Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-10

Infantry one regiment short of the required
quota. The remaining units are the First
commanded by Colonel Mllard u. Brown
and the Third, commanded by Colonel
George T. Kemp. The First has been as
signed to police duty, with headquarters
at Broad and Callowhil streets, while the
Third has performed similar duties, with
headquarters at Altoona Both are in the
Federal service.
Each infantry regiment comprises head
quarters, supply and machine gun COM
panies together with twelve companies of
foot soldiers. War strength demands 1900
men TO a regiment. Both Of the regiments
in the First Brigade are comprised of
Philadelphia companies.
The Second Brigade comprises the Tenth.
sixteenth and Eighteenth Infantry The
Tenth and Eighteenth are In the Federal
service, with headquarters at GreensburG
and Pittsburgh. Colonel Richard Coulter
commands the Tenth which has a splendid
record Of service in the Philippines. His
headquarters are at Greensburg. The com
panies of the regiment are stationed in
Monongahela, New Brighton, Somerset,
Connellsville, Mount Pleasant, Indiana, Al
toona, Washington, Greensburg, Waynes-
boro, Biairsville and Latrobe.
Colonel George c. Richards of oil City,
commands the sixteenth, with companies
| from Cory, Meadville, Bradford, oil City,
| Kane Franklin Erie, Ridgway, Warren,
| Kittanning Butter and Grove city. The
| Eighteenth Is commanded by Colonel Ed
ward L. Kearns, with headquarters at Pitts
| burgh His companies are all drawn from
| that city, too.
The Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Infantry
| comprises General O'Neills command Ed
ward c. Shannon. OF Columbia, is colonel
| of the Fourth, and Mis- companies are sta
! toned at Columbia, Reading, Allentown
| Hamburg. Sunbury, Pine Grove, Lebanon
! Lancaster, Easton and the Bethlehems
| Lieutenant I. Price Ewing, of this city Is
| In command Of the Sixth vice Colonel Ellis
| promoted His companies are stationed at
| Forty-frst street and Mantua avenue,
| Phoenixville, Pottstown. Sharon Hill, Ches-
| ter, Quakertown, Norristown, Doylestown
| and West Chester
| Colonel Maurice f. Finney commands the
| Eighth, with headquarters at Harrisburg
| His companies home stations are York,
| Tamaqua, Chambersburg, Harrisburg, Ma
| hanov City, Huntingdon Carlisle, Pottsvile
| Bedford and Lewistown. Colonel Ezra II.
! Ripple, Jr., commands the separate Thir-
| teenth Infantry, with headquarters at
| Scranton. His command is also in the Fed
| eral service. His companies are at Scran-
ton, East StrUudsburg, Bloomsbury and
| Moscow.
COL WOOD CAVALRY COMMANDER
Colonel John p. Wood of Wayne, COM
mands the cavalry regiment; Troop a,
Captain Arthur c, Coholan; Troop d, Cap
tain ]. William Good; Troop G. Captain
| Thomas b. Myers, and Troop L (Flrst
| Cty), Captain George G. Thayer, are all
assembled from this city Troop B, known
as Sheridan Troop Captain James F. Moore
| halls from Tyrone Troop. c, known as the
| Governors Troop, is stationed at Harris
burg Troop f, Captain Raymond b. Daven-
port, is from New Castle; Troop II, Cap
tain Charles c. (Bucl) McGovern is from
| Pittsburgh; Troop l, Captain Charles f.
Clement is from Sunbury. Captain Clement
| Is the son Of the division commander. Troop
l., Captain II. Laird Curtin, is from Belle
fonte, and Troop NJ, Captain Samuel b.
Wolfe. Is from LewisburG.
Captain William j. Sterrett, OF Pitts
burgh, commands Ambulance Company No.
/. while Captain George e. McGinnis, OF
Frankford. commands Ambulance Company
No. 2. The field hospitals are commanded
| by Major Arthur F. Schaefer, Of Pittsburgh,
and Major Elmer f, Keser Of Tacony.
No regimental commander has been Sc
| lected for the engineer unit, but the three
| companies are commanded by Captain Ray
| w. Fuller, Of Scranton; Captain James s.
Bradford, Of this city and Captain James
| Archibald, OF Pottsville. Major Frederick
| G.. Miller. OF Pittsburgh commands the field
| signal corps, with Captain James NJ Brown,
of that city, in command Of the radio COM
pany and Captain Thomas p. Rose of
| Mount Lebanon, in charge of the wire COM
| pany, comprised of telegraphers and oper-
ators for field telephones.
Major George S. Champion is in COM
mand OF the medical corps, Captain Frank
| Mueller OF the field bakery, while the veteri-
| narians are Emlen Wood, Of Wayne
George W. Grim, of Doylestown Victor
Ballou, of Cynwyd Otto c. Bardes, of
Plttston; Emory Lutes, Of Wilkes-Barre,
and Charles J. McAnulty of this city