Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-21
End CEORClA'S
COLORS PLACED
in STATEHOUSE

The official colors of the old Sec
end Georgia regiment, Of which the
Americas Light Infantry Company y
was a par, now repose in the state
house at Atlanta, having been turned
over to Governor Dorsey there few
dage ago by Lieut.. Colonel W. M. Will
der for deposit in the archives. The
colOrs were made and presented at
Macon by the women of the cities rep
resented in the regiment which, after
being federalized, became the 121st
U. S. Infantry.
The Americas Light Infantry, which
composed one company, and which has
since been disintegrated by the trans
fer of men both in France and on this
side, left Americas in June, 1916, near
ly three years ago, for the Mexican
border under the command of Capt.
James A Fort, and was in continuous
service up to the time the various
members were mustered out
The following from the Atlanta
Constitution tells of the presentation
of the colors:
''The two flags, the regimental flag
and the national colors, handmade
in silk, were brought to Atlanta by
Lieut.. Colonel William NJ Wilder, who
is now on leave. After the death of
the regimental commander, Colonel
James A. Thomas, Jr,. of Macon, Ca,
I.,,il+ i-k
class unit and who died at sea en-
route to France, Colonel Wilder took
temporary command. He was con-
nected with the 49th United States
infantry until that regiment was re-
turned to the States in December
and then he was put in command of
the 366th infantry, which arrived in
the States March 1. While on leave
he stopped in Atlanta to deliver the
flags into the proper hands pending
the reorganization of the regiment
or other such steps as may be taken.
"The 121st regiment joined the
American Expeditionary forces in
France on October 3,191S, with the
infantry and machine gun personnel
of the 31st division, the Dixie Divi-
sion. Instead of taking part in the
final drive this spring that was to
wind up the war, the high command
of the allies determined to start the
drive in the fall, and while the en-
envy was being routed out of his
trench positions to keep him moving
and drive him out of France. To do
this the combat divisions then in
the line and familiar with the situa-
ton were kept filled with fresh
men. This required large number
of men and to get these men it was
necessary to draw on the divisions
then arriving In this way many
regimental organizations lost all OPP
portunity to function under their
own name and number, bit contrib
uted materially to the aaIie and fame
of other regiments that had arrived
in France before them.
1.-THE regimental coiors were pre-
scented the regiment Dy the patrlotlc
women of the fourteen cities of
Georgia from when the companies
of the regiment came in June. 1916,
when this regiment went into the
federal service and entrained :or the
Mexican border. The cities repre-
scented in the regiment are: Head
quarters company, supply company
and machine gun company, Macon;
Company A., Jackson; Company B.
Winder; Company c., Elberton; Com
pany D., Columbus; Company E, Mil
1edgeville; Company F., Hartweil;
Company G., Barnesville; Company
H., Monroe; Company /, Americas;
Company K, Albany; Company L.,
Griffin; Company M, Forsyth; medi-
cal detachment and band from Daw-
SON.