Band Ready for France as Camp Logan Troops Reshaped
Local troops at Camp Logan are in good shape as Company F Fifth Illinois Infantry from Quincy prepares to merge under a new army reorganization that cuts to eight companies per regiment. Major Putnam is slated to leave as battalion commander. Band division of the Fifth Infantry at Fort Logan will join the 131st or 133rd United States Infantry in France, with eight companies per regiment and new officer assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Logan
Mouston
Texas
Fifth Illinois Infantry
Quincy
Cmpany
War Department
France
Putnam
Springfield
Co. F
Liberty
Hill
Bell, Jr
Houston
Fifth Infantry
Fort Logan
131St
133Rd
United States Infantry
Fifth
Marks Alexander
13Rd. Infantry
President Upholds Missouri District Board Decisions
Canton Mo September 26 The district exemption board upheld denial of discharge for agricultural exemption in 16 cases from several counties including Macon Montgomery Clark Chariton St Louis Lewis Schuyler Lincoln and Marion. The board aims to finish its work within years with the next contingent leaving for Camp Funston by October 8 and Marion appeals to be considered this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Macon
Elmer Poehlam
Harvey W. Gwiner
Montgomery County
Charles F. Schroer
George Anton Beckman
Clark County
Carl F. Nuendorf
Charles Shannon
Chariton
Charles R. Pittman
St. Charles
James Linus Mudd
Lewis County
William H. Wiesemann
Schuyler
William
Lincoln
William J. Dunn
Camp Funston
Marion County
Alleged Brass Thief Bound Over For Grand Jury
John Wood charged with theft of 400 dollars worth of brass from a Burlington freight car was bound over to await federal grand jury action. The case involved interstate commerce, with Wood taken to Bloomington and to Springfield for trial. bond set at 1000 dollars. Witnesses testified, including a railroad employee and a junk dealer, and Wood had given conflicting accounts of how he acquired the brass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood
Burlington Railroad
United States
W. P. Martindale
City Hall
Wood
Bloomington
L. Ross Moore
Springfield
Quincy
Martindale
Ilinois
Missouri
John C. Wood
Thomas F. Smith
Zang
Cornell
Birth in Worcester Household Grows With Daughter
Born to Mrs. William G. Rundle on Tuesday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs William Schaffer, 327 Hampshire Street, a daughter arrives adding joy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Rundle
William Schaffer
Hampshire Street
Method Of Attack For Our Troops Is Decided
A detailed wartime training manual outlines advancing in platoons of 58 under lieutenants, with specialized roles for grenadiers, automatic rifle men, rifle grenadiers, and carriers. It describes close formation, a two-wave assault aided by a barrage, prisoners not taken after start, and dedicated moppers up handling bomb tasks while liason agents maintain communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Grand Headquarters
Prepare to Commence Work on 24th Street
North Twenty-fourth street will be improved at a cost of about $3,000 for a one mile, sixteen foot wide, four inch deep road surfaced with LaGrange or Barry gravel. Project financing includes $1,000 from the board of supervisors and $1,000 from the city council, with the balance raised by the Quincy Motor club. Boyer and Chatten will compare gravel sources in LaGrange and Barry before seeking bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-fourth Street
Quincy Motor Club
Board of Supervisors
Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Chatten
Barry
City Council
Messrs. Boyer and Chatten
LaGrange
Lloyd Kirtley Will Serve On Submarine
Lloyd Kirtley has enlisted in the navy and is stationed in a North Carolina cantonment with 40,000 sailors in training. He is among 24 assigned to submarine duty and will be transferred to Newport News with new equipment. He volunteered in St Louis and was accepted. his wife and children will stay with her aunt in Camp Point until his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Kirtley
Navy
North Carolina
Newport News
Kirtley
St. Louis
Real estate transfers listed for Sykes and Swope chains
William R Sykes transfers Sykes to Walter Sykes the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 34 township 8 south range 5 west for 500 dollars. Florence Montgomery transfers the north 45 feet of lot 169 in Clayton known as the opera house property to Edwin Swope for 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
R. Sykes
W. Walter Sykes
S. E
N. E
E. Florence Montgomery
Edwin Swope
Clayton
Opera House
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Old Ben Franklin County
Riverside Coal Co. i. Des Prese, Prog
24Th Street
Tamara
Swift
Armour
Cansaye
Eee
Simon
Thera
Elk Brand, Jr
Mackinaws
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