The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 25, no. 2 (Mar.-Apr. 1975)]

NA T/ONAL GUARDSMEN ARE MODERN-DAY MINUTE MEN-- Gov. Georg e Busbee signee/ a proclamation designating March as "Minuteman Month " in Geo rgia in honor of the Georgia National Guard. The proclamation coinciclecl with the National Gu ard' s Nationwide recru iting campaign entitled March Is Minuteman Month. March was the offi cial beginning of the observance of the Nation's Bicentennial Celebration. The Georgia National Guard traces its history back more than 40 years before the Revolution to the arrival of Gen. James E. Oglethorpe ne ar what is no w Savannah. He commanclecl the first organized militia in th e Georgia colony. There are now more than 12,000 active Georgia Guardsmen among the 490,000 National Guarclsme1n in the United States, Puerto Rico one/ the Virgin Islands. With the Governor ore (1-r) SSgt . Ronald Brown ( Woodstock };
Sgt. Calvin Thomas (Atlanta); Cadet Jimmie Bailey ( Dec atur); Ma;or General Billy M. Jon e s
(Sylvester}, Acl;utant General of Georgia; Brig. Gen . Hol e/en C. We st (Macon}, Asst. Acl;utant General of Georgia (Army); Col. Bennie Wilkins (Dec atur), Ole/ Guard Battalion o f Atlanta one/
Ma;. Minto Gilstrap (Smyrna) of Atlanta's Gate City Guard.

158th Has 'Outstanding Young Man'

A me mber o f Winder' s 158th i\ lili tary Inte ll igence Compa ny, GaARi\G, has been se lected by the J aycees as one of t en Outsta ndin g Yo un g 1en in America for
19 7 4 .
CPT . Archi e L. Roberts, a fl ight inst ructor with
the l 58th, rece ived th e award because of hi s servi.:e to the Cmbry-Ridd le Aeronaut ical Uni ve rsity as a stud ent fr om ep t ember 1973 to Ap ril 1974. During this time' he se rved as P res ident of the Student Body and a full vo tin g mem ber of th e Uni ve rsity Board of T ru stees. In his work , C PT . Roberts sought to "unite the stud ent body as a more productive yo un g citizen group in th e fi e ld of sc hoo l and community activities. "
omin a tions for thi s award are made through coll ege s a nd uni vers it ies. The you ng me n are se lected

on t he ir service to the communi ty. CPT. Roberts has over five years of active mi litary
service with two tours in the Republic of Vietnam. For his V service, CPT. Roberts received the Air Medal with 19 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Army Commendation 1edal.
As an experienced OV-1 pilot, CPT. Roberts recent ly logged more than 2,000 hours of accide nt-free fl yi ng time in the sophisticated aircraft.

A MESSAGE FROM MAJ. GEN. BILLY M. JONES

My Fellow Guardsmen:

Realism ancl practicality in training is essential il all the Georgia National Guarcl units are to be reacly to lullill their commitments in the National Delense picture.

It's not enough to have our training records bulging with data. Mobilization orientecl training must be accomplished with each Guardsman geHing his share ol hancls-on experience ancl classroom instruction. It requires close supervision ol section ancl team leaclers at the lowest echelons.
As prool ol what meaningful, mobilizationoriented training can accomplish, effective 1 May 1975 Georgia's 48th Infantry Brigacle became affiliatecl with the Active Army's 24th Division at Ft. Stewart. Because of its high clegree of

readiness ancl other factors, the Brigacle was selected to "rounclout" the 24th. This means that personnel ol the 48th will constitute approximately one-thircl of the total 24th Division strength. This will result in higher priority training ancl equipment lor mobilization.
We have no alternative to intensifying the teaching of the skiUs -ol our tracle il we are to meet the new criteria ol readiness expectecl ol us as today's Minutemen.

