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DIKIE DIVISION: ORDERED IN
READINESS T 0 GO OVERSEAS
CAMP WHEELER, MACON, April
15.—~General French is in receipt of a
communication from the adjutant
general of the army which instructs
all commanders concerned to make
every effort to have in readiness at
once every organization ggsignated for
overseas service, and to report
promptly to the director of storage
and traffic when they are ready. The
letter is considered significant by the
Camp Wheeler soldiers and officers.
In part, it says: ‘
“In the past there has been great
delay in shipping servige of the rear,
corps and army Aroops overseas
promptly and at the time they should
gO. Many organizations have been on
pr‘lority of equipment and shipment
schedules for three months or more.
Some organizations asked for by Gen
eral Pershing last December have not
gone yet. This seems to be inexcusa
ble. General Pershing in a recent ca
blegram stated the port situation, due
{o failure to send labor, troops and
material, was becoming serious, and
that the dispatch of combat troops
in advance of service or rear troops
will not hasten the creation of a for
midable army to put against the en
emy. L
“It is ordered that just as soon as
an organization is placed on priority
schedules immediate request must be
made for the necessary number of
officers and men, and for all supplies
and equipment needed. If all requests
for personnel and supplies are not
promptly supplied, they must be fol
lowed up by telegrams. No excuse
will be accepted for unreasonable
delay.” ‘
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Machine gun instruction will take
on a wider range this week. Several
new subjects will be considered, and
the program will continue until May
18, At the conclusion a test in the
different subjects will be made by a
)xaa.rd of officers to determine the pro
ficiency of each organization and each
machine gun officer. Among the sub-‘
jects to be studied are elmentary drill,
advancing, rough ground drill, estima.
tien of distances, fire orders, machine
gun intrenchments, obtaining eleva
tion and direction, trench reliefs, night
firing and care of animals and trans-\
portation. |
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Through the leniency of General
French, Virgil Lumpkin, a private of
Company A, 122 d (Fifth Georgla) In-|
fantry, will not have to serve ten years
in the Fort Leavenworth (Kans.) |
prison. Lumpkin was convicted by a‘
court-martial of desertion and sen-!
tenced to serve ten years. Generafl
T'rench reduced the punishment to six
months. Private Claude L. Anderson,
headquarters detachment, Fifty-sixth}
Joield Artillery Brigade, is another sol
dier whose sentence was reduced by
General French. Anderson was sen
tenced to serve twelve months for ab- |
senting himself from camp wlthouti
proper leave, and the sentence was
reduced to three months.
. .
Announcement has been received
from the adjutant general of the army
that the fourth engineer officers’
training school will be established at
(‘amp Lee, Petersburg, Va., beginning
May 5, to continue for abput three
months. The Dixie Division will;
probably send 50 men to the school.
All men who successfully complete the
ti:ree months’' course and are so rec
cinmended will be carried on a list as |
¢ligible for appointment as lieutenant
¢ engineers and will be commis-‘
c¢ioned as vacancies occur, in the or
¢ r of merit determined by perform
{nee while at the training scnool,
j rovided that their service, between
¢ate of graduating dand date of oc
¢.rrence of their vacancy, has been
< tisfactory. All applications will be
i ed with division headquarters by
Aril 21,
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Here ig a complete list of officers of
t' e Dixie Division who attended the
irfantry school of arms at Fort Sill
#nd their graduation in the following
sibjects: Captain Edward C. Betts,
123 d Infantry; Major J. W. Blanding,
I’4th Infantry, general; Major O. H.
I'. Bloodworth, 121st Infantry, auto
¢ ms; Captain J. G. C. Bloodworth,
122 d Infantry, field forts; Captain H,
(. Campbell, 124th Infantry, bayonet;
I.ieutenant H. P._Ferris, 106th Signal
I:attalion, liaison; Captain James A.
I'ort, 121st Infantry, musketry; Lieu
-I{-nant Colonel Paul O. Fransen, 106th
A nmunition Train, general; Captain
A. Wright Ellis, 124th Infantry, fleld
f rt: Captain George Haines, 117th
I'ield Artillery, musketry; Lieutenant
Oliver Kemp, 124th Infantry, musket
v -+ Lieutemant C. M. Kemp, 121st
In.fantry, bayonet; Major W. H.
