Milford chronicle., 1922-03-31
RESERVES FOR
DELAWARE SOON
MAJOR CHARLES l. WILLIAMS, COAST
ARTILLERY, HERE TO ESTABLISH
new MILITARY ARMY.
ELEVEN COMPANIESIN STATE
COMPOSED OF A OFFICERS AND 100 EN-
LISTED men EACH AND WITH Line
OFFICERS WILL TOTAL 1868.
Attention, Reservists!

ALl6ullOuS nSSSINlSlSs
Major Charles L. Williams, Coast
Artillery Corps, U. S. A, is in Will
mington to organize the personnel of
officers who will command the reserve
branch of the nations military system
in Delaware.
ultimately, as planned by the War
Department, there will be eleven COM
panies of Reserves in the State, all of
the Coast Artillery Corps. These COM
panies will be composed of four Off
GERS and 109 enlisted men each. With
the line officers, these will form an
aggregate force of Ga officers and 1899
men, or a grand total of 1868.
The companies will be designated
and located as follows:
721st Company, Laurel.
722nd Company, Georgetown.
72Srd Company, Lewes.
724th Company, Milford.
725th, 726th and 727th Companies,
Wilmington.
72Sth Company, New Castle.
729th Company, Newark.
730th Company, Dover.
731st Company, Harrington.
For the present he is making his
personal headquarters at Fort Du-
Pont, committing daily to Wilmington.
Speaking of his work, Major Will
liams said he desired to emphasize
that the reserve force would in no
way conflict with the National Guard
of the State. In fact, the reserve force
will cooperate with the guard, and
also with the regular army. AS the
National Guard is comprised of anti
fne NnTtnf faNa
reality part of coast defense, the ar
tillery companies of the reserves will
be closely allied with it.
It is the expectation of the War De-
partment that the Organized Reserves
of the various States will play a
highly important role in the event of
an actual emergency" by which is
meant another war. DelaWare's geo.
graphic location, with the Delaware
River forming large portion of its
boundaries, the duties which will de-
Velve upon both the National Guard |
and the Organized Reserves will be |
especially valuable.
The eleven companies which are to
be organized will be purely reserVist.
It is Major Williams object at pres
ent to get into touch with as many
Reserve officers as possible of the in
fantry, quartermaster's corps, ord
nance and signal corps with the eX-
pectation that they will consider
transfers to the Coast Artillery corps
and may thereby serve in their home
State companies. All Reserve officers
in Delaware, therefore, are asked by
Major Williams to communicate with
him by letter or telephone at the office
Of the City Auditor, in Wilmington.
There doubtless are many "R. o. T.
c." men in Delaware also, Major Will
liams believes, who are not holding
commissions, but who are in
Lerested in coast artillery organiza-
tons. These men also should COM
with him, as should all men,
le says, who are in any way interest
I'd, or have friends and acquaintanceS
Who are interested in coast artillery
work.
The line officers of the Organized I
Reserve in Delaware will comprise
)ne colonel, one lieutenant-colOnel
md three majors. There also will be
sixteen captains and forty-three lieu
enants.
A feature of the organization of the !
l6S6fFS III O6ldWdIS Will DS oil OH
,ers' training camp. This will be held Z
rom July 18 to August 1 next at Fort i
hancock, Sandy Hook, N. Y, and will +
,e open to such officers who qualify I
or the new service. 2
AS for home training, Delaware is /
of three fOrts-Du Pont, i
Delaware and Saulsbury-which will
ford opportunity for practice work
nd instruction under regular army
Ulcers. Forts Du Pont and Delaware
lajor Williams pointed out are famil-
ar to Wilmingtonians. It is not gen :
rally known, however, he added that q
'ort Salisbury, however, which lies i
tx miles east of Milford, is armed II
nth four modern 12-inch long range r
ifles, and constitutes the outermost +,
efensa Of the ne1aware River ~