Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-10-12
TWENTY-FOURTII INFANTRY
NOTES.

CAMP FOURLONG, Columbus, N.
NJ, October 1.-The Twenty-fourth
Infantry has taken up their regular
;dri!ls again. They held monthly
review and inspection on September
so. The command was reviewed by
Colonel Chase. Tho Second and
Third Battalions lined up for the
review, as follows: Third Battalion
| first in line, Companies X, l, NJ and
l.; Second Battalion, Companies E,
G., and II; The Headquarters Com
pany and the Machine Gun and Sup
ply Companies and the Hospital
Detachment, The First Battalion
was out Of camp, having target prac-
ticc.
Many transfers will take place
during this week. Corporal Fred
! Washington from Company NJ to the
Machine Gun Company. Private,
| First Glass Foster from Company l.
to the Machine Gun Company.
| Corporal Whyio, Company NJ, has
gone on furlough TO Georgia to spend
fifteen days with his mother at Ma
| con. Ga.
| Sergeant Gladney, Of Company NJ,
| who has recently married, hopes to
have his wifcs mother to come to
| Columbus, N. NJ. to visit them.
MIR. and Mrs. Gillian, of Company
NJ, will leave for FL Paso, Texas on
| Friday afternoon and return Monday
| Well, the boys who leave from now
on will come home on furlough be-
fore going over.
| Sorgt. Joe Anderson, OF Company
| M has just returned from Ell Paso,
TEXAS, where he has been spending
some time with friends.
| rprpOrol hp1row hnDpc ~ on
to Somerset, Kentucky, the first Of
November to SEQ his sister.
| Corporal William l., Company NJ,
| is expected to marry in short.
| Corporal Baker, OF Company M,
says that he has girl in Muncio,
| Indiana and he thinks he will spend
Christmas with her.
! Tho football teams for the season
| have been organized in each Com
pany.
Mr.. V. A. and A. b. Wlitlocl1 will
leave for Danville. Virginia soon.
| Mr.. N. J. Washington and Mr.. Hill,
OF Company NJ will probably bo
married this week.
Mrs. Rillio hopes to have somo Of
| her friends from Dencrson. Texas to
come to Columbus, N. M. this week.
| 1t was learned today that many
| iiiSl " III booh LII StIllp uhIt
Illinois, where they will join the new
Regiment and be ready for overseas
| duly.
Sergeant and Mrs. Tross, OF tho
| Headquarters Company wcro enter
tanned by their friends on last Mon
day afternoon. Thcy were formerly
Of West Virginia.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Willie, Of the Supply
| Company hone to spend Il few days
in Atlanta, Ga. with their friends.
Mr.. Roland II. Herring, of Com
pany NJ received notice that his sister
is i'll in Philadelphia, Pa. and hopes
to go to see her soon.
Sergeant and Mrs. Sparks, Of Com
panyt G., will be tho guest of honor
on Thursday afternoon at party
Iytven by Mr.. Hill, OF Company G.
! MI. Edward Rose, Of Company NJ.
hopes to have his sister from Arllan-
sas to spend somo time with him
soon.
The now men in tho camp are very
we'll satisfied with their new station.
Mr.. Benson, OF Company NJ will
probably leave for Sumter, S. G. on
the third Of October, as he has not
bccn homo for four years.
Chaplain Thomas, Of the Twenty
fourth Infantry, preached delight
full sermon Sunday.
Mrs. Brown, !. IT,. will leave for
Eel Paso today to spend some time
at her former home.
Miss Elizabeth Green, Of Houston,
is spending some time with her sister
Mrs. Robert Jones.
/ Mr.. r. II. Herring says that all Of
the girls in his old home city have
forgotten him. Not one writes to
him from Richmond, Va. We hope
the girls Of Richmond will write a
thousand letters in a day.
Many Of tho boys here arc asking
through newspapers for girls to write
to them. We'll, Mr.. Herring has not
done that, but I am sure he will be
glad to have any or all Of tho girls
in Richmond, Va. to write him a
letter.
| First Sergeant Swgted has been
looking for his wife to come to Co.
lumbus for some time, but she has
not come as yet.
! Corporal Cauhart's wife has ar
rived from San AntonioA Texas and
will live in Columbus, New Mexico.
| A little boy in the Twenty-fourth
! Infantry tells his mother that no Is
going to Germany and kill the kaiser
with his air gun, so dad can como
homo with him.
| Sergeant and Mrs. Morris, Of
Conf any M hore to have sJn.e COM
pany from Houston, Texas in Colum-
bus Sunday.
! Well, the Twenty-fourth is going
to buy tho Fourth Liberty Loan
Bonds. / know two hundred thous-
and dollars worth do not sound bad
at all, and then we shall give the
kaiser hell and heap it up on him.
The people used to say that he was
hell, but we are going to make him
think that Uncle Sam Is worse than
that. We will put one over on him
this time and then come back home.
! ROLAND II. HERRING.