Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-12
NATIONAL GUARD
TO Be REORGANlED
ON A NEW BASIS
Conference Held Here TO Consider
the Best Units for the State
of Delaware.
PLAN OUTLINED IN
FEDERAL PROGRAM

George G. Richards, formerly Of Wash
inptop, ID. e, but now OF Governor =
Island, y Y, who is n colonel IN Federal
service md brigadier general IN state
service. left Wilmington today, after con
ferring with Governor John G. Townsend,
Jr, Adjutnnt-t General ] Austin Ellison
and former Adjutant-G General l. Plsey
Wckcrsham IN the Hotel du Pont yester-
dav concerning the National Guard units
best suited TO Delaware No decision was
reached Yesterday, because the matter
requires further consideration. AdIufaht-
General Ellison Will go to Governor
Island next Monday 60 confer with Colonel
Richards and the admtants- general ot
New York and New Jersey, which states
with Delaware, compose the Tecond
Corps Area in the allotment Of National
Guard troops
Under the provisions nf the National
Defense act, as amended hv au act of
Congress approved june 1920, the
United States is now divided with ref
crence 10 military population INTO nine
administrative areaa, which replnce the
old departments md are officially known
as corps areas Thus the Firs', Sec0nd and
Third Corrs Areas delaware belnR m the
second constitute the First Army Area,
the Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Corps Areas
constitute the Second Army Area and the
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Corps Areas
constitute the Third Army Area The New
England States compose the First Army
Area and pennavlvania, Maryland, Nir-
ginia and the District of Columbia the
Third Army Area
REongAKrzATIo oF sATr0sAI GrARp.
The tentative National Guard allot-
f l. - - frYez
! comprise for each corps area one Or NOR"
/ tactical divisions. with appropriate per
/ centagc Of tho troops required foi the or-
ganlsatIpn ~ army corps. field army and
general headquarters reserve troops
The policy of the War Department wlll
be to give every assiHtance possible n
State authorities IN thc solution of the
prni,lerns which may confront them during
/ the reorganization, and il Il contemplated
that corpa ARIA commanders viii confer
with state authorities with a view t.
recommending to the War Department
changes III the tentative State all0tments
which may be considered desirable anr
such charges ~ NAV bc approved Rtl
be Incorporated IN the final allotment
before their issuance for the guidance o
All concerned
II /. contemplated that troops required
under the allotment which are armed witt
Weapons not susceptible 10 use in Stat'
emergencies will be provided with IN
fantrv equipment and will bc trained a!
infantry 10 hmifed degree IN order tha
they may have a dis'rIcf value from ~
standpoint of State requirement
After the allotment tables have beer
formally approved the localization ol unit
called Tor will b. worked ont by committee
IN the several states. Of which , maIorit'
membership wiIl I've made up or Natlona
Guard and Reserve officers
II Is a notable coincidence nat All IN
adjutants general Of Delaware since 90
werc commanders Of { Company, y g. ID
Richard r kenney, adiutant-g -gencra
from 1897 TO 1901, was commander .
ID Company His predecessor. AdIutant
General J Parke Postles, was not aiflll
ated with the national guard previous :.
becoming acknowledgement, but WAS
soldier in the Civil war