McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-22
FOR ANOTHER REGIMENT
WAR DEPARTMENT REQUESTS
THIRD REGIMENT RECRUIT.
Ed IN TENNESSEE
New infantry Regiment Will Give Vol.
unteer State Full Brigade Of Fight
srs To Help Lick the kaiser-old
Fighters For, OFFICERS.

srs To Help Lick the kaiser-old
Fighters For Officers.
Nashy!lle.-Gcy. Rye has been I'd,
vised by Gen. William A. Mann, chief
Of militia, that the department at
Washington desired very much tho or
ganization Of another regiment Of in.
fantry In Tennessee. This will give
the state three regiments Of infantry
and form brigade unit.
There Is NO doubt that Tennessee
win respond willingly to the cali. and
Gov. Rye will, of course, act in conson.
ance with the formally expressed wish
OF the war department that the regi
n,ent be raised at once. The officers
for new regiment will be appointed
upon the recommendation of Gov. Rye
The war department has announced
that the following Memphians would
be commissioned for service: Eugene
c. Callahan as first lieutenant of infan.
try, DR.. Joseph e. Dunlap of st. 10
seph's as first lieutenant In the med
ical corps, Howard L. Walker as first
lieutenant of infantry.
The Second Tennessee will In no
sense be volunteer Organization
that Is, 1t will not be made up OF green
men. II will be unit Of the national
guard OF the state along with the First
and the Third and the artillery regi
ment now forming.
Interest in its formation is keen
throughout the state. Numbers OF
splendid officers and men who have
served at one time or another In the
First or the Third want to see service
again.
College Buildings Going Up.
E The construction work on the new
Sullins college of Bristol Is progress.
Ing rapidly. More than two.thirds Of
the brick work on the entire building
Is finished and the building will be
ready for opening several weeks be.
fore time. The carpenter force has
been doubled and separate force en-
gagged on each floor in the final stages
OF construction. More than hundred
men are now working on the struc-
ture. .a
When completed, this college will
be one of the most modern in the
south. The building will contain q
splendid gymnasium and a swimming
pool. A large barn has been erected
for the purpose Of housing forty sad
die horses to be used exclusively by
the students.
Supreme Court DismIsses Case.
The supreme court reversed the
custer suit against E. G. Buck, county
engineer Of Madison county, and the
case was dismissed at the cost of the
REALTORS. M
Buck was charged with number Of
acts of official misconduct, including
irregularities in the letting of con-
tracts for road work and classifying &C.
counts, etc. After hearing a large
amount of proof, the chancellor found
him guilty and removed him. On up.
peal the merits of the case were not
considered. but the supreme court
held that the custer law was made to
apply only to officers holding offices
Of profit or trust created by statute,
while Buck. as county engineer. was
only an employee. subject to be dis.
charged on 30 days notice, and that
therefore he could not be removed by
a proceeding brought under the custer
law.
Organising State Unit Of Boys.
Prof. o. F. Smith of Lebanon, as.
sistant commissioner of agriculture
for Middle Tennessee, has been ap-
pointed by the national council of do
tense to have charge Of the organiza-
ton of the boys of Tennessee into a
state unit Of the national boys work
ing reserve. Every boy in the state
under military aga will be registered,
organized into an effective organize
ton and put to work in whatever line
of endeavor they are best suited.
Estabiisi Another Prison Camp.
e Word has been received at Nash.
vile that the government has leased
the Mountain Park hotel at Hot
Springs. N. c., as camp for interned
Germans. The hotel will accommodate
GOO. and 1t is intended to have num-
Der of Germans now held at Ellis ISL
and, N. ", sent there Immediately.
Rockies Wanted BY First.
The First Tennessee is In need of
many recruits to bring the regiment up
to the war strength ordered by the
war department. The cooperation In
enlisting men for the historic First"
is asked of everyone, especially Of the
Spanish war members of the regiment.
Soldier Camp IL Deserted.
/, Camp Andrew jackson is a very
much deserted place these days. There
are hardly 200 men in the entire camp.
Commission for Or. Lee A. Stone.
DR.. Lee Alexander Stone, member OF
the faculty of the University of Ten.
nassau medical department and aecra.
tary Of the Memphis chapter OF the
American Red Cross society, has re-
turned from Washington, after having
been commissioned a captain OF the
medical reserve corps of the U. s.
army. He Is at his Memphis home
awaiting orders to proceed to the front.
DR.. Stone is Spanish war veteran.
who saw active service In Porto Rico
when he. was member Of the reserve
hospital first army corps