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HANCOCK TO BE VAST
TRAINING SCHOOL
Thousands of Officers to Be
Stationed Here
Ordnance Training School,
Machine Gun and Automatic
Rifle School. Modeled After
Fort Sill.
Camp Hancock is destined to be
come one of the greatest training cen
ters in the country. Between 50,000 and
60,000 soldiers will be trained in
schools that are to be established
here.
The following schools will shortly
be in operation with full quotas of
students: Officers’ Training School,
Ordnance Training School, Machine
Gun School, and Automatic Rifle
School.
By far the most important school
will be the Officers’ Training School.
It will not be. to train men for officers’
commissions, but to give commissioned
officers the finishing touches which
will enable them to do special duty.
The school will be in the nature of the
Officers' Training School at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where nuinbers of Camp
Hancock .officer;* have been train
ed during the past several months.
The Camp Hancock school, so
far as can be learned, will special
ize in machine gun and automatic in
struction.
Just how many officers will be sent
here for instruction is not known, but
it is understood that practicallj' all
junior officers in camps and posts
east of the Mississippi will be sent here
for a finishing course. Junior officers
include secund lieutenants, first lieu
tenants and captains. Already the of
ficers have begun to arrive, and will
continue to do so for an indefinite per
iod. They are occupying unused sec
tions of the camp.
Ordnance men, for the Ordnance
Training School, are also arriving
daily. Fully 8,000 are already en
camped at Camp Hancock, represent
ing camps in many sections of the
country, princially Camp Meade, Camp
Downs and Camp Jackson.
When the ordinance training camp
gets into full swing fully 30,000 ord
nance troops are expected to be en
camped here. Already the black and
red hat cord is becoming prominent
among the cords which predominate
among the Twenty-eighth Division,
namely: The blue of the infantry, the
red of the artillery, and the red and
white of the engineers.
The men at the ordnance training
camp are to be trained in the latest
and most up to date ordnance which
is being supplied or is to be supplied
to the American forces. An example
of this is seen in the arrival of several
of the new Browning Automatic rifles.
The rifle, which is me fastest in the
world, is a recent invention, and is ex
pected to do much toward making the
world safe for democracy. The use of
these rifles will also be a part of the
special training which the Officers’
Training School-will undertake.
SIGNS WOMAN SPY BILL
Washington, D.“ C.—President Wilson
has signed the bill extending provisions of
the espionage act to women and requir
ing registration of women enemy aliens.
” iibertylay
ON APRIL 26TH
Washington, D. C.—‘Liberty Day”—
Friday. April 26—will be observed
throughout the land under a presidential
proclamation. On that occasion, patri
otic demonstrations will occur in every
community and by that time, it is hoped
the third Liberty Loan will have swelled
to well beyond the $2,000,000,000 mark.
The president’s, proclamation calls upon
the nation to “assemble in their respec
tive communities” and liberally pledge
anew their financial support to “sustain
the nation’s cause."
“Let the nation’s response express in
unmistakable terms the determination of
America to fight for peace, the perma
nent peace of justice,'’ it added.
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BTG. G-EN. WILLIAM WtTGEL.
BRIG. GEN. WEIGEL
COMMANDS HANCOCK
Commander During Absence of
Major General Muir. Has Had
Long Military Career.
Brigadier-General William Weigel,
commander of the Fifty-Sixth Infantry
Brigadier, yesterday assumed command
of the Twenty-Eighth Division. He is in
command of the division during the ab
sence of Major-General Charles H. Muir
who is away on official business.
General Weigel is only a recent ar
rival at Catnp Hancock, having come
here about a month ago from Camp
Devins, Ayer, Mass. He was detailed to
Camp Hancock from that place and was
assigned to the command of the Fifty-
Sixth Infantry Brigade, which is made
up of the 111th Infantry, of Pittsburg,
and the H2th Infantry, with headquar
ters in Oil City.
As he is a Regular Army officer, he
assumed the command of the division
over Brigadier-General Wiiiiam G. Price,
Jr., commander of the Fifty-Third Ar
tillery who was temporarily in
command during the absence of Major
General Charles M. Clement. General
Muirs predecessor. General Weigel and
General Price are the only remaining gen
erals at Camp Hancick, inasmuch as no
commander has been named.for the Fifty-
Fifth Infantry Brigade.
This is not the first occasion on which
General Weigel has been in command of
an army division. He was prior to his
coming to, Camp Hancock in command
of the division at Camp Devins for a
period of three months during which time
the divisional commander was in France
During the period in which General
Weigel is at division headquarters. Col.
