Smyrna times., 1921-07-20
GEORGE SCOTTON CAPTAIN
FIRST BATTALION Of GUARD
MAJOR III. w. STARK is COLONEL
AND WILL LEAD REGIMENT
Two Units of National Guard in Della
ware Have Been Recruited to
Their Full Strength


missioned personnel of the Headquar-
ters Company and Combat Train of
the Anti-Aircraft Regiment, &C. A.
c." Delaware National Guard, were
named last week in orders issued by
Adjutant- General ]. Austin Ellison.
Major H. w. Stark, a former regular
army officer, has been appointed col
onel Major Stark was formerly U.
S. army instructor assigned to Della
ware. Governor William d. Denney
in a special order has named the en-
campment which will open August 1
as Camp John A. Chandler, in honor
of Private John A. Chandler, of Com
pany a." 59th Pioneer Infantry, who
was killed in France, January %, 1919.
Captain George J. Schultz, who has
been in charge of recruiting for the
new regiment since the first of the
year, has been promoted to major.
Captain Schultz was formerly captain
of the first company.
Other assignments as announced in
order follow:
Lieut.. Colonel-Not selected.
Captain and Regimental Adjutant
John ]. Dugan, formerly captain,
Third Company.
Captain and Regimental Supply
Officer-Horace N. Wilkinson, former
ly on the State staff corps and depart
ment as Captain @. M. C.
Captain and Commanding Officer Of
First Battalion Headquarters and
Combat Train-George c. Section, of
Smyrna; First Lieutenants-Victor
Clark, Joseph C. Mclaughlin, former
ly Second Lieutenant, Fifth Company;
William H. Ramsey and Riley Brown;
Second Observation-Disclosures R. Bald
win, Walter Perkins, formerly First
Sergeant, Fifth Company, and Louis
H. Green.
The State camp had been designat-
ed Camp William D. Denney. The
Governor wishing to honor one Of
Delaware's service men who had sacri
feed his life, issued a special ordel
changing the name to John A. Chand
Ter.
The body of the young soldier wa
one of the three given public funera
with services at Rodney Square ol
June Is of this year. The parents o
the dead soldier who has been so sig
nally honored are Mr.. and Mrs. Joh
H. Chandler, of 1880 West Secon
street, Wilmington.
The National Guard camp will be
gin at Camp Chandler on August
and will continue until August IA.
This years encampment will be tn
first held by the National Guard {
Delaware since the outbreak of tn
Mexican disorder years ago.
The camp this year will be in charg
of Adjutant- General ]. Austin Ellisol
although Major H. w. Stark, formerl
of the T. S. Army senior instructC
assigned to Delaware, will be Colon'
of the Regiment.
This years encampment marks I'll
first encampment of Delaware's cit
zen soldiers as an anti-air craft reg
ment. Heretofore the regiment W;
classed as infantry.
The total enrolment of the reg
ment will be 735 men, made up
eight companies. Of this number foI
are listed as machine gun compani
and are divided among the dow
state towns.
The four companies here are list
as 75-millimeter batteries and
searchlight battery.
The batteries and companies,
well as their commanding officers al
"Seventy-fve" .anti-aircraft gun
Battery B, Captain Leroy Work; al
Battery C, Captain Robert Kelto
searchlights, Battery d, Captain Ge
J. Schulz; machine gun, Company
Captain Joshua w. Davis; Compai
F, Captain H. ]. Pettyjohn; Compa
G, Captain Robert Simmons; Col
pany H, S. B. l. Duncan; Service B;
terry, Captain Harry Bounds; Seco
Battalion Headquarters Detachme
Lieutenant Edward w. Prettyma
Medical Detachment, Major Joseph
Barsky.
All of the machine-gun batter
are located outside Wilmington,
follows: Company E at Newark;
at Milford; G at Dover, and H at N
Castle, with Second Battalion He;
quarters at Dover.
The two new units of the Natiol
Guard of Delaware, which were
cruited to full strength during
drive for 100 enlisted men, successf
ly passed inspection for federal rec
milton on Thursday. The inspect
was conducted by Major Harry
Stark in the Armory. The new
ganizations are known as the Bat
lion headquarters and Combat Tr
and the Headquarters Battery.