Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-02-20
LARGE UNITS Of THE
COLORED LADS ARRIVE
36Sth Boys Decorated - Drum
Major nl-S67th Inf. and
351st T. A. Expected.

say Of COlored regiments coming to
Meade. his article being wired from
New York:
The 351st Artillery Band played jazz
music as the ship came UP the har-
bor There were no negro officers
from Baltimore on the ship, but there
were many white officers who were
trained at Meade and who have many
friends back home. The assist. like
the 86sth, will be demObilized at
Meade. The regiment was In COM
mand Of Col. Wade H. Carpenter, suc-
eessor to Col. william e. Cole. who
commanded the artillerymen at the
Maryland camp and who LED them TO
Europe. On his arrival in France
Col. Cole was promoted to briga-
der generalship and sent back to
Meade to command an artillery bri.
gade. The signing Of the armistice
prevented him from returning to- the
war zone.
Only Negro Artillery Brigade.
The, &B1st was a part Of the only
brigade Of negro artillerymen formed
in thAs American Army. They saw a
little service. but II was not Of q par.
ticuIasa1 strenuous character.
,ThsN had expected % 90 c. big
Rssors they get te shs b Sha as
Per5ifi3lk, when. he reviewed them at
lie Ms late in January. that they
had sm&A picked for a prominent part
in til Metz offensive, which was to
havAs Begun shortly after November
Gen. Pershing told them that the
167th Artillery Brigade. Of which the
351st was q part. was to cooperate
with twenty French divisions and six
American divisions in bombarding
the German strongholds. The 10th
Field Artillery Of the 2sth Division
Msryihnd Pennsylvania Regiment of
the 18th DivisiOn-it IL understood
were to have been engaged In the
The bGist saw service in the Mar.
bache sector on both sides Of the
Moselie river, just south Of Nets.
ment was attached went into this
sector there had been little activity
at that place since the early days or
the war. Both sides used the sestor
as resting place for old or weary
troops. Things were changed with
the advent of the Americans and the
negroes from Meade were gaining Q
hne reputation when the war ended.
Only few were wounded.
The 851st was taken to Camp Mills.
Drum Major Charles Landin Of the
36Sth Regimental Band, the negro who
set President Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and
thouBA6ds of Baltimoreans to cheering
as he jaxzed his way through Baltimore
at the head Of that band on April last,
lies dangerously Ill tonight at hospital
in New York city from pneumonia. Lit
tie hope IL held for his recovery.
Landin was taken Ill on his way from
France on the transport Harrisburg,
which docked in New York today with
T6 officers and 2,059 negro troops, menu
bers az the 26Sth Regiment, who were
trained at Meade. There were several
hundred Baltimore and Maryland ne
groes in the regiment. Landin was put
In the ships hospital when he became
Ill. This morning he was carried from
the Harrisburg on q stretcher and taken
in an ambulance to the hospital.
Sent to Camp Merritt.
The detachments of the SeSth. which
arrived today. went to Camp Merritt,
where they will remain q few days be-
fore leaving for Meade to be demOb.
-ilised. The rest Of the regiment was ar
Merritt. The machine gun company ar
rived in New York last Sunday and
Companies H, I, X, L and M were on
the Leviathan, which locked at this
port Wednesday night.
The field and star. headquarters and
supply companies and Companies A. b,
G, d, 3, + and @ were in tOday's quota.
The 36Sth will be the first Meade trained
organization to return from overseas to
that camp.
The regimental band, under the direc-
ton Of Lieut.. A. Jack Thomas, made q
big hit when Il gave jazz concert com.
ing up the harbOr this morning.
.. q. G. to Major Of S6Sth.
Hundreds of negro soldiers from Bal
timeFs are due in New York tomorrow
morning, on the transport Louisville
from Brest. They are the members Of the
field land STAFF supply company, medi-
cal detAchments and Batteries A, b, C
Is the most distinctively Baltimore OUT
At among all the negro units In the
Army. There will be IS officers and 1,266
men In the detachment. They win be
demobliized at Meade.
Mai. jackson s. Lawrence, one of the
officers Of the 36Sth. who was on the
Harrisburg, received the distinguished
service cross for reScuing a wounded
negro soldier. Accompanied by awC
negroes in the regiment. the major went
over the top and climbed up hill in the
face Of heavy machine gun fire to effect
rescue. V. dep. r,