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.'
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