Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-14
|IREE BODIES
|0F HOME BOYS
REACH GEORGIA
Parts of First, Third and
Sixth Regiments Now
in Augusta
EXPECT OTHERS AT ONCE
With Arrival of Anticipated Sec
tions of Third and Sixth, Di-
vision Will Be Complete

\. CAMP HANCOCK, Augusta. Ca, Sept. IA,
y Sections Of the First, Third and sixth
x Regiments had detrained here this morning
before IL O'Clock. Following the first sec
tion Of the First Infantry. the second,
intervals.
At $3.50 o'clock the first section of the
Third Infantry drew in carrying the supply
machine.gun and headquarters companies
The first section of the Sixth Infantry
bringing Colonel Thomas Biddle Ellis head-
quarters, machine gun and supply COM
panies and the regimental band. detrained
at 10:15 o'clock. The remaining sections
Of the Third and Sixth Regiments are ex.
pected within the next two hours.
The division will then be complete.
The delay in transit. Colonel Brown said.
was due to minor accidents. Just as the
troop train neared Washington Wednesday
morning. two drawheads of the section were
blown out, couplings were smashed and IL
was necessary to halt the train to have
these damages repaired. The Colonel said
the trip from Philadelphia, barring the long
delay was pleasant enough. His men all
were in good shape they descended from
the cars, but they plainly showed strain
OF the long journey South.
The necessity of exercising the horses
also delayed the train, and additional diff
cuities were encountered when springs on
stock cars carrying the horses gave way.
The cars had 10 be unloaded in order that
the springs might be repaired. The section
was held at Washington just about seven
teen hours. Meanwhile other sections of the
troop train passed it and proceeded South
At reduced speed.
When Columbia S. c., was reached by
the section which should have been behind
that In which Colonel Brown was riding,
military regulations required that the trains
fhn inn inn tla
commander of the regiment obtained the
lead on the journey to camp.
This consumed time and, nothing was
known or the troops movement here, officers
In charge of detrainng were forced to main
tam constant watch at the detraining sta
tion from midnight Until dawn Captain Is.
G. Tilghman, aide to General Clement Cap
tain Harry B. Williamson, of Company D.
First Infantry Lieutenant r. w. Childs
aide to Brigadier General Stilwell COM
mander Of the Fifty-ffth Brigade. and Cap
tain F. b. French, assistant quartermaster
sat about log fire in the sand at the sta
tion all night, watching for the train.
Shortly after o'clock the troop train
passed through Augusta slowly proceeding
toward Weyless Station. At last, the wait
Ing officers heard the engine putting up the
grade. and they Immediately sent a call to
the headquarters Of the motor-supply train
Tor truck drivers. AS the train pulled in,
The boys from Philadelphia thrust their
waved their hats. The regimental band
played Dixie" and the soldiers sang the
chorus Of the Southern hymn Colonel
Hfown was one of the first men to step
from the train. He was greeted by Captain
fflghman. He expressed satisfaction with
his first impressions of the camp site and
expressed the assurance that his men would
be pleased with their quarters.
Less than twenty minutes after the men
OF the regiment had stepped upon Georgia
soil they were marching up the steep hill
which leads into camp. Colonel Brown
headed the march to quarters, which are
In the extreme western sector of the camp.
Meanwhile. members of the motor.supply
train were busy unloading equipment and
luggage, and in a short time the heavy
laden trucks were laboring up the clayton.
ped roads
While no definite information was at
hand. 1t Is felt certain that the third Sec
tion of the regiments from Philadelphia will
arrive In camp before the end of the day
When they do arrive. Pennsylvania S
Twenty-eighth Army Division will be com
plete in the field.
There was special observance of Flag
Day this afternoon. under orders from
Major General Clement. All the bands
massed at headquarters and played the
Star Spangled Banner"