Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-15
STERN REDES|CNATES
INFANTRY COMPANIES
Order Embraces RcgimcnlaI,
Service and "A"
and "H."
INCLUDES NArIoy>I ,:,,un
designations Accepted to Facilitate
organization of First battalion.
Fir"t Provisional Regiment. Coast
Artillery Corps.

AdJutant'General 10 Lane Stern
ISSUED an order yesterday redesienat-
ing the ReSimental Company, tn"
service Company and Companies
~ and II" OF the One Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry as follows:
Regimental Headquarters Com
phny. Bedford. as Company ~" rifle
try.
Service Company. Mar,insvilIe. as
company III" Machine Gun, one
Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry.
Company a" Roanoke. as Service
Company. One Hundred and sixteenth
Infantry.
Company III" Surry. as regimen
tai headquarters company. One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Infantry
General order No. =. issued ycster-
day. stated the chief OF tho militia
bureau had accepted the following
designations for Virginia National
Guard units:
Unit known as First Infantry. Nir-
Einia National Guard. now the onc
Hundred and Eighty-third Infantry.
Virginia National Guard
Unit formerly known as the
Second Infantry. Virginia National
Guard, is now the One Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry. Virginia National
Guard
Changes In First md Second.
The First and Second Infantry
Regiments are now the one Hun
dred and EiEhty-third. and the one
Hundred and Sixteenth Regiments.
and the First Brigade of Infantry.
Virginia National Guard. is now the
Ninety-hst Brigade.
The order carried the following
promotions:
Felix Il. Parker. formerly captain
OF the Coast Artillery Corps, APP
pointed captain and assigned 10 the
Four Hundred and Sixteenth Com
pany. Coast Artillery. First Pro-
visional Regiment Coast ARTILLERY.
Erskin |. Hill. formerly battalion
sergeant major, headquarters de-
tachment one Hundred and Seven
teenth. T. II. and NJ. T.. Forty second
Division. appointed first lieutenant
Coast Artillery Corps. and assigned
TO the Four Hundred and sixteenth
Company.
private Marcus r. staiey. Coast Ar,
tlllery. Second Infantry. appointed
second lieutenant. Coast Artillery
Corps. and assigned TO Four Hun
drcd and sixteenth Company.
william ]. Messick, formerly me-
! chanic Nineteenth sDortation
| Company. L. s. A. appointed first
| lieutenant Coast Artillery Corps and
assigned to Four Hundred and SIX
teen;h Company.
william Rison. formerly second
| lieutenant United states Coast Artl
| lery Corps. appointed first lieutenant
| with First Provisional Regiment
Coast Artillery Corps.
Gordon b. Rambler. pharmacist
mate United States Navy. appointed
second lieutenant Coast Artillery
Corps and. assigned 10 First Provi-
sional Regiment. Coast ARTILLERY
Corps.
Other Promotions Announced.
Private otto ". Pcbworth. How
itzer Company. one Hundred and
sixteenth Infantry. appointed sec
| ond lieutenant Coast Artillery Corps
| Calvin G. crowder. first lieutenant
United States Infantry. appointed
second lieutenant OF infantry. and
assigned TO Headquarters Company
Second Infantry.
Edwin NJ Jones. nrst Lieutenant
Company +. First Infantry. appointed
second lieutenant same company.
! William Patterson. formerly first
| lieutenant one Hundred and Fiji
teen,h Ammunition Company and
| one Hundred and Fourth Anmuni-
| ton. Twenty ninth Division. L. 5. A..
| appointed captain Medical Corps. and
assigned Hospital Company No. 40.
designations Of the following Of
| fters were accepted for business rca-
sons: Captain John r. Davies. Med!-
| cal Corps; First Lieutenant George
| II. Reese, Medical Corps; First Lieu
tenant Richard s. Jo!line and First
! Lieutenant High &. Dobbins. Four
Hundred and Eleventh Company.
| The following designations were
accepted to facilitate organization OF
| the First Battalion, First Provisional
| Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps: Sec
| ond Lieutenant John w. Vest. Bat
terry l.: Captain Arthur l.. VILLA ms.
Medical Corps. and First Lieutenant
Milton f.. Apperson. Coast Artillery
Corps.