New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-09
Permanent Personnel OF
Spartanburg Division
Is Announced
Place Found for
Reserve Officers
Those in Second Line Will
Be Yaphank Drill
masters


SPARTANBURG, 5. G.. Oct. $ SIAN
cEiccrs who have been laboring ior
several DAYS in arranging the person
rel Of officers for the new reorganlzeN
och Division have completed their
work. and the result became known 10
,icb. Officer. in second lire regi-
merts which have been reduced 10
skeleton organizations that the men
might be used 20 bring the hrst Inc
commands up 20 full war strength are
orotifed in scores Of instances to ma
that they have been put into the heht-
ing division.
4 number Of the 9th Division units
such as the old 18th Regiment, retain
nracticallv all of their officers and
gain = number of additional ones be
cause OF the increased size Of the regi-
ment. There was disappointment for
tho reservo officers who have been
tenpora-ilv attached 10 the hrst hne
rec;wents. Many had supposed that
the would be continued with the com
,osn6s "a which they were attached. IL
IS supposed now that many Will be sent
into the second line regiments or 20
Yarhank to harGle the draft army.
Drill Masters Needed
number Of officers Of first line
regiments have been sent % second
line regiments. Il is pointed out that
efforts were made 20 retain sufielen;
cap8b'e officers. who qualify as drill
masters that they may whip the second
line troops into shape. IL should be
stated in fairness 20 the majority Of
the officers sent TO the second line
commands that they have been so
chosen because Of their ability as
drill masters TO handle the raw troops,
who will succeed 10 the ranks made
vacant by the withdrawal of trained
National Guardsmen.
The 104th Machine Gun Battalion is
made up Of men and officers Of the 1st
New York Cavalry. II viii be COM
manded by Major Edward McLeer, jr.
The 1O5th Infantry, the old I'd Reg
ment. will receive a number of officers
from the lst and 18TH regiments. From
the 23d Regiment it gets Lieutenant
Colonel Morris Lehman.
Officers who will go to the l05th
from the fist are: Captain William
II. Ely, Captain Stephen A. De Laney,
Captain Frank r. Potter. Captain Ray
mond S Hodgson. Captain Henry Mas
lin. Captain George 5. Terry, Captain
Ernest ". Strong, Captain Stanley
Buckley. First Lieutenant Harry Mearz.
First Lieutenant John j. Callahan,
First Lieutenant Edward c. Thomas.
First Lieutenant Ernest C. Dreher,
First Lieutenant Frederick +. Lowell.
First Lieutenant Charles II. Scott,
First Lieutenant Alexander Grant,
First Lieutenant John J. Lane, First
Lieutenant Harry /. Conway, First
Lieutenant William L. Forbes. jr.. First
, Lieutenant James II. George. Second
Lieutenants Albert L. Comstock, George
G.. Fleming. Rexlord Crewe. Joseph A.
Darrell. Edward r. Meriwether, Rich
ard =. Powers. Kelvey O'ConnOr. Leon
4. Eben. Edwin Warscher. Leo +. Glib
lin. Lawrence P. Clark, Marvin l.. At
kins. Francis j. Ridgeway.
shifted From the Twelfth
Those from the 18th Regiment are
Major Sidney De Kay. First Lieuten-
ants G.. VI. BIamwell. q. q. K. Ross ana
J. +. Bowling; Second Lieutenants {.
b. Cattus. a. b. Gwathmey, John Wells
ard Edward b. Gore
Tho l0Cth Infantry, formerly the
23d New York, receives d large quota
Of officers from the 18th Regiment. as
follows: Major @. G.. Hollander, Cap
! rains Harry C. Slarrett. Foster G. Het-
zel. William l.. Blaisdcn. Arthur Y.
McDermott. Rossiter Holbrook. John
&. Hardy Stanley W. Pierce and James
q. Conroy. First Lieutenants Joseph
l.. Gilman. John A. Nelson. Charles G..
Ostberg. Matthew J. Wilson. Harry 7.
sullivan. Albert Clements, Ira I. Hodes,
Thomas r. Ward, Joseph A. A Kerr
gan. Alfred J. Hook. Herbert +. Mar
hall, ir.. and Ivan /. Smith; Second
Lieutcnants John ". Moran. Louis
Peterson. James H. Doyle. George W.
Hcrmance. Grover G. Cleaver, Willard
". Webster, Frank J.. Stephenson,
Franklyn J. Jackson and Joseph +.
Curtis.
From the list Regiment the 1O6th