The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-10

BOYS WIN
CHEVRONS
Nj ore Promotions of
Home Men Made
At Custer
~ HAROLD Y. WILCOX.


the National army In the first month
OF their service Promotions an
nounced today all belong 20 Battery
r, OF the 329th field artillery. Clyde
r. Parker. recently made corporal,
has been advanced 10 sergeant
The following privates OF Battery r
have been promoted 10 be corporals
Fred j. Neidermiiler. Raymond Nc
Laughlin. Leo y Dctte. John Wal
tiers. Edward Hughes, Alfred W
Hallroth. Albert Dubuque. Rowe W
Haigh, Nern r Leonard. John +
Vanowsh. William r; Walters. How
ard G. Harris. Max l.. carl. Ray W
Fox, Michael H. Carey Frederick
Mannerow. Earl X Peckham. Pat.
rick J. Sheahan, George r Tighe,
Leo c. Ward. Frank Wilson and
Charles b Findley
While orders have not been re
coiyed AZ Camp Custer 20 raise the
| Eighty-flfth division 10 maN0num
war strength. these orders are now
| confidently expected To prepare
for them division headquarters is
rearraIeihg the scheme OF assign
. - L. l. LalaGn =. .a-gl lI-cnIlla in
] illf W. uDfi Nfhii AtuA4HEfiANs MfA
| from the same local draft board and
the same counties Will BE- placed to-
gether in the same units. just as
before The only difference viii be
that many men viii be assigned 10
line regiments who otherwise would
have gone 40 the depot brigade The
line regiments will De larger and
the depot brigade viii De smaller
The Eighty nth division was or
icinally organized al minimum
strength That gave an infantry
regiment 100 officers and l.464 en-
listed men six officers and 80 men
20 COMPANY The maximum
-treUgfh VII I've o9Ch infantry reg
men' l03 officers and 3.s52 men
tx officers and $50 men 10 "a rife
company Az minimum strength
De HIGHT Geld artillery had 55 Off
GERS and 1,lef men five officers and
SO men 10 battery ~ maximum
trength each ligh, field artillery
regiment Will have 80 officers and
424 men five officers and 1913 men
20 a battery A. M nimum strength.
.A@-A e-- 4 sid = - ~ i-4Fl Regiments
each had SO officers and l439 en-.
listed men Eve officers and 1855
men 90 battery At maximum
strength. the heavy field artillery
viii have 90 officers and 1903 men
Ave officers and POS men 10 a bat
terry The engineer regiment viii
reE.mcnf viii have a. similar in
creaee The organization OF the
rains Is Tho ame 40 minimum and
maximum strength BY getting
ready. there VIII bee no chance for
Confusion at Camp Caster whether
minimum strength continues or make
mum strength ia ordered by the
war apartment
, In preparation FOR the next draft
contingent. another expansion %
he camp WI take place within
Jew days The artillery will move
clear 20 the far end Of the camp.
and most % 'he infantry regiments
viii De spread out and shufhed
Just how quarters will be assigned
has not been announced
The Liberty loan drive AZ Camp
Custer BIS under way The first cor.
fribuflcn of s2250 was announced
tuesday afternoon The subscriber
or subscribers were no announced.
Tho Liberty loan camTaign will end
With a big 0cld'day on oct % This
will be holiday at camp The
morning will be given over 10 com
many and reEimenfal sports OF all
kinds, and the division officers
team Will play an outside eleven IN
the afternoon.
The world series probably will in
terfere with drill tomorrow after.
noon II Is planned 20 march every
company OF the division 70 posi-
tion in front Of the electric score
board Thursday afternoon while the
game Is on This is hardly military.
bur VIII be favor that the BOYS
will appreciate They will make up
for the tipe lost There will be no
formal gathering this afternoon. be
cause that viii be halfholiday
The scoreboard will be on the job.
however. and will get n big play
Two new majors have reported AZ
Camp Custer Mai. George r y
Daley. who comes from the Philip
pines. has arrived TO become d.
vision signal officer Mai C.. J.
Young, formerly OF the Eighth cav
airy. has Joined The 339th infantry.
The Rev John s IAndowski who
comes from Stevens Point. Wis,
has been appointed chaplain OF the
3S9th infantry lie was educated
az Detroit Father l.andowski
speaks Polish Huently There are
many Poles from Detroit In this
regiment Father Mulvey Of Alma.
has been appointed chaplain for the
32Sth field artillery
Mai Crawford. division ordnancp
offlcer. has blossomed out as an
author lie is responsible for n
pamphlet called Notes ON ord
nance Accountability u is o guide
20 regimental and other supply on.
Gers and will be a big aid 20 them
Lieut-Col W. D. Cowan. Of the
trains. has prepared a work known
as Ration Tables" which features
large number OF sample menus
with instructions for preparing them
in terms OF food for one man. on
GERS praise n highly
The first battalion Of the Thirty.
third Michigan infantry was sched
uled 10 entrain for Waco. Tex. 20.
day. Thirteen Detroit men dribhled
in today and were assigned TO their
units.