Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-07-27
VAR OFFICES
PLANS FOR new
ARMY COMPLETE
Fourth Cavalry Will Absorb
Sixteenth Which Goes on
The Retired List
tBy The Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. July 81
Reduction of the United States army
to peace time strength of 10000
will be accomplished by July 81. in
accordance with the decision of con-
gress when it refused to appropriate
funds for paying greater force aft
G., October /. With rte reduction.
Secretary Weeks annoIrced. there
would be general redistribution of
troops, practical abandonment Of
seven of the great wartime army
cantonments. placing of many orga-
nizations on the inactive list and
skelctonization Of others into ma
terially reduced strength.
The environments to be abandoned
"at the earliest practicable date" as
announced by Secretary Weeks, are
Camp Devens, Mass, Sherman.
Ohio: Pike, Ark; Grant, Ill. Jackson
s. c.; Meade, Maryland. except for a
small detachment and Bragg. n. c.
Those TO be retained under the plans
of reorganization are Dix. n. j.;
Travis. Texas; Lewis, Wash, and
Knox, Ky.
Corps areas and divisional COM
manders have been ordered by the
war department, Secretary Weeks
said, to prepare for the redistribu-
ticn of troops ma,la necersar' by the
reduction in the enlisted strength Of
the army. Actual changes Of station
however, will be postponed until sup
elemental instructions are issued by
the department.
Under the orders Second division
will remain at Camp TTavis. selected
IS a permanent cantonment, while
Third division. stationed at Camp
Pike. Ark. will be moved to Camp
Lewis, Wash.
Headquarters Of the 10th brigade
at Camp Jackson, s. c.. will be trans
ferred to jefferson Barracks. Mo.
The 10th infantry training corps
regiment at Camp Sherman and CO.
Iumbus Barracks will go to Camp
Knox. XIV, the 11th infantry at
Camp Jackson to Fort Thomas. KY,
except for one battalion. which goes
to Columbus Barracks. and two COM
panies TO Fort BENJAMIN Harrison.
The Sixth division al Camp Grant
ILL.,. will be reduced TO brigade and
stationed at jefferson Barracks, Mo.
Infantry commands placed on the
inactive list and for which parent or
CARNATIONS are designed. include the
32d, 36th, 37th. 39th. 40th, 4lst,
44th. 46th. 47th, 4Sth. 49h. 50th.
51st, SD. 55th. 56th. 6eth, 6lst, CID
and 63rd regiments
Cavalry units placed on the inact-
i've list and for wh.ch part ,rganIza-
tons are designated, include the
,tn cavalry, IT F,- Sam Icrston,
for which the Fourth, at Browns
vile !; 5made the parcr'
r-..i artillery paced on the
! s.r.,a Il inclade :r- \"'r al
Fort Sill the 14th at Fort Sill. the
tS;h g; lamp Pike.
Inc litU lTldilit IA"ihA~ M
regiment at Fort Mcintosh. Texas
will go to Fort Sam Houston.
The headquarters Of the First
cavalry division to be organized VIII
be at Fort Bliss, Texas, and VIII IN
include the First cavalry at fori
Douglas, Ariz; the Second. at FORT
Riley. Kan; the Third, at Fort Myer'
Va, and the Fourta at Brownsville
Texas; the Fifth. at Maria; Troop 4
~ the Sixth at Fort Oglethorpe Ga,
the Seventh and Eighth at Fort Bliss;
the Ninth in the Philippine islands
the 10th at Fort Huachucha, Ariz.'
and the 18th at Monterey. Cal.
The 18th cavalry at Del Rio, anu
Panama will be consolidated at Del
Rio. while the 14th at Des MONIES
Iowa. will be called upon to send one
qouadron to Fort Sheridan.
The 18th field artillery at Camp
pike. Ark. will go to Camp Lewis
Wash, and the S1st artillery at camp
Knox will remain there except one
ho..,l;or deairnated for Fort Sheri-