Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-16
COLONEL. PEARCE'S
ARTILLERY BRIGADE
|. HIGHLY Commended
Tribute Paid Modest Attain
tian Made Known by
Brother Officers - 1000
Men of 82d to Come Here

The arrival of the steamship
Satruste-Gui Wednesday at FIoboken
brought to port the remainder of the
Three Hundred and Twenty-fifth in
fantry and one battery of the Three
Hundred and Twenty-frst field ar
tillery of the Eighty-second Other
units which arrived at the same
time are Three Hundred and Twen-
ty-fifth infantry headquarters, Third
battalion, sanitary detachment, ma
chine gun company, and companies
to M, inclusive, 20 officers and 1,l4O
men. for Camp Upton; detachment OF
% officers of the Three Hundred and
Twenty eighth infantry and the
Three Hundred and Twenty-f1rst field
artillery's battery E, two othcerS ana
161 men for Camp Upton.
The transport Antonio Lopez IS eX-
pected to arrive Thursday.
Earlier arrivals of units of the
Eighty-second included members of
the Thirty-ninth field artillery, who
arrived on the Alaska Monday; three
Hundred and Seventh ammunition
train, on. the Arcadia, and several
special units.
CAMP UPTON, L. l., May 15.-At
Camp Upton today indications were
that not exceeding one thousand men
finally will go to Camp Gordon for
demobilizat ton as fighters of the
Eighty-second division. This is the
estimate of Colonel Earle D'A.
Pearce, commanding the One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh field artillery
watching demobilization plans here.
Colonel Pearce himself will leave
for Atlanta Friday night or Sat-
urday morning. He has leave of alb
sence to precede his troops to At
lanta, and will await their arrival
in that city. Colonel Pearce today
estimated that about a thousand
men, representing those entering the
| service at Camp Gordon from the
| immediate surrounding territory, will
| DO back there for the muster-out.
1.-The Eighty-second division" said
| Colonel Pearce, 'iS being rapidly
| demobi1iged and split uD into de-
tachments at Camps Upton and Dix.
| The strictly southern troops are being
segregated into detachments, and
| these will be subsequently placed in
| charge of southern officers and sent
| to Camp Gordon. L do not know
when the movement south will be-
| gin. But I personally expect to leave
| for Atlanta Friday night or Satur-
| day morning, and will join the troops
| there later.
The probablht1eS are tnaC camp
Gordon will receive finally only the
| boys from the Immediate surround
| ing territory who were mustered into
| the service there. The war depart
ment seems to be adhering to its
| rule to send the troops to the camp
nearest their homes for demobiliza-
| ton. Under this rule, my under
standing is that the Tennessee troops
will go to Fort Oglethorpe, and this
| will take away quite a number of
| men from Camp Gordon. -
Officers Being Discharged
Since the entire division has not
yet arrived, the best. guess today is
that all Georgia. Florida, Alabama
and possibly Mississippi boys will be
sent to Camp Gordon. We do not
know wherether the comparatively
few South Carolinians now in the
EightySecond will be stopped at
Camp Jackson or not. My estimate
is that not above one thousand men
will show up at Camp Gordon.
"They are rapidly demobilizing our
division both at Camp Dix and Camp
Upton. The rehabilitation includes
quite few Southern officers not
necessarily attached to troops destin-
ed for Camp Gordon. These officers
are getting their discharges here
upon application"