Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-14

Company c, Third Illinois lnfan-
try, will leave for Fort Sam Houston
on or before August Is, according to
orders received by Captain Woodward
this morning from headquarters in
Chicago.
The telegram giving the above or
ders was received this morning and
was the cause OF much high feeling
and enthusiasm among the soldiers.
In all probility thay will leave
Thursday morning over the Rock Is
land. Captain Woodward has made Il
request to headquarters that his com
mand be delayed twenty-folr hours
so that they may receive the third and
final injection OF the typhus serum
which is due Friday morning. The
members of the company have been
given two injections Of this serum and
II they do not receive the third on Fri
day morning they will have to &c
through the whole process again. As
there would be no doctors to accom-
pany the company If they should leave
Thursday to give this injection, Cap
tain Woodwards request will un
doubtly be granted.
In the meantime armory will be a
busy place, for altho the company
have been quartered there for the past
two weeks there is a lot of packing
etc, which could not be done till the
last minute. The boys are all anxious
to get started and are all doing every
thing as quickly as possible so that
they will be ready to move at once
when the final order comes. The mer
of the company have been given Ions
hikes and put through tedious drills
and are already well on the road tC
perfection along military lines.
According to the latest word from
Washington the National Guard units
from 25 states and the District o.
Columbia were designated by the Wa
Department today TO form the forty
second division soon to be sent into
service abroad.
The states whose guard unit
were designated are Louisiana, Penn
sylvana, Wisconsin, New York. Ohio
Georgia, Alabama, Iowa. Illinois. II
diana, Minnesota, Maryland Sout
Carolina California Nevada. Virginij
North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Ne'
Jersey, Michigan. Tennessee, Okli
homa, Nebraska Colorado, Oregon
and the District of Columbia
This new forty-second division
the first TO be formed of nationt
guardsmon and It has been designate
as the rainbow division because of til
numerous states involved. The Wa
Department announcement shown
what troops will make up the variou
parts of the new division follows
part.
The l49th Field Artillery will !
made up from men In the First II
nois Field Artillery
Colonel Green, commanding IL
third regiment, Illinois National Guar
made an unofficial visit here oMnda
He, in company with two other officer
were on their way to the Regiment
Adlutant Offices at Pontiac and sto
ned off here and had lunch with Il
local company at the Armory. Colon
Green had no official news as to whit
the local company will be ordered
the concentration camps in the solil
but merely stated that they would
called out ten days In advance Of t
other companies Of the regiment
order to take care Of the quartcrmi
ter's supplies In all probability th
will not be ordered from the home s
ton much before the first of nt
week as sometime towards the lat
part of this week the members of {
company will receive their third
lection for typhoid. It is the gene
belief among the members of the CO
pany that they will be called "
shortly and they are looking forwi
to this command with every thing
readiness.
Col. Green Is expected here /
afternoon on his return trip, and If
stops will inspect Company G.