Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-08-17
SELECT ARMY OFFICERS
ROSTER OF OFFICERS TO COM.
MAND MISSISSIPPI SOLDIERS
DURING WAR WITH GERMANY.
escond infantry, Cavalry and Field A
tlIery Officers Await Orders to Pro
csed to Mobilization Camp With
Troopers From Magnolia State.

troopers from Maanoiid SLdtcs
The following is the roster of Off
GERS. field and company of the First
Mississippi Cavalry, now in federal
service:
First Squadron-Major John M. Hair
ston; adjutant, First Lieut.. e. A. Tan
ner.
Troop A, Capt. l.. E. Cox; Troop b
Capt. John B. Meunier; Troop G, Capt
l.. E. Rich; Troop d, Capt. j. M. Floyd
Sanitary detachment, First Lieut. F
M. Cook.
Second Squadron-Major Dennis s
Hossley; N. B. Scales, first lieutenant
and adjutant.
Troop E, Capt. L. M. White; Troor
F, Capt. w. S. Rutter; Troop G, Capt
A. L. Yates; Troop H, Capt. J. N Hol
man.
Machine Gun Troop, James Richard
son, captain.
Sanitary detachment, Capt ]. R
Plummer.
The following is the roster field
staff and company of the First Missis
sippi Field Artillery, all units In whicn
are being rapidly mustered in by fed
eral army officers:
Field officers: Col E. B. Boyd, Lieut.
Col. VIM. c. OFerrall, Capt. and Adjt
Clinton E. Dorroh; chaplain, First
Lieut.. Zeno Wall.
Headquarters Company. Capt L. l..
Hodges
Supply Company: Capt. Howard
Nicholson.
First Battalion-Major A. G. Metts,
commanding; Luther Naples, captain
and adjutant.
Battery A, Capt. Guy Mason; Battery
B, Capt Curtis T. Green; Battery C,
Capt. Harry Hulen.
Second Battalion-Major Hardin H.
Brooks; N. L. Cassibry, captain and
adjutant
Battery d, Capt. Thomas M. Curtis;
Battery E, Capt Frank G.. Anderson;
Battery F, Capt. Jubal Early Hair
ston
Sanitary detachment, G. Frank Car
roll.
Freight Rate Fight Is Up.
A large docket, composed in the
main of local cases, but containing
several of statewide interest, is being
considered by the state railroad COM
mission.
One of the most important cases in
wolves the rates ON agricultural com
modities, such as peanuts. velvet
beans, mixed feeds and others of SINH
lar nature. The commission seeks to
lower these rates. This case is of
especial interest just now because of
the large food crops that will shortly
be harvested in the state.
After the docket has been disposed
of the commission will consider the
matter of raising the assessments of
all public utility corporations to a 100
per cent basis, question that has
been up before without settlement
Corporations are willing for the
change to be made if they are assured
that it will be universal in the state.
and that it will mean a lowering of
the state tax levy, as promised by
Gov. Bilbo.
Federal Aid For State Highways.
Chief Engineer X. A. Kramer of the
Mississippi highway department, an.
nounces the next allotment of federal
aid funds appropriated to Mississippi
under the Bankhead act of congress,
will be $266,717.52, but which will not
be available until after the close of the
fiscal year. to end June 80, 1918. This
statement is made by the highway de-
partment in order that the public, and
especially that portion which is build |
ing high-grade standard roads, In diff |
ferent parts of the state, and are look
ing for federal aid, may understand |
the situation.
Rush Work on Reformatory.
Plans are proceeding rapidly for the |
building of the Mississippi industrial
training school at Columbia, in Marion |
county. The school, which will be the |
state juvenile reformatory, will have
four handsome bdick buildiigs as a nu-
cleus, and others will be added at an |
early date.
w. w. Jacobs is superintendent OF
the new institution. A large tract OF
land to be used for school farm was |
donated by the citizens of Columbia.
Commission Holds Short Session.
The railroad commission got through |
with~its August docket early and took |
a recess until Aug. 20, when special
assessment meeting will be held. Rel
ative to the several rate matters, al
though there were number of cases
scheduled dealing with different com.
modities, such as peanuts, velvet |
beans, soy beans and their by-prod-
uCts, there was no order passed in re
gard to any of these cases.