Evening star., 1927-04-05
ARTILLERY LEAVES
QUANT|CO TODAY
Two Batteries of Marines
Off for San Diego and
China.

J0i Harry X. Lay leil tle ~hai'1
base at Quantico, Va, at 1890 O'Clock
this morning for San Diego, to form
a part of the third expeditionary force
that will be held in readiness on the
Pacific Coast for service I'm China.
From Quantico a total of Al officers
and sos enlisted men, comprising
three tanks and an engineer company,
will have left by tomorrow to mobilize
with a force of 900 entraining from
Norfolk, Va, and New Orleans. Col.
IL. c. Davis, a Wsshingtonian, is in
command of the Quantico personnel.
It was planned to have the two bat
teries of 75-mllimeter guns leave
Quantico last night. but when the
time came it was impossible to provide
Pullman cars for the officers and men.
As an evidence that the old days of
box car recommendations have passed,
the movement of the artillery was de-
layed until early today.
Well known i'm Washington.
Col. Lay. who commands the guns,
is well known in Washington and
served with the 5th Regiment, now in
Nicaragua, during the World War.
The artillery leaving Quantico will
augment the two batteries that en-
barked from San Diego this week
with the ZOO men of the reorganized
9Th Regiment Of Marines.
Two other special trains were
scheduled to leave Quantico later to-
day and a third tomorrow morning.
The first train, carrying the artillery
units, will go to Richmond over the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Poto-
mac; to Augusta on the Atlantic Coast
Line; to Atlanta on the Georgia Rail-
road; to Montgomery, Ala, on the At
lanta & West Point; to New Orleans
on the L. & N; to El Paso on the
Texas & Pacific; to Los Angeles on
the Southern Pacific. and to San Diego
on the A. T. & S. f.
Route Through Richmond.
The route of the second is through
Richmond. Birmingham, Memphis,
TeXarkana, Tex; El Paso and Los
Angeles. The third follows the r. f.
& p. to Richmond; the Southern to
Atlanta; Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis to Memphis; st. Louis South.
western to Fort Worth; Texas & Pa
cific to Ell Paso: Southern Pacific to
Los Angeles, and A. T. & S. +. to San
Diego.
The Seaboard Air Line will take the
fourth train from Richmond to At
lanta; the Atlanta & West Point to
Montgomery; Louisville & Nashville
to New Orleans then over the South
ern Pacific and A. 7. & 5. f. to San
Diego.
Col. Davis i'll Command.
The units now mobilizing from the
Eastern section will include the Sd
Battalion of the 9Th Regiment, which
was mustered into service with only
two battalions. Col. Davis, who has
been stationed at Norfolk is in
command.
Seventy.seven officers complete the
personnel, a revised list
of which was issued today from
Marine Headquarters. These are from
scattered posts, mostly from Quantico.
Those from outside Washington will
assemble at New Orleans. Six days
will be allotted for the trip to San
Diego where they win await sailing
orders to join the remainder Of the
9Th Regiment in Shanghai.
The separate artillery battalion
from Quantico, taken from the 10th
Regiment, has the following officers
under Col. Lay: Maj. K. p. Moses,
Capt c. G. Snyder, l.. G.. Wayt, ]. b.
Wilson, f. J. Kelly. B. G. Jones, c. III.
Medairy, 2. Conachy and II. B. Shurt-
left; First Lieuts. V. z. Mcgee, w. +.
Mcdonnell, S. G. Kemon, G. l.. May
nard, 4. G.. Hagen, B. f. Johnson and
M. E. Fuller; Second Lieuts. G. A.
Williams, +. III. Price, r. d. McAfee,
p. f. Smith, c.. Fl. Steenberg and
f. p. Pyzick, and Gunner r. G. Allan.
Light Tank Platoon.
IF the
light tank platoon from Quantico COM
prises Capt. n. Il. Landon and First
Lieut.. j. W. Flett.
Capt. +. M. Howard commands the
engineer company, with First Lieuts.
f. e. Mann and w. j. Livingston and
Second Lieut.. j. N. Harte.
The Sd Battalion officers, under Col.
Davis, are as follows:
3rd Battalion, 9Th Regiment.
AIajor--A. J. White. Paris Island.
Shepherd, Norfolk; c. I.
Brooks, headquarters Marine Corps;
r. c. Williams, Quantico; S. A.
Woods, Philadelphia; II. II. Jeschke,
Quantico. First lieutenants-J. d.
O'Leary, Hampton Roads; G. B.
Beatty, Charleston, S. c.; M. Watch
man, New Orleans; s. w. King. Nor
folk; w. N. McKelvy, Paris Island;
+. /. Fenton, Paris Island Il. G.
Kirkpatrick, Quantico. Second lieu
NJ. Hamilton, Lakehurst;
II. d. Harris. Paris Island; w. ID.
Saunders. Philadelphia; G. J. Ashton,
Philadelphia; r. G. Scollin, Norfolk; j.
L. Wolfe, Philadelphia; T. A. Wern.
ham, Philadelphia: d. NJ. Shoup,
Philadelphia; w. F.. Griffith, Phiia-
delphia. Gunner-P. II. Benz, Nor
folk.
I'd Battalion Personnel.
Officers detailed TO the I'd Battalion,
4th Regiment, are: Major. i.
Doxey, San Diego. Captains-E. ..
Ames, Company officers School; G. j.
Reynolds, Company Officers School;
c. A. Larkin, 1st Regiment; w. S.
Casper, Company officers School, and
r. +. Mills, Company officers School
First lieutenants--J. Z. Donehoos Pen
sacola; B. T.. Bell. Basic School staff;
G. w. Walker, navy yard. Washing
ton, d. c.: l.. r. Power, Department
of the Pacific; w w. Davies, Depart
ment OF the Pacific; II. j. Burks, De-
partment of the Pacific; III. b. Alban,
Pearl Harbor, and j. II. Fitzgerald,
Pearl Harbor. Second lieutenants-
+. b. Loomis, Department OF the Pa
ciflc: ]. D. Muncie, Department Of the
Pacific; NJ. b. Twining. Pearl Harbor;
Y. II. Dartt, Pearl Harbor; {. o.
Silard, Basic School. Philadelphia;
G. S. Graham, Basic School, Philadel-
phia; r. M. Gulick, Basic School
Philadelphia, and f. b. Ryan, Basic
School, Philadelphia. Gunner-F. T.
Wallace, Department of Pacific.
RUSHING MARINES TO CHINA.
San Diego Base Speeds Up Loading
Of Transport Henderson.