Arizona republican., 1918-03-13
SEVEN MAJOR GENERALS GO
 DOWN; CAUSE
 PHYSIQUE BAD
Derated Men Made Briga
 dier Generals and Taken From Ranks of Command and Go to Lighter Duties
Republican A. p. Leased WlreJ

WASHINGTON. March 12.-Seven 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. -n the case of the divisional commanders will be as signed to other duty. This is in line with the announced .,olicy of the war department to Send to France only general officers who are prepared to stand the physical ordeal which a com mand on the battle line entails.
 The officers with the recommenda- tion of the examining board were an- nounced today by Major General March acting chief ofstaff. as follows:
 The Seven Found Unfit
 Major General Thomas H. Barry, regular army, to he relieved from com mand of the Eighty-sixth (national army division, Camp Grant. Illinois. and assigned to command the central department, Chicago relieving Major General w. II. Carter. Y. $. A., retired.
 Major General Charles G. Morton, regular army. to be relieved from com mand of the Twenty ninth national guard) division, Camp Mcclellan, Ala and assigned to other duty.
 Major General Edwin St l. Creole. 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.
 Become Brieader Generals
 aior General William H. Sage na- tional army, to be relieved from com mand of the Thirty eighth (national guard) division, Camp Shelby. Miss, discharged from his commission in the national army and assigned to other duty with his regular army rank of jrigadier general.
 Major General Edward II. Plum mer national army. to he relieved from command of the Eighty eighth (na- tional army) division, Camp Dodge, Ia.. discharged from his commission in the national army and assigned to other duty with his regular army rank of origadier general.
 Major General William A. Mann. na- tional army, to be discharged from his commission in the national army and to remain on his present duty as com manding the eastern department with HIS ltHuldA army Idllh Ol DIlSduitr ScnNal.
 Major General Richard NJ. Blatch- ford, national army. to be discharged from his commission in the national army and remain on his present duty command the department of Panama with his regular army rank of brigadier general
 Replacing Officers Unnamed
 General officers who are to replace the divisional commanders have not yet been 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 com handlers if they pass the required phy- sical test.
 Major General Mann commanded the Rainbow division" when it went to France. but later was relieved of that command and returned to this country shortly afterwards he was given com mand of the eastern department re- lieving Major General J. Franklin Bell now commanding the Seventy seventh
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