U~U[Q)~ ------------------------------------~ IMPORTANT An employer may not withhole! permission lor an incliviclual to participate in military training,

If They Mean To Have War p. 2

even il such. participation is purely voluntary, nor may the employer cleny the incliviclual that

Georgia And The Revolution p. 4

person's ;ob upon completion ol the training period, if it is within

The Monroe Musketeers p.7

the time limits prescribed by the statute. (Sec. 9, Sel. Serv. Act,

NGA Of Ga. at Jekyll p. 8

1967). Ancl, an employer may not penalize the employee in any

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Vke {ieorgia {iuarJ3man

March - April 1975
HONORABLE GEORGE BUSBEE
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
MAJ GEN BILLY M. JONES
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
COL DOUGLAS EMBRY (GANG, RET)
INFORMATION OFFICER
CAPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR.
EDITOR

OUR COVER On April 19, 1775 the Minutemen met the Redcoats at Concord
Bridge and the sounds of that skirmish hove been echoing around the world for 200 years. The celebration of America's Bicentennial is a small tribute to the lives of those early militiamen and to all soldiers, sailors and airmen who, ov~ r the post two centuries, fought to preserve freedom.
The GEORGIA GUARDSMAN Is a publication ot the State ot Georgia, Deportment of Defense, Military Division. It is published in the interest of the Gear.gia National Guard and distributed free to all members of Federally-recognized units of the Georgia Army and Air Notional Guard. The GUARDSMAN uses Armed Forces Press Service, Army News Features, Army News Photo Features and the National Guard Asso.ci at ion of the United States Press Service.

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Precisely which event marks the opening of the American Revolution is sometimes questioned, but none of the colonist's verbal and mi litory confrontotions with the British in the l770s lays more claim to that distinction than the militia's stands at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.
Early that day, two centuries ago, Captain John Parker alerted all the minutemen around Lexington after Paul Revere, himself a lieutenant colonel in the Massachusetts militia, rode in the night from Boston to worn the surrounding countryside that

soon seen outside checking their muskets and powder with which they hod been drilling through the mild winter and spring.
When Captain Porker learned from a scout about down that a British force of about 700 men was nearby, he turned immediately to his drummer, tellin g him to summon the minutemen to Lexington.
Dawn promised a beautiful day on April 19. The sun's rays wormed their way through the mist rising from the common, and in the distance the men in Lexington could hear birds chirping occosionol7 y.

Major John Pitcairn, who was in charge of the 180 British troops detailed from the main force to Lexington. Just before this exchange, Porker is
said to hove told his men: Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon,
but if they mean to hove war, let it begin here!"
Historians still speculate on how it started, but many agree that a single shot was fired, probably from a British officer's pistol. Then a volley of muslcet fire followed, as both sides joined the attack. Professional soldiers and citizen-soldiers



General Gage's troops were on the march.

The bird cries could have been interpreted as alike fell beneath the clouds of smoke from the

"They're coming by land," Revere shouted as

new scouting reports to the minutemen; because blade powder, and before the charge of the British

he reined his horse briefly in front of Buckman's Tavern in Lexington, already shrouded in a midnight

those with better hearing now detected the heavy steps of His Majesty's army on the grovel rood

bayonets. Because of the size of the British force, Porker

haze and lighted only by the stars.

leading into Lexington. Little further attention a/so hod ordered his men to disperse if shooting

He nearly hod been captured already, but un-

would be given that day to the weather or birds of started. They followed his orders, but as they moved

daunted, Revere rode on into the New England night

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to sound the alarm in Concord. Word spreads fast in little towns, even before
the sun is up, when a Iorge g.roup of the mo.st highly regarded Army in the world is coming in your

His Majesty's scarlet column moved in wooden soldier-like cadence onto Lexington common, haltin g on command in front of the 70 grim townsmen fingering their muskets on the other side of it.

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A few words were exchanged by Porker an d

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back out of Lexington they were joined by many others already enraged by the news of the fight.
So from behind trees, fence rows, creek banks anJ other cover near the rood, the New Englanders fired on the King's troops throughout the rest of the
Jay.
It didn 't take much of that before the British bevan to sense the deep determination of these canateur so ldiers, who were harassing them every step of the way. Their discipline, including their

carefully drilled 60 step-a-minute cadence, often

faltered as they lo"bked over their shoulders to

catch gl impses of their fleet enemy.

The "enemY" kept it up, hoping the British

would hove to camp this one night in the country--

away fro m the relative safety of Boston.

