Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-17

Governor Sproul has named sixteen
world war veterans as coionc!s in tho
new National Guard Of Pennsylvania.
He has also issued orders for the i'm
mediate recruiting of the guard 20 be.
tween 1000 aud $1,000 men.
Virtually all tha officers named by
the Governor are veterans ct the old
guard division, having seen service
abroad with the Twenty eighth division.
With one exception every man named to
command Philadelphia unit in the re
organized guard was overseas with the
Iron Division.
With the notice Of appointments Gov
ernor Sprou issued orders for the Of
ficers TO report at once to Mnior General
William g. Price. ,Ir., division com
mander, so that the division may be
recruited aud organized without delay.
The brigadier generals named by Gov
ernor Sproul are Richard Coulter, Jr.,
Grecnsburg; Edward G. Shannon. Co
lumbia and George c. Richards, of Oi
City.
Philadelphia Units
The now guard will be formed as the
skeleton of an cntir" fighting division
so that the only necessary step to have
il ready for war use VIII he the recruit
ing of men to fill in the gaps.
The Philadelphia units in the new
division will correspond to those in the
old organization. The First and Third
Regiments. the First Engineers and the
Second Artillery Regiment will be local
units The Sixth Infantry Regiment
will be partly a Philadelphia and partly
Delaware and Montgomery county
unit. The headquarters of the First
Cavalry will be here also
All the commanders named from this
city have been identified with the Penn
sylvania National Guard for many
years.
Colonel Frederick A. Snyder. named
to command the First Engineers, is &
veteran in guard theory and actua
practice, having commanded guart
unit for many years before the wal
and led the l03d Engineers in France
Colonel Millard y. Brown, named tC
command the First Infantry. com
msnded that unit for time i'll France
where it fought the Germans under tn
name of the l09th Infantry.
Colonel George +. Kemp, designated
to head the Third Infantry. is anothe
of the new guard officers who gainc'
his spurs while leading his regiment il
France. At that time the Third wa
the 110th
Williams Led Munitions Train
Colonel Howard s. Williams, to heat
the Second Artillery, commanded tn
1O3d Ammunition Train in France.
Colonel Robert NJ. Brooktield, nance
to head the Sixth Infantry, occupie,
many positions at headquarters of th
Twenty eighth Division. Among then
was the position of adjutant during
much of the fighting done by the or
ganization.
Colonel John 7. Wood was the LONE
Philadelphia appointee who did not ge
across with the Twenty eighth. Iii
special knowledge was needed at Wash
ington, and he was drafted from tn
guard division for departmental serv
ice at the capital.
The naming of these practical mill
tary men to administer the affairs O
the new guard unit is in line with tn
statements issued by AdjutGnt GenerH
Frank d. Beary and General Price tina
only men who had been tried and foup
capable in every respect would be name
to uphold the fame of the guard.
No Philadelphia was named as
division staff officer.
An effort will be made to Undue
as many Iron Division men as posi-
BILE to enlist in the new outtit.