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NEWS AND GOSSIP AND PERSONAL NOTES FROM NATIONAL GUARD CAMP ATJjT QRETNA
PENS AND PENCILS
EMPLOYED AS WEAPONS
OF PEACE BY SOLDIERS
Letter Writing at Camp Brum
baugh Taxing the Mail Fa
cilities at Mount Gretna
to Their Limit
MOTHER AND 'GIRL I LEFT'
National Guardsmen Keeping
Promise to tho Folks
at Homo
Their
By LISETTA NEUKOM
Evening Ledger Staff Corrrtpondntt
HHADQUAHTi:nS CAMP UHUMBAt'GH.
MOUNT GRETNA. Pit., Juno 2fi It may
have been "Tramp, Trnmp, Tramp the Unys
Are Marching" when they left Philadelphia
Saturday and Sunday, but today In Mount
Gretna It Is. "Write, Write, Write, the Hfs
Are. Writing."
Never In tho hlttory of Mount flretnn
has thero been such quantities of mall A
special messenger came from Washington
today with $3000 worth of one, two nnd
Bpeclat delivery stamps. Edward lilsslngor
1b postmaster here.
On every stump In tho woods adjoining
Camp Brumbaugh, on tho ruitic little
bridges, sitting at tho tables In tho Chau
tauqua Park and on cots In thd ramp
proper, aro seen khakl-clad men and boys
writing. "
Some write on their knees, some on hooks,
Homo on tho tops of upturned suit rases
Thousands of them are writing to mother
and "Tho Olrl I Left Behind "
Many of tfiem know whit the mall and
the mall men mean to those "at home."
Many mado promlseH at tho trains or at
tholr homes that they would write. And
thoy aro keeping their promise
Postal card stands In the park adjoining
Camp Brumbaugh never did bucIi a rushing
business. The summer encampments havo
been good for business In tho past, hut tho
summer of 1010 will go down In history for
the postal card men here.
Tho proprietors havo Improvised tables
youghhown, to be sure, but tables neveithe
lesa for tho lads to wrlto on. From caily
morning until taps at night, the first 'two
days of camp, thero never wns a tltne when
there were not men waiting their turn at tho
tables.
The regular routine of tho camp has not
actually started, so tho hoys have had time
to do more writing than they will he iihlo
to do when they aro under orders all tho
time. If thoy do not wrlto homo ao often
after tho first few days, It will bo not be
cause they do not want to write, or becauso
they havo lost tho Ueslro to hear from
home. It will bo becauso they can't get a
minute to do It at least that Is what ono
of the now soldiers told a reporter today.
"I am afraid tho folks at homo may
worry If they don't hear as often from us
when we get down to real work as they do
now," ho said, "but wo will do the bent wo
can. Folks backvhome, who only havo to
open their desks or typewriters, llttlo
realize what It Is to wrlto a letter or even
a postal card here. Then, too, there aro
some people wo hate to wrlto to In pencil,
and not all of us have fountain pens, and
often If we have fountain pens wo havo no
Ink so thero you aro.
'Writing In camp and writing at home
are two different things, and I do hopo
that the peoplo at home will not wait for
- answers, but will wrlto any way," continued
the lad, a mere boy, with rosy cheeks and
brown eyes, which looked a weo mite home
sick. "I Intend to wrlto all I can. If wo
po to tho front, especially If wo go down
Into tho Mexico country proper, it will he
harder than ever to bend and receive mall.
Here wo havo no troubto sending It, even
If wo do havo a llttlo trouble writing It."
Becauso tho Mount Gretna postolllce, a
tiny little building nestling among th
trees,' Is so Hwampcd with Incoming and
outgoing mall, a substation bus been es
tablished for tho soldiers. All mall, letters
or parcel post addressed to tho men at
Mount Gretna, In cars of their respective
companies and regiments, will bo sent to
the proper place. Boxes of cats" from
home aro as welcome as the (lowers In
spring.
