Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-09-18
PREPARE FOR SECOND
LOT OF 1884 MEN
viii Begin Arriving on We'd
neSday and Continue I'm
till Next Monday
By WARD MoREHoUsE.


tons are new being made at Camp Cor
don for the reception Of the 1884 Sc
iectmen from Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee that will represent the second
contingent to be ordered out for serv-
ice.
The first of the second contingent to
arrive will come in Wednesday. The last
Is expected Monday. six days later.
AS when the first contingent arrived
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick S. L,'Price
will preside at the national arrav re-
ceiving station. This time he will h4sta-
Toned in one of the big Y. VI. -
auditoriums with a gre4tly aug ed
stan. The men are expNcted to I'VE
at all hours OF the day Ind nighW ON
the first day a group of 500 is exn6cted
at midnight.
Practically all of the super-soIhiers
OF Major General Swift s@red hill dtwae
sion have been uniformed. and the csn-
Torment has settled down to a real mill
itary city.
General Swifts new headquarters are
roomy and well ventilated, and located
in little grove of spreading oak trees.
The new headquarters on the south side
OF the camp will be permanent and be-
sides the commanding general, the mem
bers of his staff, the division quarter
master, the division surgeon, the signal
officer and the ordnance officer have
established their offices there.
Physical examinations Of the new
men will begin Thursday and $50 men
will be examined every morning. There
will he no examinations in the after
moons. The new men will not be taken
TO the temporary base hospital TO be
vaccinated, but will be vaccinated and
fnoculaIed by their regimental surgeons
The base hospital is expected to open
September 20, with Major S. U. Marietta
in command, and there will be accom-
modations for 500 men.
Following are telephone numbers
numbers which were announced Mon.
day for the convenience of persons in
Atlanta: Aides to General Swift Camp
Gordon. 81; division inspector and judge
advocate SIS; chief of staff, 81; division
adjutant, IS; chief clerk and informa-
ton. SO; division surgeon, 70; division
ordnance officer, 10; division signal
officer, IL; and division quarteEFAaster,
Is.
The plans laid down for. thse<esAsn
Of the new men call for thenz Dc as
signed to whatever branch Of inn eerE9ce
thew are best fitted. Policemen wifi be
assigned to the military police. ,tferce.
telegraphers and linesmen TO the Three
Hundred and Seventh signal field bat
talon. etc.
when the men arrive they will go
through the same procedure as was the
case when the first contingent began to
come in. AS fast as they are registered
at the receiving station, questioned as
TO their qualifications and assigned to
regiments they will be taken in charge
bv an offcer OF the organization to
which they have been assigned and es-
corted to theirNn quarters.
h.. adj A.
rious organizations so as not to ex-
coed the following totals:
ASSIGNMENTS SCHEDULE.
Headquarters brigade, so men.
Three Hundred and Nineteenth field
gun battalion, $50 men.
One Hundred and Sixty-third infantry,
brigade headquarters, 10 men.
Three Hundred and Twentieth machine
gun battalion, 493 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth In
fantry, LIZA men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth in
fantry, 1,796 men.
One Hundred and Sixty-fourth brigade
headquarters, Is men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst ma
chine gun battalion, 490 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh
infantry, 1901 men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth in
fantry. 1.7Ss men.
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh field
artillery brigade headquarters, As men.
Three Hundred and Nineteenth field
artillery, 1.262 men.
Three Hundred and Twentieth field
artillery, 1,02S men.
Three Hundred and Twenty-hrst' field
artillery, 1893 men.
Three Hundred and First trench NOR
tar battalion. 147 men.
Three Hundred and Seventh engineers,
S97 men.
Military police, 272 men.
First training battalion, 500 men.
Second training battalion, 500 men.
Third training battalion, 500 men.
The tests for the officers recently
commissioned after three months Of In
tensive training in the various officers
training camps were continued Mon
day. The tests were begun Saturday
and will be concluded Tuesday.