Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-16
JERSEY. WAR UNITS
RIPPED TO SHREDS
In Reorganization of Regi-
ments at Camp Mcclellan
Associations Are Broken
HIGH COMMAND CHANGED

CAMP MCCLELLAN. Admission Ala. oct.
l5 - New Jerseys military organizations
nave been scattered to the four winds of
the military world. Old titles have gone
a-tunbling. Associations that took many
years i'm the making have been broLen nv
the mere signing of a military order. over
in the depot brigade. to which go the off,
GERS and men not included in the new Or
ganizations in the Blue and GRAY Division.
are many of the States most prominent
officers and some of her best enlisted men.
There are officers and men from Delaware.
too who are in the same boat the only
regiment from that state having also fig.
ured in the general reorganization of the
FittE-SeVenth Infantry Brigade, commanded
by Brlgadier General Charles w. Barber.
The most important assignments in the
new brigade organization were given TO
North Jersey officers Three Of the five
colonels in the division are over in the de-
pot brigade waiting for something to do
Three of the lieutenant colonels are with
them. A handful Of ma jors and a big fam
lily OF captains are there. too. Their as.
sGnments TO the depot brigade are by no
means permanent as there are other units
to be formed here. Out of the officers and
men there must be organized a number Of
trains and other units but for the most part
places will be wanting for a number Of the
best known officers in the State
In the assignments Of captains and lieu
tenants every one OF the six regiments has
been given equal representation by General
Barber. officers for each Of the four COM
panies have been selected from the lists of
eligibes in every regiment and because there
is an increase OF two !eutenants in every
company under the new tables OF orgsniza-
tiuu, virtually every lieutenant in the two
State organizations has been given a place
in the new formations.
Troops from the First, Second and Fourth
l,a,. toe. g.. I,
of the new 18TH Regiment It will be
commanded by Colonel John ID. Fraser, for.
merry of the First Regiment, of Newark
Into the 1lith Regiment have gone thu
| officers and men from the Third and Fifth
! of New Jersey. and the First of Delaware
| Combinations Of companies have beer
| used to form the new companies. each o
WHICH has ESQ men. So far as has heeI
/ practicable the men have been kept in tn
! hattalons formed from their respective regi
ments but in some instances transfers f
! other outfits have been found necessary
| The Fourth Regiment, Of Jersey City, wa
! especially hard hit by such drafts.
| Trenton's troops and officers form tn
! Second Battalion of the 18th Regiment
! Some Of the Seconds officers went into TN
! headquarters and machine-gun companies q
| the regiment also The entire official per
| soune of the First Battalion is from tn
First Regiment, while the Fourth gives
Of the officers for the Third Battalion. III
| First Battalion is commanded by Major WI
| liam II. Ctmield of Newark; the Secon
| by Major John II. Mccullough, of Trentoi
and the Third bye Major William A. His
gins, Of Jersey city.
Major Price, who Is known in New Jerse
as one of the finest soldiers in the stat
will command Companies f., f. G and H. {
the Hath Regiment Captain j. Waite
Scott. formerly the adjutant OF the Thr
Regiment OF Camden, has been named
the command of the headquarters compan,
and Captain Walter II. Leedom, of Woo,
bury. and formerly the supply officer fC
the Camden regiment. was picked for Il
supply officer of The new outfit.
Companies b. OF camden. and II, or Al
bury Park. in the old regimental organic;
I ton. have been combined to form the ne
Company r. of the Hath Regiment. Cal
tain Walter l.. Auten. of the Asbury Par
company, commands the new company. II
aids are Lieutenants Harry Harsin, AsbuI
! Park Albert S. Howard, Camden, and OF
! first lieutenant to be assigned, and Secof
Lieutenants George b. Jamison, of AsbuI
Park, and Alexander f. Ruch, of Woo
bury.
Captain Leonidss Coyle. of Bridgeto