Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-14
men OF SHAFTER
SAY GOODBY AS
SOLDIERS March
Detachment From Fort Leaves
for SchofieId Barracks to
Form New 32nd Inf.

Form New 32nd Int.
With the End infantry band playing
and officers and troops of Fort Shaft
er assembled to bid them farewell, the
seven officers and 434 enlisted men
taken from the End Infantry to help
form the 32nd Infantry, marched away
from Shafter this morning for the
last time and began, the 20-mile hike to
their new headquarters at Schofield
Barracks. -.
The departure this morning was an
impressive one, end in many ways re-
sembled the start of an evolutionary
force on long march. At $50 the
equipment of the men assigned to the
32nd from Shafter was collected and
placed aboard the nine big escort
wagons, which then passed out of the
fort, making the first actual move to-
ward separation forever of the End
and 32nd regiments. .....: II:
At $3.50 this morning, in the pres
ence OF officers of the post led by the
excellent End Infantry band, the sew
en- officers and ABA enlisted men of
the 32nd taken from Shafter formed
and Desan the long march to their
new zones and barracks at Schofield.
The Bind Infantry attachments left
Fort Shafter under the command of
Capt. PAUL r. Manchester, the senior
officer of the 32rd present with the
company detachments; while 1st
Lieut.. Carl L. Cohen had charge of
the wagon trains and escort. Capt.
I dol cd in
mand Of the detachment.
The troops made a short halt for
lunch at Pearl City, which was
reached about noon, and taking up the
march about , o'clock this afternoon
were due to reach Schofield about 5
O'Clock when the organizations were to
report TO their commanding officer,
Col. BENZ. w. Atkinson, 3znd lnfan-
try, formerly lieutenant-colonel of the
End Infantry, who is already estab-
lishad in the regimental headquarters
at Schofield. -"s. ......r:.""
On reporting TO the colonel of the
32nd infantry, tie officers and detach'
ments from the And will combine with
the officers AMI detachments of troops
assigned to the new organization from
the list Infantry, and at that historic
moment, there will actually come into
existence, on the island of Oahu. one
of the new regiments created by the
national defense act of June 3, 1916.
The good wishes of all the older or
ganizations Of Oahu, especially of the
present organization of the End In
fantry, are extended to the officers
and men Of the S2nd. r..s.
The higher ranking officers of the
32nd will occupy the concrete quarters
of the 1st Infantry, while the ieuten.
ants will live in the quarters assigned
to them in the midst of the 10Th can
Torment. The companies will be
uuartsred in the barracks designated
by the commanding officer OF Scho-
field. ........
Officers taken from the LIST and End
Infantry are assigned to their respec.
tive companies in the 32nd Infantry
at Schofield Barracks as follows:
Lieut. Col Francis f.. Lacey, Jr., at
tached, to command the 3rd Battalion
during the absence OF the regular bat
TALON commander; Maj. Samuel P.
!. yon, to the LIST Battalion; Maj. Henry
E. Eames, to the End Battalion; Maj.
Rufus E. Longan to the 3rd Battalion;
Capt. Byard Sneed, supply officer and
assigned to the Supply Company; 1st
Lieut. Carl L. Cohen, battalion adju.
tant and assigned to the LIST Battalion;
1st Lieut. William A. McCulloch, bat
talon adjutant AID assigned to the Bird
Battalion; Capt Fred w. Pitts and
LIST Lieut.. John r. Baxter, to Company
A; Capt. James A. Ulio and LIST Lieut..
Hugh b. Keen, 10 Company B; Capt.
Paul r. Manchester and LIST Lieut..
Douglass T. Greene to Company c;
Capt. P. Harbolt and LIST Lieut.. James
u. PeaIe to Company d; Capt. Charles
A: Meals and LIST Lieut. Otis X, Sadt-
Ter to Company E; Capt. John B. Cor
bly, and LIST Lieut.. Howard P. Milll-
gan to Company r; Capt. Thomas H.
Loew and LIST Lieut.. Bernard P. Lamb
to Company G; Capt. Charles G. Bank
head and LIST Lieut.. Alfred Z. Saw
kins to Company H; Capt. John D.
Burnett and 1st Lieut. Carl SpatZ to
Company l.; Capt. Clyde R Abraham
and 1st Lieut.. Woodfin G. Jones to
Company K; Cart. George c. Keleher
and 1st Lieut.. Rufus s. Bratton to
Company l.; Capt. Lloyd X. Freden-
dali to Company NJ: Capt. John b.
to the Machine Gun Com
pany; 1st Lieut.. Charles B. Lyman, IN