] sahy, 122 d Infantry, general; Lieu
t'nant H. 8. Dunn, 1224 Infantry,
glenades; Captain 8. H. Lowry, ¥24th
Infantrv. bavonet: Maijor . K. Knox,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
123 d Infantry, general; Captain Wal
ter G. Mills, 122 d Infantry, auto arms;
Lieutenant B. F. Marshall, 123 d In
fantry, Major B. K. McMorris, 117th
Field Artillery, general; Captain John
P. McEwen, 106th Ammunition Train,
field fort; Lieutenant Kugene Ober
dorfer, 122 d Infantry, auto arms;
Captain Clliff S. Price, 1234 Infantry,
grenades; Lieutenant R. T. Rives,
106th Signal Battalion, liaison; Cap
tain E. O. Sandlin, 106th Machine
Gun Battalion, machine gun; Lieu
tenant John -Sinclair, 124th Infantry,
grenades; Lieutenant J. P. Smith,
106th Supply Train, field fort; Lieu
tenant C. S. Wettersten, 122 d Infan
try, bayonet; Major W. P. Wheeler,
106th Machine Battalion, machine
gun; Captain John W. White, 124th
Infantry, one-pounder.
The following officers have gradu
ated from the school of fire at Fort
Sill: Major E. L. Anderson, Major W.
B. Hays, Captain J. H. Thompson, of
116th Field Artillery; Captain John
‘M. Fray, Colonel Bibb Graves, Lieu
tenant Colonel Abram Levy, Major
Frank McAlpin, of 117th Field Artil
lery; Major Louis H. Harper, brigade
headquarters; Colonel John G. Butler,
Majors James G. Coxetter, John R.
Fawcett and Howard M. Peek, of the
118th Field Artillery.
Mission Society t
0
Conduct the Case
The Woman's Society for (Georgla
Missions of the First Christian
Church will conduct the restaurant
in the basement of the Connally Build
ing for the next two weeks. The fol
l]owing ment was announced foriMon
day: h
Dinner—Roast veal, green peas,
new potatoes in gream, cold slaw, hot
bread and butter, ice cream and cake,
or pie, tea or coffee.
Luncheon—Southern baked ham,
candied yams, hot bread and butter,
salad, or pie, tea or coffee.
The usual hours will be observed.
The women in charge now earned an
enviable reputation for their meals
and service when they had charge of
the restaurant some time ago.
- DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
:
' MARGARET ESTES.
Margaret Estes, 1, died Sungay at the
residence of her parents, Mr.®and Mrs,
C. M. Estes, of Hapeville. The funeral
‘was held Monday at the residence, ané
the body was sent to Douglasville by
Harry G. Poole for interment.
| R. H. PLATT.
R. H. Platt, 72, died Sunday after
noon at the residence, No. 208 Cooper
street. He is survived by his wife, two
sons, L. H. and Edwin Platt, and four
daughters, Mrs. W. R. Hoyt, Mrs. B.
L. Williams, Misses Sadie and Myrtis
Platt. The funeral was held Monday
at the chapel of Harry G. Poole. Infer
ment was at Westview.
WILLIAM P, CRUSSELLE.
William P. Crusselle, 19, died Sunday
morning at a private hospital. He is
survived by his mother, Mrs. Katie
Cruselle; one brother, Richard Cruselle;
four sisters, Mrs. W. F. Pate, of Ma
con; Mrs. L. M. Wellborn, Mrs. J. M.
Johnson and Miss Frances Cruselle, of
Atlanta. Funeral services were held
Monday at the residence, No. 164 Cam
eron street. Interment was in Antioch
Cemetery, with A. C. Hemperley, of
East Point, in charge.
MISS MARY BARNES.
Miss Mary Barnes. 61, of No. 283
Peachtree street, died Sunday morning
at a private hospital. She is survived
by two sisters, Mrs. E. B. Johnston, of
Glenn Falls, N. Y., and Miss Laura
Barnes, of Atlanta, and two brothers,
W. E. Barnes, of f’ortla.nd. oOreg., and
C. W. Barnes, of Valdosta. The funeral
will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the chapel of H. M. Patter
son & Son, with the Rev. Richard Orme
Flinn officiating. Interment will be in
Westview.
WALLACE McHUGH. ¢
Wallace McHugh, 32, of East "Point,
died Sunday afternoon at a private hos
pital. The funeral was held Monday
morning at 11 o'clock at the chapel of
Harry G. Poole, followed by interment
in Crest Hill Cemetery at East Point.
