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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1919)
v., A THH OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH , IIW. RETAIN NAMES OF ARMY CORPS WITH RECORDS General. March Announces Plan to Preserve Tradi- tions of Divisions En gaged in France. t Washington, March 29. Reten tion of the names of 14 national guard and national army divisions with brilliant war records in the per manent .Jhilitary establishment in order to preserve their traditions was announced today by General March. s t For this purpose, in the 21 divi sions proposed to be organized in the new army, 14 will receive the following designations:. Rainbow All-American. First division, Camp Pike, Ark.; Second, Camp Dodge, la.; Third, Camp Lee, Va.; Fourth, Camp Kearny, Cal.; tilth, Manama canal xone; Sixth, Honolulu;' Seventh, di vided between Philippines, Alaska ir : v j o.l a- v based on Camp Devofs; 27th, Camp Upton, N. Y.; 28th, Camp Dix, N. J ; 29th, Camp Meade. Md.; 30th, Camp ackson, S." C; 32d, Camp Custer, lich.; 33d, Camp Grant, III.; 36th, Camp Travis, Tex.; 37th, Camp vSherman, O.; 81st, Camf Taylor. Ky 82d, Camp Gordon, Ga.; 89th, , Camp Funston, Kan.; 91st; Cimp Lewis, V ash. The 42d (Rainbow) division will be the cavalry -division in the new organization. It will be organized in the Southern department and its men will be drawn trom all the 6tates, maintaining in this respect the all-American character which was obtained in the original organi zation. Five Army Corps. In each case where a division has been given the designation of a na tional guard and national army di vision, it will be recruited from the district surrounding the camp named as its base and from which the orig inal division of that designation was drawn... . General March said that the. War department was proceeding with the organization of the army on the basis of a peace strength of 509,000 men. The tactical organization will comprise five army corps of 20 in fantry divisions and one cavalry di vision. Whether this organization will become permanent, he said, de pends entirely on future legislation. Regarding the forces in Italy, while no recent advices have come to the War department. General March said indications were that preparations were being made to re move the 332d infantry from that country. In the reorganization of the army not only-the divisional designations will be retained, but also the desig nations of the bridgades, regiments, companies and other units in each division. The special insignia au thorized for each division during the war will be continued. Western Union ,Now Sends Messages to Czecho-Slovakia Cable messages in English and French in the future will be accept ed for Ccecho-Slovakia, which com prises former Austrian provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, at the rate of 12 cents a word more than the rate to London, according to the announcement of the Western Union Telegraph company yester day. It is pointed out that such messages will be subjected to cen sorship. Austrian Railroad Strike May Cut Bread Rations Copenhagen, March 29. The strike in Austria was extended on' Friday to the Northern railway and as a consequence traffic between and the outside world is almost at a standstill, according to Vienna ad vices received here. It -is said that if the holding up of food trains con tinues today, the bread ration will be reduced by one-half everywhere next week. ' NAMING OF PROBE COMMITTEE NOW SET FOR MONDAY 1 Contracts for Thousands of Houses Let as Drop In Building Material Prices Looms Here. I ; HI 4K 416418 South 16th Street Once more has announcement of the personnel of H.. O. Wilhelm's committee to consider Omaha's housing problem been postponed, "We expect to announce names of those who make up the committee by Monday," said Robert H. Man ley, commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce. "We want to make a careful se lection and see that all interests are properly represented. lhis com mittee will not be a price-fixing com mittee, but one to consider f the housinar problem for Omaha.'! he empnasizea. Many Contracts Made. Information brought out in ten tative discussions of men who will probably be included in the commit tee is that contracts for erection of between 1,100 and 1.300 houses have already been made this spring, ac cording to Mr. Maniey. "This is an optimistic fact in con ncction with the investigation be cause these figures are 30 days in ex cess of the usual number, of con' tracts let at this time of the year,' said Maniey. Scant building was done in recent years because of wartime restric tions, but the outlook in future build ing, if the price question is settled, bids fair to exceed the amount done in the past. i IN THE DIVORCE COURT Agnei I. Nelson cb&rge In m' petition for divorce filed today In diitrlct court that ber husband, Michael Louie Nelson, did not want any children. T 1 ,' , , C : : -v - - S lillHPMi ' "T-J m ii iv - ( "Dress-Up" Your Home!! Winter, yar ancTSmoky Furnaces have passed by we can start anew This will surely be the biggest clean-up, brighten-up, drape-up, furnish-up and dress-up we have ever known and worthy of the utmost enthusiasm. Orchard & Wilhelm Co., with enormously increased capacity, suggest that they can serve you and help you that no command of yours is too small and cer tainly none too large. - f ' IN MB iHTi This China Cabinet is one of the pieces in a beauti ful suite of classic design. ! 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Distributors. 313-15-17 So. 13th St. 600-602 West Second St. Omaha, Neb. - Hastings, Neb. New Cane Wing Rockers or Chairs are shown with real hand woven panels and genuine ma hogany frame. Prices 21.50, $25 J 29. $33 f $35 and up J i r MAIN FLOOR- Yes! The New Cretonne Are Here The artists just have a free hand when they de sign Cretonnes and this Spring they have, certainly made use of the opportu nity. Just frolics in color and pattern; wonderful, interesting and undoubted- ly beautiful for the home. Suitable patterns for every room and every conceivable purpose. - From, Per Yard 50c to 3.00 f J (( i;1- mini'" 'T 'Mill i n i J ' 111 . "t A 'Tale" Poster BEDROOM SUITE in Mahogany. ' - ' Dressers in Three Sizes. Particular attention is, given to the interior construction of each piece ; all drawers are full dust and mouse proofed. 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