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BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE TWO SETTING-UP EXERCISES” IN NAVY Springing to Arms Is Not Done . - Quickly as' Going to a Fire. Under New .Law It Consists of 2,015 . Officers and Men—TaKfs Drill anci Teach - 'Men H6w' to“ - Care for Themselves. i "i'.k. The r<*( • nt mobi-iizafl«u of 'National ■ <*unr* 1 • regiment's ^Tms 4»r**'Ugui Itoriiv to. they pul'i lie ‘tjhH fact ♦•V*•>» Hinnuli J.r<»'.p> 5jg tr.-iined— a*: thyso wVre by service mt^iim .Mexi- ynir bdrdg£-q^ inbblliztftiou, order is A a r. di JI tTt 'H t f r* *m a lire alarm. • yttfr the best' of- tiuV lygimeirt-s dherr i '''euts i‘ ,r ‘>pringiug ,tb a>rfi.s overnight, the itiytr n-ajUxTfT^nfrh^ywrril TtnO mrrt Naval tuil^t>a bein, t rid h«m! <>a class';; four '“vmisichms,' - . -secondTf< -43 niusi.eians. third Class'f^oTTr'* ri jnsuoatdirn'iiinij iif^'sdhJii'i s^uirhiiiiK n rmjvya-y^LISail‘<>r* (>n•,A^ThWTratUesftfp- takTng their Col. /Chester A'- ikmllmr. \vho has .sUeee Td Ihtnfa'l Hnethuls as governor of the Canal Zone. s.t*s ami extra eommlssa daily exercise, edulpineid' !lY?f rlftA^ mutinied cl 1 - ' 25,009 dn'a Division.^ The. !nldW' together-of 51 eoinntis- • sioned othcer^nml, UHL’ enlisted men VamT^ftprrrrT• strength^’nr a total of /Tie if 11 iii, I oflieers and. me.nNfwnr strength) is a unit- problem. Men rawiot he drilled and MILITIA OF MERCY HELPS NAVY RECRUITING J-ew persons, noting- that a certain nmither. of regiments had Ueeo-.ordered out. realty knew the number of jLUttti in a regiment of- Infantry of'"the* U.nlted States army and Nattonai. (Jvmrd.. In a general way, it was ^understood that, a regiment consists of about .one thorn sutid men, commanded hr. a- colon el. ami.that an infantry regiment is eom- j'osed of foot soldiers, armed with 'iv.'tIn Tv clot bi n teving on iLoi esstry i her 4** W iry .all mi versa! sepviei •phyi whereby .11 zed j|uii kly A-1,I nations have their own rules as tile number of men to he. massed ii regi i11 en t,;J ne f he-- -ITrrf varTtii t’» •> s has varied. . l.-.-.-st summer a new ;ny< -supply - company mi nt,had -ordiratio -s- f, one i^iptaln. tnodntVd : When 'ready for duty, a •rTgTmen 1 I&44* m,,! ' 1*P 1V -- -\efgeU f 11ts,‘yi 11 ouat • -.• i,t,-1. i,4..amt mum sergeant, mounted ; *uie : f.. \ : r<\ ;; • tj. d'tiim*. It t. mie-.y-iid'eS serireann. 1 tlie. I nitwd slates army it^ is" th*e or moitntuil Z.uUtH.cuolv'. on** . gaiiizntion m<isfctin'iTi 11 v kept ifihict ofseslioer, an.yl one wag- • iply seldom -are jtortiiurs'drdere<1 I014 We-" march' order' homg' T>u r-tzgfinent t«r j<ii 1 r «Ht! 1 er s> urn 4aw—went date In , evepy r« I met it consisting of 5Td r’oiimjdssiouefl—1 >tlua‘rs and . 1 ,{lil4 i*.n- 1 -ted • inVn when at war ‘strength:! I'har law. eijnhoiMed in, the NVitionaf 1 h'telise Aefa Is of interest, as show-' ing t^at lining up gcum.s <vf„ me'u-jjlul' giving rifles and ahnininition. to them does nof make' an, effiekuit regiment of Infantry. What a Regiment Is. Thttt-tntrt .wff the - taw giving th<> eompositiom - of infantry units is,; Syc^j, tlon Sevd^nteen or the "Ac,t for making 1 farther and inure effectual’ provision for-the national defense. and for other purposes." It.reads: V "Kjich regiment ■ of infantry shall ' consist of on** coloneL_.one Jieutehant- eoloneh three majors, 15 captains, 16 first lieute^antSjJfi second lieutenants, one headquarters company, .one ma chine giln company, one Supply com pany, and 42 Infantry companies tir-’f ganlzetj Into three battalions of four -eompanles' eacTlT 5 ' —‘‘Eaeh- battalion shall consist of one~' major, one. first lieutenant, mounted one agi >a pf fit Ids discretion increase a mimpatiy of infant-rv hv. two sergeants, sixenr- * * |. -- >^J juprals - , one cook,, one. mechanic, nine ' -privates.