HIT BY AUTO BUT AT CAMPV
Private Donaldson, of Second, Grins at
Recent Accident
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, MT GRETNA,
June 28. Private 8. Donaldson, 2112 East
Susquehanna aienue, Philadelphia, of Com
pany K. 2d Regiment, has the spirit which
nover says "die."
Although ten days ago he was run down
by an automobile and so severely Injured,
at the corner of Frankford avenue and Dau
phin street, that ho had to be sent to a
Philadelphia hospital, he Is right "on tho
Job" here.
This morning ho Is working around camp
With tho rest of the boys. Ills face and
chin still show signs of the accident. Tho
bandages havo bean taken off, but the
wounds are not entirely healed.
"You Just tell them down In Philadelphia
that I am feeling fine," said young Donald
son today. "An aut;o accident can't keen
mo out of the service, when I am called.
I enlisted and pledged myself to come. And
I am right here ready for any orders that
may come from Uncle Sam."
PHILADELPHIA GUARDSMEN IN AN OFF-HOUR AT MT. GRETNA
Members of Company D, 3d Regiment, and their mascot.
Photo by Staff rhotourapher.
STRAY CAMP NOTES
CAUGHT UNDER CANVAS
Flags Everywhere ; Also Instruc
tion to Prevent Visitoi-s From
Calling a General 'Sergeant'
MOUNT ORKTNA. June 20 Flags,
Hags, flags. Thero are Hogs everywhere
within a radius of several nllles of camp
American Hags, .of course. Popcorn nnd
Ico cream stands, shooting galleries, Inns,
cottages, oven wagons driven by stolid
farmers, afo adorned with tho Stars and
Stripes In a wonderful display of patriotism
that Is excited by tho prcteneo of more than
11,000 troops that may be called to face
enemy bullets any day
Prospective visitors to Camp Brumbaugh
aro advised that tho way to distinguish
ono officer from another Is as follows:
Two htara'on tho shoulder, major general;
one star, brigadier general; eagle, colonel;
silver maple leaf, lieutenant colonel; gold
mmiln leaf, malor: two bars, captain; one
liar, first lieutenant, and plain shoulder
straps, second lieutenant. It's considered
nulta as unnardonablo a faux pas to call
a lieutenant a colonel ns to call a general
a major.
Sending post cards takes up most of the
.time of tho guardsmen on leave. Figuring
an averago of three sweethearts to each
militiaman, somo 33,000 girls aro receiving
daily mall from Mt. Gretna. No wonder
tho Cornwall and Lebanon Railway has
added extra trains and a new postofllco has
been" established.
Strawberries are ripe not the big hard
ones, which grow In gardens, but the tiny
llttlo wild ones for which Pennsylvania
mountainous regions are noted. And tho
soldiers, many of them Just out of tho hot
factories of the big cities or tho mines
of tho coal regions, aro reveling In the wild
strawberry patches around camp. In somo
cas.es the patcheH are right In "the back
yard" of tho tents. But these patches aro
soon "rifled" and then the men have to go
to distant grounds. Tho men go down on
their knees after the berries with tho
exclamation, "Hum, hum, did you ever
taste anything like that?"
PREPAREDNESS AYOMEN ACTIVE
York Road Division Will Give Exhibi
tion at Oak Lane
Tho Old York Road Chapter of tho Penn
sylvania Woman's Division for National
I'reparedness will hold an exhibition of
surgical supplies made by the members In
tho Ouk Lane Free Library on Wednes
day afternoon.
Addresbes will be mado by Mrs. George
William Corey, an associate of Jane Ad
dams at Tho Hague peace conference ; Mr."
Anne Wallace Ladomus, Stnto organizer,
and Lieutenant It. S. Keyser, of the United
States Marino Corps. Thursday afternoon a
card party will bo held in the Marshall
School Hall, Oak Lane, and the proceeds
used In purchasing material for surgical
bupplles.
