Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-17

Beary for the designation of the To-
cation of the units in accordance
with the plan announced some time
ago. When the new Pennsylvania
National Guard is formed the Penn
sylvania Reserve Militia will be dis
banded.
Many preliminary steps for forma-
ton of the new Guard have pecn
taken and it will contain numbers oi
overseas men.
The appointments announced We're
David j. Davis. Scranton, TO be
colonel and chief Of staff; served as
adiutant of the 2Sth Division.
Joseph II. Thompson, Beaver Falls,
70 he colonel and inspector general;
served as colonel of the 10th lntan-
try.
Frederick A. Snyder, Philadelphia
to be colonel, 1st Engineers; COM
manded 10Srd Engineers.
John +. Wood. Philadelphia, to he
colonel. 1st Cavalry; on special duty
at Washington during the war.
Churchill b. Mehard, Pittsburgh
to be colonel, 1st Artillery; served as
instructor at artillery school, For'
Sill, during the war.
Howard S. Williams, Philadelphia,
to be colonel, Second Artillery; COM
manded 103rd Ammunition Train;
former chief of artillery OF old
Guard.
William 6. Mclean, Jr., Wilkes
Barre, to be colonel, Third ArtillerN'
served in 1O9th Artillery.
Millard D. Brown. Philadelphia, to
be colonel. 1st Infantry: com mandeo
109th Infantry.
George F.. Kemp, Philadelphia to
be colonel, 3rd Infantry; commando
111th Infantry.
Robert NJ. Brookfeld, Philad1f.
phia, to be colonel. 9Th Infantry
served with 109th Infantry and on
special duty.
Edward ]. Stackpole. Jr., Harris
burg. to be colonel, Sth Infantry;
served in 10th Infantry.
Edward Martin. Waynesburg, to
be colonel 10th Infantry; served
with 10th Infantry.
r. NJ. Vail. Willles-Barre. TO be
colonel. 18th Infantry: served with
10Sth Machine Gun Battalion.
c. Blaine Smathers, Oakmont. to
be colonel. 18th Infantry; served
with 112th Infantry.
William r. Dunlap, Pittsburgh, to
be colonel, 18th Infantry; served
with 111th Infantry.
Maurice L. Finney. Harrisburg. to
be colonel and commander of trains;
served as commander of trains of the
2Sth Division at Camp Hancock and
in France with distinction.
William II. Zierdt, WilkesBarre
TO be major and division inspector
reporting Immediately to the major
general commanding; served with
109th Artillery.
Colonel Finney is one of the best
known men in Pennsylvania military
affairs and has the advantage OF
having been in contact with every
unit of the keystone Division in
active service. He entered the old
Guard December %, 1885, as a mem
ber of the old City Grays and rose
in rank. He was elected captain OF
Company II, Eleventh Pennsylvania
Infantry, which was the local unit
of the Provisional Guard during the
Spanish War. He became captain
of Company in 1908, chosen major
of the Eighth Regiment in 1907 and
lieutenant colonel in 1912, succeed
ing the late General J. b. Hutchi-
son as commander of Harrisburg
Own. He has served in many strike
calls and took the Eighth to Camp
Hancock whereupon the formation
of the 112th he was placed on spe-
cial duty and finally named to COM
mand the truck trains of the whole
2Sth Division, which he organized
and then took to France.
Colonel Stackpole is a graduate OF
the Harrisburg Academy and oi
Yale University; was one of the first
to enter the Plattsburg training
camp and on the outbreak of wal
he was sent to Madison Barracks
where he was com missioned cap
tain. He was bayonet instructor
of the 2Sth Division and wher
it sailed for France entered
the line commanding Company
NJ, of the 10th Regiment
He was wounded in action, seriously
in the latter days of the war. He
was awarded the United States Dis.
tinguished Service Cross.