Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-22
DIXIE DIVISION MAY
|. RETURN To WHEELER

CAMP WHEELER, Macon, Ga, No
vember 20. - Whether the. Dixie di-
vision, born and reared al Camp
Wheeler will be sent to the place of
its birth to be demObiIized after il
completes its work in France is caus-
ms cUhSlueraDIe Speculation. Inc
wa department mas announced that
divisions VIII be sent to camps near
est the homes o. & majority or the
members.
When the Dixie division, Yyaich in
cludes the old rifLh GcOl gia imam
try, now The lZ2d, battery o. az
ullery and a hospital unit from At
ianta, was organized, II VAS compos-
ed entirety OF Ge.rgla, Alabama and
tIoriua national guarusmen.
The guardsInen had Deen under
sFraS for more than year and COLI
Sequently required Little training.
repiace.nenI units and wee sent
overseas long before the div ision.
Their PAGES were taken by select
men, most Of whom came from
Mich gan anu Illinois.
5000 From South.
When the division left Camp
Wheeler SCI erai months ago there
wele l7,OUU men from the north and
about $500 from Georgia, Florida,
Alabama. Mississippi, Tennessee and
other southern states.
Practically all o. the line officers
commanded companies of the nation
al guaru from georgia, Alabama and
FLORIDA. There also were num-
Der or officers from georgia and
other southern states who came here
soon after the hrst OF the officers
training camps at Fort OgleLnorpe
and + ort -ACPhersOn closed.
In the old Firth Georgia regiment
y T.
lanta. The lieutenant colonel, F. Nj.
Cochran, was Tor years connected
with the adjutant general S office.
The adjUtan; is Captain Basil Stock
bridge, a We.l-known Atlanta lawyer,
and the company commanders and
the officers who commanded il on the
Mexican border. The majors are
Asa w. Gambler, Jr, Wade ii, Leahy
and John Cluillian, all of Atlanta.
Colonel Orville II. Hall. who COM
manded the regiment for years and
is one of the most widely-known At
lantianS, was transferred to Camp
jackson just before il left for a port
of embarkation. He was succeeded
by Coo c. b. Hodges, who, until
the division left Camp Wheeler, was
chief of staff. Colonel Hodges is q
regular army officer.
In the Atlanta artillery battery,
there are still a number of GeoT-
gians and the hospital unit, com
manded by Major Holton, of Allan
ia, is largely composed of Atlantians
and men from other Georgia cities.
May Come to Gordon
1t is generally believed the divi-
sion will return to Camp Wheeler,
unless the camp in the meantime is
closed. In that event it proba bly,
will be sent to Camp Gordon. At
lanta.
Plans already are under way here
for the homecoming of the soldiers.
1t is believed among the first to
reach here will be the celebrated One
Hundred and Fifty-first machine gun
battalion of the Rainbow division. 1T
is commanded by Major Cooper ID.
Winn, OF Macon. and principally com
posed of men from Macon and other
central Georgia cities. A number of
Atlantians, however, volunteered TO
go with the battalion and have rem
dered great service against the Huns.
TheE include LieutenantS Isaac
George Walker. Wilfred Browne. and
Onie O'Keefe, all of whom were with
the Fifth Georgia when they volun-
teered to go to France with the first
unit from Georgia.
Lieutenant Walker has been gassed
and Lieutenant Browne wounded.
Lieutenant O'Keefe, although he was
the commander OF the Floyd rifles
after other officers had been gass@d
or wounded. during the fighting on
the Marine in July. has miraculously
escaped injury as far as known.