SISTERS, BOTH WIVES OF GUARDSMEN,
DON'T AGREE AS TO THEIR SERVICE
Mrs. Helen Supplee Thinks
Married Men Ought to Be
, Ordered Back From
Camps to Homes
Mrs. Mary Litschert Doesn't
Want a Slacker for a Hus
band and Thinks Country,
Comes First
TWO slaters, wives of guardsipen In-the,
same company, of the 1st Regiment,
Who started Saturday the first lap of their
Journey tor the Mexican border, hold con
flic ting opinlqns about sending married men
to the front.
Both are intensely patriotic, but both
watched the parade on Friday with differ
ent emotions, One wanted hr husband to
to "when the country's honor was at
stake," as she termed it: the other was
forced to see her husband go, although
she really didn't went him to, because site
didn't feel the crisis was so acute as, to
fores married men away from their famU
lies.
I wJsh President Wilson would ordijr
the married men back to their homes be,
fore they leave for Mpieo." sppbed one
Mr. Helen Suplee, after she had aaid good
ly to her husband. Sergeant Walter Su
plee, of Company II.
M don't see why they are taking my hus
band away from me," said Mrs. Suple later
vt hJ- home, BUI Appletrca street "lie
QSHKMiliy employed and satisfied with
f Hocb.ei.Ufe. n we Wire just as haPW
died tedayM ba,"
lxn hif aev a. mau's first dut ii in
it W&ttajptH,0 hw liorae and 'hil4rn
Strft Mary Lucfitrt, w$at,
What Two Wives Think of
Husbands Going to Front
"I don't see why thoy are taking
my husband away from mo, I be
lieve a man's first duty lies to his
home and children," says Mrs. Helen
Suplee, wife of Sergeant Walter
Suplee, of Company H, 1st Regi
ment, "I would not havo John be a
'slacker. Where the country's
honor is at stake, let them (the men)
ko and defend it," says her sister,
Mrs. Mary Litschert, wife of
Second Lieutenant John Litschert,
of Company H, 1st Regiment.
happy, either at the thought of her husband
leaving, but her home instincts were so
merged with her iove of country that she
said emphatically, "Where the country's
honor U at stake let them go and defend
it."
"I shall certainly feel terribly lonesome,"
said Mrs. Ititohert, wife of Second Lieuten
ant John Mtehert. 6612 Cherry street, "but
I wouldn't have' John be a 'slacker."
"What are you going to do while your
husband is awayT" was (he questloq asked
Mrs. Utchert.
"I shall occupy my time during my hus
band's absence in sewing and keeping him
supplied with linen."
Sh then laid down a rule for womenfolk,
who want something to do to keep their
minds busy while the men are away:
"If the mothers, wives and sweethearts
of the boys who go to Mexico do this In
stead of bemoaning the fact that their dear
ones h4vn been taken away they will soon
,vrn to tbe realization that they are up
huhluig the cause of life, liberty and inde-
PERSONAL NEWS AND NOTES ABOUT
SOLDIER LADDIES FROM PHILLY
"Never Was Finer Looking Set of Men," Compliment Paid
First Brigade by Visitors to Encampment on
Fountain Head Field
HEADQUAIITEMS CAMP BRUMBAUGH,
MT. GHKTNA, Pn., June 20.
"Thero never was n finer looking set of
men."
That was tho compliment paid tho lt,t
Brigade of Philadelphia and It Isn't merely
a compliment by nearly every visitor to
their camp, on Fountain Head Field, near
Colebrook. It Is a fact which was re
marked upon by nlno out of ten visitors.
Tho discipline of tho men, severely tested
their ery first night under canvas by a
heavy rain, remained unbroken throughout
tho following gloomy day and Is maintained
today with the game high spirits. Ofllcers
of the reglmenta and battalions uulto In
praising the attitude of the troop.
General Price, commander of the brlgado,
set a good example tho first night In camp
by "roughing It" with his men. While
other brigade commanders and their staffs
Blumbered In semi-luxury In cots resting
on wooden platforms, General Price and his
adjutant general, Major Whlttaker, crawled
Into their tent and rolled themselves In
blankets for a night on the grass.
