Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-25
Chief BATTERY
F is ADVANCED
TOAC APTAINCY
Lieutenant c. G.. Preston OF Free
port Promoted Since Taking
Over Rock Island Unit.
MAY NOT BE PERMANENTLY
Is Thought That Lieutenant A. Y.
SWedburg VIII Take Charge
on His Return.
Special 10 The Argus.l

Camp Logan, Texas, March Is
Lieutenant c. G. Preston of Free
port, who has been in command OF
Battery F, the Rock Island-Moline
unit IN the One Hundred Twenty
thinrd field artillery, since the res
ignation Of Captain W. w. Scott of
Rock Island, has been advanced to
a captaincy.
Whether or not this means he is
10 be permanently in charge Of the
battery, it is said, has not been
fully decided. 1t was thought that
Lieutenant Arthur V. Swedburg,
who is attending the officers train
ing school at Fort Sill, Okla. would
be commissioned captain and plac-
ed in charge of the battery, mas
much as he knows the men of the
battery This may yet be done
upon his return from the training
camp in Oklahoma.
The following additional promo
lions were announced:
IN the One Hundred Twenty
third neld artillery regiment the
first lIeutenants being advanced to
the rank of captain: Barton A
Parker, H d. Swain, Homer W.
Johnson, Jr., and Victor Franklin,
and Second Lieutenants Ralph A.
kimbIe and Irwin r Cullins are
promoted to be second lieutenants.
An aviation section will be at
tached to the Illinois division when
1t goes 10 France and will work
with 1t when the Illinois soldiers
go into action. This is indicated in
a hurry-up order received from the
var department, instructing the
division officers to secure a lease
on a tract of land TO be used by the
air squadron. The order contained
no details as to how large the avia-
ton section will be or who will be
in command of il, but the ground
desired for landing purposes must
he ready for use by the government
by April 10.
Some speculation was INDUCED
in as TO whether or not a Squadron
composed Of graduate cadets from
:. Ellington field might be attached
to the division, but this was mere
n speculation. In the absence of in
formation from the war department
official orders will have to be
awaited
Major Gardenhire, the division
quartermaster, lost no time in get
ting in touch with the officials OF
the Houston Chamber OF Commerce
who have cooperated all along in
the matter of securing the use OF
land whenever it is needed to ia
cilitate the training of the division
It is understood that more than 100
acres will be required fer the use
Of the aviation section, and Ben S.
Dawson, special agent of the Cham
her Of Commerce. was called into
q conference at division headquar-
ters TO see what he has listed as
available for the purpose. An eff
fort will be made to secure a tract
Of land west Of the remount depot
and on the north side of the Katy
tracks, if possible.
No General Shakeup.
The hundreds of officers in the
Thirty-third division, who have
been directed TO undergo a physi-
cal examination to determine their
fitness to remain in the army, and
who have looked upon the order as
a forerunner of a general shakeuI
IN the division, may permit their
nerves to settle down. No such
shakeup is anticipated and none is
likely to occur. according to di-
vision officials in touch with the
situation.
The examinations are to include
all OF the commissioned men in the
division from and including cap