The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-19
News Notes From Camp Wheeler

fear his promotion will cause him tt
be transferred from this division. HI
has been in the service since 1898
and has been commander of the 106tl
train of engineers since coming tt
Camp Wheeler He is among the
most popular officers in camp.
Lieuts. Geo. H. Dalton, Benjamin
Il G. Russum and John D. Sheriff. have
been relieved of duty with this divi
sion and ordered to Allentown, Pa
1t is concluded they will sail within
few weeks for France.
Major Arthur S. Pendleton, mem
Der of the division disability board,
has been relieved of this duty
Lieut. P. l.. Dodge, of the base hos.
pital, has been named his successor.
Col. Walter P. McBroom, of the
regular army, who has been COM
handing the 124th Infantry for the
past three months, has been relieved
of duty with this unit and assigned
to the 81 Infantry Brigade. This
brigade is commanded by Brig. Gen.
Robert e. Steiner, of Alabama.
Col. Allen Crenshaw. of 1O6th train
and military police, has been re-
licyed of duty with a casual detach-
ment formed at the division. He is
still in command of his old organiza-
ton.
Private Carl Smith, Battery F,
1l7th Field Artillery, has been re-
lieved of duty with this organization
and ordered to Maryland, Md, to the
gun-powder reservation for duty.
Wednesday and Thursday all the
quartermaster motor cars and motor.
cycles of the division will be in
spected. Wednesday morning all
the automobiles of division head
quarters and the British and French
officers in camp were inspected. The
inspection included cleanliness of
the car adjustment of brakes, bear
ing, carburetors and other working
parts, proper fabrication, imitation of
tires and care of the car in general.
Wednesday afternoon all the mo-
of headquarters 10th, 117th
and 11Sth machine gun battalions,
lO6th signal corps and of headquar-
-ers trains and military police were
Thursday morning the automobiles
md motorcycles of the 61st, 62nd
18th Field Artillery Brigades and the
LO6th Engineers will be inspected
These tests are being made to de-
ermine how we'll they stood the CO.
nile maneuver last week.
Under new uniform order issued
W Brig Gen. Francis H. French,
commander of this division, provost
guards in the city and the military
'olice are instructed to arrest all en-
listed men and to take the name of
III officers who appear on the streets
without black ties or with their
leeves rolled up. This means the
Aen must doll up" somewhat when
hoy visit in town.
Corporal Willet Scott, Corporal w.
I. Shelton and Private A. X. Dan
els, 106th Train and Military Police,
eft Tuesday with six negro prisoners,
LEGGED evaders of the draft law.
hey carried the negroes to Camp
'ordon, Atlanta, Ga.
Pieces of broken glass have been
ound in bread issued by the camp
uartermaster at Camp Wheeler.
A large piece of broken glass has
lso been found in bottle of Chero- {
ola purchased from a canteen in {
amp, according to a memorandum
'sued at division headquarters. Is
As the result of glass having been
iscovered in bread and in a bottle l
pop, Gen. Francis H. French, t
of Camp Wheeler, has S
sued an order which has been read t
} all soldiers in camp, instructing 6
lem to thoroughly masticate all {
read they eat, so as to detect the i
resence of glass before swallowing t
, and to be extremely careful in t
soft drinks from bottles
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