But just after nightfall the British reached

Boston, and the tired but elated militia returned to

tlteir homes and forms to do the day's chores, and

to tel/ fomiles and Mends about the day's events.

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

MAR APR 1975

After the tallies for both sides were finally recorded that night, it showed the British with 73 men dead, and 200 wounded or missing; for the colonists, 49 dead, 46 wounded, 5 missing.
The New England Minutemen, kno'wn today as Notional Guardsmen, had fired the shot heard 'round tbe world. And they were much better shots and soldiers than the British and many colonists hod thought they could be.
"OUR CHAINS are forged," thunders Patrick Henry in his famous "Give me liberty or death" speech to Virginia delegates in March 1775. " There is no retreat but in submission and slavery." The volcanic orator from the backcountry helped convince less emotional .Virginians such as Washington and Jefferson. in background. to defy the armed might of Great Britain.

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Georgians apathetic at first. South Carolina suspends trade with Georgia.

(Narrative taken from GEORGIA HERITAGE: Documents of Georgia History, 1730-1790. Published by the Georgia Historical Commission for the National Bicentennial Celebration and prepc:red by the Georgia Department of Archives and History.)

In the years immediately following the Proclamation of 1763, concluding the French and Indian War, Georgia was only indirectly influenced by the changes in British policy which antagonized most of the other American colonies. Restrictions on trade and settlement of the frontiers meant little in a province with more than ample boun~aries and only a limited import export industry. The Sugar and Stamp A'cts of 1764 and 1765, respectively, stirred many Georgians to protest, but their objections were generally non-violent a nd shortlived. Indeed, stamps were actually used in the Savannah harbor, and South Carolinians were so disgusted with their neighbors' acquiescenc e in sue h matters that the Carolina assembly voted to suspend all trade with Georgia.
Anti-British sentiment increases.
The passage of the Townshend Revenue Acts in 1767 cut short any premature celebration brought on by the Stamp Act's repeal the year before. Georgia, now increasingly aware of the strong anti-British sentiment developing in the northern colonies, began to adopt similar attitudes. A split arose between inhabitants who remained pro-Britis}l and those who believed that their own rights must be considered first and separately. Often such divisions appeared within individual families -- for example, between ~he Telfair brothers, prominent merchants in Savannah. William Telfair continued to be loyal to the Crown, while Edward became a leader in the patriotic cause.
Violence erupts; Patriots raid British powder magazine.
Georgians throughout the colony. were confused and disorganized, uncertain about their final priorities. Their objections, usually demonstrated in the form o( boycotts of British goods, were too few and too limited to be felt in England. From 1769 until 1773, patriotic leaders argued endlessly and in most instances pointlessly with Governer Wright over such matters as taxation and certain rights of the Assembly. By 1774,

Savannah in the 1770's app111d li"le more than a fishing village to many even though it was the only town of any consequence in col011l Georgia. British soldiers who later occup ied the town in 1779 called it a "sickly hole in the woo ds". (formation and drawing courtesy of Georgia Historical Society and the Georgia Archives).

Georgia was well into the Revolutionary moveme nt. Meetings, both open and secret, were held to dis cuss the situation and consider possible action. In Savannah where much of the opposition was centered, a pop ul~ gathering spot was Tondee ' s Tavern. Deputies fro m the more radical parishes met unofficially to outline their ideas and prepare as much as possible in an tic i pation of a future assembly with representatives fro m all parts of the colony present. Despite such activities, Georgia lagged behi.nd, unhappy withJ3ritish domination but unwilling to go so far as open revolt. The radical St. John's Parish, discouraged by this middle-of-the ro ad behavior, even attempted to secede from Georgia altogether and join the more belligerent South Caro lina, although this effort was not succP.ssful.
Meetings are held; some open, some secret.
The first six months of 1775 brought riots, occasional violence, and a daring raid upon the Briti sh powder magazine in Savannah . In June, Gov ernor Wright reported to the King that he ha d lost the last vestiges of royal authority in the province. L ocal conwesses held in Savannah during June and Jul y did away with any lingering hopes for a last-minute com promise and created an interim civil government for Georgia. The radical Whigs, who dominated the July meeting, voted to end all trade and diplomatic rel ations with Britain and announced complete support of action s taken by the Continental Congresses up to that time. A year earlier, Dr. LymanHall had been selected by

Sannnah, Georgia, July 14, 1774.

