Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-21

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s.yo,arters at the Fourth street power
The major had huge map
h Pennsylvania spread out before him
The commanding officer gave pnrtic-
,sr attention to washington County.
oecially the section near the west
SS.sinia border. All unit commanders
IA verbal instructions regarding des'
n, "a understood that the units which
~ Harrisburg this morning Will be
sa,,, into small detachments and sta
nsd Mt various points where out
ss"sEs my occur through the resump-
lion Of mining.
Among the points to be covered. 1t is
s.n.vsd' are Washington Borough and
.shurg Washington County (;
S.usburg. Cambria County: Jenners,
smarset County, and probably mining
..iors close to UniOntown and Con. &.
I.1,shnre, Fayettc County, though Fay
~. wos not among the counties named
6y the Governor.
\ The central headquarters Of the
Guard units are not known, but proba-
~ wi,l he somewhere in the Pittsburgh
Harriet which takes in Washington
"a adjacent bituminous counties.
Stcckpole in Charge
ro,onel Stackpole probably will have
.harc oef the troop operations.
other officers of the 1O4th are Lieu.
.a.nt w Colonel Samuel W. Fleming,
Harrisburg; Captain John NJ. Smith,
supply officer, Harrisburg; captain
i',S,asr, iiSntsnan, Albert Fl. Stackpole, l. +.
.nd r. officer. Harrisburg; Captain
Harry \. Bassler. chaplain, wilkins
burg.
First Supply Headquarters and
HeatIouarters Detachment Of Tyrone
Msiof Edward Mckinney. Bellwood;
Nrst Lieutenant George o. Calvert,
adiutant. Tyrone: First Lieutenant
iobn A. Felty. supply officer, Altoona
%cond Lieutenant John f. Trego, Bell
wood.
Second Supply Headquarters Detach-
nent, Carlisle-NIajor Shearer. Car
hsle First Lieutenant Merrill +. Hum.
mel, Carlisle: First Lieutenant Gilbert
Nalcom,. Boiling Springs; Second Lieu
tenant McClav Gibson, Carlisle.
Headquarters Troop. Harrisburg
Captain Samuel +. Fitting. First Lieu
ytenant Robert s. Cowan and Second
Lieutenant Rufus l.. Hester. Harris
burg.
Troop G. Harrisburg CAPTAIN
George J. Shoemaker and First Lieu
tenant Horace &. Geiscl, HARRISBURG:
Second Lieutenant Harold NJ. Nipple,
Enola.
Troop y. Carlisle-Captain Ross +.
Stickel. First Lieutenant Allen J.
Stevens and Second Lieutenant John
W. Vance. Carlisle.
Troop l., mbprsburg-Captain
Ray Dunklc. Other Offices are vacant.
Troop +. PunXsutawancy-Ca
Walter Il. Morris. First Lieutenant
Norman :. Cava. Punxsutuwancy.
Major Laird II. Curtin is head of
the Fifty second Machine Gun COM
mny with headquarters at Bcllcfontc.
Three units from BellCfonte. one each
from Boalsburg and LcwistOwn and Il
medical unit make up this company.
The Fifty second left Lewistown for
Washington County at $40 \. NJ.
There were seventy six officers and
men with the unit.
Troop B of the 1Oith Cavalry On.
Trained at Altoona with Captain George
Calbert in command. -.
$50 Men Leave Here Tomorrow
The units which will leave Philadel-
|pha for Mount Grctna tomorrow are
Troops 4, B and e. the service troop, !
The headquarters troop. better known as !
the First City Troop. the medical troop |
and the Squadron Headquarters De- !
irchmcnt. a Of the 1O3d Cavalry.
These units will consist of SO7 men
inl 43 officers. together with 11j
hofses. The other mounts necessary !
Ge corralcd ut colcbrook.
The military reservation at Mount !
Gretna today rescmblcd great rem
devious back of the battle lines in !
France. Twenty-Five motor trucks Of |
the 10th Motor Transport Company,
from York. left the camp ut $50 o'c Ock !
thh, morning.
Commanded By First Lieutenant J. |
i. Sitter and accompanied by two
imbulanccs. the trucks carried rations |
enough for 42.OOO meals. enough 70 !
serve the troops in the service zone !
tof two weeks. !
Mobilization Plans
From authoritative military sources
10 this city today, the mobilization
lethods OF troops already called were
Earned. Machine gun troops will be
Natloned at points in the coal fields
where the distance between mines is
mort and cavalfy units will be used
points where distance of several
niles separates mines.
WIN mnchine-gun companies sta
Aoned al points where three or four
a'nes are close together. one gun crew
.n De placed at the mouth of the mine,
on a tippc If the main headings
.N close together and protect work.
W and the mines and themselves.
four gun crews of four men each
tomprlse troop. and II is believed
,nat the coal fields between Philips-
Iurg and Osceola can be well protected
one machine gun troop. The belief
..., %It theSe two points will be under
sH'et military control is substantiated
lhe recent outbreaks that have oc-
,uIed at these two places during the
virtually the same methods that
sue employed in France will be
Iuasnt INTO play by the guardsmen.
STkonts will be established in trees,
the necessity warrants, machine
.sa' sa can b" mounted with the lookout
.Iu sweep two-mle circle with 500
S,s per minute. '
N|e organizations are equipped with
M lewis machine gun. the same type
A.. u winch the United States army ma
y. ae.gun troops and combat airplanes
M equipped. - ''''''"
Amy ofhccrs contend that the ma
4. "s gun is the most effective method
unpersing i6Bs.- 1t can be set in
ms,sd ~,uqed spot near a point that is
sittt'n''hed MI by military officials, and
NV gun crew of four men hold at
~ Ssa a mob of 5000 at bay.
htro,sn units will be employed as
kIs J.; aha Will be used as connecting
w. In the coal fields where violence
s,,l0 .Sis and to preserve order among the
.'s, with II reserve force behind
my ,ea. 10 speed over any terrain and
cauer assistance To q nntrol thn4 O.