Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
REORGANIZATION OF
NATIONAL GUARD
Preliminary Plans Considered and
Teams Selected at Meeting
Yesterday Afternoon.

Plans for recruiting men for the new
NationI Guard OF Delaware were dis
cu.s,,i nj a meeting of about 80 former
o,hccrs and enlisted mon of all branches
az The service in the Armory. Twelfth ana
Orange. Yesterday afternoon. This was
the second meeting TO be held since the
appointment Of Adjutant-Generh j. AUS
I'm Ellison. Announcement was made oil the
War Departments aims.
Tho proposed anti-aircraft regiment
will he part of the rcorganized twenty
ninth division Of Second Army Corps,
under command of Lieutenant-Generai
Robert L. Bullard, IT was announced
nv General Ellison IN speaking OF plans
already made for the organization OF the
snti-aircraft regiment and coast artillery
troops lie sah immediate enlistments were
de~sirahlcs :,
II was decided at the meeting TO select
six teams. Following discussion as TO
how snch teams should be selected. 1t
was decided that the men present make
"fh,s choice. General Ellison stated that
some of these men might eventually be
chosen as officers II they Te-cntered the
National Guard Captains selected were
rs follows:
Thomas W. Miller. Charles NJ. Almond,
.Ir Stephcn T. Stewart Jr., jessie ~
Mckay. William !. Mckinney and John
T. Blackson.
The members of the teams who were
selected. as follows will meet IN the
various company rooms oi the armorv
tomorrow night TO effect organization.
No. Thomas W. Miller. captain )
Louis ". Zeblev, John J. Dugan. Leroy
= WORK Weller F.. Stovcr, J. t. Hamp-
ton. William Regan and Edward Punte'
No. 2-Charles NJ Almond, -Jr., cap
tain: J Danforth Bush, Robert kelton,
Iohn 4 I.afferty. Joseph c. Lawson. ). \.
Niontromerv. r.. W. \. Russell and Il. III.
Coke
No. 3 Stephen T Stewart, captain;
Henry G.. Parker, Frank Wilson, irving
Warner. Ernest Caro-. Lowell smith.
Willard + Black. Fred Manion and l..
No, 4-Jessc \. Mckay. captain; ".
4 stewart. RI ] Hallman, CharlesN
Preston. Edward Miller, all Of New Castle
Other selections 10 be made later
No 5-W illiam J Mckinney capt~an
David VI Salter. l.. Hamilton Smith,
Ernest Hutson. + B l. Duncan. J. Morris
Robinson and Charles. Rantz
NJ 6 John T. Blackson. captain
i Warner Reed. Clarence NJ. Dillon, II.
r Waddington. Philip a. Steinnacn'
Frank & Hughcs. William + Cell, Morris
Thompson and Charles klund.
Those present we're IIcutenant-li lover
p,r-slcct ! Daniorth Bush. J. Warner
Eecd Thomas W Miller. Weller +.
slower Robert keltog- L. r. Smith,
William stewart, Jr MorTls Thomson
2 Nontghmcry. -lrg J Norris hooin-
IN /. VI Roe fTncst Caro, II. 7. Madd-
tpgton n \ Russell. Harry +. hlund'
Ioseph { lawson Jesse 4. Mckay,
William Bcrl lr, Clarence NJ, Dillon
/. Hamilton Smith, Charles NJ Almond,
Ir l. " Coke. Charles Rantz, Leroy T.
Work. Louis W Zebley, John J. Dugsn,
Henry q. Parker. Irving Warner, William
7. NcKinney. David NJ Salter, ;. B. /
Duncan John Laffertv, " 4. Russell
William T. Cell William +. Stewart
Edward Punte. II J Hallman, John +
Rlackson, stephen I Stewart. Frank IL
son. William Regan Horace y. Wilkinson
n Rierman. Thomas Ssmvorth: Ernest
Hutson. Joseph Hampton, Willard +
BLACK. Charles " Preston. Frank {
Hughes Philip 4 SteInbach and DR.
- Ahram Halpyin