South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-10
INDIANA GUARD
To HOLD DRILLS
At CAMP TAYLOR
Government Gives Out An
nounCement Regarding New
National Organization.
By LOUIS LUDLOW.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 10
Tho new Indiana national guard.
row being organized. will hold drills
and maneuvers at Camp Taylor war
department officials announced on
Monday
The war department plans 10
have the Indiana guard assemble at
Camp Taylor this summer, if any
substantial units of il are organized
in time.
At othertimes Camp Taylor will
be operated as a headquarters and
maneuver center for a division Of
regulars. Gen. March. chief Of staff.
announced that IL congress adopts a
plan OF universal training each Of
the other environments also will be
used as a training center
Operate on Big Scale.
furthermore, at certain periods
IN different divisions throughout
the country will engage with other
divisions n corps manuevers on ia
huLe scale. Camp Taylor beng one
OF the centers OF these operations.
The war department scheme,
which Will be sumitted to congress
after the appropriation bills have
been disposed OF" added Gen.
March, provides for the retention
Of the so-called permanent national
army environments. which we have
purchased or are about TO purchase.
as great maneuver grounds where
divisions may be permau emily sta
toned and where they will have
room for active exercise under "A
permanent general and a permanent
staff trained in command of their
troops.
The places also will be available
for the national guard when they
are called out for their training, and
II any form OF universal training is
adopted by congress we will have
these plants ready to take in the
men who will be called in without
any additional expenditure of mon
ey. We will have the overhead
trained officers and men who could
give these young men military train
ing in the most intensive way. That
is a part OF the general scheme. The
plan provides military training. not
compulsory service.
The utilization Of the old army
posts that we have all over the
United States now is problem
which is entirely separate from this
divisional cantOnment scheme. We
are going to abandon the old Indian
posts in the west if we man. A num-
Der Of posts have been turned into
hospitals and into stations for minor
training of all kinds. The coast ar
tillery forts are, of course, part of
our permanent defenses Of the sea
coast and will remain. The other
posts will be utilized for some gov
eminent posts or sold and the pro-
ceeds converted into the general
fund for military purposes under
this scheme. But the army will be
conferred around the idea of having
always the large units in actual
training, so that when called upon
al any time il will not be neces-
sary TO gather together little units
from all over the country under the
command OF men who have never
seen them. but these units will be
flled up from peace strength TO war
strength by bringing IN at the bot
tom privates who have had military
training and who are ready TO step
into the ranks on call.
The divisions have been given
the numbers OF divisions that have
done conspicuous service in this
war. We are going TO endeavor to
Iocalize the divisions as much as
possible. getting recruits from the
section OF the country in which the
division is located.
What we plan. is TINS scheme is
adopted, is to have these divisions
organized into FIVE corps headquar-
tiers centrally located with reference
TO groups OF five divisions. and some
time during the year will have tive
divisions function under the corps
commander as real corps, Is pos
sible."