Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-02
'eTH DIVISION. RESERVES. IS
 RELOCATED TO STATES TOWNS


 RELOCATED TO STATES TOWNS
 War department plans for the alloca- tion of individual units of the 7sth di- vision, oreanized reserves, to their home towns and counties in this state, show that New London is to have the head | quarters of the 151st brigade of field ar tillery, consisting of two regiments of | 75 nilimetre guns, and also the 354th | balloon company. These plans completed | Dy the board of location and designation have been forwarde dthrough the First | corps area headquarters in Boston, car ryin sthe approval of that headquarters. l and are now before the militia bureau of the war department for final approval For several months Lieut. Col. D. T. E. | Casteel, assistant chief of staff of the new division, has been on duty at Hart ford. gradually developing the plans for | the reorga1ization and working as a member of the board of location and
 designation, of which Col. Edwin E. Lamb and Maj. Lucius B. Barbour are
 the other m~ss oers who evolved the pres
 ent scheme of allocation. It is planned along the line of distribution of popula-
 tion, so as to furnish as far as possible
 an equitable percentage of reservists in each regimental area.
 All divisional and brigade headouar-
 ters detachments were centered in Hart ford to proivde close communication with the actual headquarters in the state
 armory. The S73d infantry of theA151st
 brigade will have headquarters in New
 Haven armory and will be recruited from
 New London, Middlesex and part of New
 Haven counties The 374h infantry of
 the same brigade will have headquarters
 in Bridgeport and will be recruited from
 Fairfield county and the towns of Mil | ford and Orange in New Haven county In part of Hartford county, with all of Holland and Windham counties, the 3o4th l infantry will be organized and it will have its Headquarters in Hartford. The 3 3S5th infantry will be taken from Litch-
 field and part of New Haven and Hart f ford counties and its headquarters will 3 be established in Waterbury
 q ] In this way an equitable distribution t was made and the desire of the war de-
 partmsut to have r~irental headquar- a ters in large centers was met
 [ The 355th field artillery of the 151st s brigade will be recruited from the state h at large, and the other regiment will be q formed in Rhode Island. The So1st am f munition train, attached to this brigade s will also be recruited at large
 Troops for the various branches of tho !. air service will come mostly from New Haven and Fairfield counties, with head = quarters in Pew Haven. The divisiona o air service will be in New Haven, as vii
 be the First army corps, observation if squadron. No. s52. General. headquar d ters reserves, planned to work directl,
 under G. H. e., provided with severa ,e balloon units from this state all but on II of which come from New Haven an, 1l Fairfield counties, and the headaua rter ,e Of each unit will probably be in Ney
 Haven. These units are the First bal n loon wing headquarters. 61st balloo n group Headquarters, 353d balloon com f. pany and the 5lst balloon park.
 T New Haven will have the headquarter 1' of the 301st medical regiment, which 1y to be recruited from the state at larg, ,i. The divisional signal company will als r be located in New Haven. rganizator !, at large with no des gnated headquarte, ,u are the divisional train, quartermastt n corps, divisional military police compan ,r divisional tank company. motorcyc ,e. company No. sol and an ordnance mair
 tenance company. The divisional uni de without numbers noted are known
 the numeral designation 7s.
 :, The .3Slst ordnance maintenance con ,r pany and the 621st ordnance ammunitic n cempany-both for duty with the Four ~ Held army-will be recruited in the sta ll at large.
 - Reserve members of the Coast Art ,a lery corps for duty with the coast d lenses will be recruited from Fairfie, Ia New Haven, Middlesex and New Lond ,a+ counties. In New London and New H yia ven the troops for the 47Oth phot ,n graphic section will be recruited ,,gg Because of the avowed intention of f "a war department to allocate formerly us numbers only to the states from whi the men of the former unit came. f 10- 18th division receives only one of it's c +oa numerical designations for infantry uni @ ,', This is the 304th infantry, which W VII known as Connecdcuts Own of the C
 18th division. The other units go to f
 other New England states who furnish
 them in hte world war The numbe CE 373, 574 and 3S5 have been substitut, cen This same thing is true of the field ; ert tillery regiment and the number 355 ,et- substituted for the normal number , lJ, or 302 b1v Officers are being listed for service sri- these units and with the final confirm
 ton of the allocation tables by the W o+ department the work of recruiting nm necessary enlisted men will start inn . diately. Organizations will function in far as their headquarters are concerr inc and unit commanders will be char, . with keeping the necessary touch " ant the enlisted mea,