New-York tribune., 1919-07-30
Reorganization Rapid and
Many Units Are Already
Accepted at Washington,
Maj. Gen. Organ Says
Get Supplies at Once
One Year Enlistments Are
Possible for Ex-Soldiers
Joining by Jan. IL, 1920

The reorganization of the State
Guard is we'll under way and certain
regiments already have been recog
nized by the War Department as the nu-
cleus Of the Federalized National
Guard. according to a statement issued
yesterday by Major General John F.
O'Ryan, who has been commanding the
New York Guard since his discharge
from the service as commander Of the
9TH Division.
Units accepted by the Militia Bureau
OF the War Department will be issued
immediately the full amount of sup
plies Of all kinds for their equipment.
These are merely the first increment.
says General ORyan, and it is expected
that eventually all the other state or
artillery and coast artillery again Will
become federalized, fully equipped and
participating in the allowances made
ny the government.
Volunteers Sought
The statement urges officers and men
who have served previously, especially
those who were trained for the world
war. to offer their services again. A
rider to the military appropriation bill,
1t is pointed out, provides that all
soldiers who served in either the
militia or the armies during the war
may enlist in state forces for one year
periods, if they take this action be-
fore January II, 1920.
The organizations 30 far accepted by
the War Department and recognixed
as part of the United States forces
are:
Second REGIMENT Infantry Co1,r>l
Ransom H. Gillct commanding, head
quarters at Troy, with other units al
Cohoes, Cana joharie, Schenectady,
Gloversville, Amsterdam, Whitehall,
Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs, Hooslc
Falls, Plattsburg and Saranac Lake
Colonel Gi!lct was a battalion com
mander in the 106th Infantry in France,
and was wounded in the battle of the
Hlndenblrg line, September %, 1918.
Third Regiment Infantry, Colon i Ed
gar S. Jennings commanding, headquar-
ters at Syracuse, with other units at
Newark. n. Y; Rochester, Genev d.
Oswego. Watertown, Sonyea, Brock
port, Canandaigua, East Bloomfield,
Auburn, Cortland and Pulaski. Colonel
Jennings commanded the 10Sth In
tantry in the A. f. +.
Twen ty ird Infantry. OF Brooklyn, I
Colonel Louis Praeger commanding
Colonel J. Hollis Wells commanding
This will give one Fedcralized regi-
ment to each Of the four infantry
brgades of the state.
First Regiment of Field Artillery,
headquarters at Manhattan. with bat
tcries at Syracuse and Binghamton,
Colonel John T. Delaney commanding.
Colonel Delaney served with the I0Alh
Field Artillery in the A. +. T.
First Battalion Signal Corps, units
in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Major +
James c. Fox commanding
One squadron of 1st Cavalry, com
manded by Colonel Mortimer D.
Bryant, who returned from France
in command OF the 1O7th Infantry
This will be provisional squadron
made up of the following troops OF
that regiment:
Troop c at Brooklyn, D at Syracuse
t at West Brighton. at Buffalo aad
Major Robert r. MolyneauX, Of SYRIA
cusc, will be the squadron command
Major Molyneaux commanded the
10lth Machine Gun Battalion over
seas.
Twelve companies of Coast Art,l-
lery. These Will come from the 18Th
Coast Defence command of Brooklyn.
OF which Colonel Clarence W Smith
is the present commanding officer He
IS to be succeeded on September IS by
Colonel Sidney Grant, the former
commander who lately returned from
service in France.
The Divisional Engineer Regiment
and Engineer Train will be made up
from the 22d Engineers, at present
organized as an infantry regiment. Its
station is Fort Washington Avenue,
Manhattan.
The Divisional Sanitary Train will
be made up of four field hospitals and
four ambulance companies. located in
Manhattan. Brooklyn. Albany, Roches-
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