Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-10
ioWA'S GUARD UNITS.
State to Be Represented in Nearly
Every Branch Of Service.

Every Branch OF Service.
BY Associated Press.
Des Moines, Nov. 10.-Louis G.
Lasher, adjutant general. Iowa Ma
tional Guard. has Just returned from
Il conference with the commanding
general of the Seventh corps area,
Fort Crook, Neb., and with other ad-
jutants general from the states COM
prising the Seventh corps area,
which includes Iowa, Kansas, Mime
sofa, Missouri Nebraska, North
Dakota and South Dakota. The OBJ
ject of the conference was to con-
suit on the subject of state allot-
ments of national guard units under
the reorganization contemplated by
the Act OF June 4, 1920. Among the
subjects discussed were the basic
plan OF reorganization; the allotment
OF national guard units in the corps
area; the tentative allotment Of units
to states: changes in existing ma
tional guard organizations which
will be necessary before they can be
considered as units OF the cbrps area
allotment; additional allotment for
each state for the current fiscal year,
when necessary, to bring the allotted
strength up to three hundred men
per senator and representative in
congress; allotments for the next
fiscal year. such as will bring the al
lotted strength up to four hundred
and fifty men per senator and repre-
sentative in congress.
Adiutant General Lasher said:
hn ciN AID Of II
drawn up by the war department
contemplates the development as far
as practicable under the limitations
imposed by the constitution and ex-
listing laws OF one harmonious and
effective army. The army of the
United States as provided for by the
national defense act as amended by
the act of June 4, in peace time
consists of the regular army, the
national guard, and the organized
reserves.
THE allotment OF national guard
units in tho Seventh corps area will
be under the designated numbers
and will be known as the Thirty
fourth and Thirty fifth divisions.
BY June so, 1924, all the troops al
loted to Iowa are expected to be or
ganized so that on the date men,
toned Iowa will have 4,046 division
troops: 1914 corps troops; STAT army
troops; 1,l44 general headquarters
troops. Under the provisions Of
the REORGANIZATION plan Iowa is allot-
ted ] infantry division headquarters;
! infantry brigade; / regimental
| haa u ,y-fa ri 4 hof o1l
engineers: l headquarters and sup
ply company engineers; l head
quarters special division troops;
division headquarters detachment;
division signal company; / regimen
tai headquarters 155m. howitzer; 3
battalions 155m. howitzer; / head
quarters company. 155m. howitzer;
supply company, loom. howitzer; /
observation squadron Q3 planes);
auxiliary engineers battalion; l
medical regiment less hospital bat
TALON and veterinarian evacuation
company: / maintenance company,
heavy ordnance: 1 military police
battalion: l topograph battalion: /
evacuation hospital: 1 cavalry di-
vision Headquarters 1 cavalry regf-
ment: l cavalry special division
troops: l cavalry division train;
railroad battalion; l camouflage bat
talon.
1T is not contemplated by the
state officials to attempt to organize
at this time anything but infantry,
cavalry and artillery which will keep
the state. within the requirements OF
the law for this and the next fiscal
year."