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Show UTAfi AiSTTlLERY TO BEGIN H16 WE' Delayed Ammunition Arrives Ar-rives and Target Practice Opens Monday. TRANSFERS COMPLETE Captain J. Ray Ward Ordered Or-dered to School at Fort . Sill, Oklahoma, Special to The Tribune. CAMP KEAKNY, al., lee. 7. Major Ma-jor General Frederick S. st roup, commander com-mander of the Fortieth division, who has "been in France for tho jast several weeks observing work on the French battlefield, arrived in San Pi ego late this afternoon, and will assume, command com-mand of the division tomorrow. On the Kuropean battlefields Ma.. General strong was in direct contact with the fighting forces, and will now instruct officers of the dhbiou in the latest war wrinkles. With his arrival at enmp tomorrow Brigadier General LeR-oy S. Tyon, who has been in command of tho division since General Cameron left for the 015!. will bo relieved from command and wir? apsumo his duties with tho Goth brigade, which has been under command of Colonel R W. Younjj during the past few days. Transfers Completed. The reorganization of the regiment to the motorir.e-d 1ype of artillery is now practically complete. 1 The transfors of the men from one oran i nation to an other in line with the. chanpe have now been completed. The- newly-maile non commissi on eil officers ha ve assumed their dufie, and the mecharlicp of tlie motor tractor service are vreparin to undergo courses of mechanical instruction. instruc-tion. The finishing touches on the smoke bomb practice are now being made. Nearly all the officers of the regiment have quali t ied in t heir tests for the actual firing. With the arrival today of the belated ammunition actual firing fir-ing is now assured for Monday morn ing. The range firing uezind will stretch over two weeks. Many officers of the T'l ah regiment I will probably take advantage of tlie op-portuni op-portuni t v t 0 undergo a irphine inst rue tion with a view of eventually becoming becom-ing aviators in the signal corps, iu accordance ac-cordance with an order from the war department requesting artillery officers to submit their applications for the air service. As vet, however, but one ha made application. Lieutenant William Yeates. who is temporarily assigned to the regi merit, has filled out bis application. Officers who make application for the air servi-'O and fail in their tests. wilS again be returned to their organizations for duty. According to an announcement made today. Captain J. Kay Ward of Ogden bus been ordered to attend the artillei v school of fire at Kort Sill, Okla. Ho will leavo shortly for tlie east. Promotions Are Made. V ba.tlery today completed the promo-j promo-j lions of men lo be mechanics and chnul ; fours to talte charge of the new motor ! trucks. Several men were also pro mot Oil to become privates of (lie f i rsl class. The chant fours, or wagoners, a they are called, will receive the same rate of pay as a corporal. Clifford S. I'ierpont was promoted front duty sergeant to supply sergeant. I'ri at e Cha rles ( '. I 'oulger ' was pro muted to chief mechanic. Private; l. K. Jone-s. Kalph llandlcy and .7 ef l et smi Haley wyp prnmoted to mechanic. I'ri 'al e Fra 11 k .7 oh n son wafl a ssigued : cook. The following men will become wagoners with an increase in pav: Privates Pri-vates John P. Pryor, John T. Tnvlnr, , I a.ines 1 i. HendriHison, f )en-py Sue 1 son, I -eslie Peterson. Iceland N'orseuci ol 1 , Paul .7. Pavis, Kenn-'tli Hamilton, Kenneth Ken-neth bailor, Orson Kill and Lawrence II. Taylor." The following men-were promoted tn becomo privates of the first das?: I " ban A 11 del son, Genryr Curt is, I long la? Dojglas. Lewis Ihikc, Wilford Poke, dosenh l-lricknon, Lbner "T. Pe..ant, Lemi A. Hed.,iis1. Nils S,,hi(-jt. Anvni G. Perkins. Vein Pcay. Clinton Poulsrm. Pixou I ;t in 1 1 . I ',1 1 wind dnues, AH'tcl K. Sherry. Glen A. Glaik. II. Glenn Mmi-nelta. Mmi-nelta. Clarence legr;uv. Kdpar M. Lai-sen, Lai-sen, Arvitl ,. Tiff.-nn, Arnold K. I,hw lins, (Genu 1 1 . Allen, p. Lvim 01,nislinv . Harold -L tr':i-Tidy and Allen William. |