Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 219, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1917 — Indiana Unite to Man Big Guns. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Unite to Man Big Guns.

Hattiesburg, Miss., Sept. 30. General reorganization of military units at Camp Shelby into the new army is to go forward beginning tomorrow. It marks the general disintegration of the National Guard. The Third Indiana, which arrived at Camp Shelby today under command of Col. George W. Freyermuth, of South Bend, at once felt the effects of the reorganization. The machine gun company of the regiment was made part of the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Machine Gun Brigade, while the remainder of the regiment went into the command of Brig. Gen. E. M. Lewis, in camp No 9 at Camp Shelby. ; Statements by officers indicated that while the Third Indiana is to go into the One Hundred and Thirtyeighth Field Artillery equipped with three-inch ordnance, the Fourth Indiana will be in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth, equipped with six-inch Howitzers. . . Camp Shelby troops spent a quiet Sunday. Many of the men attended church services at 'the camp and in Hattiesburg.