Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-03-30
Designations and Tradi-
tons to Be Perpetu-
ated in Units.
RAINBOW DIVISION WILL
COMPRISE ALL CAVALRY
Camps and Recruiting
Zones for 100000 Men
Are Assigned.

Washington March 29.-Orders made
public. today, by General March, chief
Of staff, provide for the organization of
the regular army at Il peace strength
or 10000 officers and men under plans
that are a radical departure from the
pre-war establishment The effect is to
carry into the peace time establishment
the "onc army organization which alb
sorbed the regulars. national guards and
national army during the war into the
army of the United States.
This is accomplished by perpetuating
in the permanent establishment the
numerical designations. names. special
insignia, war histories and traditions,
and. where possible. the commissioned
personnel Of the divisions, regiments
and other units which have particularly
brilliant war records. This project is
furthered by assigning to each of the
fourteen regular divisions to be organ
lied the number and approximately the
same home area as one of the war diyl-
sons. The new division, in each case,
will be recruited exclusively from that
area. which is an adoption of the system
long employed IN continental armies.
Seven Regular Divisions.
A feature Of the plan is the assign
:nent of the Fortv-seccnd division. which
Mill succeed the famous Rainbow division
Of wartime, to become the cavalry dlyl-
sion of the new army. 1t will be recruit
Cd from all parts If the country, as
will be the seven regular divisions re-
tanned and which are now part OF the
army Of occupation. Each of the seven
regular divisions now in France also is
assigned to & home camp as permanent
h.c a,,l ba I'm
withdrawn from Europe.
Pending further legislation. the plans
being followed call for the organization
cf one field army of five corps. The first
and second corps are now composed OF
the First to Seventh divisions, at pre-
sent overseas, AMI the others will be
formed at home when the new divisions
have been created, 1858 to division.
The peace strength basis of an in
fantry division to which these units Will
he recruited is 1858 officers and men.
The Forty second the cavalry division,
will have a peace strength of 15.91S.
One project still under discussion is
that of offering to officers of the wartime
divisions commissions in the new regu-
lar units. This would enable the war
department to take into the regular serv-
ice some general officers of national
guard origin, it is understood, to COM
mand substantially the same UNITS they
commanded in France. In the case Of
the New York division, to be located at
Camp Upton, it is regarded as probable
that Major General John K. O'Ryan, who
commanded the Twenty yseventh division,
will be offered command of the new reg
ular division to carry that designation.
Divisional Designations.
The following list shows the new des-
ignations of the army and the wartime
divisions from which they were taken in |
order to preserve traditions. Except in
the case Of assignment of regular regi- |
ments, merely the number and other in !
sigma Of the units is retained, the per-
sonnel to be supplied later by recruit |
ment. The recruiting area of each di- |
vision also is shown, the first seven to
be nation wide in compositions:
First division-Camp Pike, Ark, un-
changed as now organized.
Second division--Camp Dodge, Iowa.
in Fourth brigade, Eighth and Forty
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