The Washington times., 1921-08-10
THOUSANDS
OF TROOPS
ON b|CH|KE
Greateset Peace- Time Move
ment in Years, Forced by
Closing cantonments.

Of army troops in years will be car
ried out between now and September
/, the War Department announced
today in making public an order
shifting the troops from the camps
that are to be abandoned and their
concentration in permanent military
posts throughout the country.
Seven Camps vscated.
The troops will be evacuated frorl
Camps Devens. Sherman. Grant. Pike.
Jackson. Bragg and Meade. by Sep
tember 1. and the majority of the
movements will be effected by march
ing overland.
Some of the doughboy outfits will
hike hundreds of miles, some Of them
going nearly 1000 miles. The I1th
Infantry OF the famous Fifth divi-
sion. for example. will hike from
Camp jackson, In South Carolina. to
Fort Thomas in Kentucky.
Some To BE Retired.
The highways of the country prom
ise TO be filled With doughboys with
aching feet. Only light equipment,
however, will be carried, thus lessen
ing the burden.
In making public the movement or.
ders today. the War Department also
announced that a number OF organiza-
tions are going on the inactive list
because of the decrease in size of the
army. They will maintain a skeleton
organization on paper. but their per-
sonnel will be distributed among other
organizations. Included among them
are some outfits which made notable
records in the world war, such as the
Fourth Division. the Thirty ninth In.
fantry. etc.
Inactive Divisions
The Fourth, Fifth. Sixth and
Seventh divisions go on the inactive
lists upon leaving their present loca-
ton and arrival at new destination
The following infantry regiments are
similarly affected: Thirty second.
Thirty-sixth. Thirty seventh, Thirty
ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty
sixth. Forty seventh, Forty-eighth,
Forty-ninth, Fifty-first. Fifty-second,
Fifty-fifth. Fifty-sixth. Sixtieth, Sixty.
first and Sixty-third. The Fourth,
Fifth and Twelfth engineers also be-
come inactive.
Troops Affected.
The movement orders today were:
Headquarters Third Division by rail
from Camp Pike. Ark. to Camp Lewis.
Wash.
Headquarters Eighth Brigade from
Camp Lewis to Vancouver Barracks,
by marching.
Headquarters Tenth Brigade from
Camp Jackson, s. c., to jefferson
Barracks. by marching.
Headquarters Twelfth Brigade from
Camp Grant, ILL.,, to Dubuque, Ia, by
marching. thence to Fort ID. A. Rus
sell. Wyo., by rail.
Headquarters Fourteenth Brigade
from Camp Meade, Md, to Platts-
burgh, N. Y, by marching.
Sixth, Infantry from Camp Jackson,
s. c., to Jefferson Barracks, by
Eleventh Infantry from Camp
jackson to Fort Thomas, KY, by
Thirty-fourth Infantry from Camp
Meade, Nd. to Madison Barracks,
N. Y, by marching.
Thirteenth Infantry from Camp
Devons to Coast Defense area of
Boston by marching.
Seventeenth Infantry from Fort
Mcintosh 20 Fort Sam Houston by
Forty-sixth Infantry from Eagle
Pass. Tex, TO Camp Travis, Tex, by
marching.
Fortv-eighth Infantry from Doug
las, Ariz., to Camp Travis. by rail.
Fifty-third infantry from Camp
Grant. Ill, to Dubuque. Iowa, by
thence by rail to Fort ID.
A. Russell. Wyo.
Fifty-sixth Infantry from Camp
Meade, Md, TO Camp Dix, N. j.
Fifty.ninth Infantry from Camp
Lewis. Wash, to Vancouver Barracks.
Sixtyfourth Infantry irom Camp
Meade. Md. to Plattsburgh, NY.
Fifty-first Coast Artillery from
Camp jackson to Camp Eustis, Va