The Indianapolis times., 1935-07-30
STATE TROOPS
LEAVE AUG. 3
FOR Fl. KNOX
Entire Division Of Nearly
5000 to Make Trip
bV Truck.

A rumbling motorcade will trans
port the 454O enlisted men and 381
officers of the Thirty eighth Divi-
sion, Indiana National Guard. tC Fl.
Knox, KY, Aug. 3 and 4, where the
organization will be put through two
weeks of intensive training
This will be one of the first times
in Indiana military annals that an
entire division has been moved by
truck, and military experts are ex-
pected to make a close check on the
lessons of this mass maneuver.
For two days and night most OF
the paved highways of southern In
diana will be filled with long brown
lines of trucks. The One hundred
thirteenth Engineers from Lake
County will be the only organlza
ton to travel by train.
Rockies Are Immunized
Once across the river and into
the hills of Ft. Knox. Indiana's cltl-
zen soldiers will go on wartime
training schedule, which will reach
a climax when the entire division
and supporting arms stage an at
tack problem Aug. IA.
Several hundred rockies from al
parts of the state were nursing sore
arms today, which they received
when their organization COM
manders had them immunizec
against contagious diseases. Those
physically unfit were ordered to re-
main at home.
The vast military machine, Whlcf
will be under the command OF MAJ
Gen. Robert H. Tyndall Of Indian
apolis, will include infantry organ
izations; regiments of light anc
heavy artillery; medical, signaling
and headquarters detachments, ano
an air observation squadron.
Many From Indianapolis
Fifty-tlve of the officers and 44(
of the enlisted men, scattered
through IS units, are from Indian
apolis. Most of the cities IN the
state will be represented in The
division.
In addition to the men who viii
be transported in the main conveys
several officers and men from
various organizations have beer
sent ahead to make final arrange
mentS for the encampment.
Brig. Gen. D. Wray De Prez, o.
Shelbyville, is in command of the
18th Infantry Brigade, and the 151St
and 152d Regiments of that brigade
will be under Col Albert H. Whit
comb, of indianapolis, and Col
Clyde F. DreiSbach, of Ft. Wayne.
Others in Command
The 63rd Field Artillery Brigade
is commanded by Brig. Gen. E. w
Carter of Louisville. Col. John S
Fishback of Indianapolis, heads the
139th Regiment and Col. Walter H
Unversaw of Kokomo, commands
the 15Oth Regiment of that brigade
The 18th Observation Squadron
18th Division Aviation, is command
ed by Maj. Oliver H. Stout of In
dianapolis; the 18th Medical Regi'
ment, by Col. John j. Boaz of In
dianapolis and the 18th Engineers
by Col. Frank L. Gray of Gary.
Col. James NJ. Petty will head E
group of II regular Army officers
who will act as instructors durins
the camping period. In addition, Il
regular Army sergeants with long
service records will go with the Ma
tional Guard troops.
Eight Planes to Make Trip
The eight planes of the aviation
unit will fly in three combat groups
and work out a rendezvous problem
on the trip down.
For most of the men in the divi-
sion, the hills and heat of Ft. Knox
will be an old story, but this year
a large number of new soldiers viii
get their first real taste of Army life