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

BOYS WIN
CHEvRONS
NJ ore Promotions of
Home Men Made
At Custer
~ RAROLD Y. WILCO1.

CAMP CT SIER, Il / i r
CREEK. Mich. oct. l0-More De.
troit boys have won promotion in
the National army in the first month
| OF their service, Promotions an.
| nounced today all belong 20 Battery
T.. OF thee329th field artillery. Clyde
| r. Parker, recently made corporal.
has been advanced 10 sergeant
The following privates OF Battery +
have been promoted 20 be corporals
Fred J. Neidermiller, Raymond Nc
| Laughlin, Leo n Dette. John Wal
tiers. Edward J Hughes, Alfred W.
Hallroth. Albert Dubuque. Rowe W.
| Haigh. Nern T. Leonard. John r.
! Vanowski. William r. Walters. How
ard G Harris. Max l.. Carl. Ray ".
Fox, Michael II. Carey. Frederick
Mannerow, Earl r Peckham. Pat
! rick J. Sheahan George r. Tighc,
Charles b. Findley
| While orders. have not been re.
ceiyed at Camp Custer 20 raise the
Eightyhfth division 20 maximum
war strength. these orders are now
confidently expected To prepare
for. them, division headquarters Is
! TearranEnE The scheme OF assign.
ment OF the men who will come In
the October draft contingent Men
| from the same local draft board and
the same counties Will be placed to.
geiher in the same units, Just as
before The only difference Will be
that many men will be assigned 20
line regiments who otherwise would
have gone 10 the depot brigade The
| line regiments will be- larger and
the depot brigade will be smaller.
The Eightyhfth division was or
| iginally organized al minimum
strength That gave an infantry
regiment l00 officers and !. fG4 en-
NM IN TIL
30 company The maximum
! strength viii give each infantry reg
Iment 100 officers and 1852 men
tx officers and $50 men 20 a rifle
! company AZ minimum strength
/ ne liRh field artillery had 80 on
GERS and i.l94 men Ave officers and
/ sc men 70 a battery At maximum
strength. each light field artillery
regiment viii have % officers and
424 mcn-nye officers and 1913 men
10 a battery AZ minimuuLstrength.
I the heavy feld., artillery regiments
each had SO officers and .429 en-
listed incentive officers and lSs
/ men 10 battery At maximum
! strength the heavy field artillery
viii have 63 officers and l703 men
Eve Officers and 22s men 20 a bat
terry The engineer regiment VIII
I regiment Will have a similar In
crease The organization OF the
trains IS the same az minimum and
/ maximum strength. by getting
ready. there will be no chance for
! Confusion az Camp Custer whether
I minimum strength continues or max
war department
In preparation for the next draft
/ contingent. another expansion Of
/ the camp win take place within a
few days. The artillery viii move
clear 20 the far end of the camp.
! and most Of the infantry regiments
viii be spread out and shuffed
Just how quarters Will be assigned
( has not been announced
The Liberty loan drive az Camp
! Custer rs under way The first con
\ 'ribution % $3.50 was announced
/ Tuesday afternoon The subscriber
/ or subscribers were not announced
The Liberty loan campaign will end
/ with a bic Geld day on Oct % This
| will be q holiday at camp. The
| morning viii DC given over 70 com
] Dany and regimen'al sports OF all
! kinds. aud The division officers
cam VIII plat an outside eleven IN
he afternoon
The world series probably VIII in
'erfere with drill tomorrow after
noon IL Is planned 10 march every
company 90 the division 20 a posi-
ton IN front OF the electric score
board Thursday afternoon while the
game is on This Is hardly military
| hut VIII be a favor that the boys
will appreciate They will make up
for the time lost There will be no
formal gathering this afternoon. be
cause that -wiH be halfholiday
! The scoreboard Will be on the Job
however. and will get big play.
| Two new majors have reported AZ
Camp Custer Mai George F. n
Daley, who comes from the Philip
pines. has arrived 10 become d..
vision signal officer Mai C.. J..
Young. formerly OF the Eighth cav.
airy. has Joined the 339th infantry
The Rev. John g Iandowski. who
comes from Stevens Point. wis.
has been appointed chaplain OF the
| 339th infantry He was educated
az Detroit Father Landowski
speaks Polish fuently There are
many Poles from Detroit In this
regiment Father Mulvey. OF Alma.
has been appointed chaplain for the
| 32Sth field artillery
MAJ. Crawford, division ordnance
officer has blossomed ont as an
author He il responsible for n
pamphlet called Notes on ord
nance Accountability" II is guide
90 regimenAl and other supply ON
GERS and will be/a big aid 10 them
/ Lieut-Col w II. Cowan. OF the
trains. has prepared a work known
az Ration Tables" which features
a large number OF sample menus
with instructions FOR preparing them
IN terms OF food for one man. ON
Gers praise Il highly.
The nrst battalion OF the Thirty.
third Michigan infantry WAS SEIZED.
uled 10 entrain for Waco. Tex. to
! day Thirteen Detroit men dribblcd
in today and were assigned to their
units.
Turtles on a Trip.
JACKSON Mich. oct l0-Near
Exchange Place Bridge one day re-.