Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-07-18
GEN. PLUMMERT TO.
COMMANDFORCES.
AT LLAN0 GRANDE.
MAJOR l.. r. KlLBOURNE DETAILED
TO TAKE CHARGE OF INSPECTION
AND INSTRUCTION OF TROOPS.
FORT BROWN ANNOUNCES APPOINT
MEMT OF INSPECTORS s-IMsTRUC-
TORS TO VARIOUS REGIMENTS.

II was announced at General Parker :
headnuarters nj Fort Brown today that
Brig der General Edward III. Plummer,
form erly colonel of the Twenty Eighth
Infantry. has been detailed To take com
mand of the division Of state troops sta
toned at Llano Grande and Mercedes.
General Pummer left his late station at
Fort Ringgold early today by automobile
for Llano Grande TO assume his command.
Colonel Elmore +. Taggart OF the
Twenty Eigth Infantry will continue in
command of the troops at Fort Ringgoid
and vicinity
Among the announcements ut Fort
Brown was that assigning Major Lincoln
y. KiIbourne of the Twenty Sixth infantry,
- district inspector instructor, with head
qu; rtcr> at Fort Brown. Major kilbourne
a. district officer will have charge Of the
instruction, drill. inspection and other de
tail work looking to the making of real
United States soldiers ont of the state
troops now IN camp on the border. A suf-
ticicnt number OF Officers have been dc
tailed To the various regiments of state
troops to carry out ut first hand the work
of drilling and in>tructlng, which will be
followed by season Of target practice.
Major kilbourne's assignment follows his
very successful work in drilling and in
struc;ing the Texas troop, with their ar
rival on the border
The following named officers are as
signed for duty IA inspectors instructors
81 State Troops a. follows:
II Al Brownsville. Texas:
Major John T. Preston, Infantry, In
change Of instruction.
1st Virginia Infantry, lst Lieutenant c.
W. {. Whiting. 3Gth infantry.
,nd Virginia IntanirJ, Captain Harry II.
Bssell, Seth Infantry.
Iowa lniantry-Captain Charles i. Herr,
Infantry.
Iowa Infantry-lst Lieutenant Alexan
der Wilson. Seth Infantry.
Iowa Infantry-Captain Edgar L. Field
Seth Infantry.
lst illinois Cavalry Captain George
irunett. cavalry.
Squadron Virginia Cavalry Lieu
tenant 4. l.. ~ Glass, cavalry.
Battalion Virginia Field Artillery and
Battalion Iowa Field Artillery Captain
Ernest 5. Wheeler. 18th Field Artillery.
AT Mercedes and Llano Grande
Major Ions NJ. huffman, Infantry, in
.harge of instruction.
lst Indiana Infantry. Lieutenant Colo
mel John J. Toffey, Infantry
l62nd Indiana Infantry. First Lieuien-
ant Charles A. King, Goth Infantry.
l63rd Indiana Infantry, Lieutenant Col
mel Horace NJ. Hickman.
, 4th Nebraska Infantry. First Lieutenant
Jere Baxter, 2sth Infantry.
9th Nebraska Infantry, 2rd Minnesota
infantry, 1t Minnesota Infantrv-I.ien-
tenant Colonel Hugh H. McGee, MINES
'ota Infantry.
| Minnesota Infantry, North Dakota IN
ianirv. Battalion Louisiana Field Artillery
and Battalion Indiana Field Artillery
CAPTAIN Fred t. Cruise. Field Artillery.
Minnesota Field Artillery, Major Ken
meth :. Perkins.
| Squadron Iowa Cavalry. Troop Louis
ana Cavalry and Troops Oklahoma Cav
alry-First Lieutenant Frank l.. Van
horn, 5rd Cavalry.
/ A; San Beniro.
Major Fred B Shaw, 26th Infantry, in
charge of instruction.
Regiment South Dakota Infantry-Fir.t
Lieutenant q. a. MatiIe. 10Th Infantry.
Louisiana nfantry-Lieutenan Colonel
Hodges. regular.
Oklahoma lnfaniry-FirSt Lieutenant
fsa
George B Langwill, 36th infantry.
Ata Harrington:
Headquarters 1t Texas Brigade and
2nd Texas lnfaairy W. t. Merry.
iih Infantry.
1ra Texas lntantry-Fir,t Lieutenant
Harry J. Maloney. 16th Infantry.
\ General Parker also has decided 70 ,ry
out new idea of detailing Officers in the
state troops 10 service with the rc.rular
troops. one officer for each regular army
officer detailed to inspection and insfruc-
ilor. This detail will begin with second
heutenants. and continue on up the hre.
When all the second lieutenanf~ have had
u much months service with the re-
sulars, their places will taken BY first hen
tenants, aud SO on.