Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-09-09

FORMED IN FORT MILL

FORMED IN FORT MILL.
I. -A~Haalataey se0na ahyssthAt-soo will
be- a>nnit OF the. National Guard of
btheh hUnitedtAS States was. 4organtzed in
| Fort Mill Tuesday evening in the
| town. hall with membership of 6S,
exclusive Of the three officers. Maj.
Frank w. Glenn. auartermaster OF
the National Guard for South Caroli-
| na, came to Fort Mill from Column
bia and after examining the prelimi.
| nary records of the company admin
| istersd to the men the oath OF allie
glance prescribed for membership In
the National Guard. 2
The meeting was, presided over by
Col. T. b. Spratt Following a short
statement OF the purpose OF the
meeting. Col spratt called for nomi-
| nations for company captain. Fred
| erick Minis. Jr.. was the only one
| nominated for the office and he was
unanimously elected. Arthur G. Ly-;
tie and Robert F. Grier. Jr.. were
then unanimously elected first and
second lieutenant. respectively.
| All OF the company .efficers are
| veterans of the World war,as are a
number Of the enlisted men. Capt
! Minis went across as q sergeant OF
the Fort Mil company. l1sth reg
iment, S0th division. but within q
short time after reaching Belgium
was admitted to the army school. at
Longres. France. where ne won a sec
ond -lieutenant's commission. He
was then assigned to the 2sth divis-
ion. made up principally Of Pennsyl-
vania troops. and was severely
wounded in action.
Lieut.. A. c. Lytle also was a ser
Reant in the Fort Mill company Of
the llsth regiment and was In the
thick of the fighting with the .~.L
division in Belgium and France. In
his remarks. Col. Spratt said that
much credit was due .-.eui. Lytle for
1 the organization Of the company. ad-
ding that II was due largely to the
work he had done.
Lieut.. Grier like the two other
company officers, served with the
1lSth regiment as a member OF the
Fort Mill company. and he too has a
splendid war record.
Following the election OF officers
Phort talks were made by Col Spratt.
w. r. Bradford and s. w. Parks. all
former captains OF the old Fort Mill
company. and ]. NJ. White. who a
few years ago was a lieutenant OF
the company Each Of the speakers
referred to, the fact that the new
company comes into existence just
20 years after the formation OF the
old company. which was mustered
out OF the service upon the return
1 OF. tho 30th division from France.
and predicted for the new company
a record OF usefulness to the State
and nation should 1t be called into
the field.
The understanding with the adtu-
tRnt generals department is that the
company will he given the COMPANY
letter. q. OF the old Fort Mill COM
pany. and TINT the local name OF tho
company will be the same. Fort Mill
Light Infantry.
70 The non commissioned officers are
tn he appointed at a meeting OF the
company to be held a few days hence
when Adtutant General Moore comes
to Fort Mil TO, extend to the COM
panv official State and federal rec
ognition.
The statement was yesterday made
bv an officer Of the company that
Major Glenn had indicated his inten-
tion OF securing for the company
funds with which to reestab,ish the
river and to replace the company club
house washed away by the freshet of
1916.
The -memh hership OF the company Is
rs follows:
John J. Adkins. Charlie Armstrong
Tesse L. Blackwelhcr. Earl F.. Broom
John F.. B,iles. Robert NJ. Bennett
John g. .Bayne. Robert II. Broom.
James r. Bennett. John r. Rroadnax
James G.. Bouknight. Charles IT.
Bradford. Allie L. Cannup. Henry r.
Craig. Jesse c. Cunnup. John
Cook. Fred T. Dunlap. Henry Fl
Doster. Bud Dulin. Henry s. Elms
George r. Erwin. Bratton d. Epps
Thomas A. Ferguson. Joe Ferry
Claude Gordon. John L. Gordon
Robert Gordon. Charlton C. Garrison
Thomas NJ. Faris. Edward Fl. Harkey
Pink 8. Howie. James O. Hammonds
James l.. Honeycutt. Hope Harris
Thomas Hucks. Oscar r. Hood. Roy
Huddleston. William B. Hoagland
Elbert Irby Henry p. Jones. Alfred
q. Jones Jr.. Fravor O. Ktmbrell
William b. Fimbrcll. 4. omas d
Kimbrell. Grover 3. I.emonds. NAL
colin d. Link. Dewitt T. Long. Mar
shall Mccoy. JONES II. Morgan. Mar
ion A. Mills Donplas Fl. Minis. Jo.
seph M. Nivens. william A. Parks
Albert NJ. Patterson. Henry l.. Patter.
son. Johnnie F.. Phillips. Lawrence
Paul. Yancay q. Potts. Lonnte NJ
Robinson. Joe NJ. Smith Malcolm II
Smith. Adrnn r. Smith. Fred E.
StamDer. William G. Walker. Robert
g. Wright. Walter Wright. Ira vii.
son. Evans J. Wolfe.