The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-29
American Army Reorganized
With 2i Divisions Corps.
Numbers of Famous War Diyf-
siOns VIII Be Retained.
S9TH LOCATED At FUNSTON
FOrty-SecOnd Is Cavalry-No
Troops Against Bolsheviki.
Orders for Discharge in As
Hours After Reaching Camp.

Washington. March 2s-Plans for
reorganization of the American army
into a force of 100000 men-five
corps with a total of twenty-one divi-
sions-haye been completed. Chief OF
Staff March announced today.
In forming these divisions men will
be drawn from the twenty-one divi-
sions existing and their present divf-t
sional ORGANIZATIONS will be used but
an entirely new personnel will be per-
mitted. This army is being formed
under authority granted by congress.
but will be revised later If necessary to
conform with future legislation.
Divisions Arc Named.
The divisions and their permanent
headquarters were announced by
March as follows: list infantry. Camp
Pike; End infantry. Camp Dodge; 3rd
infantry: Camp Lee; 4th infantry.
ma; 9Th infantry. Honolulu: 7th in
fantry, divided between the Philip
pines. Alaska. and the Mexican bor-
der; 26th infantry. Camp Devens: eth
infantry, Camp Upton; 2Sth infantry.
Camp Dix; 29th infantry, Camp
Meade; 30th infantry, Camp jackson.
s. C.; Send infantry. Camp Custer:
33rd infantry, Camp Grant; 36th in
fantry. Camp Travis; 37th infantry.
Camp Sherman; S1st infantry, Camp
Taylor; s2nd infantry. Camp Gordon;
! S9th infantry, Camp Funston; s1st
infantry. Camp Lewis: 42nd (Rain-
bowl cavalry, headquarters with the
southern department.
The last division is to be drawn
from all states. it was explained.
For Historic Reasons.
The numerical designations of va
rious divisions which have served in
| the war have been maintained for the
new army largely for historical and
sentimental reasons.
In the new recruiting campaign
| first announced several weeks ago.
2,789 men have enlisted at the various
recruiting offices located at camps
/ March disclosed. These have been
about evenly divided between one and
three year enlistments. he saiu. March
referred to the enlistments as a small
| number and explained that the new
promise of foreign duty would proba-
bly, appeal to many men who did not
see service abroad during the war
1t is hoped, March said that this
| viii preserve the morale developed By
many of the famous fighting units OF
| the A. E. +.
| The new army plan will not inter-
fere with organiza ton of a national
guard, March explained
| Announcement was made that the
war department had approved call
! Tor $4,000 volunteers to be enlisted
Ior three year term. on a definite
/
denied specifically that 1t was planned
to use these troops to combat Bolshe-
visits.
They will be concentrated at Camp
meade and sent to Europe in lots of
| approximately one thousand men. tn
be turned over to commanders there.
| volunteers desiring service i'm Siberia.
italy or other foreign countries will
pc assigned to those places. March
said; explaining how the plan would
work out
Out I'm Forty-eight Hours.
Orders have been issued. March
said, that returning soldiers should be
demobilized not later than forty-eiRht
hours after their arrival in camp. He
| found quite general objection among
soldiers during his recent inspection
trip to being held in camps for
parades
1t has been a frequent. practice.
March said, that units arriving in ad-
vance of the bulk of division. have
been held two or three weeks until the
entire outfit arrived for camp parade
The new orders-now in effect-auto-
| matically offers every returning SOL
dier his discharge within forty-eieht
| hours.
No Change i'm Policy.
| Recent events in Hungary. General
March announced today. have resulted
in no change in the military policy OF
the United States so far a s the war de-
partment has been advised. Return of
troops from France is proceeding even
faster than scheduled originally he
said, and nothing has occurred to in
terfere with this movement
Troop movements homewsrd during
the month of March, General March
|; said. aggregated 244.1s6 against an
estimate previously made for the
month of 100000.
Arrival Of the 16sth engineering
company at Murmansk, ArchanRel
front. on March rs was announced to-
day by the war department II con-
sists OF j . officers and 1873 men. The
| 18TH engineering com, ,,any also
ordered to that sector. is en- route
| 1t was General March understand
ing that troops now in Italy were being