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Col. Heron Will Command
Reorganized 10th, Which
Served Overseas.

Overseas veterans who represented
the District Of Columbia in the field
artillery during the recent war are
being sought to assist in the reorgani
cation and perpetuation of the 10th
Field Artillery, 2sth Division, known
as the Blue and Gray Division. One
battalion of this organization is to be
organized in Washington as part OF
the District National Guard. under the
direction of the officers who were with
the outfit when the world war broke
and were with it overseas. The other
battalion, to be a part of the Balti-
more, Md. National Guard. has nearly
completed it's organization.
Lieut.. Col. Leroy w. Heron. who
commanded the 1st Battalion during
the war, it was learned. is to be the
colonel in command Of the 10th,
which will comprise both the Wash
ington and Baltimore organizations.
Capt. Louis c. Vogt, also a District
field artillery officer, is to be lieuten-
ant colonel. and second in command.
Activity i'm Reorganization.
Active efforts to bring the District
organization into existence now are
being made. A recruiting station Is to
be opened Immediately at the District
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northwest, where applications for en-
listment will be received. In addition,
a number of the vets" are out scout
ing for their wartime comrades. and
hope to enlist them. The recruiting
squads at this time are merely taking
signed applications. as the organ1za-
ton cannot be mustered until there
is minimum of fifty men ready.
When this number is reached they
will be mustered into the guard.
The officers are particularly anxious
that as many as possible of the old
"non-coms" and specialists be enrolled
to form a nucleus for a battery. Judg-
ing from the spirit being shown by the
former members, it will not be lonG
before the entire battalion will De
ready for muster into the service.
Lieut.. Hallock P. Long will COM
mand Battery A; Lieut.: Mutersoaugn'
Battery c of the local outfit, while
Mai. Hunter T. Boyd will command
the Baltimore battalion.
History of Local Artillery.
The history Of the local artillery
has been an active one. 1t was one
of the finest outfits In the local guard
before the big war, and before It's
entrance there saw service on the
Mexican border. 1t had been out OF
the federal service. but q few months
when, July IS, 1917. 1T was mobilized
at Camp Meigs, in this city.
Battery was under the command of
Capt Vogt and Battery B. under
command Of First Lieut., : later Capt,
Moorhead, who was relieved by Capt.
Bonnett Battery A. later followed
by the cavalry squadron and Battery
B. left for Camp Mcclellan, Admission.
in September, 1917. Battery A being
the first line outfit to land at camp.
There they were reorganized to form
the 1st Battalion of the 10th Field
Artillery the End Battalion coming
from Baltimore. Batteries A and b
were reunited to form Battery a,
10th. and the surplus men and the
squadron Eese and C 1Ioth The 10th
formed part Of the 54th Brigade.
Field Artillery. of the 18th (Blue and
Gray) Division. commanded respec-
lively by Col. Bowie, Gen. RaHerty
and Gen. Morton. Maj. Heron was was
and Capt. Vogt Of the reunited 6at-
Ordered Overseas.
In May, 1918, the regiment re-
ceiyed orders to go overseas, and
Battery A, then commanded by capt.
Runkle. embarked at Baltimore on
the u. S. S. Keemun. and. after cross
ing England. landed at Chsrbourg,
E5ancs on ner,oas asiy Of IT, training rshS nsn ae
Voulle, Meucon, Grand, Manois. Berg
Ie-roi and Richecourt. At Grand they
were ready for action. but rumor
says that when the kaiser heard that
Battery A was ready to fire he quit
cold and signed the armistice be-
fore they could fire a shot. The regi-
ment re-embarked at Saint Nazaire on
May II, 1919, on the U. S. S. Orizaba,
and arrived at Newport News a week
or so later. After delousing and a
short period at Camp Meade, and
triumphal march through Baltimore
and Washington, they were mustered
out on June 2, 1919. -