The critical situation to which the British Colonies in America are likely to be reduced, from the alarming and

arbitrary impositions of the late Acts of the British Parliament, respecting the town of Boston, as well as the Acts

that at present extend to the raising of a perpetual reve-

nue, without the consent of the people or their Representa-

tives, is considered as an object extremely important at this

critical juncture, and particularly calculated to deprive the

.American subjects of their constitutional rights and liberties~ as a pan of the British Empire.
It is therefore requested, that all persons within the

limits of this Province do attend at the Liberty Pole at

Fondee's Tavern, in Savannah, on Wednesday, the 27th instant, in order that the said matters may be taken under

consideration : and such other constitutional measures pur-

sued as may then appear to be most eligible.

NoBLE W. JoNEs,

JoHN HousTON,

ARCHIBALD BuLLocH, GEoRGE WALTON.

Georgia Archives
~he two radical Georgia parishes to repres ent Georgia
n the First Congress; be had not attended, feeling that he did not adequately reflect the views of the o...lony as a whole . ow he, together with oble W.
~ones, Archibald Bulloch, John Housto n, and John J,
. ubly attended the Second Congress then in session 10 Philad elp hia, as representatives of all of Georgia.

Loyalists VS Patriots
Many Georgians were divided on the question of loyalty to the Icing or freedom for the colonies. Meetings like the one held at Tondee' s Tavern in Savannah brought many of the patriots together to discuss" the actions of King George and his raising of a perpetual revenue, without the consent of the people or their representatives."
However, individuals such as James Habersham, assistant to then Governor James Wright, remained a Loyalist. His sentiments are expressed in the letter below ana views of the patriots are revealed in the meeting announcement at lower left.

~XTHACT OF A LETTER FROM JAMES HABERSHAM TO

ME SS RS. CLARK AND MILLIGAN, LONDON.

Savannah, Georgia, April 17, 1775.

The fiery patriots in Charleston have stopped all deal-

ings with us, and wiO not suffer any Goods to be landed

there from Great Britain; and I suppose the Northern

Provinces will follow their example.

The people on this Continent are generally almost in a

state of maoness and de~peration ; and should not concilia-

tory measures take place on your side, I know not what

may be thP. consequence. I fear an open rebellilm against

the Parent State, and consequently amongst ourselves.

Some of the inflammatory resolutions ::tnd measures taken

and published in the Northern Colonies, l thin~ too plainly

portend this. However, l mu>t and do, upon every occa-

sion, declare that I would not choose to live here IDnger

than we are in a state of proper subordination to, and un-

der the protection of, Great B ritain; although I cannot

altogether approve of the steps she has lately taken, and

do mos t cordially wish that a permanent line of Gove1 .1-

ment was drawn and pursoed by the. mother and her chil-

dre n; and may God give your S ena tors wisdom to do it,

and heal the breach ; otherwise, I cannot think of the

l'ven t but with horrout and grief. Father against son, and

son against father, and the nearest relations and friends

combating with each_oth er! I may perhaps iay with truth,

cutting each other's throats. Dreadful to think of, much

more to experience. But I will have done "'ith this dis-

agreeable subject, and am, gentlemen, your humble ser-

vant,

JAMES HABERSUAM.

P . S. I find the American Merchants m London have

negun to stir in this matter; and I hope their application

will meet with success, as no good can ensue to Great

Britain and her Colonies from this contest, but much hurt

to both. I am for peace on constitutional grounds.

