South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-29
1925 SOLDIERS
At Fl. HARRISON
Student Officers Have 0Win-
died From $500
to 3,774.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. July IS
Three thousand seven hundred and
seventy-four student officers remain
Al Fl. Benjamin Harrison out OF the
200 who entered the camp This
number probably viii be decreased
very little in the two weeks remain
inc before commissions are grant
"a and means that OF the men VINO
entered the camp three months ago
about tvo-thirds have succeeded IN
meeting the strain OF the "oiA'
FfoughIv. the student officers com
mise about one fourth Of the sol
dier population OF the fort.
The entire army strength at TT
Harrison is 1926, including regu-
lar army and reserve ottcers' can
didates for commissions and enlist
ga men Altogether there are S4s
officers at the fort. $50 OF the mum,
Ner being regular army oihcers anu
40 reserve officers OF the latter
90 are attached 20 the student ON
,.ers, training camp, 90 the quarter
masters department and the pase
t,renitaI and 400 are reserve med
icsT ofBcers in training in Maj Per
cv NJ. Ashburns medical traih'i's
camp. -
In Medical Training Camp.
7, addition 10 the officer doctors
tbere are in the medical training
ann 129 regular army officers ana
> al enlisted men. composing ~
e.1d bospital and ambulance com
,aries among which are the Flrst
indiana feld hospital and the Frank
fort ambulance company UNITS oi
tbo Indiana national guard muster
ed into federal service.
The brigade Of infantry at the
fort the 10Th. 45th and 46th regi-
,,ents and the officers and men at
.acbed 10 the post staff, including
the office force in the admihlSlra
ton building the provost marsha
and his military police ana the lAe'
number 1f6 officers and 4,lbI ehilS'-
"a r,en. Brig Gen. Edwin +. Glenn,
,.oror,andine at the fort. is included
ar,ong the 116 officers mentioned
80 The Indiana machine gun
,,r,,snv is another organization
tbat GOES ON the roster today.
Six Batteries mt Post
CT, batteries. three from Ohio, ana
three from Indiana. make up the
INN of national guard field arul-
1ery at the fort. adding SO of1cers
and r142 enlisted men, TO the post :
,oputation. The national guard ar
.,1ior, caun includes batteries OF
rrAianapoIis. G Of Lafayette ana =
Of Fl Wayne. The rest OF the y.
acers and men figuring in the post
nopulation enumeration are carrleu
at headquarters under the headih6
"casuals." and number % ofrcers
and Is enlisted men. assigned 10
snecial duty. unattached Tor the
nresent 90 any organization at Ihe
fort
The above figures account Tor the
colder strength at the fort out III
edition there are on the reserNa-
,io, abott 500 civilian employees OF
the GAYLORD Engineering < con
struction Co. and about 300 civil
i,, ernpIoves of the quartermaster
-4o-,,r+r,eut a total OF 1.3Oo' 10
,,.t,i,b number Y. NJ. G. A. workers
.,d executives. post exchange EN- p
-1,,.es telephone. railroad and IN
terurban employees Will add another
1q5. making a civilian total OF /
tq5 Add this number to the sol
der population and YOU have a 10
80 ~ about 1900 people at the
eort a city about the size Of New
castle. The difference is that New
costlo has been growing for about
10 wears ard Ft. Harrison mas
crown from a population Of SO OF
40 men 10 its present size in a 1T
tIa more than three months.