Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1917-09-07
SOLDIERS NOT TO
LEAVE TILL monday
Ordered to Report to Camp at An
niston, Ala.
COL. LITTLE TO COMMAND
His Orders to Go to Sea Girt to Direct
Twenty ninth Army Division
Are Rescinded
col. LITTLE TO COMMAND
I'VE are ready for service!'

we are ready lot service.
This is the slogan that prevails to-
day among the soldier boys of Com
pany NJ and the Machine Gun Gem
pany, the Annapolis units OF the
First Regiment, Maryland National
Guard, now part of the Federal
Army, and who have received or
ders TO proceed TO the army canton-
ment at Admission, Ala, where they
will receive more extensive training
than they have experienced in the
past.
Under the original order issued by
the Federal authorities yesterday and
relayed from Regimental Headquar-
ters at Hagerstown, the local boys
expected to make their departure from
the city tomorrow Last night, how
ever, stay of 4S hours was given, and
Col. Charles A. Little, who commands
the Regiment, issued an additional or
der to the effect that the troops would
not move from their home towns until
Monday
The hour of day and other details
in connection with the departure OF
the soldiers have not yet been worked
out, but it is expected the getaway
will be along about noon. Many re-
quests from citizens of Annapolis are
being made for the soldiers to parade
about the principal street prior to
their departure, the same as was done
when they were ordered to duty along
the Mexican Border, and it is not un-
likely that such request will be
granted Annapolitans, generally,
feel as though they would like to pay
all honor possible to the youth of the
city who are to serve their country
in the great world war, and even
though little can be done in the short
time that now remains before the
boys in khaki entrain, there is no
doubt but that they will be given a
rousing send off.
The various companies which are
scattered in all sections of the state
will proceed to point in West Vir-
, ginia, from which they will move
southwark in three sections. The reg
iment is expected to arrive at Camp
Mcclellan on Wednesday. Dis
patches from Annistcn say that the
camp site assigned to the First is
ready and that the Maryland boys al
ready there are anxious and eager to
greet the boys from home.
1t was expected that the regiment
would assemble in Baltimore and en-
Io4 inf httf / xtrac fOIfnd
to be more expedient to assemble the
companies of the three battalions at
another point. Each battalion will
compose a section. Most of the COM
panies will pass through Baltimore,
however, but will not stop in that
city, except to pick up the sanitary de-
tachment which is quartered at the
Richmond Market Armory.
All There Within Ten Days.
1t was learned from an authoritative
source that the entire Maryland bri-
gade will reach Camp Mcclellan be-
fore another ten days has passed. 1t
is expected that the Fifth Regiment,
in command of Col Washington
Bowie, Jr., will be the next to move,
and the Fourth, under Col. Harry G.
Jones, will be the last.
The order to Col. Charles A. Little,
commander of the First Infantry, TO
| proceed to Admission was received yes
terday at his headquarters at Hagers-
town from Brigadier General c. W.
Barber. of New Jersey, senior officer
in this division Colonel Little was or
dered few days ago to report at Sea-
girt,, n j., to assume command of the
| Twenty-ninth Division during a tenn
porary absence of General Barber The
order was rescinded yesterday mcrn-
ing and later in the day the order TO
proceed to Admission was received.
Colonel Little Notified.
Colonel Little al once notified the
various company commanders and
most of them informed the men in
| their commands at retreat last night
Of the order to move. 1t was good
news to the men and they cheered-
They have been patiently waiting the
word to proceed southwark so that
they could begin the special course of
training which is in store for them
and then start for France adm do their
bit in the battles against autocracy.
1t is quite likely that the First Regi-
ment will compose the nucleus OF the
enlarged regiment of 300 men which
will represent Maryland in the bri-
gade that Gen. Charles D. Gather will
take to France A later movement cf
Maryland regiment may be looked
for. and the best men in the two regi-
ments viii be selected to form the en-
! larged regiment The enlisted per-
/ sonnet OF the First and Fifth Regi-
ments combined is something more