Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-31 | Page 7 | 21st Infantry Reaches Camp

REACHES CAMP Regiment Ts Is Welcomed at Kearny Escorted to New Quarters Camp Kearny San Diego Cal Aug 30 With bands playing and amid the men marching with springy step the tue Twenty first Infantry reached this camp today having covered the six six- teen mile march from It Its station In lit San Diego to Its quarters hero here In less than four hours of actual marching This Is considered exceptional Time The Themen men carried light packs and their arms arm The regiment left Camp in Balboa park San Diego at 9 a. a m. m It halted for lunch hunch on the road at upon noon and marched Into Its now quarters here shortly before p. p m. m Time The Thirty second Infantry band marched more than n a mile from camp to meet time the Incoming regiment and es escort escort es- es cort It to Its quarters here The first ty-first band dropped back to the tho rear of time the column when the Thirty second men met It and cheered the supply train and amid other end of column units with lively tunes tune the rest of the way Officers and men here commented warmly on time the tine fine appearance time the Twenty first with Its war strength companies and amid excellent alignment made as It marched in A train of trucks from time tho r- r master department here brought th time Twenty firsts baggage lo to camp making mak mak- lug ing two trips to do so The men spoilt spent time the afternoon In settling down In the tho new mien quarters Col Willis com cOIn commander mander of time the Twenty first took over command of time tho Sixteenth as he lie reached camp succeeding Col of the Forty Forty- sixth field artillery A fifth o fleer of the French mis mission nils- nils sion attacked attached lo to time the Sixteenth slon Albert Cadol arrived To o day I a Y 2 lly Washington a a dignitary of Itoman Catholic church lx cantonment today and addressed at Columbus building No 1 tonight Jr t tOne One hundred and fifty second lieutenants lieu lieu- tenants graduates of ot time the officers officers' training school at Camp Fremont Cut are arc to come collie hero here soon for duty I time the Sixteenth division it was An Announced today bUsh Many of them r re remembers members of the tho 1 division w i H mi i il nil all their preliminary training 4 a.- a. here