JOHN A. STEVENSON.
John A. Stevenson, 64, died Sunday
afternoon at the residence, No. 5 Gil
bert street, Ormewood Park. He s
survived by his wife, three children, one
sister, Mrs. W. H. Rose; three nephews
and one niece. The funeral was held
Monday afternoon at the residence with
the Rev. R. E. Carson officiating. Pall
bearers were W. §S. Taffer, Frank
Stokes, J. L. Hudson, Marvin P. Hill
and J. C. Townley. Interment was in
Sylvester Cemetery, with Awtry &
Lowndes in charge.
MRS. H. A. KELLAM.
The funeral of Mrs. H. A. Kellam,
who died Saturday night at her home
in St. Petersburg. Fla.. was held Mon
day at the chapel of H. M. Patterson
& Son, with the Rev. A. F. Sherrill of
ficiating. Pallbearers were B. W. Bal
lard. H. B. Wey, Walter Harwell, H.
D. Bolles, C. G. Bradt and W. L. Hub
bard. Interment was in Westview. |
Jury Convicts Farmer
Of Mistreating Negro
For Driving Auto
MACON. April 15.—Growing.out
of the charges that Jack Thomas
and another negro by the name of
Turner had been whipped severely
by several white men because the
negroes were “riding around in
automobiles” in Crawford County,
Lum Harrison, a well-known
Crawford County man, was found
guilty of kidnaping by a Houston
County jury and sentenced t o
serve one year or pay a fine of
$450. Minus Hardison, indicted
jointly with Harrison, was acquit
ted.
Several months ago, it is alleged,
several whites in Crawford ob
jected to negroes riding in auto
mobiles and threatened them with
banishment if they did not stop
it. Many negroes who had pur
chased cars, it is said, disposed of
them. .
Thomas and Turner, it is said,
had just driven Lon Giles, a white
man, home in Giles’ car one Sat
urday night and were returning
on foot to their homes when at
tacked by a gang of white men.
Thomas identified Hardison and
Harrison as two of the men. The
negroes were caught in Houston
County and carried to the line in’
Crawford 'and flogged. The whites
were indicted in Houston for kid
naping and in Crawford for as
sault and battery. -
Congressmen Beginning to De
~ mand More Information About
Army in France.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 15, — The
American people through representa
tives in Congress are beginning to
demand more official information
concerning the part that American
soldiers are playing in the mightiest
battle of all ages.
Members of the House and Senate
declared today that a daily commu
nique from General Pershing, similar
in form to thit issued by Field Mar
shal Haig, commander of the British
field forces, and General Petain, the
French field commander, would meet
a growing demand for accurate news.
Typical of the constituents they
represent, these members for the most
part were willing to defer to the
‘better judgment of General Pershing
if he haed reason to suppress what
the commanders of other Allied ar
mies make public. But most of them
questioned whether he had adviséd
against the daily statement.
Following are some of the views
expressed:
Senator McKellar: “I think the
issuance of a daily communique would
be very desirable, because we ought
to keep up with what our forces are
doing.”
Senator McCumber: “It would be
a splendid thing and very advisable.
If we could get an accurate state
ment of where the American forces
are and what they are doing it would
be better than to have to leave it to
the speculation of the press.”
Representative Ferris, of Oklaho
ma: “The news that our boys are
hurrying to the aid of the Allies
stimulates interest in their every ac
tion. Every precaution that the mil
itary authorities suggest should be
carried out, but if it ig possible I be
lieve the American people would
greatly appreciate some daily official
news of what their representatives
on the fleld of honor are doing.”
.
U.B. Marshal Davis to
.
Speak Memorial Day
ALBANY, April 15.—The local
Daughters of the Confederacy are
planning to celebrate Confederate
Memorial Day with interesting exer
cists this vear. Joseph 8. Davis, of
this city, United Statrs marshal for
the Southern District of (Georgia, will
deliver the address at the Munici
pal Auditorium. Special seats will be
reserved for the Shriners of Alee
Temple, who will stage a big cere
monial here that day
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
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Indians, Japs, Hindoos and Mexi
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cans in New 22d Engineers ;
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at Montgomery. ;
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CAMP SHERIDAN, MONTGOM-.
