Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-24

ficers transferred, and that all sur
plus noncommissioned officers, un-
less they elect to be transferred as
privates, will not be transferred at
all. Those who consent to be trans
ferred as privates will be given pref
erence when vacancies occur in their
regim ents.
Cavalry Intact
With the exception of the loss of
its machine gun company the cav
airy regiment will remain intact. 1t
will not be transformed into an ar
tillery unit, as was anticipated.
Little change is made in the ar
tillery brigade. 1t will have an ad-
ditional unit a trench mortar bat
terry. to be made up of the head
quarters company of the Sixth In
fantry, the supply company of the
Sixth Infantry and Company NJ, of
Philadelphia. of the Sixth Infantry
General Prices command will be
known as the Fifty-third Field Ar
tillery Brigade. The First Pennsyl-
vania Engineers will be attached to
this command and will be known as
the 1880 Engineers, and the First
Field Signal Battalion will be known
as the 103d Field Signal Battalion.
Brigadier General Christopher T.
ONeilPs command, the Fifty-third
DSpOl TbTlBdue, Will De Inaue up Oh
battalions of the dismembered regi-
ments and will be retained here as
training brigade. Its function will
be to train men and supply them to
the fighting units of the division. In
this connection it was officially said
this afternoon that Camp Hancock
would be a permanent station for
the training of men, and it was un-
likely General O'Neilrs command
would go to France when the di-
vision is ordered across the water.
The Pennsylvania division, there
fore, will be made up of four infan-
try regiments, the three artillery reg
iments, the cavalry regiment and
auxiliary units. The Depot Brigade
will be made up of the following bat
talions: First Battalion, Fourth In
fantry; First Battalion, Eighteenth
Infantry; Second Battalion, Eight
eenth Infantry; Third Battalion,
Eighteenth Infantry; First Battalion,
Thirteenth Infantry; Second Bat
talon, Thirteenth Infantry; Third
Battalion, Eighth Infantry; Second
Battalion, Eighth Infantry, and
Third Battalion, Eighth Infantry.
These battalions will be known as
the First Training Battalion, or
cadre Second Training Battalion. or
cadre, and so on, in the order named
These cadres will consist of three
officers and twenty-five enlisted men,
to be selected from each company
of each battalion.
Brigade Commanders
No changes have been made In the
commanding officers of the brigades.
Major General Clement is named as
of the Twenty-e eighth
Army Division. A new unit, how
ever. is added to division headquar-
ters, known as the 10th Machine1
Gun Battalion, made up of the ma
chine gun company Of the Fourth
Infantry, the machine gun company
of the Eighteenth Infantry and the
Second Battalion of the Fourth In
fantry.
A machine-gun battalion Is added
to each brigade. General Frederick
w. StIlwell will command the Fifty
fifth Brigade. to which will be as
signed the One Hundred Eighth Ma
chine-gun Battalion. made up of the
rIachine-gun troop of the First Cav
airy. the machine gun company of the |
Eighth Infantry and the Second Bat
talon of the Sixth Infantry, made up
of companies from Philadelphia, Nor |
ristown and surrounding towns. The
One Hundred Ninth and One Hundred
Tenth Infantry regiments will remain |
under this command. 1t is a source
of qualification to General Stilwell
that these regiments are made up of
the personnel of his old commands,
the First and Third Regiments.
LOgan's Command Includes 1O0th
To General Logan's command, tho
Fifty-sixth Brigade, Will be assigned
the One Hundred Ninth Machine-gun
Battalion, made up of the machine
gun companies of the Thirteenth and
Sixth Regiments and the Third Bat
talon of the Sixth Infantry. What |
were the Tenth and Sixteenth Infan-
try Regiments will be under General
Logan's command as the One Hundred |
Eleventh and the One Hundred
Twelfth Infantry Regiments,
The division trains which, IL ia
understood, will be commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Howard S, viii !