- first class ; uiml Ml' pHratejct an infantry iniieldtie-giii) company,by two'Serge^inw Ltwp corporal's, one nie- eltanic, four privities, tirst’class; and 12 iirlvates.”,c^ crC ‘ ' ■ • - This cal£sT^ttiiif»fi^wiio are trained, not Jd trades * Ak ri gi^er,^fuT^^4<^goh train coii-" sisting-of 2lh-,4 agous is required for an Infantry regiment. This gives one for each company, one for the ma chine-gun company, three for the cone •hat wagons- (ammunition carriers)-,-! two for the headquarters company j .and* four Tor::tlie, supply e<nlipa5dr~fnf ' witlifii itself, and any.-stthdivision pf; ali infantry regiment is lacking in ysmiethi'ng. he.it only the bland that lipertsvythe■ snidier' »"'VenlTTg>'r1f detailed a way - frdm^regi mental - headquarters. In cottihat, tlm infantry regiinerit i- notOeffective ' unless Sriiyf>«uU,ing troopk *cH-operatV. The <livi-ion is The proper fighting force, ifv I s organized.'m.pit -1—t s of'nine, lafant'ry' regiihetvts, two regiments of fight field artillery, une_.. of heavy field artillery, one of cavalry, :in- engineer -corps, signal corps, tioti corps .and a supply train reserve ammupition and -.equipments Af war strength' a divfsTon lh*re would ,. A ■sr'l*v avia tentage/or men comppsitur it apd for J connqmidod’hy a imijpr gonorn| - ' t lr- \ GERMANS ON THE ROAD TO PARIS nies. Each Infantry company In hnt- tallon shall consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one sechnd lieutenant, one first sergeunt, -one ntess sergeant, one, vuptdy sergeant, six sergeants, z Tf corporals, -t\Vo cooks, two buglers, one mechanic, TP privates (first class), and .50 privates. ' • .... . “Each Infantry headquancfsl" corh- Washington.—Fairfax Harrison, gen eral chairman of the special committee on national defense of the American Railway association.;announced That a .complete plan of <o-operi\tion during the war between the nt It roads and, tixe government 'had h*s*^i detenigned upon. commanding oflicer. presenting their credentials. The commanding officer should then assign them .-to duty with the camp quartermaster, to whom they act as an assistant, and through whom ail instruct.iotis inusf he received pany shall consist of .ode captain auiumteti Treglnienta one peglmentai sergeant tna.hV timunted; •three battalion ^sergeanV—J major, mounted; one first -sergeant (drum TH»JPC) I two -color' sergeants';, one mess sergeant; one suftfriy s<*rgennt; one* stable ^sergeant; one sergeant; two cooks; one.'horseshoerq-hand leader: <»ne nssisknnt Hand leader; one s'ergeant bugler; two band sergeants; four band corporals; two musicians, Assignments to Be Permanent. His statement follows ."The assignment of the American cdtailtt ay association representatives-to stathaTS-nt the. varlou^Huylnts anil |s>sts desigTrafed should _hi character,,so that tli — “The [(reparations for’war us* imicfe Jiy the g(»veruTnent- and the railroads have been 'worked out along the fines largely developed by. Lieut- <-ol: t'haun- eey It. Hak+r of-the Qimrfernmster corps, Vito for a number bf ycaVs. has liuple 7 Vm exhaustivo study of jnilitary transportation; He has htsui In charge of transportation foi .the .qtiurtermas- fer general from. I'.hC! until UKMl and of a permanent [imper ((tfie* { r of tin* • Quartermaster ■eorp.s or \of state authorities will he* able to eomtnuni- csife with such ts'preseiiTTTtives and ar range In advance all especial' details -of ipghiliz4tfion--und of inri.veinentk to eoueentration and strategic j»oints. •‘ Shotfld it* he impractlcahle" for any reasoH fof any reprt*seifthJTvcs so efio 1 son to ciuitinue in that rapacity, their I daces should he filled’hy other apjMiint- metiTji—nnir the qujirfefmavtcrk offieg affected, as well tis tin* (dliec' of the* quiirtermaster general,' shotrid he no tified. ' ’ . ‘ ' ■ ■ * ’ ' “It is iinjMirtant tihiitv American Hail way a ssocia-fh *n •avpf'(*senf tt live i n etieh,iustance he tulvi-sed''xtf any change in tin* otfio-e of tlm department qitar- terinasie,r al tuchlllzatio.'i or eoneentra- RAISING A NEW FLAG to the present flute. “As -agreed upon h'y the* railPpads and tho-military iruthorities, repr«*seht- ati.v«?s of the Aitierieifn Railway asso ciation, from the operating,’ motive power', traffic ithd-aeeo ( unting depart ments 0/ roads designautd -hy the ^le- cial coinmittet* on national defense of i dle 'American Hailuav association will ■1 he htenTed ln thi* bfiico of the quariqr- ‘ master' general, tit each department ' hea’dquiiTter^ at m»eh* ; inoldlization (it. t.. Haris" was the Herman slogan in 1!»1 I. lien prisoners takenjn recent battles In northern Franck. a long fine of (jeruiiin THREE YEOWOMEN FOR THE NAVY AV-ERICA—ON GUARD fitmtiqu [mint and point, art eat it eyeh .strategic [loiutsyt wh’Wh troops ii')tT[»u|jd Iii orderThat such retuesen ire to he.assembled. TtTTmnTtlspeelors or, representatives will.' bu. dt*sbat >• -may Tie Required to fiici+i f n t <> pty cos deration bet-ween'* the transpdrfa- :ion n inf'tlm' in i 1 i r :i ry. sj-rviei* and as ] the' needs of'fSe sTryiee' iTfaj r Indinde. Must Be Broad-Minded. - rf);,-~fTiiIT(T:'nis' sjaVia 1 -<(itninittee niL iiidtwmii defense has nflviseiiKflm etir- riers that-ofi'a efs for the ahdvg sVvice . *• • ; '4- ^>2 /should he cfirsw'h frotn a class of tmuT u lubw il! he broad-fid n dt'd ami teiupcfa ! mentally men . of such- cliarnetCr as ; -swotthl tiike'ii firtijid view ot"frjuT , J' <v rtn ; thui in iiK(.veni(*nts bf troops Tfffd..snp- [dies. They diottld wholly dVyeSt tlndtH^ sejya’s <rf ajiy di-**ie-ifton to work- for or !r fa\(»r^f(f any particular rriinsjiortn- j tlon litie.'lmt vhodhl apply themselves < sol el v to (lie solution of, the transput*-. * r »- 44 + t + «u-qjm44te4M i fit the manner most sat j>faCloc.y--fih'the government, find itrj _uosU.-Uv4e—^ tm ciift* be mo:tt ttfFrcttvrly They are; ITS BIGGEST FLAG | I’.os toll inotfient tin JhisTiect theWord t hafCon hmTuisb'jiiided 'in moment essiptCSdn" biggest "(fit c 1 ~~ J nllS S' Tilery” to which ers ever rais-ed, their Thus, was •refZe above l’.oSky executed 'liv^jlie r[illways. I'ssigned “tit~Ttils rluty as tr-tHisj.orty- • Vi on experts -and will -tissist the quar termaster wifh-Vhotn they ur(* serving tiofiHilv In the transiiortation of trodiis'*;' hut in tif»y other matter per/alning tn-j-i fonimon'.' '.V-wotmin’s veic*'* h**- Trnh yft\P :Vttipr^riglcd~ ihitF h r,” a half-d(*zen hands struck .tip. ftp* national/ util ftcui and u chorus frotn HXM***- nr n rtf rf men. women a fid.children rolled raps^iortiltion jn which tlndr tissist ■ ^ mross the md Tfaluih an old-Tug aficeTimiy he requCST^ but into the pybHe garden and wus echoed from crowds that surged lu the. streets in,-front of the ^tatqhouserdowh TE^aont and Boylston streets and way around injto the Back Bay. It is q^tukvur can never be lowered linfH th .“The American ILallwuy .associating Tepresentallvcs —Tfistructlons tg the carriers provide — immediately ui«t^ their arrival at the mobUization. con centration or other point to which as signed, mafit report In person to the e new ope Tr nmnrp. ThrszntiotqgrnphTWhTPh hfts been w*l»*as<‘d for publication by the censor shows the raising of a new flag and the lowering of the old flag at the Charlestown (Mass.) navy j^ard. * Here irre three feminine 4 udfljiions .to I nclv^ igy?j's Tmvy women to enlist at the Newport ntrvy .^yard. '"Left to right, K.-R Hany, Miss H. N. Murray und Mi'ss J. E. Smith. All t assigned to clerical duty in th£ navy yard.' » f IW ••:*. f 1 ' ■ ' /V / • • — • r :y~ m • ' J m ff’ Jak m i 1 ^ - ^nRki^. 'hhSpm ■■evte. ^ S h .it: V wSfPy