The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-16
TWO ADDITIONAL
REGIMENTS WILL
Be ORGANIZED
Quarantine at Fort sill tx
tended 10 June 4

FORT SILL, Okla, May lo-(Spe-
cial)-lwo more regiments OF nian-
try, one regiment OF cavalry regiment
OF artillery another hospital corps,
brigade headquarters and various at
tachcd units with these commands will
be raised in Oklahoma within the near
future, according to the announcement
made today by AdJutant General Ancel
Earp, while visiting IN the quarters Of
the First Oklahoma.
Men TO Be Promoted.
Additional information given out at
the quarters OF Col Roy V Hoffman,
al the same time, was that the off
Ger, OF the First Oklahoma infantry
will be given a chance TO advance their
grades III the new organizations AMI
that the commissioned officers OF
the regiment will have splendid oppor-
tunltlc, OF advancing to I'LL the yacan-
Gle, to be made by the officers who
Will go higher
Just when the organizations will be
formed has not been announced but
it /, expected that the work will bc
started IN the nest few week, Some
Ut TIN, organization already is under
way Two or three cavalry troops have
been started in addition to the troop
organized at Oklahoma City and there
have been reports from various quar-
ter, that infantry command, would be
raised.
lulc has been heard from the oil
| fields regarding the regiment that wls
10 be formed there. but it is declared
on good authority that such an organ
! zaton would be easily possible In
most Of the towns OF the oil field,
men have offered to 60 in large num-
bcrs il the grease patch should be
authorized to raiSc representative
! command
so to Company.
Oklahoma CITY, Tulsa Mu'kogce
and other larger cities OF the state will
| be expected 10 furnish several OF the
units which will compose the new reg
imcnt, As many OF the smaller towns
as can furnish a company will be given
an opportunity 10 do so and IT is con-
Sldcrcd likely that the strength author
! izcd for each organization viii be 100
men as is the case in the First rcgi
| mcnt at the present time with the pos
/ slh'llty that later the strength author
ilcd will be $50 men to the company or
troop The regiment oi artillery will
be upon a different basis according 20
| the size OF the guns used
Recruits continue 10 be enlisted daily
in the FIRST regiment These men are
IN line for rapid promotion IN even,
they display intelligence necessary 20
make them uon-CoVmlSsioned Officers
and it is declared likely that bci0 {
the organizations are completed these
men who enlist as raw recruits now
and take the course OF training will be
commissioned officers.
Quarantine Extended.
All i, not Joy IN the ranks of thc
First, however. With the news thai
the way might be opened immediate
|, ~ for the further promotion OF men
and officers came the announcement
that the regiment would remain under
quarantine until June ! As the re-
suit there has been grief galore both
among tho business men OF Lawtor
and the national guardSmcn az tho post
This additional service under qua
au,lnc was brought about through the
discovery oi another measles patient
IN the guardhouSc. This was a buglcr
who had been guilty Of some misdc.
mclnor and who had been locked NJ
ior the sake OF eliminating further
mischief His case was discovered Mon
day nigh, and an order immcdiatcl,
IaS issued by the post commander thai
no men would be allowed To go {,
town Wednesday aS had been planned