Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
M'"h ni-'losc- That Two Armies
WIZ ~" In llcld Instead ot unc
a. llnc Planned.
THREE FULL CORPS FORMED
liEtrtt Commands ono wan Lead.
'r7 oft uthcr rwo Vet to $50
selected
oyERSEA SPEED IS KEPT UP
Transporting l- Maintained at Usual
Ret. and Hundred Thousand
over Million G.o over.

NAHI.I-4IuN july i1 Ur.
'""."n I mar ~ rHr tmc ,.u-
mated 'H uHi Nn,rI.tH Nat nDI
V'. WIrUUp NuH disclosed today
"''h iNH formal announcement ny
General N"r.u that thfcu Mll army
.'fIf hI' boon organized hy General
l"'hh.nH and that tho number " sDl-
a'f1 h.ni overseas now numbers
N.i" iiHu eleven hundred Thousand.
N' Is divisions composing tho
corps. roueH.inr ~ four regular.
nInc national guard aud five national
army divisional units. probably VIII
''wpos" tho FIRST army which with
supplemental army troops. such Ha
heavy artillery. VIII total a million
men
iustcal of ono field army on Ian
uary I. 1913, ls originally planned.
n now appears probable two such
armies viii he operating I'm Franco
hy Then. hacked hy fun American
built ana maintained supply Ilnca.
Tho great project of establishing the
American army ne tho rirht flank
~ the battle lnc viii then bc within
sight
Program u Clear.
General March said organization
n the first NDld army had not yet
been completed The formation of
tho three corps and his announce
mcnt ug 60 troop movements go
France made the American military
prorr1m clear
Each contains from 225.O0o 10
ESQ 600 men ~ tho rcFulhrs. national
army aHl national guard
Major General Hunter LlgEett
temporarily commands First corps.
the other two commanders have not
been selected. but whom the corps
commanders arc finally selected they
will have the rank OF llcutnnant- gen
erals
Rcsideg this tho chief Of staff dis.
closed important information NJ tho
exact troops which 30 10 make up
tho corps This Information never
has been given before 90 the people
at home.
Transport Rate Maintained.
The rate Of transportation NJ
troops for July. General March saiA.
was keeping M with previous
months. More than ninety thousand
troops were transported last week
alone. The most important develop
meUts ~ the week, tho chief ~
staff pointed out. has been In the
Albanian theatre ~ war There Ia
no indication AZ tho war department
of when tho next German thrust viii
como on the western front but all
the allied commanders are confident
OF their ability 20 withstand A.
Activities along the various fronts
have been ~ minor character dir-
INK the last week, General March
saidA
The most striking advance has
hcen In Albania. whore, aided by
British and italian monitors opcrot-
ing from the sea, general advance
over "a crcsccnt-Ehnpcd sector of
eighty miles in length has hcou made
tho advance being % miles az ~
deepest point The former crescent
into the allied line there hus hocn
wiped ont and a straight front sub
stitutcd
Tho advance was carried out large
lv by italian troops GcncrnI March
said. hut they were assisted on the
right flank by tho French.
First Corps.
Tho first army CORPS comprises
the following First division regulars,
commanded by Maj. Gen Robert
J. Buuart: second division rcgu-
lars. Msior- General omar HundN.
twenty-sixth national guard, Major
General Clarence r. Edwards Forty
second national guard O,ainhowl.
Major General Charles r Mcnhor
forty first national Ruard tSunsct,
Major General Hunter Ligg"tt.
thirty second national guard tMIcn-
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