Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — Garland Declines Assignment [ARTICLE]

Garland Declines Assignment

W. H. Blodgett, correspondent for the Indianapolis News at Camp Shelby in his Saturday writeup,had the following paragraph in reference to Captain Jerry B. Garland: — There have been many resignations among officers and more are to follow when the efficiency board completes it work too, there is even now a shortage of officers. There is no active lieutenant-colonel for the 139th field artillery, Colonel Robert L. Moorhead, commanding, and there is no active cononel for the 151st infantry that has been under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Healy since its arrival at Camp Shelby. Because of the promotion of Captain Fred Bates Johnson to be major there is a vacancy in the command of Company C, Indianapolis, of the. 151st infantry. The command was offered Captain Jerry B. Garland, Company M of Rensselaer, 137th field artillery, but Captain Garland declined the place and is still a surplus officer, his company having been distributed among the other batteries of the regiment.