The sun., 1918-03-13
ARMY OFFICERS
FAIL IN TEST
Seven MajOr-Generals Found
Physically Unfit for
Overseas Duty.
WORK FOR THEM AZ HOME
Four Will Train Troops
Mann Remains as Head of
Department of East.
WORK FOR THEM AZ HOME


eral officers Of the army. Ave of them now
commanding National Guard and Milton
al Army divisions In this country. have
been found physically unfit for over
seas duty by a medical examining board,
and in the case of the divisional COM
manders will be assigned to other duty
This is in line with the announced poll
Icy OF :he War Department to send to
France only general officers who are pre-
pared to stand the physical ordeal which
command OH the battle line entails.
The officers with the recommendation
OF the examining board were announced
to-day by Major-Gen. March. acting
Chief OF STAFF. as follows:
Major-Gen. Thomas H. Barry, Regu-
lar Army. to be relieved from command
OF the Eighty-sixth (National ARMY
Division. Camp Grant, ILL.,. and assigned
to command the Central Department.
Chicago. relieving Major-Gen. W. H.
Carter. L. $. A.. retired.
Ma jor-Gen. Charles G. Morton. Regu-
lar Army. to be relieved from command
Of the Twenty-ninth tNational Guard)
Division. Camp McClelland. Atl.. and as
signed to other duty.
Major-Gen. Edwin st. ]. Greblc, Ma
t!onal Army. to be relieved from COM
mand Of the Thrty-sixth tNational
Guard) Division. Camp Bowie. Tex. dis
charged from his commission in the Ma =
tional Army and assigned TO other duty
with his Regular Army rank of Briga-
dier-General.
Major-Gen. William II. Sage. National
Army. to be relieved from command OF
the Thirty-eighth (National Guard) Di-
vision. Camp shelby. Miss. discharged
from his commission In the National
Army and assigned to other duty with
his Regular Army rank Of Brigader-
General.
Major-Gen. Edward Fl. Plummer, Ma
tional Army, to be relieved from COM
mand OF the Eighty-eighth (National
Army Division. Camp Dodge Iowa. dis
charged from his commission in the Ma
tional Army and assigned to other duty
with his Regular Army rank Of Briga-
dier-General.
Mann stays At Governors Island.
Major-Gen. William A. Mann. National
Army. to be discharged from his COM
mission in the National Army and to re-
main on his present duty as command
ing the Eastern Department with his
Regular Army rank Of Brigadier- Cen
eral
Major-Gcn. Richard NJ Blatcliford,
National Army. to be discharged from
his commission in the National Army
and remain on his present duty COM
manding the Department OF Panama
with his Regular Army rank OF Briga-
adier-General.
General officers who are to replace the
H..
selected. so far as could be learned, and
they may not be until the medical board
has examined many other officers who
would be in line for service in France
as divisional commanders II they pass
the required physical test.
Major-Gen. Mann commanded the
Rainbow Division" when 1t went to
France. but later was relieved OF that
command and returned to this country.
shortly afterward he was given COM
mand Of the Eastern Department, re-
lieving Major-Gen. J. Franklin Bell. now
commanding the Seventy seventh Ma
tional Army division at Camp Upton,
N Y.
All division commanders whose camps
are located In this vicinity are now being
examined In Washington, and the process
will be extended to all other divisional
commanders as soon as possible. includ-
ing those now on inspection tours In
France. MaJor-Gen. Leonard Wood,
now in France. where he recently was
wounded In the arm by the explosion Of a
hand grenade. will be examined upon his
return to the United States.
scott and TOwnsley Examined.
Major-Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. former
Chief Of STAFF. and now comma nding the
Seventy-eighth National ARMY Di-
vision. Camp Dix. New Jersey. was ex-
amined yesterday and Major-Gen. Clar-
ence i. Townsley, commanding the
Thirtieth tNational Guard) Division.
Camp Sewer. South Carolina, was be-
fore the medical board to-day.
In first personally announcing to
newspaper correspondents the names of
officers who failed to pass the physical
test Major-Gen. March gave the name
OF one Brigadier- General who was to be
returned to the Regular Army rank of
Colonel and also mentioned new duties
to which four Of the divisional COM
manders were to be assigned. Subse-
quently, however, It was announced that
the assignments were erroneous and that
no action had been taken In the case OF
the Brigadier-General.
| While the new duties to which the
| four divisional commanders are to be
assigned have not been determined II
is known that they will be given service
in training new troops that are to go Ia
France, Highly trained officers are
greatly needed for this work In the
! United States and the demand for their
services will increase as soon as the
new draft increments are called out.