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Show I GUARD TO INCLUDE ; TANK BATTALIONS I Secretary of War Baker has directed j that four light tank battalions be in-1 in-1 eluded in the plans for reorganization of ! J the national guard, according to announcement an-nouncement from the war department re- ' ceived recently by Major A.'R. Emery, in charge of the army recruiting station I for this district. ; i "The nnmbey of battalions is based on 1 an allowance of one battalion to each 1 corps of four divisions, " the communication communica-tion read. "Battalions are to consist of. thrpe companies of twenty-five tanks each. The strength of each battalion will be thirty-two officers and 4. "6 enlisted en-listed men. The chief of the militia bureau bu-reau w ill apportion tank units so they may be utilized to the beyt advantage in training with the infantry and so that when united the companies will iVrm ! completed battalions a t the rate of one I battalion per corps of four divisions." |