Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-08-27
Division Commander Here

With the arrival Of General Morris
b. Payne, commanding the 43rd Di-
vision, and his staff at Camp Keyes
shortly after noon Wednesday, for the
first time since the reorganization of
the National Guard under the national
defense act of 1920, the State of Maine
was honored by the visit of a division
commander.
The occasion was the more momen-
tous in that General Payne was accom-
panied by General John Heggerty,
commanding the S5th Infantry Bri-
gade, and as Camp Keyes is under the
command of General Albert Greenlaw
of Augusta, commanding the Seth In
fantry Brigade, the three highest rank
ing officers of the 43rd Division were
all at the same headquarters Briga-
dier General James w. Hanson, adju-
tant general of the Maine National
Guard, was also at Camp Keyes to re-
ceive the divisional and brigade OFF,
GERS.
Generals Payne and Heggarty made
the trip from Hartford by automobile
and were accompanied by Colonel
Harry B. Bissell, chief of staff of the
43rd Division; Colonel John w. ellison,
assistant adjutant general of the Con-
necticut National Guard: Colonel
Byrnes, finance officer Of the 43rd Di-
vision; Captain A. B. Lambkin. plans
and training officer of the S5th 1nfan-
try Brigade, and Captain Keeler. aide
to General Payne. The party passed
Tuesday night in Boston and arrived
at Camp Keyes at 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
To Return BY Airplane
The commanding general of the 4Srd
Division will start on his return to
Connecticut, where he Is to inspect
Fort Wright, Fishers Island, today,
at about z o'clock this morning. MAX
ing the return from Augusta by air.
plane in the JN4 military plane of the
11Sth Aero Squadron, Connecticut Ma
tional Guard, piloted by Lieutenant E.
w. Fleet, which arrived at Camp
Keyes in advance of the generals
Party Monday afternoon.
They infantry regiments composing
the 43rd Division are the 103rd Inf,
Maine National Guard: the 172nd Inf.
Vermont National Guard. making up
the S6th Brigade under the command
of General Albert Greenlaw of Angus
ia: and the 1O2nd and 169th Infantry
regiments of the Connecticut National
Guard, commanded by General John
Heggarty.
Observe Artillery Firing
The division and brigade officers and
the regular army instructors on duty
at Camp Keyes went to the sidney
Bog range Wednesday afternoon to OBJ
serve the practice firing by Battery G.
152nd f. A., Captain George w. Put
nam. Shrapnel and high explosive
shells were used and the battery fired
about a hundred rounds for effect at
rapid fire. The targets were white
canvas representing enemy machine
gun nests, concrete pill boxes NOV
ing columns of troops and entrenched
infantry Most of the target practice
was over a 1900 to 2S00-metrc range.
Captain 7. A. Luke, U. S. A, artillery
Instructor to the 152nd Field Artillery.
checked the service practice and the
results of the problems worked out
bv the +. A. officers.
Headquarters Company On Range
The men of Captain Sullivan's COM
mand, the s6th Infantry Brigade Head
quarters Company, were on the rife
range ell day Wednesday shooting
their qualifying cards with service
pistols. Some good scores were turn
ed in during the day and today the
Headquarters Company will again go