Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
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RIO GRANDE IN
THREE TRAINS
Seventeenth Regiment Leaves
Fort Mcpherson Praising At
Ianta and Its People,


. Ftloi' ItluI mug 10 y OH MCIHeFSOH.
f The regimental equipment. includ-
Ing the hospital supplies, the wagons,
4. stock, camping equipment and com
missary and quartermaster's supplies,
was sent ahead OF the regiment in a
! special train that left Atlanta on the
! Southern Wednesday afternoon at 3
/ o'clock
! The equipment train carried 81 en-
! listed men and three officers, and was
! under the command Of Captain G, b.
stone, Jr. These soldiers comprised
/ the machine gun platoon, the regi
! mental detachment teamsters and
stable men, and the quartermasters
detachment Of % meE
Railroads Caused Delay.
The first and second trains viii be
! routed over the Southern for New
4 Orleans, via Birmingham, and from
| New Orleans viii be sent over the
! Southern Pacific to Eagle Pass The
third train viii go through Montgom
/ cry to New Orleans and thence over
! Tue same route DIS Ile Two PftCeu-
( ing il.
| Fort Mcpherson has been alive with
! the hustle and hustle of preparation
I since the official marching orders were
received week ago to-day. For two
or three days, however, the regiment
| has had its equipment in such shape
| that it could have left at a moments
notice and most of the delay has
| been on account of the inability Of the
| railroads to have the necessary trains
! ready
! The town" of Fort Mcpherson
| turned out en- masse to see the sol
diers leave Thursday, and several
| hundred people went out from Allan
ia for a last look at the mep who have
| been familiar sights on the streets of
the city for the last eight years
Soldiers We'll Liked Here.
They will be missed in Atlanta
both officers ard enlisted men. The
officers have adorned many a social
function, dancing with the grace that
seems to be the heritage of the army
officer and have CaptiVated the heart
circles.
Atlanta, both from business and
social standpoint, is sorry 10 see the
| regiment leave The officers have
made host of friends among the
! best known men in the city, and the
general good character and intei-
/ eence Of the enlisted men has given
! the regiment the name, in army cir
/ Cles, Of being the high brow regi
ment Of the service"
| Expressions of regret that they are
TO leave Atlanta. possibly never to
return. We're freely made by officers
of the Seventeenth Thursday. Nir-
tually every one declared that if given
their choice they would choose Fort
Mcpherson in preference to any other
army post in the United States,
Expect to Return.
Most OF them seemed to think the
regiment would return to Atlanta af-
ter a few months service on the boz
der, basing this belief on the fact
| that the War Department gave both
| officers and men orders to leave their
wives and personal belongings in
! Atlanta.
Major George W Martin declared
I that there is little grounds for the
| rumors that the regiment is to be
I ordered into foreign service after its
/ duties on the border are completed.
! lie expressed the belief that even the
| Secretary of War has not determined
| what disposition win be made of the
| regiment
We are all hoping that the regi-
! ment viii be sent back to Atlanta af
ter we get through patrolling the Dor
! der" said Major Martin. and the
| fact that We have been directed TO
/ Lon Csix ~
| grounds for believing that such viii
/ be the case, We have no reason to
( believe that we will be ordered into
! foreign service or to another fort
Major Martin Praises Atlanta.
Major Martin paid big tribute to
| Atlanta before he entraiued for the
| Southwest
Every man IN the regiment. |
! think Is sorry to leave Atlanta" he
1 said, although naturally they are
/ pleased that they have chance TO
go. to The front Atlanta has treated
/ us wonderfully; in fact, the manner
! IN which Atlanta treats army men
! has caused Fort Mcpherson TO become
! the favored army post of the country
| Every officer wishes to be attached
: to The Seventeenth and Fort Nc
( Phcrsou, ana ! understand that the
/ War Department is fairly swamped
/ with requests for transfers from
/ other parts of the country TO Atlanta
/ Every one OF the men, from the
4 highest officer 10 the latest recruit
/ has a big place In his heart FOR At
4 anta We an wish To be returned
] here when our duties are finished on
7 the border
Guard Of Fifty Left.
/ There are few places in the couu-
I try Wherr soldiers are shown the
/ cuurtcsles the men of this regiment
/ have received in Atlanta The hos
I pitalitN of the South is evident at an
I times In other cities. which have
army posts, army men are sometimes
considered more or less Of a nuisance,
( but in Atlanta we are all eeotistical
/ enough TO believe that the people like
us and like 10 have us In their city.
! And We like 10 be here"
Tine -four trains carried total of
$50 men and officers. leaving 80 men
az the nos, under command Of Major
L., H. Garard, as a guard The prison
ers who have few days TO serve
viii be LETT in the guardhouse until
their time expires and then probably
Will be discharged from the army.
| while those whose terms are as high
as "a Year viii be sent to the Govern
meui prison at l.edvenNorth KanS
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