The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-14
General March Announces ThreeFu Corps Composed of Eighteen Divisions
 Are Organized
TWO FIELD ARMIES WILL BE ON BATTLE
 FRONT BY JANUARY l
Original Estimate of Time Required by War Depart ment for This Accom-
 plishment Cut in Half
Ny Associated Press


 Washington, July 13.-Re- duction by half of the time it was originally estimated it would take to put America's first field army in France was disclosed today with the formal announcement by General March that three full army corps had been organized by General Pcrshing, and that the number of soldiers sent over seas now numbered more than 1,100,000.
 The eighteen divisions composing the three corps, consisting of four resu- lar, nine national guard nnd five na- tionai army divisional units. probably will compose the firnt army wh,ch, with supplemental army troops snch ns heavy artillery. win total n m,llion men.
 Instead of one field army on Janu- ] ary 1, 1919, originally planned, it ap- pears probable that two such armies will be operating in France that date, backed by full American built and maintained supply lines The greA. project 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 the three corps, however, and his announcement that troop movements to France were 1 proceeding at the same astonishing rate that has been the rule for tho last three months, made the American military plan clear.
 EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS l In announcing the organization of 1 the army corps. General March showed that five regular divisions, nine na- 1 tional guard and four national army divisions have been used to make up | the three corps.
 FIRST CORPS 1 The First army corps comprises tho l lowing: First division, regulars, conn manaed by Maj. Gen. Robert [. Bu1- lard; Second division regulars, Maj. | Gen. Omar Bundy; Twenty sixth na- i tional guard, Maj. Gen. Clarence K. Ed wards; Forty-second national guard l (Rainbow) Mai. Gen. Charles T. Man 1 hor: Forty first national guard (Sun- l setJ, Maj Gen. Hunter Liggitt; Thirty second national guard tMichigan and Wisconsin troopsl, Maj. Gen. ". GL Haan
 SECOND CORPS
 Second corps: Seventy-severth na- : tonal army tNew ork troops), Maj. sGen. George B. Duncan; Thirty fifth nation guard Kansas and Missouri | troops), Mai. Gen. William M Wright; l Eighty second national army (Ala- l bama. Georgia and Tennesse), Mai { Gen William F. Burnham Thirtieth 1 national guard Tennessee, North Care i line and District of Columbia troopsl, Maj. Gen. George ". Read; Twenty eighth national guard (Pennsylvanis troops), Maj Gen. C. H. Muir; Fourth | division, regulars. Maj. Gen. George Fl. l Cameron.
 THIRD CORPS l Third corps. Third division, regulars. Maj Gen. Joseph F. Dickman Firth 1 regulars, Maj. Gen. John F. McMahon; Seventy eighth national army (DelawAre and New York troops), Maj Gen J. ] M. McRaie; Eightieth division Maj. Con. Adelbert c. Kronkhite; Thirty third na- ton guard Ullnois troops), Maj. Con George Bell, Jr.; Twenty-seventh nation- al guard (New York troops). Maj. Gen. John F. O'Ryan.
 COMMANDERS TEMPORARY
 Commanders for the army corps only are temporary for the present, General l March said. the policy of the war de- pertinent being to wait until the various major generals have had experience in handling the corps units before making permanent selections.
 1 Appointments as lieutenant generals will go to the officers selected for the permanent details.
 FRONTS ARE QUIET Activities along the the various fronts have been Of minor character during tho last week. General March said. The process of small raids along the French lines has been continIed with pfAcGcal- ly unvaried success for the allies. I've most striking advance has been in Albania, where. aided hy British and Italian monitors. opera ting. from the sea. a general advance over 8 crescent-shn3ed sector of aboet @ miles has bee S,ade where 1t ts s2 miles deepest at tAAy best of its measure The enemy foothoM
 has been wiped out and . strategic post Las been substituted. ITALIAN LEAD IN ALBANIA 4 Ybs advance was carried on. largely by italian troops, General March said. but they were assisted on the right flank hy the French.
 General March said no official reports : 'attempting to explain che delay In the
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