eighth-ohio and West Virginia. Il
Ninth-Indiana and kentucky. ~
Tenth-1llinois.
Observation-Disclosures and Wisconsin.
Twelf 'N-Arkansas Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Observation-Disclosures Iowa. North
and South Dakota and Nebraska
Observation-Disclosures Kansas and
Colorado
FIfteenth-Oklahoma and Texas.
observation-disclosures. Idaho. Washing
ton. Oregon. California. Nevada. Utah,
Wyoming. Arizona and New Mexico.
TWO CAVALRY DIVISIONS
NEAR MEXICAN BORDER
In addition, there will be two sepa- {
rate cavalry divisions. which probably
will he situated in the Southwest, near
the Mexican border Officers for the
cavalry divisions Will be trained at all
of the sixteen officers training camps,
which Will open within Il 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 regi-
ment OF cavalry, one regiment of en-
ginecrs. one division hospital and four
camp intirmaries. The total strength
of the sixteen will be l5,022 officers
and 1912 men.
The two cavalry divisions combined.
will have l.2l4 officers and 32.06 fight
ing men. including IN united engineers
ard horse artillery u2its. and each will
have also its divisional hospital and
camp infrmares
The proportion OF Coast Artillery
troops to he provided on: OF the first
100000 will be G66 officers and 10000
men. with requisite medical troops.
Supplemcnting these tactical units
will be the sixteen regiments OF heavy
field artillery, strength. 1GS officers and
2l.l0i mon; eight aero squadrons, or
one new squadron to each two new in-s}
fnntry divis' 'on"; eight balloon cons
parieS: ten field hospitals: ten ambu-
lance companies; twenty-five field
bakeries; six telephone battalions; six
teen pack companies: six ammunition
trains. and six supply trains.
NOW BEING BROUGHT
TO FULL WAR STRENGTH
In preparation for the enormous task
OF training this great army, the exists
ing regular establishment and the Ma
tional Guard is being brought to fullsg
war strength. The regulars. when all
five additional incremcnts provided for
in the national defense act have been
added. will total 1928 officers and
293.000 men of ali arms.
Upon thu Presidents approval OF
the army bill, the first Increment will
be added to the regulars. AS soon as
possible thereafter the remaining In.
crements will be created existing rcgt-s