General Price's message to the folks at
home" was:
"Tho brigade Is In good shapo and ex
cellent Bplrlts."
FIRST REGIMENT
"I couldn't ask any more of any set of
men." Is tho tribute Colonel Allen, of the
1st Regiment, paid today to the men under
his command. "They havo been working
from morning till night without a hint of
complaint. They're a flno bunch.
Company II. of tho 1st Heglment. is
minus Its commander. Captain Johnston,
who Is on n 10-day furlough. In his stead
Lieutenant Litschert Is In charge of ! tho
men, who compose what Is called the Glm
bel company.
The fattest man In Company II, probably
In the rtglment, and possibly In the brigade.
Is a rookie who drills In lavender sus
penders. Besides these he wears a deter
mined scowl and his civilian clothes. He
refuses to divulge his namo and pleads with
his sergeant not to do so, probably for fear
that the Mexicans may learn It and "lay'
for him. Hl3 weight is 200 pounds.
There aro two Spanish-American War
veterans In Company H. Thoy are Quarter
master's Sergeant William Stahl, who has
been In the company 18 years, and Cor
poral William It. Gibson, nn ex-sergeant
who enlisted In 1892 and later rclnllsted.
Men of Company G requested a reporter
to give special honorablo mention to their
cook, Jesse Campbell, who camo here from
the United States Marine Corps In Phlla
delphla to cook for them. The lads declare
he can "cook llko mother," and that Is
some compliment from soldiers, for truly
they "live on their stomachs."
No tin knives and forks for FlrsfLleu
tenant Harry Wllllamfcon. of Company G.
Not he. He said so himself today. He has
brought his own silver knife, fork and
spoon for "eats," but In the hurry of leav
ing his home, 6730 Pine street, Philadel
phia, Lieutenant Williamson forgot his cup
and mess pan. He has sent for them.
Two men In Company II overata and there
by won distinction the first day In camp.
Private Harry Goodwin. 2001 Iledner street,
Philadelphia, was one of the men. The other
was Corporul Itlchard Orn, who was picked
up on the "Held of battl'o" Saturday after
noon by two company mates Corporal John
Welch, 909 North Warnock street, and Cor
poral Manuel Alvers, 718 North 0th street.
Sleepy privates of Company H were
awakened In an unconventional manner
Sunday morning by First Sergeant Walter
Supplee, who made the rounds of the tents
ond "roused" the boys by giving them "eye
openers" on the bottoms of their feet with
tent poles which had not been erected.
Whenever the musicians of the 1st Begi
ment play, "Home. Sweet Home," Michael
Saydeck and William Eckenroth, of Com
pany H, Jong for Manayunk, In spite of the
good tin-,.) they are enjoying. Manayunk Is
(heir home, and their friends say that they
are tho only persons who ever longed for it,
SECOND RAIMENT
The strength of the 2d Itegltnent to date
U S3 officers and 101? men. Colonel Turner
expressed himself a well pleased with, what
his men have accomplished.
The oldest enlisted man in the 2d Iltgl
nunt Is Sergeant Major John P. Collins,
who Is in bis 80th year. Walter P. Collins,
his 19-year-old son, enlisted In the same
regiment "on the sly" i bought his own uni
form, including bat and leggings, and turned
up in camp with his father. Sergeant Major
Collins says that one man from every family
is enough, and (he upshot of It probably will
be that Walter will return home, as his
mother wants him.
Did you ever hear of a left-banded
monkey-wrench? They are play Ins a joke
In the 24 Rtf Iment which 1 u, flrpt cousin
to tho left-handed, monkey-wrsnoa. joke.
"0o down to Oompany J and tej gergt ant
Smith I want to seo him," Is tho order given
a gtecn soldier. "If you don't find him
thero, try Company Q."
Thero Isn't any Company J. Thero Isn't
any Company Q, cither.
