The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-28
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN FLA.
NATIONAL GUARD MADE

General Orders No 81, of the Nat
iona, Guard of Florida, which nave
inst been issued, contain many an
pouncements of Importance to the
members of the organization. Among
most important matteys containeo
| in the order are the announcement
of a new regimental division OF the
state new assignment of COM
NAMES to battalions in the First
regiment, the promotion OF Col.
Hickey, the change of battalion COM
manders and the mastering In OF a
lnew company, Paragraph Z OF the
order also gives the law governing
the election of battalion command
ers.
A new company to be known as
Company C, First infantry, has been
mustered into the service at Blounts-
town. The mastering in of this COM
many brought the total number OF
companies in the First infantry up
to twelve, the required number. Fol
i, llowiny this Lieut.. Col. ]. P. Hickey,
!, command der of the regiment, was
nromcted to the rank of colonel,
Ivice Cromwell Gibbons, retired. Col.
Hickey's rank dates from November
1915. Since the retirement o.
:. lCol. Gibbons, Col. Hickey has beer
y in command of the regiment. He ma
u been in the service for over twenty
q five years, and is one of the mos
Il pop,lar officers in the guard.
y Battalion Changes
The companies of the regimen
* have been assigned to battalions q
10 follows: First battalion. companie
70 A. B, D and F, all of Jacksonville
Second battalion, company E,
e Jacksonville; company G, OF 5
nd Augustine; Company /, of Tallaha
ne see; Company Il, Of Apalachicols
d Third battalion, Company c,
Id. Blountstown; Company H, of Chi
ley; Company X, OF Defunls
nd SPRINGS: Company NJ, of Panan
Sc, City.
all Major James P. Coombs has be-
an ASSIGNED to command the Second ba
les TALON. He formerly commanded I
ID Third battalion This change a
he the addition of the extra compan
leave, a vacancy in the office OF co
rod manacr of the Third battalion. )
40. commissions have been issued to
i,es ficers of the First reeiment. In
Second regiment one officer has bt
40 honorably discharged and compa
E, located at Starke, has p'
=, mustered out of the service. In
-. officers carried on the supernun
:, ary list have also been honora
,o,+ discharged.
,nno State is Redistricted.
.,ons Paragraph 8 of the order r
rnn yides the state between the first
second regiments. This part OF
order reads as follows:
,,oo,, Pursuant to section 6S3-A OF
military code the state is DIVIDED
to regimental and battalion dist
as follows: The First reell
district shall be considered to
United brace all territory north OF
sville, boundry lines of Volusia, Put
Alachra and Levy counties.
Known territory south Of that line sha
considered to constitute the s.
Ben regiment district. The compan
hath- rariment will be assigned tf
aaress' talions with reference to their
MS VI toria, grouping, and battalio
pplica- ..,a, w;,, ho considered to en-
y 49, the points at which units OF
battalion are located and all
tieuous territory within the
or mental district; provided, no
that when organizations OF
.,oaos more battalions are located
,..n ho. post such post shall be CON
troct. to be within the district of Il
.s,dence talon having the largest nun
months units located there'