ERY, ALA., April 15.—1 n the new
Twenty-second Engineers of the Thir
ty-seventh Division, who came from
a Texas camp, are full-blooded In-}
cians, Japanese, Hindus and Mexi
cans, besides a number of cowhoys
from the Western States. They were!
placed under quarantine, as is cus
tomary after the arrival of a new (mt-:
fit. Sharing this confinement with
them are the following Ohioans, de
tailed to assist them until they can
get organized: Second Lieutenant H.
J. Nourse, of Cleveland; Sergeant C.
H. Beutel, of Lancaster; Sergeant A..
Andrews, Corporal C. Knight, Corpo
ral H. M. Windsor, Supply Sergeant
Parks and Cook Provo, of-Clevelana,
Company E, l]‘Zth E:\gineers.
*
Many camp followers come to
!Mbntgomery, show their faces for a
;day or two and then quietly depart,
!a(‘cording to an ex-policeman of Co
|lumbus. who is now serving with the
112th Military Police under Colonel
"I‘om Crosson. To work skin games'
" on the soldiers is the purpose of these
people, he declares, but they find it is
; no easy matter, so they depart with
i out delay. |
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l The 146th Machine Gin Company,
' of Akron, will publish its own official
| newspaper, the first number of which
iwas issued this week. Corporal H.
Beebe, Carl E. Hayde and Lieutenant
Ralhp Jackson are the names appear- |
ing on the bright little sheet as com
lposing the editorial staff. It is to be
a weekly and is carrying some clever
stories of Camp Sheridan life. - “The
First Sergeant’s Whistle” is the
name.
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By command of Major General
Treat an order was issued yesterday
at Camp Sheridan which quotes a
communication from the adjutant
general of the army to the effect that
complaint has been made by the
United States Railroad Commission
|relating to improper actions of uni
formed men in Pullman cars. The
order™directs that the military police
take in charge any man reported by
the conductor of a train as having
conducted himself in an improper
manner in any way.
It was further stated that such
steps would not be necessary if the
officers of all commands impress upon
their men the neecssity of conducting
themselves so as to reflect credit upon
the uniforms they wea, taking steys
to at once quell any signs of a spirit
of rowdyism and seeing to it that men
in uniform conduct themselves as
well-disciplined soldiers should.
. . *
("oid weather following closely upon
heavy rains has made small differ
ence in mock warfare as conducted at
Camp Sheridan. Training on drili
fields and in the trenches is pursued
]just the same. Under command of
Colonel . C. Weybrecht, of Alliance,
the 146th Infantry relieved the 145th
Infantry at the provisional training,
greunds and spent last night in the
In'vn(‘hes, where the men were trained
in warfare such as is conducted in
lthn [Curopean war,
Walking to the training grounds
,rour miles from Camp Sheridan, the
men underwent all-night maneuvers.
slept in the dugouts and prepared
| their own meals. They played the
game just as they=expect to when
they face the Hun on the battlefields
of Europe.
. . .
Though the Alabama mosqguito is
rot prone to sing his songs in freezing
temperatures, health authorities at
“Camp Sheridan do not propose that
the men of the Buckeye Division
shall take any chances, so last night,
though the temperature had dropped
to 36, the men were ordered to use
their nets. The white coverings over
cots and bunks kept out any of the
brave pests that might have been
poking about the camp and thus have
precautions begun early toward pre
venting the spread of fever.
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Chaplain A. J. Funnell, of Cleveland,
145th Infantry, has returned from
Centerville, Ala., where he addressed
an audience of 800 in the interest of
the Third Liberty Loan. He was
given an enthusiastic greeting by the‘
people of the little Alabama city. |
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i Company F, 112th Engineers, inl
jcommand of Captain J. . Gilliland,
of Cleveland, spent iast night in the
trenches at the provisional training
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Funeral Service for Dead Senator
: .
Will Be Held at Residence
Monday Afternoon.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April’ 15—The
Capital today is mourning the loss
Qf one of its most conspicuous figures,
Senator William J. Stone, of Mis
souri, chairman of the Senate for
€ign relations committee. His death
yesterday afternoon caused a virtual
suspension of activities in Congress
toaay.
Funeral services will be neld at his
late lesidence in this city this after
noon, after which the body will be
taken to Jefferson City, Mo., the State
Cu[eita!, where it will lie in state.
Scores of Senators and Congress
men, as well as nearly every high
ofiicial in the sxecutive departments,
were expected to attend the Services.
