The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-06
ll5TH. MD. INFANTRY
A MODEL REGIMENT
REORGANIZATION Work Has as Its OBJ
iect The Bringing OF Other ReSi-
mentS up to The Standard OF The
115th.

Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Ala,
May 2-ReconStruction work began
with a vim in the One Hundred ana
Sixteenth Infantry this morning ana
all guns have been set to bring TINS
outfit up TO a par with the One Hun
dred and Fifteenth Maryland lnfan-
try. For some time past it has been
generally known that the Flrglnians
have been tagging, and the assign
ment of Lieut.-Col. Hobart Brown, OF
New Jersey, to serve as first aide TO
Col. w. j. Perry, is taken to Indicate
that there is something doing. me
Jerseyman, who until several DAYS
ago was a major in command OF the
One Hundred and Fourth Military
Police, has won d reputation as an
organizer and efficient leader of men,
and the influence he will exert IN the
One Hundred and Sixteenth is des-
tined to work wonders in a short
space of time.
The Maryland 'doughboys" have
been setting hot pace along disclp-
line lines and iii the mastering OF all
branches of modern warfare, ana the
standard of efficiency established by
the One Hundred and Fifteenth is
target all other unit sin the division
are trying to equal.
When Lieutenant-Colonel Brown,
received his promotion it was gener-
ally rumored among Maryland men
that he was slated to go to the one
Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment
with Col. Milton A. Reckord, who had
Just been raised from lieutenant-col-
onel. This combination was pop
ular choice among Maryland Nation
al Guard graduates and his assign
ment to the One Hundred and SIX
teenth came as big surprise.
Inquiry at divisional headquarters
today brought forth the intlmatlon
that Lieut.. Colonel Brown was sent
to the One Hundred and Sixteenth to
aid in the rebuilding, and divisional
heads at the same time lntlmated
strongly that conditions in the One
Hundred and Fifteenth were perfect
ly satisfactory just now.
Another Maryland officer is pre-
pairing to depart from the Twenty,
ninth Division and join the Provi-
sional Depot Brigade of Camp Wads-
worth, at Spartansburg, S. c., where
several other Maryland commission,
ed officers have been sent. The latest
to go is Capt. Howell H. Thomas, OF
Baltimore, who has been relieved as
supply officer of the One Hundred
and Tenth Field Artillery and at
tached to the Fiftyfourth Artillery
Brigade He will be classed among
the surplus officers and sent imme
diately to Spartansburg. 1t is gen
orally believed that Capt. James M
Charles, of New Jersey, will succeed
Captain Thomas. The Jerseymar
has been supply officer of the One
Hundred and Fourth Military Police
and was later assigned to the One
Hundred and Fourth Supply Train
His promotion from first lieutenant
Mas- recently announced
and he has just been transferred tt
the artillery.
The organization of personne
detachment for the One Hundred
and Fifteenth Maryland Regimen!
was started today with the appoint
ment of Capt. Leroy S. Fales, o.
New Jersey, to head the unit. HI
will be allowed one regimental ser
geant-major and two sergeants as as
sistants, and he has already pickeC
Private Theodore L. Heating, of Bal
timore, as sergeant, and Private Jas
w. Devine, of the Divisional Head
quarters Department, as his sergeant
major Fales has recently been do
ing temporary duty in the Office Of
Major Robert H. Kelley, divisional
inspector, and Heating has been TAX
ing charge of the mail received al
divisional headquarters. Divine is {
Now Torcay SOl6jar
Four priyates have been added tt
the Divisional Headquarters Troop
one of them being w. F. Russell, OF
Baltimore, formerly a member Of
Battery D, One Hundred and Tenth
Field Artillery. Corp. Ralph F. Bag
ley, of the Ordnance Detachment in
the One Hundred and Fourth Ammu
milton Train, mas been promoted t(
ordnance sergeant and reassigned tt
the train. He was formerly a mem
Der of the Richmond Blues"
Six nurses serving in the Division
al Base Hospital have been pronounc
ed eligible for foreign service anC
ordered to report to a concentration
station in New York city. They are
the Misses Theresa E. Boyle, Ada
Camp, Anna L. Eckam, Ruth O'Con
nor, Kathleen C.. Smythe and Clara
H. Waldo.