The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-06
u. S. TROOPS TO REACH
NEWBERRY TUESDAY
Will Camp Near College-Sixteen
Hundred Men With Colmn Al
most a Mile Long.

two hundred head of live stock and
a wagon train elongating column
almost mile, came to Prosperity on
Monday night and will reach New
berry about ten o'clock Tuesday
morning. The regiment will be camp
ed near the Newberry college Tues
day night and through Wednesday,
pulling out Thursday morning on its
like of 6O2 miles from Camp Jack
son, Columbia, to Fort Thomas, KY.
The march of the E.eerth infantry
is one Of the longest on record in the
history of the American army and
acco. .t!:ng to the present schedule the
ree' ment will not reach Fort Thomas,
witch is across the river from Gin
cinnati, Ohio, until the twent. eth OF
October, m4,alng a '5otal marching
time of about seven weeks from Jack
son to Thomas.
Forage, rations and other supplies
will be procured at Newberry by the
Eleventh, many articles by local pur-
chase and others being shipped here
from the government warehouses at
Camp Jackson. Newberry is called a
l"railhead," this being the point for
the procurement of five days supplies,
these being loaded on the wagon
trains and the next supply point Will
be Greenviile.
Commanded by Colonel Frank Hal
stead, the Eleevnth is one Of the old
est regiments in the army. Colonel
Halstead is very we'll known in South
Carolina. He was in command OF the
Three Hundred Twenty-first Infantry
regiment, stationed and trained a.
Camp Jackson and at Camp Sewer,
prior to being sent overseas with the
Eighty-first Wildcat" division in
1918. Colonel Halstead saw active
service with the Wildcats in the Vos-
ges mountains and in the second
phase of the Meuse-Argonne fight,
when the Eighty-irst division attacked
on the ninth of November, 1918, to
the north of Verdun.
= The Eleventh has very envEable
history. Until the recent reduction IN
the army the regiment was part OF
the, Fifth regular division and has
been stationed at Camp Gordon, Ca,
and at Camp Jackson. The Fifth div
ision has been ordered on the inactive
list and the Eleventh regiment will
be divided between three posts of the
old regular garrison. Under its pres
ent orders one battalion will go to
Fort Thomas, another to Fort Ben
jamin Harrison, at Indianapolis, Ind,
and another to Columbus Barracks,
Ohio. The posts to which the regl-
,n1ent is assigned are very desirable
quarters.
The Eleventh left Camp Jackson
Fri!ay ard has made short marches
of about ZEN miles day from Column
bia. Mary Of the soldiers have been
in the service only few months and
short marches have been necessary to
season the men for the long marches
that are ahead Of them to Fort
Thomas.
Leaving Newberry on Thursday
morning the doughboy regiment Will
camp Thursday night at Kinards, on
Friday at Laurens, Saturday at OW-
ems, Sunday at Mauldin and on Mon
day will pull into GreenVille, camp
ing for another rest Tuesday about
a mile on the Asheville road. The gen.
eral itinerary will carry the regiment
to Asheville from Greenville, to Knox
vile and up the L. and N. railroad
: through to Fort Thomas. The entire
route has been inspected by Captain
King of the Eleventh, and camping
sites selected for the entire march.
Dating back to the Civil war, the
colors of the Eleventh Infantry bear
streamers indicating its battles, the
first being the Peninsular, March IT.
Aug. 3, 1862; Manassas, Aug. 7-Sept
q, 1862; Antietam, Sept. 3-16, 1862;
Fredericksburg, Nov. 9-Dec. Is, 1862;
Charlottesville, April 27-May 6,
1868; Gettysburg, June 29-July 3,
| 1868; Wilderness, May At, 1864;
t Sroottsylvan3a Court House, May g.
: ;;21, 1864; Cold Harbor, May22-June
8, 1864; Petersburg, June 4-Novem-
, her 5, 1864; Battle of Gaines Mill,
Va, June 81, 1862; Battle of Marvin
t Hill, Va, June 80, 1862.
Indian wars: Battle with Indians
: then be discussed and a return to