New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Famous Fighting Divi-
sions to Keep Names
and Be Recruited From
Their Home Areas
Organ May Get
Old Command
Regiments of the Regular
Establishment To Be
Divided Among Camps

WASHINGTON, March 99-~Ordcrs
made public to-day by General March,
Chief of Staff, provide for the organi-
zation Of the regular army at peace
strength of 100000 officers and men
under plans that are a radical depar-
ture from the pre-war establishment,
the zone army" organization which alb
sorbed regulars, National Guard and
National Army during the war into the
army Of the United States
This is accomplished by perpetual
ing 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 nave partcu-
larry brilliant war records. This prof.
ees is furthered b. assigning to each of
the fourteen regular divisions to be
organized the number and approx
mately the same home area as one of
the war divisions. The new division.
in each case, will be recruited cxclu-
sively from that area. which is an
adaptation of the system long employed
in Continental armies.
Rainbow" Cavalry Division
A feature of the plan is the assign
ment of tire A2d Division, which will
succeed the famous Rainbow Division
of war time, to become the cavalry d-
vision of the new army. It will be re-
cruited from all part; Of the country,
as will be the seven regular divisions
retained and which are now part Of
the army Of occupation. Each of the
seven regular divisions now in France
5 also is assigned to home camp IS a
permanent base, and will be sent to
that camp when withdrawn from
Europe.
Pending further legislation, the
plans being followed cell for the or
ganizaton of one field army of five
corps. The first and second corps are
now composed of the first to seventh
divisions. now overseas, 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 De recruited
is 1883 officers and m'n. The forty
second, the cavalry division, will have
roaco r4-opcfl, or orr
O'Ryan May Get Command
One project still under discussion in
connection with the localization of the
divisions is that OF Offering to officers
OF the war time divisions commissions
in the new regular units. This would
enable the War Department to take
into the regular service some general
officers of National Guard origin, it is
understood, 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 regarded as probable that 8iajor
General John f. O'Ryan, who com
manded the 9th Division, VIII be Of
fered command OF the new regular
division to carry that designation
The following list shows the new
designations of tn army and the war
tine divisions from which they were
taken in order to preserve traditions
Except in the Gaze o. assignment q
regular regiments, merely the aumbe
and other insignia Of the units are re
tanned, the personnel to De supple,
later by recruitment. The Iecruitin;
area OF each division also IS Shown
the frat seven to be nation WIDE il
composition.
List of the Divisions
The list is as follows:
First Division Camp Pike. Arkan
sas), unchanged as now organized.
Second Division Camp Dodge, Iowa
In 4th Brigade, 9Th and 9th Regula
sEments, substituted for the 9Th an
stk Marine Regiments.
Third Division Camp Lee, Virginia
Unchanged.
Fourth Division Camp Kearney, Cal
tofn.al, unchanged
Fifth Division (Panama), unchanged
Sixth Division (Honolulu), Tn
thAHged.
sesenth Division philippines, Alask
ard Mexican border). unchanged ex
tepE for additional infantry brigade at
lsfled. This is 10 be the 1884 Brigad
teolsred), formerly Of the 92d Diyisio
ieoloredJ, and composed OF the 24t
an1 z5fh regular regimcnts and IN
2ed.
.Jwenty-sizth Division Camp Deycni
Aaes., recruitment area, New Eng
,.ndi, retained: Ififty.nrst Infantr
n1xa6e, 1oikt and 104tn Infantry rcgl
Ments, iOist, l02d and i03d Artiller
regiments, lOlst and 1920 Machine Gu
battalion, ioist headquarters, Mil
,xry Police. Engineers. Field Signs
rEaxttaliof, Ammunition Train, froI
IN DiyigioB, i62d Infantry and 1Gfa
nnusiefy brigaaes. 3f3d Machine Gu
battalion, 30ist supply and AmmuD
ucn trains, 18th Cavalry, regulars d,
Mxnsd, 18th and Sgth Infantry reg
hske-Up os the Twenty ty-seyenth
twenty seventh fCamp linton. are
Hsw I0YkJ, retained. Fifty.fhird IL
ssgtrT Bridgade, j0tth Infantry. I05t
ha sne.. l9Sth Artillery, i0Atb, i05tb an
1910 artillery; io4th, iD5th and 1861
s...r
'. Continued on ba0e slryen