Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-13
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general officers of the army, five of
them now commanding national
guard and national army divisions
in this country, have been found
physically unfit for overseas duty
by a medical examining board and.
in the case of the divisional COM
manders, will be assigned to other
du;y.
This is in line with the announced
SoIicy of the war department to
send to France only general officers
who are prepared to stand the phy-
steal ordeal which a command on
the battle line entails.
A major general receives $4,000
year, while a brigadier general,
to which rank five of those affected
have been returned gets but $4,000
General officers who are to re-
place the divisional commanders
have net yet been selected, so far as
| could lie learned, and they may not
be until the medical board has ex-
amined many other officers who
would be in line for service in
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if they pass the required physical
! test.
The officers to be transferred
| with the recommendation of the ex-
amining board were announced to-
day by Major General March, act
ing chief of staff, as follows:
Thomas II. Barry, major general
regular army, to be relieved from
command of the Eighty-sixth ina
tional army division, Camp Grant,
| ILL.,, and assigned to command the
central department, Chicago, re-
! .ieving Major General W. H. Car
ter, U. S. A, retired.
Charles G. Morton, major general
regular army. to be relieved from
| command of the Twenty-ninth ina
tional guard division, Camp Nc
Clellan, Ala, and assigned to other
| duty.
Edwin st. ]. Greble, major gen
eral national army, to be relieved
/ from command of the Thirty-sixth
national guard division, Camp
Bowie, Texas, discharged from his
commission in the national army
and assigned to other duty with his
regular army rank of brigadier
general.
William II. Sage, major general
national army, to be relieved from
command of the Thirty-eighth ina
tional guard) ~ division. 49, CT mp
Shelby Miss. dlscharged frQm .his
commission IN the NationaISarnv
and assigned to other duty with his
regular army rank of brigadieH
general
Edward n. PIummer, major gem
eral national army. to be relieved
! from command of the Eighty
eighth (national army) division.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, discharged
from his commission in the ma
tional army and assigned to other
duty with his regular army rank
CT brigadier general.
William A. Mann, major general,
to be discharged from his commits
sion IN the national army and to re-
main on his present duty as COM
manding the eastern department,
with his regular army rank of bri-
gadfer general. Major General
Mann commanded the Rainbow di-
vision" when it went to France, but
was relieved of that command and
returned to this country. Shortly
afterward he was given command
of the eastern department. relieving
Major General J. Franklin Bell
now commanding the Seventy
seventh (national army division,
at Camp Upton, \. Y.
Richard NJ. BIatchford, major
general. national army, to be dis
charged from his commission in
the national army and remain on
his present duty commanding the
department of Panama with his
regular army rank of brigadier
general.