The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30
9TH DIVISIONS
NAME RETAINED
FOR US. ARMY
New York Unit to Be Con-
tinued in Permanent
Force.
QUARTERS AT UPTON
Peace Strength of Military
Establishment to Be
$4,000 Men.
MARCH TELLS PLANS
Says Some of New Volunteer
$4,000 May Be Sent to
Russia.
MARCH TELLS PLANS
Special DESPATCH TO THE suS.

Special Despatch TO TIE sUS.
WASHINGTON. March 29.-Because OF
its brilliant war record the Twenty
seventh New York National Guard d.
vision Is to be retained at Camp Upton
under its present designation as part
Of the permanent military establish
ment Of the country.
This announcement was made to-
day by Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of
staff, in his interview with the news
paper men. The other divisions are:
Twenty-sixth, at Camp Devens; Twen-
ty-eighth. Camp Dix: Twenty ninth,
Camp Meade; Thirtieth. Camp, Jack
son, South Carolina; Thirty second,
Camp Custer, Michigan: Thirty-third.
Camp Grant, Illinois; Thirty sixth,
Camp Travis, Texas: Thirty-seventh.
Camp Sherman. Ohio; Eighty-fi first.
Camp Taylor, Kentucky; Eighty-sec-
ond' Camp Gordon. georgia: Eighty
ninth. Camp Funston, Kansas: Ninety
first, at Camp Lewis. Washington.
The Forty second (Rainbow) is to be
cavalry division in the new organi-
zation, Gen. March said. This division
will be organized in the Southern De-
partment and drawn from all the
States. The First to Seventh d!vi-
sions will retain the designations Of the
seven regular divisions now in France
comprising the First and Second Army
Corps.
The peace strength of the army Is to
be 100000 men. according to Gen.
March. who is making plans based on
that figure. There will be five army
corps. comprising twenty divisions of
infantry and one cavalry division.
VIII Keep Troops in Russia.
Regarding the call for $4,000 voiun-
teers for foreign service. Gen. March
said it was to relieve men who
wanted to come home Some of the
new recruits may go TO Russia IL they
so desire, he stated, thereby indicating
that the Government plans to keep
American troops on Russian soil for
some time and has no present inten-
ton OF withdrawing them despite pro-
tests from Senator johnson (CaL)
and others. Gen. March said In part
During the time that have not
seen you men ! have been going around
to the camps OF the country and have
given orders at each camp that the
overhead is to be cut down to a stand
ard overhead Of approximately 5000
men. which will take care OF medical
people, utilities generally and the de-
mobilizing detachment, motor trans
port men, permanent guard for the
camp, etc, and at the same time l
gave orders at each camp that the
rehabilitation of an individual soldier
who arrived there with his records in
proper shape should not take more than
forty-eight hours
These orders are now in effect and
since I have arrived in Washington
in two camps where it required five to
six days for rehabilitation l have re-
ceived telegraphic advice that they are
now down to forty-eight hours in one
case and in the other case a report by
letter that this had been accomplished.
81 found that the men objected
strongly to being held in the camps for
the purpose of parading. They wanted
TO get back to their people and their
| homes, and the War Department Is In
/ entire sympathy with that idea. To hold
some men IN the camps until a whole
division arrives sometimes requires two
or three weeks, and IT is wholly unfair
not to demobilize the men at once upon
arrival.
| Promises, Service Abrens.
81 also found in inspecting the re-
crriting establishments which were
! organized under our orders at these
| camps that the number of men obtained
! was very small A point came UP as TO
whether 1t would be possible 10 promise
service abroad to men who really wanted
| to enlist for service in France.
VERY many men who had not been
able to get across said that they would
be glad to go and wanted to enlist with
n chance OF getting overseas and on the
spot. 1 promised definitely to each man
| that he would get foreign service. and
on my return / approved an order which
has already appeared in the press
promising definitely that We will give
! that character Of service to say $4,000
men of the $4,000 authorized by the
last Congress to be enlisted.
The shipments from abroad during
March SO far have exceeded our esti-
mates by a considerable number. When
we made our original figures We ex-
pected to transport about 100000. but
| there have actually sailed or are on the
| high seas 244,lS6. We are approa ching
rapidly the 100000 mark and expect to
pass that this coming month.
| ..In this connection We have noticed
several times in the papers comments on
the rates charged for transportation OF
American troops In British or British
controlled vessels. The general comment
has been that the rates charged are
excessive.