Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1918 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. HILL'S MEN HIKE TO LAUREL Captain William Griffin, Adjutant of 113th Engineer*, I* on Hi* Way to Indiana—He i* Assigned to Fort Harrison. Hattiesburg, Miss., April 12. —Capt. William Griffin, adjutant of the One Hundred and Thirteenth engineers, is on his way to Indianapolis. Captain Griffin, who has been assigned to duty at Fort Benjamin Harrison, is regarded as one of the most efficient officers in the One Hundred and Thirteenth engineers. Maj. Horace F. tlill, Jr., commanding the One Hundred and Thirteenth field signal battalion, composed mostly of Hoosiers, took his command to Laurel, 28 miles from here, where the troops went Into camp for several weeks. The battalion hiked’ the entire distance and will live in pup tents at the Laurel fair grounds. The purpose of the trip is to work out divisional problems. Laurel made orate preparations to receive the soldiers,.