The entire Missouri delegation in
Congress, with the exception of
Speaker Champ Clark, will accompa
ny the funeral train to Missouri.
Burial will take place at Senator
Stone’s old home, Nevada, Mo.
Because of Senator Stone’s long
term of service in Congress, his still
longer experience in national poli
tics and his prominence as chairman
of the important foreign relations
committee, his death caused a pro
found shock in official and political
Washington. His political enemies
forgot their antagonism to join with
his friends in sorrow over his loss.
The death of Senator Stone makes
the seventh in the Senate since the
United States entered the war. No
such number of deaths in the upper
house in such a shcrt period of time
has ever before been lecorded. Pre
ceding him in death were Senator
Husting, of Wisconsin, Senator Lane,
of Oregon; Senator Nkwlands, of Ne
vada; Senator Brady, of tdaho;
Serator Hugkes, of New Jersey, and
Senator Broussard, of Louisiana, who
died only last Friday.
By a singular coincidence all but
one of the seven Senators who have
died were Democrats., llntil succes
sors are appointed to fill the vacan
cies caused by the death of Senators
Stone and Broussard, the Democratic
majority in the Senate will be but six.
Operation of the ancient rule of
seniority will place Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, in the
chairmanship of the foreign relations
committee, perhaps the most prized
position in the Senate, particularly in
the present crisis of world affairs.
Senator Hitchock, an Omaha news
paper man, previously acted as chair
man of the committee when Senator
Stone declined to take charge of the
resolution declaring war against Ger
many last April.
Among those prominently men
tioned to succeed Senator Stone from
Missouri today were ex-Governor Jo
‘seph W. Folk, former chief counsel
for the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and David R. Franeis, pres
ent Ambassador to Russia. Under
the. laws of Missouri the successor
will be appointed by the Governor to
fill the vacancy until the next regular
election. Speaker Clark's name also
was suggested, but it is understood
Mr. Clark prefers to remain in his im
portant position in the House.
ground, acting as a unit with the
146th Infantry.
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Lieutenant Colonel George P.
Greenhalgh, of Toledo, 135th Field
Artillery, has offered a prize of $lO for
the best horsed section of the regi
nent. The regiment is made up most
ly of men from Cleveland and Toledo
and a friendly contest has sprung up
as to who will win the prize.
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Sergeant Davis H, Jones and Pri
vate Frank Hoover, of Company D
135th Machine Gun Battalion, of
Youngstown, have gone to Kast Liv
erpool, ()lfiu, after two alleged de
certers from thair company. The pris
oners will be brought back to stand
trial before a general court-martial.
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Five hundred cases of grip have
been repcrted in the Buckeye Divi
sion, due to the changeabie weather
of the past few days. Some of the
men were sent to the base hospital,
though most of them are confined to
suarters, None of the cases are of a
serious ntaure.
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The 136th Field Artillery, in com
mand of Colonel Mitchell, of Cincin
nati, has been without guns since
coming to Camp Sheridan, and were
much pleased yesterday when four
heavy field pieces arrived for them.
Several months ago this commani
changed from a light artillery to a
heavy artillery regiment. It was als)
motorized, but as yet the tractors
which will pull the big guns have not
come.
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1518.
Young Atlantan Tells
Of Experie ’
periences While
OnFrenchFiring Li
g Line
Actual contact with the Huns ir
No Man's Land is described in the
letter of Corporal Judson Travis
Douglas, » former Atlanta boy, with
the expeditionary force in France, to
hig mother in Atlanta. Young Travis
is the nephew of Dr. Sheppard W.
Foster, president of the Atlanta-
Southern Deantal College. One of his
adventures was as follows:
Two boys and myself were on
~ bost in the night. The big balls
began to hit all around us, and at
the same time they gave us a lit
tle gas. We fell back to the dug
out and as soon as the big guns
began to let up a little bit we beat
it back to our post. As I stepped
up on the firing step, there was a
big boche making his way in the
trenches. 1 started over the top
after him. I still had my gas
mask on,
Just as son as he saw me, he
fell to the ground and rolled be
hind some dirt. About that time
1 had opened up on him.
This is the first time I have had
time to write to you in some
time. I am writing you as much
as 1 can at present. The big balls
are hitting all around me, just a
steady roar, but as long as 1 have
a good mama praying for me ev
ery day, 1 know the good Lord
will carry me through.
