The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-27

TROOPS LEFT THURSDAY.
81 MIER WELL REPRESENTED
On STAFF AND FURNISHES
NUMBER OF REGIMENT
AL OFFICERS.
sumter Boys Enthusiastic for Trim
Which is Expected to BE More En-.
Joyable Than Encampment at
Chickamauga-Ofice Who Went
With Company.


With Company.
Inc Second regiment left Thursday
on a special train, running in two
sections, for Admission, Ala, where
the annual encampment will be held
this year instead of at Chickamauga.
where it has been helS\ formerly. The
men are enthusiastic Ne trip and
are expecting a big
On Thursday . e a special
train running g /Atlantic Coast
Line left Ha y Mith the COM
pany from : blace. 1t stopped
at Darlir pick up the COM
pany T - "a at Bennettsville it
also = another company. Flor
eng y Shed its quota of men as
" /stopped there and the Tim
y hle Guards were marched
abo>fd while the train was at that
busy little town. The next stop was
Sumter where the local men Joined
the other companies on the train
and the Orangeburg company also
got aboard here, being moved by
rail from Orangeburg to this place
to join the regiment here. The 9TH
er companies from Edgefeld, Co.
lumbia and Camden joined the regi-
ment at Columbia, where the regi-
ment was divided into two parts and
moved over tho Columbia, New
berry and Laurens road as far as
Clinton. Here the trains were taken
In charge by the Seaboard which car
ried the troops on TO Atlanta. From
Atlanta the men of the second regi-
ment will be taken in charge by the
Southern, which runs them on into
Admission to the encampment grounds.
The train when it left Hartsville
was under the command Of Liuet.
Col. c. b. Yeadon, but Col. c. P.
Lipscomb assumed command at Co.
lumbia when the regiment assembled
at that place. All arrangements for
transportation had been practically
completed previously and the sched-
ule for the special train on which
the Sumter company left was carried
out as arranged.
Each company is required to have
at least 3S men on the encampment.
The Sumter Light Infantry will have
AZ men from Sumter. The officers Of
the company are: Captain Geo. c.
Warren; 1st. Lieut.. p. NJ Brown;
Second Lieut.. Wayne Mellette; 1st.
Sergeant Ed Bradford Former 1st
Sergeant Il. Q. Cantey stood the of
ficers examination last week and, af-
ter a successful examination, was ap.
pointed battalion quartermaster and
commissary. He will be missed from
the company of which he has been
first sergeant for several years.
Besides the company officers and
the members of the company who
have always taken an enthusiastic
part in the encampments and dis
play Gu uluCH interest In the work on
the national guard Sumter has con,
tributed a number of the regimental
staff and line officers, furnishing sew
eral able and successful officers in
this regard The line officers from
Sumter are Lieutenant Colonel c. Is.
Ieadon and Major J. w. Bradford of
the third battalion; on the staff are
Capt. Geo. w. Hutcheson. regimental
| quartermaster in charge Of trans
portation; III. p. Moses, regimental
sergeant major; +. VI. Hall. regiment
al quartermaster sergeant.
The men expect TO have a fine time
on the encampment. Reports of the
men from other regiments who have
returned have reached them that
there will not be SO much march
| ing, as the area for the manoeuyers
Is not so extended as at Chicka-
mauga, and that the people of An
nlston and in the surrounding coun-
try treated them fine They are
much elated Il the prospects.