Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-14
Vol. L..
GOVERNOR BR LIMBAUGH
REVIEWS 112ff1 IlNF,ANTR Y
Pennsylvania Chief Executive and Staff Visit Camp
cock-Complete Regiment Parades in Honor.

Colonel Richards. that was the greatest
review OF any regiment of troops | have
ever seen.
Thus exclaimed Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh, chief executive OF the state
of Pennsylvania as he jumped out of
the big touring car which had brought
shim TO Camp Hancock ad extended his
Congratulations to Colonel George c.
Richards, OF the 112th Infantry
The review of the 18th Regiment at S
O'clock last Friday afternoon came at
the conclusion of a whrlwind trip
Through the 2Sth Division, in which the
bers of his staff, with their wives, par
,ticipated. Speaking to reporters for To-
cal newspapers a few hours afterWard he
declared that the camp was the great
est tented city he had ever seen, model
in sanitation and efficient to the utmost
coionel Richards Elated.
But that the governor OF Pennsylvania
should pay such tribute to the 18th
Regiment was a fact which not only de-
lighted Colonel Richards, but pleased ey-
cry officer of the organization undoubt
eddy the review was the most largely.
attended of the many that nave 5peen
given at. Camp Hancock and estimates as
TO the number of spectators exceed l,8O0--
q large number for an army camp suSh as
this where regimental paradeS sbayonet
work and other instruction and maneu-
xers are so commonplace to the soldiers
and their friends in Augusta that they
attract little attention
But the line Of spectators was fully
hree and four deep. and company Of
mounted police was on hand to maintain
q line. Automobiles lined both the
Wrightsboro road and the space behind
that occupied by the spectators, and one
could not help feeling the pride shared
by the officers of such regiment as the
10Th as the DlatoonS of each company
swung by in perfect military formation,
eyes right as the reviewing officers were
passed, heads erect. rifles carried evenly
and each line as straight as brass rule.
$3.50 Men Pass in Review.
1t was splendid sight-more than 81
700 men and $50 officers participating.
At the present time there are 1884 men
in the regiment, but some OF these were
on detail, others on guard. fw sick
and a very small percentage of Through
So Governor Bruinbaugh saw as COM
plete a review of the whole 18th Regi-
ment sa was possible.
Several of the British officers VINO ar
rived at camp during the past week, as
well as two French officers, the latter in
the light blue uniform that attracts SO
General Logan, commanding the 56th
Brigade, his staff; Colonel Kearns of the
111th and score of other well known
officers were on hand. Brigadier Gene
raj Stiilwell. now in command of the
23th Division. with Adjutant General
Frank D. Beary, recently appoited to that
office. were with Governor and Mrs.
Brunbaugh, and were manifestly pleased.
Practically every prominent officer at
Camp Hancock was on hand for the re-
view. and at no time since the soldier
boys came South, exactly two months
ago, had they such an opportunity. from
their point of view, to see the "officers
that be-
The sun was just sinking over the
western edge of the sandy stretch of
drill field when the big automobile. bear
ing the Division red flag and carving
the honored guest. swung onto the field
and took it's position near the reviewing
place Then half dozen other automo-
Colonel Richards, hurriedly dismounting
from Buster" the famous horse erode
in border days ran over and graSped the
governors hand, holding onto the side of
the car an dspeaking to Mrs Brumbaugh
and the others as the machine took its
place
the famous 18th Regiment Band. were
the field and after; the preliminary
ceremonies the entire organization passed
in review. The boys who participated
the visitors the side lines, officers and
men alike. in fact. win not soon forget
not every day that the honor is accorded
one regiment from whole state by the
chief executive of the state-and there
was feeling that touched every. boy
that he was taking part in a momentous
occasion.
Marching Was Great.
And so it was no wonder that every
man was in step. that lines were straight. |
platoon consnanders the correct distance |
in front of each unit and everything APP
preaching that nicely thta spells perfec-
ton. Had the folks back horne wit
messed the review, seen the governor of
the state Of Pennsylvania arise and salute