The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-06
MANY ARMY POSTS
TO Be ABANDONED
Several Camp Location.
Will Be Retained for
Emergencies.

| charge of enlisted men will reduce the
army by July 81 to one hundred and
fifty thousand men, the reduction,
which under the congressional appro-
priations must be reached by October,
Secretary Weeks said Tuesday, add
ing that the applications on file were
sufficient to reduce the total strength
of the army to the figure decided upon
by congress.
Among the camps to be retained was
Travis, Texas, Mr. Weeks said.
Camps to be retained besides Travis
are Dix, New Jersey; Lewis, Washing
ton, and Knox, Kentucky.
The war secretary said that in the
case of the camps to be abandoned all
troops would be removed and the
greater part of the buildings salvaged,
but that the land and certain perma-
nent improvements would be retained
for use in event of future appropria.
ton permitting their utilization as citi.
zens' military training camps.
Other camps to be abandoned are
Devens, Massachusetts; Sherman,
Ohio; Grant, Illinois; Meade, Mary
land; Jackson, South Carolina; Bragg,
North Carolina.
A small force of regulars, the Sec
retary said, would be retained at Camp
Meade, Maryland, but the great ma
jority moved
Corps areas and divisional com
manders have been ordered by the
war department. Secretary Weeks
said, to prepare for the redistribution
of troops made necessary by the re.
duction in the enlisted strength of the
army. Actual changes of station, how
ever, will be postponed until supple.
mental instructions are issued by the
department.
Under the order the I'd division will
remain at Camp Travis, Texas, select
ed as a permanent cantonment, while
the Sd division, stationed at Camp
Pike, Arkansas, will be moved to Camp
Lewis, Washington
Headquarters of the 10th brigade at
Camp Jackson, S. c., will be trans
ferred to Jefferson barracks, Missouri.
The 10th infantry training corps
regiment at Camp Sherman and Co
lumbus barracks will go to Camp Knox,
Kentucky; the 18th infantry at Camp
Jackson to Fort Thomas, Kentucky,
except for one battalion which goes
to Columbus barracks and two CON-
panies to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
The 9Th division at Camp Grant,
Illinois, will be reduced to a brigade
| and stationed permanently at Jeffer
son barracks, Missouri.
Infantry commands placed on the
inactive list and for which pare-.t Or
ganiZations are designated, include the
32d, 36th, 37th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 44Gh,
46th, 47th. 4Sth. 49th, 5Oth, 51st, SD,
55th, seth, Goth, 61st, 62d and 63d reg
iments
Cavalry units placed on the inactive
list and for which present organiza-
| tions are designated include the 10th
cavalry at Fort Sam Houston, for
which the 4th at Brownsville is made
| the parent.
Field artillery units placed on the
! inactive list include the 9th at Fort
| Sill, the 14th at Fort Sill, the 18th at
! Camp Pike.
The 18th infantry training center
regiment at Fort Mcintosh, Texas, will
go to Fort Sam Houston.
The headquarters of the 1st cavalry
division to be organized will be sta.
toned at Fort Bliss, Texas, and will
include the 1st cavalry at Fort Doug
las, Arizona; the I'd at Fort Riley,
Kansas; the Sd at Fort Myer, Virginia,
and Ethan Allen, Vermont; the 4th
at Brownsville, Texas; the 5th at
Maria. Texas; troop A of the 9Th at
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; the 18th and
8th at Fort Bliss, Texas; the 9Th IN
the Philippine Island, the 10th at Fort
Monterey. Cal.
The 18th cavalry at Del Rio. Texas,
| and Panama will be consolidated at
Del Rio. while the 14th at Des Moines,
Iowa, will be called upon to send one
squadron to Fort Sheridan.
The 10th field artillery at Camp
Pike, Arkansas, will 60 to Camp Lew
is, Washington, and the 81st artillery
at Camp Knox will remain there ex.
cept one battalion designated for Fort
Sheridan.
Quarantine Iiai1tened at Port Arthur.