Unnamed Members of the Sartoris Rifles

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Unnamed Members of the Sartoris Rifles
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Unnamed Members of the Sartoris Rifles
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In The Mansion, when the U.S. enters the First World War Mack Lendon organizes a company of soldiers "to be known as the Sartoris Rifles in honor of the original Colonel Sartoris" (204). The only two members of the unit who are named are Lendon himself and Tug Nightingale. The company ships out "to Texas for training" (207).