Georgia Archives

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

MAR - APR 1975

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ARNG Command
Changes Announced
Grant is 48th Bde Commander
Nine changes of command within the Georgia Army National Guard were announced on March 10 by Major General Billy M. Jones, Adjutant General of Georgia.
The command changes, General Jones said, are a consequence of the appointment of Brigadier General Holden C. West as Assistant Adjutant General of Georgia for Army. General West relinguished command of the 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) effective 1 March. Named to replace General West was Colonel Raymond E. Grant of Cataula.
General Jones said the changes also reflect career planning for senior Army Guard officers to give them a broad base of knowledge and experience in other components of the Guard.
Colon~! Grant was replaced as commander of the Guard's 265th Engineer Group at Fulton County Airport by Lieutenant Colonel John W. Gillette. Gillette, former head of Atlanta's !70th Military Police Battalion, was .replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy H. Cornett, Jr. of Atlanta.
Colonel John E. McGowan of Milledgeville was selected to comman~ the 75th Engineer Detachment at Fort Stewart. Moving up to take command of the 118th Artillery Group in Savannah, replacing McGowan, is Lieutenant Colonel Horace L. Cheek, Jr. of Savannah.
North Georgia's 1st Battalion, 108th Armor, is now commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Harold W. Carlisle of Macon. The 108th is headquartered in Calhoun.
Lieutenant Colonel Leah W. Stallings of Nashville has assumed command of Dublin's 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry.
Major Ralph L. Lloyd of Waycross has assumed command of the 1st Battalion, 230th Field Artillery, with headqu.arters in Waycross, replacing Lieutenant Colonel Cheek.
Major Robert E. Davis of Publin has been assigned to command Statesboro's 2nd Battalion, 214th Field Artillery.
All command changes became effective 1 March 1975.
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202nd men attach lights to the 80 foot poles before the poles ore erected.
202ND BUILDS DIAMOND
Baseball season is here again and members of the GaANG's 202nd Electronics Installation Squadron are helping it get off to a good start in Perry, Georgia.
the Macon based unit built a little league baseball complex for the City of Perry Recreation Department. The park layout was designed by members of the 202nd.
Construction of the baseball park took about two weeks. Members of the Mid-Georgia unit mounted lights and raised the eighty-foot poles to light the pa rk. Power to the park is distributed by buried power cables throughout the complex. A backstop was erected and a new fence put up around the playing area.
This little league complex is one of several that the 202nd has designed and installed in communities in the Middle-Georgia Area. The unit is gaining quite a reputation as a source of skiUed manpower for small park construction. The Air Guard unit has previously installed parks in the cities of Centerville, Warner Robins , Macon, and Juliette, Georgia.
THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

THE MUSKETEER OF MONROE COUNTY
by CPT Paul Sinor
(Editor's Note: CPT Sinor's column in THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN began with the first edition this year. He is a member of Headquarters, 48th Infantry Brigade in Macon. In addition to his Guard participation, he is a free-lance writer and an avid collector of historical artifacts. His search for historical items and documents has led him to compile hi stories of several Georgi a National Guord units. If you have any published histories or related information that you would like to hove published here or researched by CPT Sinor, please send them to Editor, Georgia Guardsman Magazine, PO Box 4839, Atlanta 30302.)

:\fonroe :\Ius kete ers and Quitman Guards. You won't find those names listed in today's directory of Georgia :'1/ational Guard units. Instead what is listed is the !48th Support Battalion Headquarters in Forsyth, Georgia. Like many other modern-day Guard units, the :\lusketeers were an early militia unit, formed to provide protection for the local residents and bound by their dedication to their community. As far back as 1831, the ~lonroe ~!usketeers were active in the militia. That year the unit made a three-day footrnarch to assist the ~lacon Volunteers during a threatened insurrection in that area. The first encampment for training was held tn 1832. In the summer of that year they met at Camp :\'ewcornb, about a mile south of :\lacon, to sharpen their skills in marksmanship and drill. Early in February of 1836, Captain Cureton led his sixty-seven ~fusketeers to Florida to fight in the Creek and Seminole War. The unit emerged victorious from their first combat at Tampa Bay and returned horne in ~fay of '36. Ten years of inactivity was ended in 1846, when the unit was sent to Columbus to become part of
the First Georgia Volunteers. With units from Macon, Columbus and Floyd
County, the Musketeers met the :\!exicans at Vera Cruz and once agained returned horne victorious.
In honor of Governor James Quitman of Mississippi, the unit was reorganized and named the ''Quitman Guards" by Captain James Pinckard.
After two years of training under the name Quitman Guards, the unit mustered into service for the Confederacy. The designation was changed to Company K, First Georgia Volunteers.
Captain Ponder led the unit through its first battle for the Stars and Bars. That was at Laurel Hill, :\!aryland. From there Company K went to the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold

