The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-28
MILITARY UNITS REAssIGNED.
First and Second Tennessee Regiments
Pass Out of Existence.

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ond Tennessee infantry mas passed on
of existence, and the cavalry organiza
tons from the Volunteer State have
been converted into machine gun com
panies. The First Tennessee will Dt
changed into remnant of heavy ar
tillery, while large part of the Sec
ond Tennessee has been merged into
the present Third Tennessee battery
Such part of the Second as is MOI
needed to fill out a regulation infantry
regiment will be used in p depot brig
AIDE.
All of these changes were announc
ed by the authorities of the ehirtieth
division, which occupies Camp Sewer
and went into effect at once. The or
ganization which the First Tennessee
enters is known as the Fifty-fifth ar
| til!ery brigade of the United States,
and is composed of the First infantry,
the First Tennessee field artillery and
the First North Carolina field artil-
lery. The First Tennessee infantry
will hereafter be known as the 115th
artillery of the United tSates, while
the First Tennessee field artillery be-
comes the Hath artillery. The Third
Tennessee has been designated as the
117th infantry. The present Tennes'
see field artillery will be given light
guns, while the First Tennessee in
fantry has been called upon to man the
heavy six-inch guns of the brigade.
The machine gun company of the
First Tennessee infantry will be sepa.
rated from that regiment when it be-
comes artillery and will become part
of the machine gun organization of the
Thirtieth division. They will proba'
bly, 60 to the firing line, however, at
the same time as their comrades of the
First as it is expected that they will
be attached to the Fifty fifth artillery
brigade. Gen. George c. Galley will be
in command of the newly formed ar
tillery brigade.
The present strength of the First
Tennessee, leaving out the machine
gun company, is about $500. This
means that about 200 men will have
to be added to the regiment to fill it
out to the required artillery strength.
The officers Of the First are exceed
ingly anxious that these men be re-
cruited from Tennessee. Onl7 men
with some experience as mechanics, |
radio operators, electricians, aviators |
and balloonists will be accepted, how.
ever. Men wishing to join the First in
its new work can apply at any local
U. S. recruiting office and be enlisted.
Tennessee Treasury Receipts.
The total receipts of the state treas
Try for the month of August were ST..
1853, 47933, while the disbursements
we're $2,1O2, 543.31, leaving a balance
IN hand Sept. of $1,O59,67615
The principal disbursements for All.
,ust were: Interest school fund, $685.
1874; school fund, $722,115.14; main.
enance convicts, main prison, $685..
1866; Brushy Mountain, $2O,364S8;
gricultural extension, SCI, 536O2; state
ebt, $1,O00,000; interest state debt,
20,76793.
The largest receipts for August were Z
s follows: County trustee, $40,O73.95;
ounty court clerks, $62,916.06; insur-
nee companies, $127,776.78; state tax 9
harters, $32,6S2; interest deposits, $4,-
29.13; maintenance convicts main
rison, $23,416; Brushy Mountain, $751;. r
1857; proceeds short term notes, ST.. n
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