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PI.k:PAnE ARMS
Plan TO Organize Reserve Of
-. Army Forces.
NO EXPENDITURES AS YET
Provide For 27 Infantry Divisions and
Preserve 76 Wartime National Army
Bodies.

Provide For 27 Infantry Divisions and
Preserve 76 Wartime National Army
Bodies.
Washington, Sept 2S.-Comprehen-
siyl nlans for creation of the organic
cd reserve of the army on basis that
will permit quick mobilization of more
than 100000 fighting men, have been
prepared by the general staff.
An outline of the preliminary steps
now in progress was made public by
Acting Secretary Wainwright.
The scheme, which was developed
under authority of congress, conteni-
plates virtually no expenditures in its
present stages, yet i'll the opinion OF
Major General Hartford, acting chief
of staff. would furnish the framework
for mobilization of the nation in arms
in Il matter of weeks instead of
months.
Twenty-SeVen infantry divisions of
the reserve are provided for, number
inc from the 18th To the l04th, thus
preserving both in number and the
geographical location where each orig
inaird. the sixteen wartime national
ARMY divisions. The same territorial
dist rihul :un u$ Ia armies and army
corps areas is followed as i'll the reg
ular army organization, and the pres
eat structure of the national guard.
Th;, result viii be 10 establish the
three arms of the national land de-
fcl:se forces on an identical basis, with
central decentraliZrd from Washington
for all three. into the hands of The
corps area commanders.
The first step in perfecting the OF
waniZed reserve will he to assign from
the present officers reserve corps to the
tNpnty-Seren reserve divisions, the full
war strength complement Of officers,
in all more than 10000. II is expect
cd this can he completed by July |,
wien creation uf the non-commiSSion
enlisted personnel. involving he sele"-
/ on of many thousands of men and
Their assignment to regiments, will he
undertaken. Detailed plans in that
IT gard have not been considered. Allo-
cation Of the reserve divisions by ar
my corps, area and states from which
their personnel will he drawn is as
follows:
First Corps lBoSton)-16th division,
Massachusetts: 9th, Connecticut and
Rhode Island; 9th, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Maine.
Second Corps New York fifth,
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
9M!h 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 ALLEGATIONS
Fourth Corps ATLANTA )-S1st di-
vision, Tennessee and North Carolina ;;
SD division, Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida; S7th division, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama.
Fifth Corps (Indianapolis) SD,
Ohio: S4th, Indiana; Tooth, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Sixth Corps (Chicago) -S5th, Michi-
gan! Seth, Illinois: l01st, Wisconsin.
Third army area-Seventh Corps
Coma ab-SSth, North Dakota, Min
nesota and Iowa; S9th, South Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas: 1920, Arkan-
saS and Missouri.
Eighth Corps (San Antonio) -90th,
Texas: Goth, Oklahoma; 103d, Arizo-
na New Mexico and Colorado
Ninth Corps (San Francisco)-91st,
california; 96th, Washington and Ore
con: 104th, Nevada, Utah. Idaho, Mon
iana and Wyoming.
1t was pointed out that the organ
Zed reserve can be employed only by
specific stct of congress. At present
here is no thought that the divisions
ever will be called out except in ma
fi"nal emergency, and the plans were
prepared only to prevent delays and
huge emergency expenditures in mo-
DliZin% for the great war.