Harbor and finally to Appomattox. Seven years later the Quitman Guards were
reorganized and once again qecame part of the Georgia militia.
:\!embers of the unit met many old comrades when they went to :\lacon in '78 for the dedication of the Confederate :\!onurnent.
When the cry "Remember the :\Iaine" echoed across the land in 1898, the Quitman Guards were called up. The unit never left the States, however, and a year later they were mustered out of Federal service.
On Independence Day, 1916, the Quitman Guards were once again in Federal service. This time they were on the ~fexican Border at El Paso, Texas. This first taste of battle since the Civil War proved the unit still had the spirit and ability to fight.
The ~fexican campaign was soon overshadowed by the "war to end all wars." The unit went to France as part of the 31st Division and after two years in the trenches, returned home. However, that war ushered in a new type of warfare in which the Quitman Guards would be involved some twenty years later.
As the Axis powers rolled across Europe and Asia, the old Quitman Guards roll: d to Ft. Benning as the 30th Tank Company, part of the 193rd Tank Battalion. Their first stop in the Pacific was to be Corregidor, but the Japanese were ahead of them.
After being unable to land in the Phillip.ines, the Battalion returned to Hawaii where they provided cadre for units entering and leaYing the Pacific theatre.
Since WWII, the ":\lonroe :\fusketeers" have gi\en loyal service to Georgia and the :\'ation under several names. But whatever they arc called, the men have always had the support of the citizens of the area and have upheld the traditions of 140 years of dedicated service.

MAR - APR 1975

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900-plus Attend NGA of Ga Conference at Jekyll

The largest gathering in the history of the .National Guard Association of Georgia was on hand for the organization's twenty-seventh annual confe rence at Jekyll Island on April 11 and 12.
More than 900 members and guests arrived at the coastal resort for the two-day conference.
The Saturday afternoon session was highlighted by addresses from United States Senator Sam unn, Maj. Gen. Charles A . Ott , Director , Army National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Billy M. Jones , The Adjutant General of Georgia.
A special audio-visual presentation was made by Maj. Chaplain Robert Wall Mississippi Army National Guard . E ntitled "America , Oh, America the Beautiful", the presentation consisted of color s l ides ma de by Maj . Wa ll in his travels ac ross the U.S. He c oupled th e s lid es with music and narration into a dra matic re ndit ion of the Guard' s role in Ame rican His tory a nd the i mp lica t ions of the s a c rific es ma d e b y Ame rican se rviceme n i n wars and armed conflicts .
During the Sunday s es s ion , new As s oc ia tion officers were e lected . The y a re LTC T obe Ka rrh , Swainsboro , pres ident; C olonel J a mes M. Me L e ndon , Macon , pre s.-ele ct; Ma jor George F inis on , Macon , vice pre s. ; LTC Ba rne y Nobl es, De c a tur , v .p_. ; L TC Joe Griffin, Thoma sville, and LTC Evert Heath, Atlanta, secre tary-treasurer.

The new Association officers are (front to rear) LTC Karrh, Col. McLendon, Maj. Finison, LTC Nobles, LTC Griffito, and LTC Heath.
Sen. Nunn addresses the Association members.

NA T/ONAL GUARD UNIT ASSISTS IN FUND DRIVE -- 263 dollars was collected in the fund drive for the Mentally Retarded Building Fund Program in Hartwell in December. Guardsmen from Detachment l, Company C, 148th Support Battalion set up road blocks in the Hartwell area to assist. in the collection. Sgt. Thomas Dickerson receives donations from a passerby. (Photo by Troyce lsom, Hartwell Sun)
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"Prei:ocious, isn't he, sir?" THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

