Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1917 — COMPANY M LEAVES FRIDAY [ARTICLE]

COMPANY M LEAVES FRIDAY

FOR HATTIESBURG—3RD PROBABLY WILL BE MADE INTO ARTILLERY Preparations are on the move at Fort Harrison for the exodus to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. The official orders have been received and made public, giving the dates on which the different regiments will make thier departure. The Fourth is to be the first to leave and goes Tuesday. The First will leave on Wednesday, and the Third, of which Company M, of this city, is a member, will leave on Friday. These orders are final and leave no question as to when Company M will go to Hattiesburg. The orders have been expected for several days and have only been delayed awaiting the movement of the new troops to the camp for training. Then the roads will be relieved that they may move many of the National Guards to their cantonments. No doubt there will be many from Rensselaer at the Fort Friday to see the boys off. When the regiments arrive at Camp Shelby two battalions of the Fourth and two battalions of the Third are to be merged and made into an artillery unit. The other battalions are to be merged into the First and Second regiments. This will do away with the Third regiment entirely and may dismember Co. M, separating the men into different companies of different kinds of service. The First and Second regiments will likely become machine gun units soon after arrival at Camp Shelby. The last parade of the boys trill be leld Sunday afternoon. The Third and Fourth be on dress praade, while the others will have battalion parade and drill.