Monday, Aug. 22, 1927
Army Reorganized
ARMY & NAVY
The War Department last week announced a reorganization "in order to be prepared to make the best war use of the units of the Regular Army as they exist today."
Three Infantry divisions and one Cavalry division will be maintained at the following places, ready for immediate call to active service:
First Division (Infantry), at Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
Second Division (Infantry), at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
Third Division (Infantry), at Camp Lewis, Wash.
First Cavalry Division, at Fort Bliss, Tex.
The remaining Army units, scattered over the U. S., will be organ ized into three Infantry divisions and two Cavalry divisions. The present actual strength of the Army is 119,000 men; the authorized strength is 125,000.