NEWS BRIEFS
2000 HOURS IN A MOHAWK
CPT. Archie L. Roberts anc/ CPT Raymond R. Jung, 158th Military In tel/ igence Company received plaques in February for the completion of 2000 hours of accident-free flying in the OV-1 Mohawk. The awards were macle by the Grumman Aerospace Corporation, maker of the Mohawk.
GAARNG OVER 100 PERCENT
'(he Georgia Army Guarcl continued recent gains in strength begun
in January '75 anc/ again attained
100 percent in March 1975. As of March 30, strength was at 100.8 percent for a total of 9,466. Of this tot al 1438 black personnel anc/ 68 fem ales are incluclec/. Fifty-six of the ninety-two units are at or above 100 percent.
EANGGA ELECTS OFFICERS
The newly formed Enlistee/ Association of the National Guarc/ of Georgia has elected six members to hole/ office in the organization anc/ nine others to be directors. The officers are W.E. Toney, Forest Park, Ga., president; Dempsey Q. Logue, Savannah, 1st v. pres; Charles A. NeSmith, Macon, 2ncl v. pres.; Hugh M. McDonald, Morrow,
3rcl v. pres.; Olen A. Care/en, Macon,
secretary ancl James H. Tucker, Macon, treasurer.
At the February meeting of the officers ancl eli rectors, Vice President Dempsey Logue announced that the 1975 Convention is to be helei in Savannah on July 25-27. Headquarters for the convention wi II be the DeSoto Hilton Hotel.
The EANGGA is open to all enlistee/ members of the Georgia Army anc/ Air National Guarcl. The organization has adoptee/ an official logo anc/ publishes "The Enlistee/ Voice of Georgia" each quarter. Chuck NeSmith of Macon's 202ncl Electronics In stallation is the editor of The Vo ice.

RETIRED
BG Donald E. Mees, former Asst. AG of Ga. for Army, in January 1975 ancl promoted to Major General.
Col. Hugh J. Hac/c/le, former Asst. State Maintenance Officer, GaARNG in January anc/ promoted to Brigadier General.
LTC Charles C. Ricketts, State Maintenance OHicer, GaARNG, in April anc/ promoted to Colonel.
LTC Clarence T. Ricks, Hq l55th Tactical Control Group, GaANG, in October 1974. A veteran pilot, Ricks flew 100 missions in Korea in F-80 lighters anc/ numerous missions with the 116th Military Air/ ilt Wing, Dobbins.
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Six members of the 2nc/ Battalion, 121 st Inlantry were aware/eel Outstan cling performance Ratings as technicians lor 1974. Those men are CW3 Paul E. Joiner, CW4 Freel H. Ware/, MSgt. Allen J. Freeman, MSgt.

Roy E . Staines, 1Sgt. Cecil H. Free/erick anc/ 1Sgt. Marcus C. Cooper.
PROMOTED
Col. Charles B. Culbertson, Commander of the 165th Tactical Airlift Group, Savannah, in February. A 30-year veteran, Col. Culbertson joined the Ga. Air Guarcl in 1963.
EIGHT AT ONCE
Maj. George W. Finison, Commancler of the 202c/ El Squadron, recently swore-in eight new members of his unit at once. The eight men were recruited during the month ol January ancl February.
The new recruits are Hoyt L. Schofi/1, Richard S. Hammons, Anthony L. Dunn, George E. Stewart, Charles F. Scarbrough, Donald R. Jolley, Marion F. McAlister Jr. anc/ Free/erick F. Kraft.

COL. FURMAN OWENS
Lieutenant Colonel Furman M. Owens , a native of Chattooga County a nd commander of the 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Doboins , died at home in Armuchee, Georgia on March 6, 1975 . Colonel Owens was rec uperating from a recent cerebral hemorrhage a t the time of his death.
He began his military service as an airman in Septe mber 1950 , a nd became an air cadet in 1951. He served on active duty with the U.S. Air Force until 1955. He served in the U .S. Air Force Reserve from October 1955 until April 1957. He joined the Georgia Air ationa l Guard a t Dobbins as a fighter pilot in 195 7.
He was a Command Pilot and had flown F -86, C-97, C-124, C -47, T-29 and F -100 aircraft during his 24 years of military se rvice.
Colonel Owens had be en awarded the Combat Readiness Medal with One Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Armed Forces Rese rve Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Reserve Longevity Service Award and the Georgia National Guard Service Medal with Boars Head. He is survived by his wife, Lee and four children, Mitzi, Marina, Michael and Terry.

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