The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14

must be maintained at
Ner peace-tlnie strength. The Eighth
Infantry. stationed at Coblens and on
the right bank Of the Rhine, has I'm
Officers ana 1850 men. The F1ftieth
also In Germany, has 70 on
GERS and $3.50 men. Just hack from
Siberia. the Thirty-first infantry has
50 officers and 400 men. The TWEEN
ty-fourth infantry. along the border
In New Mexico. has 81 officers and
3. 4S5 men.
With the infantry only ut 20 per
cent Of authorized strength. and tho
necessity Of maintaining number OF
regiments above peace time basis.
many regiments are far below the
average strength. particularly the reg
iments back from France ana made
up when they returned. Of casuals.
of requirements and men enlisted only
for the emergency. The famous First
division. now at Camp Taylor. KY
has only 5000 officers and men. Tho
men Of all the infantry regiments Of
this division wear the French four
ragere looped over the left shoulder.
The present strengths Of these regi-
ments are follows: Sixteenth infan-
try. 35 Officers 642 men; Eighteenth
Infantry, 81 officers, $50 men; Twen-
ty-sIxth infantry. SO officers. $40 men;
Twepty-elghth infantry. 81 oficerA
626 men.
Some War Divisions.
Down at Camp Travis. Texas, Is the
Second division. which had the heav-
lest casualties Of any division in
France. and took one-quarter of tho
prisoners and artillery captured BY
| the A. r. F. The marine brigade ID
no longer with this organization, and
no infantry brigade has yet been AZ
signed to its pllce. The total strength
Of the Second division Is 211 officers
and 2,O58 enlisted men. Like the First
division. the infantry regiments Of the
Second are proud wearers Of the
fourragere. The Ninth infantry, which
fought In China and took the village
of vaux in brilliant attack In the
Chateau Thierry sector, has 8 OFF,
GERS and 372 men. The Twenty-third
infantry, which fought alongside Of
the Ninth in 1872. In the Civil war and
in France, has 80 officers and SS7
men.
The Third division. which fought at
the Marine, st. Mihiel and the Arg0nne-
Mouse, has ;13 officers and 2,706 en-
listed men at Camp Pike, Ark. The
ThIrty-eighth infantry. which repulsed
six German regiments and took 600
prisoners at the Marine In July. 1918.
has SO officers and 312 men. The Thir-
tieth infantry, which stOrmed Hill 2OA
west Of Chateau Thierry, has Al on
GERS and 228 men. OF the other in
fantry regiments Of the Third division.
the Fourth has 80 officers and 352 men.
and the Seventh "a officers and 276
men.
The Fourth division. thrust into ac-
; ton for the first time near Chateau
: Thierry, is stationed at Camp Dodge,
Iowa. with PAS officers and 1,577 en-
listed men. Strengths Of its infantry
regiments are: Thirty-ninth, 81 ON,
GERS, 1885 men; Forty-seventh. 80 on
: GERS, 1873 men; Fifty-eighth. 81 onlcers
100 men; Fifty-ninth. 81 officers 18s
men.
In battle for the first time al St
Mlhiel, the Fifth division h at Gang
e Gordon, Georgia. with FOG officers and
! 2,1S6 enlisted men. The Sixth divi
! sion, which boasts Of having dom
!. more hiking than any other A. E. F
! division. is now at Camp Grant. Will
i o77 officers and 1927 enlisted men
e The Seventh division. which arrive'
. in France In time to hold the LEI
z bank Of the Moselle river until tn
I. nrmistice, is at Camp Funston. Kansas
9 numbering 243 officers and 2,246 me-
!, The total strength Of the seven tas
! teal divisions now stationed IN TIL
r country, each Of which would have
wartime strength Of 28,O00 = 2077
officers and men.