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| MARYLAND TROOPS IN
MORTON'S DIVISION
Major General Morton Now at Annis-
ton-Ironp> To go There Next
Week

Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala,
aug. 24.-That Maryland's troops
destined for training at Camp Nc
CIellan Will move southwark early
next week was indicated by develop
ments here today. While no definite
information is available. there is no
doubt IL the minds OF Maryland Off
GERS and men that the whole Mary
iahd BHgade will be under tentage
here by the end of next week. II
became known here today that rail
road officials are at work upon n
program OF heavy troop movements
and that the Marylanders Will be
among the first to start for Alabama.
+ At midnight tonight the Eighth De
vision OF the United States Army of
| which the Maryland Brigade is a
part, became the Twenty-ninth Divi-
sion. Command of the division WI,
be taken over by Mapor General G.
u. Morton, who is due to arrive ar
| camp Mcclellan tomorrow The
Eighth Division is now commanded
| by Brlgadier General G. w Barber,
of New Jersey. There are apparent-
/ ~ Weil-iounded rumors in circuIa-
ton here that the stay of the New
Jersey troops at Camp Mcclellan
/ Will be short. 1t is understood that
the New Jersey soldiers will be or
gained INTO division by themselves
which Will be recruited up TO full
| divisional war strength If the New
Jersey troops become division they
| will undoubtedly be trained in their
own State and troops from another
! Eastern State will be, ordered 10
: a N N Aini 'I.ll
| Major f. J. Markey and Lieut.
| 'hah0lef Sprague, attached to Gen
! tfal haIther,S headquarters. figured
| in an automobile accident on the
| road from Admission to the camp this
afternoon. They We're in d car uriy-
en- by a civilian employe OF the con
structiOn Guartermaster. \ heavy
truck, loaded with lumber. and \
light wagon We're going in The oppo-
site direction. The MARYLAND officers
and the wagon had the right of way.
but the truck Steerd between them
and struck the wagon. The machine
OF The officers was not JOuched. From
the wagon child was thrown on,
ana run over, but 1T is believed TO
nave escaped serious injury. The
horse and wagon fell into a drain
age ditch about 10 feet deep.
Admission had the shock of its life
early This morning when the report
spread about that the camp was
at1re. Shri@king locomotive whistles
ana changing re bells added TO the
excitement. which Thoroughly awoke
the town until ii was discovered that
the blaze was at another camp. an
old site formerly occupied by the
National Guard OF this State The
blaze vas confined TO on dwelling
and was not serious
After a trip of inspection about /
the camp this morning General Cal |
ther, who will be in command here
until the arrival tomorrow of Gener- /
al Morton, received 4 number OF |
stan officers, mostly medical corps /,
officers, who arrived today. The dis |
tance from the main road 10 the Gen !
erals headquarters caused most OF |
them some concern and there was a |
feeling among them that the Genera, !
had gone far out into the country TO .
pitch his tents.
The time of General Morton'S ar
rival tomorrow is not known here,
but preparation of his headquarters
was rushed today. Accompanying
General Morton are a score or more
of staff officers.
After his trip of inspection this
morning General Gather was salts
fed with the progress of the work