Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-30
! ORGANIZE |RECULAR ARMY |OF 509,o00 MEN
Radical Departure From Pre- war Estimate.
k1T. CARRY OUT
 aONE ARMY" IDEA
pke is Selected as the Head. quarters for the Firs.
 Division.

sshington, March 29.-Order: public today by General March of staff, provide for the or ation of regular army at peace pth of 509,OO0 officers and. men plans that are a radical de- re from the pre-war estimate effect is to carry into the time ishment the "one-arn1y" organ bn which absorbed the regulars pnal Guard and National army the war, into the army of the States.
 s is accomplished by a perpe- M in the establishment of the Ical designations, names, spec signia, war histories end tradi- and where possible, the com- ned personnel of the divisions, ents and other units which have Eularly brilliant records. This t is furthered by assigning to of the fourteen regular divis- to be organized, the number and ximately the same home area e of the war divisions. The new pn, in each case, will be recruit susively from that area, which adaptation of the system long pyed in continental armies.
 42nd to Be Cavalry. ia. eature of the plan is the assign of the Forty-Second division, will succeed the famous rain aiyision of war time, to become ayalry division of the new ar It will be recruited from all of the country as will be the regular divisions retained and are now part of the army of my of occupation.
 of the seven regular divisions France also is assigned to camp as permanent base and sent to that camp when with from Europe.
 ding further legislation, the being followed call for the or tion of one field army of five The first and second corps Imposed of the First and Sev- llvisions; now overseas, and the will be formed at home when Pw divisions have been created. eace strength basis of an in- division to which these units recruited, is 16,883 officers and The forty second, the cavalry a will have a peace strength of May Retain Officers.
 project still under discussion nection with the localization of Visions is that of offering to of the war time divisions sslons in the new regular units. ould enable the war department into the regular service some officers of National Guard It is understood, to command Mlally the same units they nded in France. In the case of M York division, to be locat- amp Upton. it is probable that General John F. O'ryan, who nded the 27th division, will be command of the new regular to carry that designation. iolloWing list shows the new tions of the army and the 9e divisions from which they sen in order to preserve tra. Except in the case of assign regular regiments, merely uOer and other insignit of the retained, the personnel to aled later by recruitment. The ng area of each division also \, the first seven to be nation composition:
 Pike Gets First.
 a,yision (Camp Pipe, Ark.o d as now organized.
 division (Camp Dodge n fourth brigade, 8cth and celar regiments substituted nth and sixth Marine regi- ,,a division, (camp Lee, .va.)
 division Camp Kearney, Exchanged. q'vision (Panama) unchang- olvlsion (Honolulu) unchang- n division (P. I. Alaska and
 Oorder), unchanged except ''onal infantry brigade attach
 ss 10 be the 183rd brigade, !ao1merly of the 92nd divis-
 eo' and will be composed of
 and and 25th regular regiments 01vtn cn machine gun battal- \. \ sixth division (Camp De- TT recruitment area, New g,seysnth division tcamp S es 2. New York;
 I1ghth division (Camp Dix
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