Evening star., 1921-09-27
ARMY RESERVE
DIVISIONS PLACED
~ Created Under New Des.
ignation by General Staff
Plans. ):

General stan plans to carry out organ.
ization of the Army reserves provided
for under existing statutes were made
public today by Acting Secretary VAIN
wright and show that provision has
! been made for the creation OF twenty
seven divisions, representing about four
| and quarter million men, in which
will be included the old wartime Ma
tional Army divisions. the numbers and
| insignia OF which will thus be pre-
} served.
Some 500 Regular Army officers and
number Of enlisted men already have
been assigned to duty in connection with
! the project, which will be carried out
| by the Corps Area commanders and pro-
vide definite place in a national de-
tense system for all reserve officers and
] trained enlisted personnel. whether vet
Grams of the war or graduates of post
war training camps.
Lines to BE Followed.
The organization of the reserve fol-
lows the lines of the present Regu-
lar Army corps areas division desig-
nations being assigned as follows:
First Corps (Boston)-76th divis-
ion, Massachusetts,; 94th. Connecti-
cut and Rhode Island: s7th, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.
Second Corps (New York)-77th,
New York city and environs; 18th.
New Jersey and Delaware; 98th, New
York state, outside of New York city.
Third Corps (Baltimore) - 18th,
eastern Pennsylvania: SOth, Virginia,
Maryland and District of Columbia
99th, western Pennsylvania.
These three corps cover the 1st
Army Area, and these reserve diyi-
sions. with the three regular divisions
and the six National Guard divisions
!, in the same territory. would consti-
tute the 1st Army in the event of
war.
Second Army Area.
The I'd Army Area contains the
following reserve division ALLEGATIONS:
Fourth Corps (Atlanta) Eighty
first Division, Tennessee and North
Carolina; SD Division. Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida: s7th Division,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Fifth Corps Qndianapolis)-Eigh
third, Ohio; Saith, Indiana; Tooth, Ken
lucky and West Virginia.
Sixth Corps (Chicago)-s5th, Michi-
gan; s6th. Illinois: 101st, Wisconsin.
Third Army Area-Seventh Corps
(Omaha)-Ssth. North Dakota, Mime
sofa and Iowa; seth. South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas; 1920, Arkansas
and Missouri.
Eighth Corps (San Antonio)-90th,
Texas; S5th, Oklahoma; 103d. Arizona,
New Mexico and Colorado.
Ninth Corps tSan Francisco)-91st
California; 96th, Washington and Ore
gon; 104th. Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming.
These Numbers to States.
In allocating the designations of the
sixteen former National Army divi-
sions, beginning with the 10th Diyi-
sion, the plan of organizat ation assigns
these numbers to the states which
during the war furnished the major
ity of the troops who served in the
wartime divisions. The new division
designations from the cath on to the
104th were created to take care of
men from the other states.
The plan contemplates organization
of the reserve divisions at war
900 officers. 1t will require 4a,467 re-
serve officers for the organized re-
serve alone. Assignment OF the exist
ing force Of 66,S86 reserve officers to
these divisions is expected to be COM
pleted by next July, when enlistment
of personnel will be undertaken.
When a national emergency
arises said the 'anQouncement is
sued by Secretary Wainwright,
1.-The units of the reserve corps di-
visions will Immediately begin in
tensive training and be ready for ac-
ton in weeks instead of months,
without the waste. of time or money
which was necessary in the system Of
mobilization in force at the begin-
ming of the world war
Commenting on the reserve organi-
zation plan, Maj. Gen. Harbord, acting
chief of staff, said he regarded 1t as
the most significant achievement of
she War Department under the ad-
ministration of Secretary Weeks.