Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matter* ~of Minor Mention From Many Place*. POST COMMANDER IS NOTIFIED 139th Field Artillery Will Soon Reach Ft. Harrison. «'lndianapolis, Jan. 1. —The 139th field artillery of the 38th division will leave Camp Merritt, N. J., on January 5 for Ft. Bemjamln Harri-. son, according t« s a telegram received today by Colonel Wildurr Willing, commanding officer at the fort. The 139th is commanded by Colonel Robert L. Moorhead of Indianapolis, and contains several hundred Indianapolis men. The personnel of the regiment is largely from Indiana. No information concerning the time the 137th field artillery will leave Camp Merritt has been received. Captain Mark A. Dawson, Battery A, 139th, arrived in Indianapolis last week to confer with officers at Ft. Harrison about receiving the two regiments which are to be demobilized here. Barracks are now ready.