Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1917 — Rumored Some Officers of 3rd And 4th Will Be Ousted. [ARTICLE]

Rumored Some Officers of 3rd And 4th Will Be Ousted.

There is some question as to i whether the officers of the third and fourth Indiana infantry will remain in their present status when the two regiments become part of the artillery brigade that is to be formed in Hattiesburg. It depends entirely upon thmeselves whether they remain at the head of their present commands. There has been some discussion the past two or three days as to whether the third would be changed to the artillery division. At present there seems to be no confirmation of the report, although it has been stated by the war department that the fourth would fee changed to the artillery division. If the unconfirmed report that the third would undergo the change along with the fourth is true, that would mean that the Rensselaer soldiers would be changed from infantrymen to artillerymen, following their arrival at the southern camp. It is understood officially that if the officers of the present Indiana companies, who are to be included in the change of divisions, make good as artillery officers they will retain their commands. If they don’t make good they will step aside for trained artillery officers. This does not mean necessarily that the Indiana officers who do not make good as artillery officers will lose their commissions. They still may be maintained as commissioned officers in other branches of the service.