The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-07
4 DIVISIONS
|lI0W CONSTITUTE
u. S. ARMY CORPS
War Department ReorganIzeS
Men to fiji Modern Warfare,

WASHINGTON, March based
pon the three line method Of len.h
warfare evolved in France. the war dc.
psrtment. IL was learned today, has ap
proved a plan Of organization which
fixes six divisions as the stfengH OF an
army corps
Three or more corps will constitute q
field army and the immediate purpose
Of the department is 10 complete i'fr or.
szniration OF the first field atly no
France IN the shortest possible pmr lD
give General Pershng the strength l1
hold a fully "AmerioaniIed sector of
the front The plan leaves o. General
Pershins the determination OF the mum
bsr OF corps and the number Of field
armies needed and also authorizes him
TO recommend commanders ior the
higher units.
Two Divisions 10 Sector
b. the six division army corps plan
each cotps will occupy a front sector
with two DIVISIONS. while two replace
ment or reinforcement lines Of two d.
visions each will back them up The t'.
feet is 10 produce the line ot depth
Necessary for the type Of warfare now
ia progress
Replacement troops sent from The
United States arc fed into the war ma
chine in Francs at the third line They
move forward IN regular order as their
training progresses and arrive al front
Hns trenches 10 iill in casualty gap,
only when they have been thoroughly
SEASONED.
Then Comes Corps Commander.
To fulfill the functions ot an army
cnps II has been found necessary 10
place under a corps commander, IN ad-
di,ion 10 his six infantry divisions, ap-
prooimately D.000 men known ~ corps
troops These comprise artillery units,
engineers and all types Of service bat
talions for work on the communication
lines of their own corps. 4 similar
organization OF about 10000 men i'
necessary for each field army OF three
corps. These field army troops man.
tain the lines from the advance base OF
the army back 10 the sources OF supply
In the case OF General Pershing's iorcc'
this line connects with the ocean trans
port service.
Big Guns Included.
Included in the corps troops are many
units Of heavy artillery, equipped with
guns ranging up TO 10 and l2-inchcS
in ealibre both for fixed emplacement
and for mobile artillery. This com
prises the artillery reserve OF the corps
The great general artillery reserve OF
the field army is undef direct com.
mand OF the army commander and in
ciuded in his so-called army troops
The organization schedules show that
General Pershing IS to be equipped
Eventually with artillery OF all calibreS
~ . scale not heretofore dreamed Of
Ia proportion OF artillery to army
YnIes adopted by the war department is
greater than that OF either the British
o. French armies and the tendency Of
~ department is to increase the big
Gun-Sweep Of Twenty Mile.
4 Included in the heavy artillery as
signed to corps OF field army COM
spanders will be whole brigades Of anti.
aircraft guns, mobile howitzers Of six,
eight. ten and even twelve inch calibre
rifles OF similar sire including heavy
long range naval guns and probably a,
soon as they are available, batteries Of
the monster American siStren-inch
naval rifles recently developed With
this array of guns, enemy depots twenty
miles or more in the rear OF his trenohe,
could be kept under bombardment