The New York herald., 1921-09-04
GENERALS REENLIST
TO TRAIN RESERVES
Veterans in Civil Life Join
With Pershing to Keep Ma
tion Always Prepared.
MANY LEADERS IN LIST
John F. Organ to Command
One Section Under Scheme
Of Reorganization.

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Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
| New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. J.
Veteran generals OF the world war.
who now are in civil life, are aiding
General Pershing in preserving for the
national defence the victorious organi-
zation which existed at the time Of the
armistice Two major-generals and
seventeen brigadiers of the A. E. r.
have taken appointment in the Officers
Reserve Corps. BY accepting commits
sions they have declared that war on
land involving American forces shall
never again be waged by extemporized
organizations of citizen soldiers.
The experiences Of 1917-1S have
taught lesson that these officers Of
distinguished service intend shall be
learned. So they will take command
of the Reserve divisions, brigades and
services now being shaped under Per-
shing who, in leading the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. achieved the great
est single feat Of organization in all
history.
General Pershing as Chief of Staff
and permanent commander of the
Armies of the United States. has as
sumed the responsibility Of providing
an adequate structure for the national
| defence.
O'Ryan Aiding Pershing.
In pushing the reco institution of the
actual divisions Of the National Guard
and the National Army which took part
! in the world war. General Pershing is
surrounded with leaders who made
overseas history. The names of the
group read like directory of winners
OF the Distinguished Service Medal.
From New York there are Major
Gen. John r. O'Ryan. commander OF
the Twenty-seventh Division In France
! and Belgium; Brig.-Gen. Avery D.
Andrews, q regular army officer who
was deputy director general of trans
portation In the A. e. F. and assistant
chief Of staff Of the Service OF Supply
Brig. Gen. Brice B. Disque. also
regular, who was chief Of aircraft pro-
| duction; Brig.-Gen Frank T. Hines.
who rose from the ranks to be general
in the regular army, and whose service
in charge OF water transportation prac-
tically put our two million army safely
in France; Brig.-Gen. Codnelius
Vanderbilt, who took the 1920 Engi-
neers overseas and later commanded
brigade Of the Twenty-seventh Division
under General Organ.
From Massachusetts, there is Brig
Gen. Joh2 H. Shelburne of Brookline.
Adjutant-General Of the State; from
Pennsylvania. Major-Gen. William Gray
Price, jr., who commanded the Fifty
third Artillery brigade In France and
Belgium, and who now commands the
Pennsylvania National Guard. New
Jersey is represented by Brig.-Gen.
Howard S. Borden. a widely known
National Guardsman Illinois by Brig
| Gen. Charles @. Dawes. general pur-
chasing agent for the A. f. f.. and
now Director of the Budget, and by
Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. former
! regular. who commanded the Fifteenth
/ Brigade, and later the Eighth Division,
and who originated the plan for the
selective draft and was executive to
Provost Marshal Crowder.
I Brig. Gen. George II. Harries must
also be credited to Illinois. having
| lately settled in Chicago. After long
years of railway and financial activities
in Washington and New York. General
Haries took commission in the Army
when war was declared. He COM
manded the First Brigade, Nebraska
National Guard, then went overseas and
commanded the 1S6th Infantry Brigade
which operated with the Thirteenth
Corps Of the Second French Army. later
taking command OF the 173d Infantry
Brigade. After the armistice he served
on the United States commission to
Berlin.
Maryland's two representatives in the
list of general officers of the Reserve
Corps are eminent physicians. Brig
Gen. John NJ. 7. Finney, of Johns Hop
kins. who was chief consultant in sur
gerry in the A. Z. F., and Brig.-Gen. Will
lam s. Thayer, also OF Johns Hop
kins. who was chief consultant OF the
medical services, A. z. #.
Gen. Sawyer in Reserve.
Brig. Gen. Charles f.. Sawyer OF
Ohio the Presidents physician. also is
commissioned in the medical section
of the Corps. Brig.-Gen. Edward Voll-
rath Of Bucyrus. Ohio. who CON-
manded the Sixty-sixth Depot Brigade.
and later both the Artillery and In
! fantry Brigades of the Forty-hrst Di-
vision In France: Brig-Gen. Roy Hoff-
man of Oklahoma, who commanded the
Ninety-third Division (colored). and
later commanded a brigade In the First
rivision at the Battle of Cantigny. and
was organizing the 101st Division at
| Camp Shelby. Miss, at the armistice;
give a fine fighting spirit to the Re-
serve.
The Pacific coast Is represented by
Brig. Gen. Adrian s. Fleming OF Port
land. Ore formerly Of the regular army.
| In the war he commanded the l5sth
Field Artillery Brigade. Mghty-third
Division, and in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive he was In the thick of the
| hghting with the Seventeenth French
Corps, and then with the Thirty-second,
Ninety-hrst and Twenty-ninth United
States divisions.
Brig Gen. Jacob r. wolters. famous
cavalry leader Of Texas, is also keen
for duty under the new military policy.
Brig. Gen. Richard c. Marshall, Jr.. Of
Washington, d. c., ex-rcgular. who as
chief of construction handled work In
the United States and the insular
possessions involving nearly a billion
dollars. Is close at hand to give any
service Gen. Pershing may ask.
or the nineteen generals, twelve have
been decorated with the Distinguished
Service Medal. one. Gen Hines, with
both the Army and Navy decorations
ak received decorations OF the Legion
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