Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
RETAIN HONOR
 UNITS 1T ARMY
 IN NEW FORGE
Heroic Divisions Perpetual ed in New Organizations Half a Million Troops Regular, National Guard and Draft Units to Be Ab- sorbed
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WASHINGTON, MaTch ZS--OiVei' made public today by General March, chief of staff, provide for the orSaniza- tion of the regular army at peace strength of 5O9, 1000 officers and men under plans that are a radical depar- ture from the prewar establishment, The effect is to carry into the peace time establishment the 'one army" or ganiZation which absorbed regulars. national guard and national army dur ing 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 particu- larly brilliant war records. This pro- ject is furthered by assigning to each of the If regular divisions to be or ganized, the number and approximately the same home area as one of the war divisions 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.
 A feature of the plan is the assign ment of the And division, which will succeed the famous Rainbow division of war time. to become the cavalry di- vision of the new army. It will be re- cruited from all parts of the country, as will be the seven regular divisions retained and which now are part of the army of occupation. Each of the seven regular divisions now in France ! also is assigned to a home camp as a permanent base and will be sent to that camp when withdrawn from Europe.
 Field Army of Five Corps
 Pending further legislation, the plans being followed call for the organization of one field army of five corps Tha 1 first and second corps are composed of the first to seventh divisions now over seas. and the others will be formed at home when the new divisions have been created. The peace strength basis of an infantry division to which these units will be recruited is 16,SS3 officers and>~ men. The 42nd. the cavalry di- vision, will have a peace strength of 15,97S.
 One project still under discussion in connection with the localization of the
 divisions is that of offering to officers
 of the wartime divisions commissions , in the new regular units. This would enable the war department to take into
 the regular service some general offic- CTS of national guard origin, it is un- |. derstood to command substantially the
 same units they commanded in France.
 In the case of the New York division. to
 be located at Camp Upton, it is re-
 garded as probable that Major General John F. O'Ryan, who commanded the
 27th division, will be offered command of the new regular division to carry that
 designation. The following list shows Q 10 f4 .F4 41- l the wartime divisions from which they were taken in order to preserve r traditions. Except in the case of as - slgnment of regular regiments, merely
 the number and other insignia of the
 unlts IS retained, the personnel to be
 supplied later by recruitment The re- cruiting area of each division also is ; shown, the first seven to be nationwide in composition.
 Composition of Divisions
 First division, Camp Pike, Ark.) un-
 changed as now organized.
 Second division, Camp Dodge, Iowa)
 in fourth brigade, Sth and 18th regular , regiments substituted for the 5th and 7 7 9th marine regiments.
 Third division, (Camp Lee, Virginial
 unchanged
 Fourth division, (Camp Kearny. Call
 unchanged.
 Fifth division. (Panama,) unchanged.
 Sixth division (Honolulu) unchanged.
 Seventh division, (Philippines.
 Alaska and Mexican border). un-
 changed except for addition infantry
 brigade attached. This is to be the
 lS3rd brigade, colored. formerly of the
 92nd division. colored. and will be
 composed of the 24th and 18th regular regiments and the 35Oth machine gun
 battalion of the 92nd.
 Twenty sixth division, (Camp Dey-
 ems, Massachusetts; recruitment area.
 New England.) regulars assigned i:
 18th and 36th infantry regiments.
 Twenty seventh, Camp Upton; area
 New Aork,) regulars assigned: 22rd s and 42nd infantry.
 d Twenty eighth division. Camp Dix, q New Jersey; area, Pennsylvania l. regulars assigned: 27th and 5Oth in d fantry.
 e Twenty ninth, Camp Meade. Mary = land; area, Maryland, New Jersey 'f Delaware and Virginia and District ot e Columbia,) regulars assigned: 12th
 17th and 6Srd infantry. 11th cavalry. II II Thirtieth division, Camp Jackson ~ ~ South Carolina; area, Tennessee, Nortl = Carolina and South Carolina). reeu. ,o lars assigned: 2sth, 46th and 18th in.
 fantry. l. Thirty second division, Camp Gus. d ter Michigan; area, Wisconsin, Min |: nesota, North and South Dakota anc l. Michigan), regulars assigned: 10tl h and 62nd infantry.
 m Thirty third division, Camp Grant l. Illinois; area, Iowa, Nebraska) regu d, lars assigned: 14th and 57th infantry ,- Thirty sixth division. Camp Travis
 Texas; area, Arkansas, Mississippi > Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma), re tained list infantry brigade 139rd ar = tillery regiment, 131st and 132nd ma l. chine gun battalions; 111th train head, " quarters, military police, field sigma IL battalion and ammunition train. Fron Fl S7th division: 174th infantry brigade
 335th artillery. From 90th division :. 345th machine gun battalion. From i' 39th division: 114th supply and sani IT, tary trains; 64th artillery brigade P Regulars assigned: 3rd, 18th, 35th ant
 s7th infantry; fourth artillery, 9ti .s regiment engineers, 10th cavalry. n Thirty seventh division, (CamI IF Sherman, Ohio; area, West Virginia ic and Ohio), regulars assigned: Fist ant ic 10th infantry; S2nd artillery. i- Eighty first division, Camp Taylor d Kentl1cEV area Indiana and Ea,