George C. Rickards, commander of the
112th Infantry, will be in command o f
the Fifthy-Sixth Infantry Brigade, of
which his regiment is a part. Colonel
Rickards is the ranking colonel of the
brigade, and has only recently returned
to Camp Hancock from his home in Oil
City, where he went on leave of absence
following the completion of a three
months’ course at |he officers' training
APRIL 24, 1918.
To Boost Third Liberty Loan
Drive
Southern Memorial Day Parade
Will Symbolize Union of the
States in Great Fight For
Democracy
One of the biggest Memorial Day
celebrations ever staged in Augusta
will be that of Friday when the troops
at Camp Hancock, primarily Pennsyl
vanians composing the Twenty-eighth
Division of the United States Army,
will parade through the streets of Au
gusta as an escort to the veterans of
the Confederacy, and at the same
time to stimulate interest in the Third
Liberty Loan Campaign which is now
being waged with full vigor.
Thousands of soldiers will parade,
the exact number is not known Just at
present, as final plans have not been
made. It is certain, however, that the
entire Twenty-eighth Division will
not take part.
The units which are certain to ap
pear in the parade, according to an
nouncements made yesterday from di
vision headquarters are: The Fifty-
Third Artillery Brigade; the 103rd
Engineers, the 103rd Field Signal Bat
talion, the 103rd Military Police, and
otoher units. It is possible that the
horsees from the remount station will
take part, although as yet the step
has not been determined upon. These
horses are carefully picked, and rep
resent. one of the prettiest collections
of horseflesh ever assembled, Should
HISTONE MEN WILL MJBCH
WITH OK OF CONFEOEBICI
’HAVERSACK THEATER
WILL PUT ON SHOW
.Vaudeville Olio and Min-
streletta Planned
Portable Theater to Furnish
Amusement Free to Soldiers.
First Show to Raise Funds for
Needed Equipment.
According to Lieut. E. L. Rafferty of
the 111th Infantry, who has charge of
the Haversack Theater, when chief of
j staff, Col. Edward L. King, and Col.
| Fuqua came to inspect Col. King’s com
' ment was. “Well, why don’t you put on a
! show?” Inasmuch as the portable or
haversack theater has been constructed
, for overseas use and the company of
actors is not yet fully organized for put
ting on a performance, the suggestion
took Lieut. Rafferty a little by surprise,
: but not to be outdone the lieutenant, who
is thoroughly experienced in stage mat
ters, has determined that a show must
, bo staged to demonstrate the use of the
portable equipment.
Col. King’s comment, carried with it the
suggestion that the first performance be
given for raising funds necessary to pur
chase needed wardrobe and makeup ma
terial. The idea of this theater is to fur
nish clean amusement free of cost to the
I men over-seas, and after the first show,
' no charge will be made for performances.
4,The charge to be made in the first slvow
i will be a nominal one and all proceds
i will be used for equipment.
Owing to the strenuous military de-
I mands, the soldier actors have not a great
deal of time to devote to this enterprise,
but every spare moment they have is be
ing industriously applied to rehearsals,
and something good is promised. The per
formance will be in the nature of a vau
deville bill, beginning with an olio of dif
ferent acts, and finishing with an after
piece by the entire caste. This closing
piece will be a. minstreletta with Gilbert
and Sullivanesque musical effects. Every
one taking part in this performance will
ibe a talented actor who has had proses
. sional stage experience, so that when the
‘ show is announced the army public can
I know for a fact that a real first class
I performance will greet them on the
boards. Watch the date.
BUILDING 232.
The men of the Keystone Division
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they take part in the parade it will be
their first public appearance.
It has not been definitely decided as
yet whether General Weigel, division
commander, will have charge of the
division troops or whether the duty
will devolve upon Brigadier General
William G. Price, Jr., commander of
the Artillery Brigade.
The announcement that the Camp
Hancock troops will take part in the
parade has been received with acclaim
by the Confederate Veterans of Au
gusta, for marching beside the sons of
the men they fought against on the
battlefields of Manassas and Gettys
burg, will clearly symbolize the union
of the states in the fight for world
democracy.
Primarily in commemoration of
Memorial Dav. the parade will also
Incorporate a boost for the Third Lib
erty Loan.
London.—The flow of recruits from the
mil Ing district of Wales to Cardiff is so
great that in an effort to relieve the con
gestion at the receiving depot a general
appeal has been made for persons to as
sist the recruiting officers. President
Callaghan of the Cardiff chamber of com
merce at the coal and shipping exchange
there recently called for volunteers to
assist in the work. He said the recruit
ing officers were virtually “snow under”
and were working all day and until late
at night without being able to deal with
all the men who had come forward.
ARMY TANK CORPS
Washington, D. C. —Organization of the
national army tank corps was ordered
accelerated by thewar department. An
nouncement was made of the appoint
ment of 167 set-ond lieutenants for the
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