The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-07
ARMY RESERVE
100000 men
War Department Officials Tell Of
First Steps Toward Insuring
Quick Mobilization.
27 DIVISIONS ARE PROVIDED
These Will Make Up Three Armies
to Which $4,000 Officers VIII Be
Assigned - Active Force Re-
mains Regular Army.

Washington. - Comprehensive plans
for creation Of the organized reserve
of the army on a basis that will per-
NIT quick mobilization Of more than
100000 fighting men, have been pre-
pared by the general staff. An out
line Of the preliminary steps now in
progress was made public by Acting
Secretary Wainwright
The scheme, which was developed
under authority Of Congress, contem-
plates virtually no expenditures in its
Major General Hartford, acting chief
Of staff, would furnish the framework
for mobilization Of the nation in arms
In matter of weeks instead of months.
Twenty-seven infantry divisions Of
the resrve are provided for, num-
bering from the Seventy-siXth to the
One Hundred and Fourth, thus pre-
serving both in number and the geo.
graphical location where each origi-
mated, the sixteen wartime national
army divisions. The same territorial
distribution as to armies and army
corps areas is followed as in the regu-
lar army oganization, and the present
structure of the National Guard. The
result will be to establish the three
arms of the national land defense
forces on an identical basis, with con-
troll decentralized from Washington for
all three, into the hands of the corps
area commanders.
The first step in perfecting the or
ganized reserve will be to assign from
the present officers reserve corps TO
the twenty-seventh reserve divisions,
the full war strength complement of
officers, in all more than 10000. 1t is
expected this can be completed by
July l, when creation of the non-com-
missioned enlisted personnel, involving
the selection of many thousands Of
men and their assignment to regiments,
will be undertaken. Detailed plans in
that regard have not been completed.
ALLEGATION Of the reserve divisions by
army, corps, area and states from
which their personnel will be drawn |
is as follows
First Corps (Boston) Division, !
Massachusetts; Oath, Connecticut and |
Rhode Island 9th, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Maine.
Second Corps New York; - Nth, |
New York city and environs; 18th, New
Jersey and Delaware 9Sth, New York
state outside of New York city.
Third Corps (Baltimore) 10th,
Eastern Pennsylvania S0th, Virginia,
Maryland and District of Columbia;
Goth, Western Pennsylvania.
These three corps cover the first
army area and these reserve divisions
with the three regular divisions and
the six national guard divisions in the
same territory would constitute the
first army in the event of war.
The second army area contains the
following reserve division allocations:
Fourth Corps (Atlanta)-S1st Divi-
sion, Tennessee and North Carolina;
SD Division, Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida; S7th Division, Louisiana,
and Alabama.
Fifth Corps Qndlanapolis) - SD,
Ohio; S4th, Indiana; Tooth, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
. Sixth Corps (ChicagO) Michi-
gan; Seth, Illinois; 1O1st Wisconsin.
Third army area - Seventh Corps
(0maha)-SSth, North Dakota, Mime
sofa and Iowa; S9th, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas; 1920, Arkan-
sas and Missouri
Eighth Corps (San Antonio)-90th
Texas; 05th, Oklahoma; 103d, Ari-
iona, New Mexico and Colorado.
Ninth Corps (San FranciscO)-91st,
Goth, Washington and Ore
gOn; 10th, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming.
1t was pointed out that the organized
reserve can be employed only by spe-
cific act Of Congress. At present there
Is no thought that the divisions ever
will be called out except In a national