Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-31
COMPANY c IS TO.
PRECEDE REGIMENT
TO HOUSTON CAMP
OTTAWA SOLDIERS WILL TAKE
CHARGE OF QUARTERMASTER'S
SUPPLIES - LEAVE HERE A
WEEK IN ADVANCE OF REST OF
THIRD, |. N. G.

Formal notification that Company
c will embark for Houston, Texas. a
week In advance of the remainder of
the Third regiment, has been received
at local military headquarters. Cap.
tain WOODWARD 5 command has been
designated 10 take chars9 of unload.
ing and asserting quartermaster' sup
plies, a task that carries with II an
abundance OF work and exercise for
the men.
Just when the boys will be moved
notification. Late developments from
Washington indicate that the camp al
Houston is only nicely started and
that its completion will not be
brought about for another month In
which case Company G will probably
be quartered at the armory for an
other three weeks, instead of depart
ing Sunday, August ), as was first
planned for them by the war depart
ment.
Word that the first two squads, par
ticularly the first. were made up o.
giants, all of whom were above III,
six-fo0t mark i'm stockinged feet, ],
believed responsible for Company {
getting the honor of being the first o
the illustrious Third to land at Hous
ton. The message was sent out froG
the regimental headquarters
BY going in advance of the regimen
the local soldiers are insured better
travelling facilities than they would
get were the infantry modified a
some central point and then dispatcf
ed to the southwest in a body. Under
the present ARRANGEMENTS Company {
probably will have two or three spe
cial cars for its own use, where thu
men can have all the comforts o
home, with but one exception comfy
beds The government this year has
already put q ban on slcepers and al
the men will be moved to concentra
ton camps in ordinary day coaches.
Here Month.
Washington, July Illinois Nation
al Guard regiments may be kept a
their home stations for another month
before being sent to the federal en-
Campment at Houston. Texas. War De
partment officials made it known to
day that the camp may not be read,
for occupancy before that time. |
!. was the original expectation that TIL
Illinois troops could be sent Soutl
within the next week or two.
Definite arrangements for the move
ment of the Illinois contingent vii
be made by General Barry. of the cen
trail department at Chicago and Gen
eral Parker, of the southern depart
ment. The orders will be issued a
soon as Camp Logan, as the Houston
site will be known, will be completed
In the meantime there is no ind
cation that the troops will be mobi
lied at Springfield or any other cer
trail point in the state. The presen
arrangements, by which Chicago reg
ments are encamped at diifereh
places in that city and downstat
companies are in their home cite
seem likely to be continued until tn
troops are ordered to Texas. 1t
understood that General Barry has tn
authority to send all regiments
Springfield while awaiting the complt
ton of the Texas camp.
All National Guard regiments thru
out the country will be mustered int
the federal service on August ..
The numbers to be assigned the III
nois National Guard regiments unde
the new system. have not been dete
mined upon. Under this system re'
ular army regiments are to be nun
bered from to 100, National Guar
regiments from 101 to 800 and natlol
al army regiments from 301 up.
Whether the order of states in a
lotting the numbers for federalized NJ
tional Guard regiments will be arrive
at by an alphabetical, geographical
divisional arrangement has not bee
dntormined