Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-30
LOCAL BATTERY
BOYS ARRIVE IN
FRANCE SAFELY
A.. Hundred and Twenty-Third
r;eId Artillery Reaches Contin-
ent for Training.
c,up BACK OF LINES FIRST
Cards Received by Relatives OF Men
:. Regiment Announce Their
Journey Is Ended.

patterv F. the Rock Island-Mo-
- rnif in the one Hundred and
-----.--1ortv-third field artillery, has ar
wed safely in France.
cards received today by relatives
= men III the regiment announced
.tair safe arrival The cards were
--~;tteu at the port of embarkation
- held bv the war department IN
- the wire announcing the safe
rival in France was received in
washington. Then the cards were
nlaced II the mails
The entire field artillery regiment
a. well as other regiments which
trained at Camp Logan, Texas, has
srrived safely overseas. This is
s-5icated in various cards received.
.ranv of the Rock Island boys were
--ansferred from the One Hundred
and Twenty-tbird field artillery to
other regiments in the division so
mar practically only the Augustana
s,rdents and a few others VINO were
IN the old Company a which left
here were in the battery when it
Iafr The ranks were filled from
ether camps while the local men
we're transferred to other regi-
ments.
Is Former Sixth.
The One Hundred I'd Twenty
third field artillery ~ composed of
former state militia companies,
from Rock Island. Moline, Aledo.
Monmouth, Geneseo. Galena, Gales
burg. Oak Park, Freeport. Sterling
and Morrison. The old Sixth regi-
ment was called into service in
lime Of last year. For a time COM
panies. including Company A of
Rock Island. were stationed at
Rock Island arsenal and in guard
ing the Crescent bridge. Later
Company A was placed on guard at
the Root & Van Dervoort plant in
East Moline and in September de-
parted for East St Louis. where
additional training was given the
men Then the regiment. with others
Of Illinois was transferred to Camp
Logan and changed from the One
Hundred and FOTty-fourth infan-
try, which designation it had been
given when taken into national ser
vice. to the One Hundred and Tween
ty-third field artillery.
Captain ". W. Scott was at first
il charge of Battery +. which was
formed from the Rock Island and
M0line companies. III health COM
PEELED him to resign and Lieuten-
ant Arthur Y. Swedburg of Rhine
lander. Wis. who enlisted in Com
paHy \ while attending Augustana
college here. was promoted to cap
tain.
Major Ed H. Dunayin of Rock Is
land, is commander of the Second
battalion Of the regiment Colonel
Charles G. Davis of Geneseo is in
command Of the regiment
Detained at Port.
Sergeant Leroy Philbrook, who
has been with the local infantry and
field artillery for four years. was
detained at the port of embarkation
by reason Of an injury to his leg
sustained at Camp Logan some
weeks ago.
He was injured while riding on
his horse, the animal having fallen
and the caissOn having passed over
Sergeant PhilbTO0k's leg He may
join his company in France.
Lieutenant Gale PhilbrOOk, who.
after successfully passing the ex-
animation for a commission. was
transferred from the local battery
to an infantry regiment at Camp
Logan, has arrived in France with
other regiments which were at
Camp Logan.
The One Hundred and Twenty
third field artillery probably will
receive additional training back of
the lines before being placed into
actiev service. This is the Gus
tom that has been followed by 9TH
eF regiments which have gone
ever.
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