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1936 Corsicana
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Two Corsicana Military Units
Leave for Camp Headquarters Battery and Battery D 132nd F.A. Left Saturday Two Corsicana detachments of the 132nd Field Artillery Texas National Guard, the headquarters battery and battery D., left early Saturday morning for the annual encampment at Camp Hulen, Palacios, under the command of Major General George P. Rains new commander succeeding Major General John A. Hulen, of Fort Worth. Simultaneous with the announcement of plans for the two-weeks camp came the announcement the Captain John J. Garner, of the D battery, has been made a major in the second battalion of the 132nd F. A. And the appointment was effective at midnight Friday. Captain Festus A. Pierce will be in charge of the headquarters battery. Major Garner and 50 men and four officers left at 12:30 a.m. Saturday and were due to arrive at Camp Hulen at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The D battery traveled by eight trucks carrying in addition to the men and officers and equipment, four French 75 mm. guns, two 37 mm. guns, two machine guns and two automatic rifles. They went down Highway 75 to Houston and thence highway 96 to El Campo and thence 72 to Palacios. The battery is due to return to Corsicana at 7 a.m. August 15. A firing range has been rented by the government about 20 miles from Palacios and service firing practice will be the most important activity by the D battery. Intensive instruction and practice will be given eight men operating the heavy guns and machine guns and automatic rifles in addition to a school for truck drivers. The Headquarters battery headed by Captain Pierce moved to Palacios in two detachments. The first left by rail at 12:01 a.m. Saturday under the direct command of Lt. Bruner K. Sutton and the second by trucks at 5:30 a.m. Saturday under the command of Captain Pierce. In the first group were 16 men and two officers and in the second were 29 men and one officer. While in camp the two Corsicana batteries will participate in numerous reviews the largest being on August 14 when all 8,000 troops of the thirty-sixth division will be in review. On Wednesday August 5 another review will be held. On August 12 the entire 132nd Field Artillery regiment joins the 72nd Infantry Brigade for 24-hours field maneuvers near Blessing. Two-thousand five hundred men will be in this event. Orders call for field maneuvers simulating actual warfare. The Corsicana detachments will participate in all the activities scheduled for the thirty-sixth division, 61st Field Artillery Brigade. This will be the first time since the thirty-sixth division returned from France that a new commanding officer will be in charge. Major General Rains succeeds Major General Hulen, but will officiate for only a year, as army retirement regulations will remove him on account of age. Following is the personnel of the headquarters battery: Lieutenant Bruner K. Sutton 1st Sgt. Donald D. Newcomb Staff Sgt. John C. McKissack Staff Sgt. Norman O. Price Sgt. Sam Haslem Cpl. Wilmotte Curtis Cpl. James T. Foster Cpl. Clyde F. Halbert Cpl. Almer P. White Pvt. 1cl. Barton O. Bradley Pvt. 1cl. John T. Guynes Pvt. 1cl. Thomas M. Spikes Pvt. 1cl. Edwin N. Rehders Pvt. Marvin E. Beard Pvt. Dennis D. Donoho Pvt. Austin B. Sharp Pvt. Clyde D. Wilson Pvt. Delmar Owens Capt. Festus A. Pierce Master Sergeant Floyd Hardy Staff Sgt. Clifton S. Miller Sgt. J. C. Gaston Sgt. James A. Morriss Sgt. John F. Skelton Cpl. Philip Gibson Cpl. Jesse B. Gordon Pvt. 1cl. Milton A. McAfee Pvt. 1cl. Carl M. Sanders Pvt. 1cl. Grover Simpson Pvt. 1cl. Winfred Mooneyhan Pvt. J. C. Anderson Pvt. Edward W. Blevins Pvt. Willis D. Bowlin Pvt. Arthur F. Chandler Pvt. 1cl. Quincy Gains Pvt. Hays Haffelder Pvt. Darwin G. Hales Pvt. Cecil Jernigan Pvt. James R. Laudan Pvt. Charles A. Nichols Pvt. Charlcie W. Nichols Pvt. Norman Rose Pvt. Edward E. Miller Pvt. Lloyd R. Williams Pvt. William Y. Wilkins Pvt. James M. Guynes Pvt. Leland C. Yancy Pvt. Hershel F. French Roster of Battery D 132nd F. A. Departing at 12:30 a.m. under command of Capt. John J. Garner: 1st Lieut. Randolph Robinson 2nd Lieut. Louis C. Molloy 2nd Lieut. Morris L. Baker 1st Sgt. Albert V. Kirkland Sgt. Greely Aston Sgt. Calvin C. Barron Sgt. Perry Bass Sgt. Leslie L. Hickey Sgt. James Hitchcock Sgt. Remus L. Jones Sgt. E. C. Miller Sgt. M. K. Riley Cpl. Aubrey J. Beale Cpl. Willie L. Burge Cpl. Bruce C. Cagle Cpl. Troy Cooley Cpl. Arthur L. Huitt Cpl. Walter V. Knight Cpl. Rex J. Moss Pvt. 1cl. Vernon R. Ashworth Pvt. 1cl. Charlie Aston Pvt. 1cl. Elisha Carver Pvt. 1cl. Richard L. Fowler Pvt. 1cl. Verne Gaines Pvt. 1cl. Eugene V. Hickey Pvt. 1cl. Harold Hardgrave Pvt. 1cl. Rex K. Loper Pvt. 1cl. Pete McCain Pvt. 1cl. Ollie Murphey Pvt. 1cl. Eustus B. Prewitt Pvt. Harley H. Anderson Pvt. Olan E. Bailey Pvt. James B. Baker Pvt. Clifton M. Barron Pvt. Albert S. Bass Pvt. William C. Beale Pvt. William H. Beeman Pvt. Caxton R. Bivin Pvt. Joseph M. Brooks Pvt. James E. Byrd Pvt. John W. Fowler Pvt. Hue L. Gordon Pvt. Jim B. Hodges Pvt. Avery T. Jackson Pvt. William C. Jackson Pvt. Rayford E. Jones Pvt. Wyatt D. Lake Pvt. Ross H. Loper Pvt. Arthur A. Melton Pvt. Rupert R. Miller Pvt. Emmett F. Montgomery Pvt. Jesse L. Montgomery Pvt. Richard W. Myers Pvt. Henry Nichols Pvt. Calvin L. Pike Pvt. Louis S. Porteous Pvt. Thomas A. Reid Pvt. Owen E. Soloman Pvt. Billy W. Walling Pvt. Martin Walling Pvt. Leo C. Walker
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Submitted by John Barron
Navarro County TXGenWeb
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March, 2009
Edward L. Williams & Barbara
Knox