Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1917 — COMPANY M WILL GO SOUTH [ARTICLE]

COMPANY M WILL GO SOUTH

Preparations Being Made for Departure This Week. Orders have been received at Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis. for the nearly departure of the Third regiment, of which Company M of this city is a part, for Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Preparations fqr the departure are being made and it is probable that Friday will see the Rensselaer boys off for the South. According to the latest orders from the war department the Third regiment is soon to be made an artillery regiment, and it is quite probable that such action will dismember the company from this city to a considerable extent, as some men fitted for infantry service are not fitted for artillery service, and these latter would be transferred to some infantry regiment. The present officers will continue in their present positions if they demonstrate their ability as artillery officers, otherwise experienced men will be installed in their stead. It is quite probable that a number of people from Rensselaer and vicinity will go to. Indianapolis this week to bid good-by to the boys of Company M before their departure.-