Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-07-16
AMERICA WILL HAVE
TWO FIELD ARMIES
IN FRANCE JANUARY |
Time Estimated as Required to
Put First u, S, Field Army
on Battle Line Has Been
Cut in Half

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Reduction
estimated it would take to put Amer
ica's first field army in France was
disclosed today with the formal an
nouncement by General March that
three full army corps had been or
ganized by General Pershing, and that
the number of soldiers sent overseas
now numbered more tnan 100000.
The eighteen divisions composing the
corps, consisting of four regular, nine
national guard and five national army
divisional units, probably will compose
the first army which, with supplement
tai army troops such as heavy artillery
will total a million men.
Instead of one field army on Janu-
airy 1, 1919, originally planned, 1t now
appears probable that two such armies
will be operating in France by thai
date, backed by full American built anC
maintained~supply lines. The great pro-
ject of establishing the American army
as the right flank of the battle line
will then be within sight.
General March said organization OF
the first field army had not yet been
completed. The formation OF three
corps, however, and his announcement
that troop movements to France were
proceeding at the same astonishing rate
that has been the rule for the last three
months, made the American military
program clear.
Each army corps contains 225,0O0 to
100000 men of the regulars, national
army and national guard.
Major General Hunter Liggett tenn
porarily commands the first corps; the
two other commanders have not been
selected, but when the corps command
ers finally are selected they will have
the rank of lieutenant generals
Beside this, the chief of staff dis
closed important information of the ex-
act troops which go TO make up the
corps. This information never has
been given before to the people al
home.
The rate of transportation of troops
for July, General March said, was keep
ing up with previous months. More
than 10000 troops were transported
last week alone.
The most important developments OF
the week, the chief of staff pointed out
had been in the Albanian theater o.
war. There is no indication at the wal
department of when the next German
thrust will come on the western front
but all the allied commanders are con
fident of their ability to Withstand IT,
In announcing the organization OF the
army corps General March showed that
five regular divisions, nine national
guard and four national army divisions
have been used to make up the three
corps.
General March had little to say re-
garding the military situation in
France, but stated that the shipment of
troops was proceeding without any let
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tanned for July as for previous months
Lineup OF First Corps
The first army corps comprises the
following:
First division regulars, commanded by
Major General Robert L. Billiard: Sec
ond division, regulars, Major General
Omar Bundy; Twenty-sixth national
guard, Major General Clarence r. Ed
wards; Forty-second national guard
(rainbow), Major General Charles T.
Menhor; Forty-first national guard (sun-
set), Major General Hunter Liggett
Thirty-second national guard michigan
and Wisconsin troops), Major General
w. G. Ham.
Second corps: Seventy-seventh nation
al army New York troops). Major Cen
eral George B. Duncan; Thirty-fifth ma
tional guard (Kansas and Missouri
Wright; Eighty-second national army
troops trained at Camp Gordon, At
lanta, Ga) Major General william E
Burnham; Thirtieth national guard
Tennessee, North and South Carolina
and District of Columbia troops), Major
General George w. Read; Twenty-eighth
national guard pennsylvania troops)
Major General e. H. Muir; Fourth reg
ulars, Major General George H. Cam
eron.
Third corps: Third division regulars
Major General Joseph E. Dickman
Fifth regulars, Major General John K
Mcmahon; Seventy-eighth national army
delaware and New York .troops), Major
General ]. NJ. McRae; Eightieth division
Major General Adalbert Cronkhite
Thirty-third national guard ILLINOIS
troops), Major General George Bill, Jr.i
Twenty-seventh national guard New
York troops). Major General John r
Organ.