Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-13
SUICIDE CLUBS" BEING
ORGANIZED AT MEADE
Machine Gun Battalion for
Lafayette Division to Re-
ceive Intensive Training
Camp Meade, Nd, Sept. t3.

3 Camp Meade, Nd, Sept. 13
The organization of the machine-gun
battslion, or suicide club" of the La
fayette Division will be started at once.
Major General Jesse Mel. Carter. the
division commander. issued an order this
morning. in which he named Major Mar
shall A. Queensbury as the acting divi-
sion machine-gun officer during the tenn
porary absence of Lieutenant Colonel
Emmet r. Harris, and directed that all
officers attached to other units who have
been assigned to the suicide clubs" re-
port to Major oueensbury for duty.
In few days a sufficient number of
men to- provide nucleus will he selected
from the 154th Depot Brigade and as
eigned to the Clubs" A course of in
tensive training will then be started and
the battalions will be gradually brought
up to war strength. It is probable that
q number of noncommissioncd officers
will be transferred to the new units from
: try regiments.
Major Bruce Cthoff has been trans
ferred from the Seventeenth Infantry to
the Thirty-first Machine Gun Battalion.
Other officers affected by the order are
Major John W. Gillette. Captains l1ous-
ton l.. Gaddy and Blanton w. Tandv,
and Second Lieutenants Raymond Y.
Hicks, Everett Peck, Reynolds j. Simond,
Harry T. Henderson, Jasper y. Wolfe.
Robert n. Watson, August II. Bishop.
Frank II. Scott. Benjamin Knight Fred
H. Thomas Ralph II. Candy. Lewis W
Lunsford. G. S. Ferguson II. A. Ridg-
way, D. l.. Wilson, G. w. Chancellor,
w. J. Gordon. w. II. White, T. r.
whalen. NJ C. Schaeffer, J. n. Wiley.
". " Wilmington. @. Z. Sparknan, ls
l.. Siegert, J. G. Wilson II. ]. Bopp, j.
A. McDcnough, W. D. Hartshorne, y. y
Collins, n. s. Pendleton. J. y. McNabh.
~ S. Goodall F. J. Fitzpatrick and n.
w Rose.
About seventy-fve officers of artillery.
mostly second leutenants. many of
whom have seen actual service with the
american expedtionary forces in France.
have been assigned to the Thirty-ftrst.
Thirty-second ana Thirty-third reGi-
ments of field artillery. The officers
were previously sent here and tempo
rarily attached 70 the Eleventh Artillery
Brigade. During the last few weeks a
great number have been transferred to
units of other cantonments.
The assignment of the following off,
GERS of infantry was also announced this
morning:
To the Seventeenth 1nfantry-Major
Albert Johnson and First Lieutenants
William S Morgan, Claude Sale and Will
liam Meo.
To the Seventy-frst 1nfantry-Cap-
]tains James o. Hall and James NJ.
Sparks, and First Lieutenants Pleasant
Porter. Clarence r, Neidengard Arthur
L. Thomas. John c. Hartnett. Thomas
G. Andrews and Glen c. Barnum
To the Seventy-second 1nfantry-Cap-
tains Clifford A. Gray. Thomas \. Relner,
Murphy r. Tedlio. Sam p. Carroll, Elmer
c. Leier and Bryan l.. Radcliff.
Battalion Sergeant Major Edwin J.
Howard, Headquarters Company Sixty
third Infantry, has been transferred in
his present grade TO the Seventy-secCnd
Infantry.
Private Allen II. Fisher, Company I
Seventeenth Infantry. has been sent tc
Washington for temporary duty in the
office of the inspector general. 30
Private Guillaume A De Leyer. re-
Gently transferred to the dduarters
Troop from the Thirty-third Field Artil
lery, has been transferred to the Head
and assigned to duty in the office of the
chief of staff.
Private James G. HILL Headduarter!
Company, 154th Depot Brigade. has beer
detailed on special duty in the office o
the camp judge advocate, Major Jame
NJ Mullen.
Private Ralph Robinson. of the Twen
ty-seventh Engineers, who was sick II
the base hospital when his regiment lei
this cantonment, has been transferred t.
Camp American University. He vii
Join his regiment later
Nine men in the Development Bat
TALON of the depot brigade have heeI
assigned to special duty at the Libert,
Theatre Six will serve as members o
the orchestra and the remainder as stag
hands.
Soldiers of Jewish faith, SO far as
possible, will receive leave of absenc
over the Day of the Atonement, whic
begins at sundown on Sunday. The lad
will be allowed TO go tO their home:
provided they do not live too far ava,
for the observance of the fast, and fo
those who will be obliged to remain
camp there win be special services in tn
Little White House, the home of tn
Jewish welfare board, Sunday evenin
and all day Monday.
Privates Lewis w. Cohen. of the Ele'
epth Company. and Frank Zamatowit
OF the Twenty-fourth Company, l54t
Depot Brigade. were each sentenced
ten years at Fort Jay for refusing
obey command to drill. Both will forte
all nay and allowances and be dishonol
ably discharged from the service.