The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-29
REORGANIZATION
Of OUR ARMY
Twenty-o one Divisions, Five
Corps, with Half Million
Men in American
Uniforms.
SECOND. AT CAMP DODGE
Call for $1,000 Volunteers for Three
Year Term on Definite Prom
ise Of Foreign
Service.
SECOND. AT CAMP DODGE

Il United Press Leased Wire SerVlce.J
WASHINGTON, March 29.-Plans
for reorganization of the American
army into a force of 100000 men-five
corps, with total of twenty-one d.
yisions-have been completed. Chief
of Staff March announced today.
In forming these divisions, men will
be drawn from the twenty-One divis-
ions existing and their present diyis-
ional 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
The divisions and their permanent
Headquarters were announced by
March as follows:
First. infantry, Camp Pike.
Second Infantry. Camp Dodge.
Third infantry, Camp Lee.
Fourth infantry, Camp kearny.
Fifth infantry, Panama.
Seventh Infantry divided between
the Philippines, Alaska and the Mexi-
can border.
Twenty-Bixth infantry, Camp pev-
ems.
Twenty-seventh infantry, Camp Up
ton.
Twenty eighth infantry, Camp Dix.
Twenty-ninth infantry, Camp Meade
Thirtieth infantry. Camp jackson,
S. c.
Thirty-second infantry, Camp Gus
ter
Thirty-third infantry, Camp Grant.
Thirty-sixth infantry, Camp Travis.
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man.
Eighty-irst infantry, Camp Taylor.
Eighty-second infantry, Camp Cor
don.
Eighty-ninth infantry. Camp Funs-
ton.
Ninety-first infantry, Camp Lewis.
Forty-second cavalry headquarters
with the southern department.
The last division is to be drawn
from all states, it was explained.
The numerical designations Of var
tous divisions which have served in
the war have been maintained for the
new army largely for historical and
sentimental reasons. 1t is hoped,
March said, that this will preserve
the morale developed by many of the
famous fighting units OF the A. q. +.
The new army plan will not inter-
fere with organization OF national
guard, March explained.
Announcement was made that the
war department had approved call
for fifty thousand volunteers to be en-
listed for a three year term on def
mite promise of foreign service.
March denied specifically that 1t
was planned to use these troops to
combat bolshevists.
They viii be concentrated at Camp
Meade, and sent to Europe in lots of
approximately one thousand men to
be turned over to commanders there.
Volunteers desiring service in Siberia,
Italy or other foreign countries will
be assigned to those places, March
said. explaining how the plan would
work out.
Orders have been issued, March
said, that returning soldiers should
be demobilized not later than forty
eight hours after their arrival in
camp. He found quite general objec-
ton among soldiers during his recent
ins spection trip Of being held in camp
for parades.
It has been a frequent practice,
March said, that units arriving in adj
vance Of the bulk of division have
been held two or three weeks until
the entire outfit arrived for camp pa
rade. The new orders-now in eff
ect-automatically offers every ~
turning soldier his discharge within
forty-eight hours.
In the new recruiting campaign
first announced several weeks ago,
2,7S9 men have enlisted at the va
rious recruiting offices located at
camps, March disclosed. These have
been about evenly divided between
one and three-year enlistments, he
said. March referred to the enlist
ments as a "small number" and ex-
plained that the promise Of foreign
duty would probably appeal to many
men who did not see service abroad
during the war.
Arrival Of the 168th engineer COM
pany at Murmansk, March 25, was
announced by March. 1t carried 1873