Two "wnr grooms" aro pining In Com
pany A, of the 2d Heglment. for tho Phila
delphia girls they left behind. They aro
Private Leon Kelchllne, of 2342 North 31st
street, who was an employe of tho Autocar
Company at Ardmorc, and Sergeant Wil
liam itlttler, an employo of tho Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
Tho men of Company M aro "strong on"
coffee. Through somo mistake In getting
orders nnd requisitions for food, they had
nothing to do but chew tobacco and drink
coffee. They say "they nio not crazy"
about tobacco as a food, and showed their
preference for meat and other intlons when
they came.
Tho chief cook of Company I Is Harry
Robinson, who has Just idnllsted in the
National Guards, after four years in service
of tho United Status Cavalry. Ills homo Is
at 1128 Locust street.
Don't say beans to any ono In Company
K If you want to come out of Camp Brum
baugh alive. Through an error In ordering
supplies poor K was slighted, and when it
camo to cat ono group of men 80 In num
ber had tho magnificent repast of nlno
cans of beans, whllo another group fared a
llttlo better, with flvo cans to 18 men. This
all happened on Saturday. Things aro all
Btralghtened out now and the boys aro get
ting tne "rat or the land."
THIRD REGIMENT
Tho flno appearance of tho 3d Regiment,
under Colonel Cresswcll, excited favorablo
comment from nearly every visitor at their
camp, near Colebrook. Ofllcers of the regi
ment attributed this to the fact that 00 per
cent, of the applicants for enlistment wero
turned away, leaving 40 per cent, of very
fine young manhood.
What plutocrat over enjoyed a meal such
as those of tho 3d Regiment, which care
fully conserved Its travel rations until the
camp rations wero Issued. For Instance,
supper went something like this: vegetable
soup, broiled fish, new potatoes, tomatoes,
corn, bread, butter, coffee and oranges, with
a large doso of camp appetite earned under
a broiling sun.
The regiment put up 33.000 pounrti of
canvas In four hours. That pleased tho of
fleers as much as tho spirit with which tho
boys from Broad nnd Wharton streots
tolled the heavy army wagons up Colebrook
hill from tho station.
The spirit and example of ex-army men
who enlisted aro especially noticeable in the
Jd. These men know that they aie models
for tho recruits and tho steadying Influence
they exert over the rookies Is lemarkable.
"We aro In flno shape." was Colonel
CrcsswcU's comment after his regiment had
settled Into camp life In earnest today, pre.
pared for the tests which will bo given by
Federal ofllcers. "The rain did not par
ticularly Inconvenience any man In the com
mand, except a few of the recruits, who
had not been supplied with blankets."
Wanted and wanted with a vengeance,
a barber and a shoemaker In Company K.
Tho EvKNtNO LEDQBn usually does not run
want ads free of charge, but tho boys of
Company K begged so plteously for the
barber and the shoemaker that it was
decided to give them tho Item. When they
were asked If they had anything to put
In the paper, almost with one breath the
men cried, "Yes, send us a barber," and
then they rubbed their "fuzzy" chins, and
said, "Don't you think we need one?"
The reason they underwent the damp
air treatment? Their tents wero "some
where along the road."
There Is a Phladelphla mascot In the
hospital camp here, and his name Is Tac."
short for Tacony. "Tac" Is a fine little
white dog, and ho wears the Stars and
Stripes on his back. He haB a specjal lit
tle coats made for him to wear to Mexico,
"Tac" Is the gift of Nelson Smith, better
known as "Cy" Smith, qf 6th street and
Allegheny avenue, Tacony
SIXTH REGIMENT
The Philadelphia batlalllon of the 6th
Regiment, which is attached to the 4th
brigade, is In camp under Colonel Ellis in
a secluded spot south of division head
quarters. )
Tho 6th Regiment band Js up to "war
strength" with 28 men, the regulation num
ber. It is led by Director Bice.
