The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-02
NEWS OF ANlWSTON
AND CAMP MCCLELLAN


Correspondents Headquarters, Camp
! Mcclellan. Admission, February Err
day has been made Outpost Day At
| Camp Mcclellan and with the two tuil
\ infantry brigades, the signal corps &C.
| tachments, the sanitary trains and many
/ Of the independent mounted units on the
roads leading to the north, east ad south'
and many of the hills surmounted oS
members of the different units an OK
tremely war-like atmosphere has been IN
evidence between Admission and Jackson
[ Vile and between the range Of hills on
| the east to the extreme end of the valley
4 on the west
! Early Friday morning the Fifty-seV-
enth and Fifty-eighth infantry origaoe
began moving out from the camp for the
| purpose of repelling an imaginary attack
| by an enemy and with fully 1000 men
| on the move the territory surrounding the
| government reservation was made INTO
| a scene of the utmost activity. All the
roads leading into the camp were taA
| of marching infantrymen all during the
early part of the morning and the great
| est activity was in evidence.
| INSURANCE WEEK ACTIVITIES
| Insurance week at the cantonment
| shows that for the first week OF work
under the direction of First Lieut.. George
| S. Stewart, Jr., division insurance onl-
| Ger, shows that an average OF $500 has
| already been placed and the present IN
| dications are that 30 per cent of the men
| who 10 to make up the Blue and Gray
| division will voluntarily buy Of the gov
| eminent the $4,000 life insurance poll
1 cies provided by the government Pre-
paredness, patriotism and protection are
| among the most used words in the can
| Torment circles during the present week,
and without the slightest interference
| with the plans of the commanding gen
| eral for the continuance of the intensive
| programme of training outlined for the
| men of the entire division the advan-
| tages of buying the insurance provided
/ by Congress for the officers and enlisted
| men of the division are not being al all
| neglected.
| Captain Rohrbach Of Company A, 1lith
| Infantry, has been appointed as insur-
| ance officer for his command, and tn. Sc
1 duties in connection with his supervision
| of the making up of the regimental pay
| rolls for the Hath is keeping the Passaic
! man on the jump from early morning
| until a long time after the going OF
TAPS" First Lieut.. Andrew Koehler
| who was recently transferred from Com
| pany II, 113th infantry, to Company H.
1 of the Hath infantry, has been named as
| the insurance officer of his company and
| Lieut. Stephen Sabel is handling the
insurance work for the machine gun COM
| pany of the Hath, which is made up
| largely of men from Passaic and other
| men in New Jersey
JOHNSON STILL HERE
| Can't Rosco Johnson, who was re-
| lieved recently of the command OF
| Company B, Hath infantry, and who
has been succeeded in the command of
| this organization by Capt. W, j. Red
den, is still at the cantonment and Is
busy with the work of arranging his
accounts and settling up his business
before he leaves for his home in New
Jersey. Captain johnson was relieved
on account of a physical disability
which incapacitated him for service in
| the field, according to the opinion OF
| the medical officers and his retire
ment after SO many years OF active
| service in the Jersey guard and in the
| national army is very generally re-
GREETED by his brother officers here.
Captain Redden, who succeeds Cap
tain johnson in command of Company
B. was formerly commanding officer
of Company H, Fifth New Jersey in
fantry, and is recognized as one of the
most efficient of the Jersey officers
4 at the cantonment. For several weeks
| he has been attached to the 116th in
| fantry, and his return to the Hath is
| being very much appreciated by the
men from his home state.
CAPTAIN MEAD RIDES
! AS is usually the case Capt. William
NJ Mead the popular adjutant of the
rt- With hA
| goods when it comes to making any
| kind Of delivery, and when it became
known that he was expected to ac-
| company his regiment on a field maneu-
yer Friday morning the captain had his
| saddle horse saddled, and after few
minutes of coaxing he felt as much
at home in the saddle as he does in
the chair of the regimental adjutant.
| A large number of transfers and pro-
motions have been made in the COM
pany commanded by Captain Rohrbach
recently and there arc several an
Inouncements of the making" of non
| commissioned officers as follows. Ser
geant Joseph Wascanes, formerly Of
| the First New Jersey. has been trans
| ferred to Company A, and he retains
his grade in his new organization.
| Sergeant William NJ. Massler has
F., been appointed mess sergeant by Cap
geant William II. McQuillon, who is
/ the only member Of Company A to en-
I ter the officers training camp. The
progress of Sergeant McQuillon is be-
4 ing very closely watched by his former
| comrades in Company A, and all of his
! soldier friends are confident that he
will win a commission in the new ma
1 tional army.
| The following frst-class privates have
recently been elevated to the rank Of
corporal in Company upon the recon-
mendation of Captain Rohrbach Carl
Bredahl, William ]. Boterus, John w.
Bill, Harry L. Bush, Paul Cordielle, Au-
gustine S. Mcclure, Adolph Novak. Alb
hoven and Clarence r. Whitelaw. Pri-
lvate Robert Sharonburg has been given
the post of company cook, succeeding
Private Philip Ffola, who has been re-
turned to the duty roster as a private
Private Olaf Nelson. one of the most
popular members of Company A, left a
day or two ago for the purpose Of spend
ing his six-day furlough period with his
relatives and friends at Passaic. Pri-
vate Nelson made application for fur
Tough during the Christmas holidays and
jalthough the granting of his leave is
more than a month delayed he expects
to get full measure of enjoyment out
of the privilege of again mingling with
his old friends in the Jersey town.
First Sergeant John e. Van Ripper
receptly returned to the cantonment aft
er a short leave OF absence, which he
snent with relatives and friends in Pa