The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-24
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War Department Expects to Stimulate Recruiting By Permitting Divisions to be Formed on Geographical Lines.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-TO Stim ulate regular army recruiting and tt arouse local interest, the war depart ment has issued to all recruiting of ficers over the country a schedule 0 allocation of recruits by states t specific regiments. Through tht method of distribution, officials De lieve each state will take persona interest in the regiments to whici it's men are assigned.
 The framework of divisional O. ganlzation on geographical lines i! also set up. New England will mak, up one division, New York compose. another. and similarly the whol, country is covered
 Infantry and field artillery regi ments will be so alocated as to bes identify each regiment with a separ ate state. according to the plan Where the number of regiments i: greater or less than the number o states comprising the divisional area a regiment may be made up of rec ruits from more than one state.
 The regiments to which recruit, from each state will go are as follows
 Infantry recruits from Maine, Nev Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Is land will go to the 18th Infantry Hoboken. N J.; from Massachusett: to the 36th al Camp Devens; iron Connecticut to the 43rd at Csml Lee, Va. Field artillery recruit, from the six states will go to tho 1st Field artillery at Fort Sill, Okla. coast artillery to the 42nd coast ar tillery, Camp Eustis. Va; Cavalry tt the 3rd at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt
 From Arkansas, Louisiana an Missouri the infantry engineers an( field artillery will join regiments c the 3rd Division at Camp Pike; Coas artillery, the 43rd regiment at Cam Eustis, Va; cavalry, the 1st regi ment at Douglas. Arizona.
 New York state infantrymen, out side of New York City, will go L, the 22nd, at Governors Island and th; G3rd, Madison Barracks; field artil lery to the 18th at Camp Travis Tex; all New York state coast artil lery to the 52nd, Camp Eustice. Va and all the cavalry to the 18th, For Clarke, Texas. New York City in fantry will go to the fist and 42nd Camp Upton; and field artillery tc the 76th, Camp Pike, Ark. and 9th Fort Sill, Okla.
 South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi Georgia and Alabama infantry go tC 9th Division regiments, Camp Cor don; field artillery to the goth and 2lst, Camp Bragg; engineers to tho Seth, Camp Jackson, S. G., and Cav airy to the 9th, Fort Oglethorpe. Ga
 Oklahoma infantry will be sent tt the 9th and 23rd, Camp Travis, Tex Texas infantry to the 37th and 3rd at Eagle Pass; Field artillery iron these states to the 18th and 17th Camp Travis; engineers to the End and cavalry to the 14th, Fort San Houston
 Infantry from Pennsylvania vii join the f6th and 18th regiments Camp Jackson, s. C.: 18th. Caml Meade, Md; and 29th. Camp Benninp Ga; from New Jersey to the 45tf and 57th, Camp Dix, N J.; coast ar tillery from both states to the Attn Camp Jackson; cavalry to the Sth. Ft Bliss, Texas: Pennsylvania field ar tillery to the S3rd and S1st. Cam Knox, Ky; New Jersey. the 2nd Camp Taylor. Ky, es
 Virginia infantry recruits will bo sent to the 62nd regiment, Camp Lee Va; Maryland, Delaware and Dist rict of Columbia to the 17th, Cam. Meade. Md: field artillery from thesr three states and the district to tho 18th, Camp Bragg. IN. C.; coast ar tillery to the 53rd, Camp Eustis, Va. and cavalry to the 12th, Columbus N M.
 Infantry, field artillery and engin ger recruits from North Carolina Tennessee. West Virginia and Ken lucky will join regiments of tht lst Division. Camp Taylor Ky; coast artillery to the 5lst, Caml Jackson, s. G.; and cavalry to the 9th, Maria, Texas.
 Ohio infantry will go to the 40tl and End regiments at Camp Sher man; Field artillery to the 14th, Ft Sill. Okla, and 7th, Camp Taylor Ky; and cavalry to Fort Bliss.