Young Douglas is only 18§ years old.
He enlisted in the Albama National
Guard when the troubie broke out on
the Mexican border two years ago,
running away\Nrom school to do so.
.
Site for New School
ill Be Di
Will Be Discussed
Clitizens of the Ninth Ward are to
meet at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at the
Moreland Avenue School to discugs a
site for the new building to be erected
in that vicinity. Major R, J. Guinn,
president of the school board, will at:
tend the meeting.
¥he Parent-Teacher Association of
the Moreland 4, Avenue School held a
meeting last Monday and appointed a
committee to ascertain the purchase
price of suitable sites for the school.
This committee will report Tuesday
night. Parents or guardians of all chil.
dren attending the school are urged to
be at the meeting.
.
Sheriff Holds Man
)
For Negro's Murder
JESUP, April 15.—Sheriff 1. W. Rog
ers is in receipt of a telegram from the
Sheriff of Dodge County that he has
under arrest and in ?ufl a man by the
name of Freeman Roland, charged with
the murder of Gabe McCullough, a
negro, on a Southern train here on the
night of October 10, 1917. The arrest
was made as the result of a warrant
sworn out by Sheriff Rogers.
ARMY ORDERS
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Promo
tions of the following officers of the
National Guard are announced:
To be captains: First Lieutenants
Walter J. Tennent, Robert G. Sug
den.
To be first lieutenants: Second
Lieutenants Arnett P. Talley, James
McMenamin, Milton Herman, Dustin
W. Armstrong, Joseph J. Mascuch,
Gerald G. McGrath, to Twenty-ninth
Division, Camp McClellan, for duty.
Major Hugh J. B. McEllgin, Coast
Artilery Corps, ig detailed as a mem
ber of the board appointed to meet
at Charleston, 8. C., Fort Totten, N.
Y., and Boston, Mass., for the purpose
of locating aero coast defense squad
ron sites and balloon coast defense
company sites in the South Atlantic
Coast Artillery District, the Middle
Atlantic Coast Artillery District and
the North Atlantic Coast Artillery
District, respectively.
To Camp Wheeler, Ga., and report
in person to the commanding general
of that camp for duty in the base
hospital: Captain Charles J. Woods,
First Lieutenant Raleigh L. Davis.
First Lieutenant James F. Gille
land, Quartermaster Corps, National
Army, ig assigned to Bakery Com
pany No. 358, Camp Gordon, and will
report to the commanding officer of
that company for duty.
Resgignations of the following offi
cers of the National Guard are an
nounced: First Lieutenant Barney
B. Neal, 1324 Infantry, Captain Ja
cob A. Fleischer, 109th Field Artil
lery; Captain Harry L. Probst, 107th
Field Artillery; Captain John S.
Purucker, 107th Field Artillery;
First Lieutenant Peter J. McGurk,
107th Field Artiliery.
Appointment of Major Thomas W.
Ruth, National Guard, as major in
the Ordnance Reserve Corps, is an
nounced, to duty with the ordnance
training camp at Camp Hancock.
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Camp Gordon Officials Are Pre—!
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By G. K. RUTLEDGE.
CAMP GORDON, April 15.—Inabil- l
ity to read and write the English lan- |
guage likely will be a characteristic
of the selectmen who will begin ]mlll‘-:
ing into this camp within the m‘.\:ig
few days from Tennessee, Alabama '
and Georgia, so plans are being made
for schools in which the men can Iv:u‘n‘
the “Three R's” Officers here say
that while the illiteracy of selectmen
from the Southern States is a h:lndi—l
cap on their career as soldiers, it does
not prevent straight shooting, quick
hayonet work and other essentials of
sood fighting.
Selectmen from the Southern States
have demonstrated their efficiency
with the rifle on the range and the
long boys from the mountains are ex.
' pected to demonstrate again that they
can march as fast and as far, dig in
as rapidly and hang on astenaciously
as the super-educated Sammy. ‘
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to help bring it to a victorious con
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Our Allies are bound by the same
obligation!
We owe it to the sacred memory
of the millions who have died on the
battlefields of France!
The rights of oppressed humanity
demand it!
The happiness of future generations
depends upon it!
' Prussianism must perish that free
dom may live!
Victory is cheap at any cost!
Defeat 1s dear at any price!
Liberty Bonds Will
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