City Troop No. ? of Philadelphia Js one
of the envied "favpred favorites" jr, camp.
It has a motortruck ''all Its own," Jt U the
gift of the non-aptjve members of tho troop,
who. through old, a Inability to take
part Jn the troop actlvtus must stay at
horns The gift of the motortruck; Is one of
the most appropriate possible.
COMPANY 0, ENGINEERS
Company iff, engineer battalion of PhiJ
saetyMa! th bjghwt t4 mlhtte mt tewr
In the United States, momentarily expect
orders to break camp and entrain for
"somewhere." They aro all In excellent
health and aro fairly "Itching" for action.
They're suro they'll havo It by tho end of
tho week.
A distinction thrust upon Company B wns
that of bolng the only company In camp to
sleep In "pup" tents. Prlvato J. Russell
Rock, of tho nvnxiNo Ledger, staff, slopt
with his feet protruding from his tent dur
ing a rain, but was undisturbed.
Tho following promotions havo been mado
In Company B: First Seigeant Jones to sec
ond lieutenant. Sergeant W. M. White to
first sergeant. Corporals Bernhard and Ran
dall to sergeants and PrlvateH J. M. C.
Collins, It. T. Connell, A. L. Collins, Richard
Potter, It. A. Bould nnd Lukens to corpo
rals. Evory man In Company B must rnlso a
mustache, according to "unolllclal" orders.
The "wrist watch" brigade, consisting of
Sergeants Hunt, Randall. Oakman and
White, Corporal Bould and Privates O'Con
nor, Bater, Lauber, J. D. Butlor, May, Wills,
Hartman, Hnyden, Hall. Rock, Irvln, Scott,
Boyd, Skerrctt, McCaffrey, Gallagher, dish
ing, Lyoett, Tartaglla, Burroughs and Alto
mus, will bo Increased shortly, as tho other
mombers of tho company are expecting and
wishing for timepieces.
HOSPITAL CORPS
It's probably well that every officer of
field hospital and ambulance corps No. 2,
of Philadelphia, Is a doctor, becauso of tho
first night they spent In camp. They "slept
out" and It rained. Threatened with pneu
monia, they stanchly resisted tho tempta
tion to order tho privates out of their dog
tents, whoro tho enlisted men slept com
fortably whllo tho doctors wero awakened
outside by tho drenching rain. The rest of
tho night the officers spent In a baggage
coach neaiby. Those who partook of tho
open-air snooze were Major Elmer K.
Kaiser, In command; Captain Eugeno
Swayne, Lieutenant Charles P. Brady, Lieu
tenant William L. C. Spaeth, Lieutenant
Clarence J. Lewis, Lieutenant George Louis
Stcphan, Captain Georgo E. McGlnnls, com
mander of the ambulanco company : Lieu
tenant Francis F. Borzell, Lieutenant John
F. Lynch, Lieutenant Thomas F. Ross and
Lieutenant William F. Gerhart.
Mt. Gretna Chronicle
It was midnight at Mt. Gretna and tho
moon was out llko a light is out.
Bloodcurdling sounds nroso from tho
tracks of tho Cornwall and Lebanon Rail
way, which at this particular spot Is
shrouded In gloom as It snakes through the
murk of a "cut" fringed with millions of
bushes.
"Ar r rft" Uph! Oorp! Whls-s-s-ss!"
said the bounds.
John Oliver, chief of police of Mount
Gretna, pricked up hla keen cars. He
trailed the sounds across tho quartermaster
corps' camp to the "cut." Then he waited.
Intermingled with tho hisses and moans
camo the steady tramp of feet. It sounded
Ilka a regiment composed of porpolsos, ele
phants, hippopotami and seals. But Chief
of Police Oliver wns not alarmed. Grip
ping his baton moro firmly, ho parted tho
bushes and desconded to the track. There
a strange sight met his oyes, long accus
tomed to the darlc by peering through the
dark groves of Mount Gretna.
Three men, bearing suitcases, handbags,
cameras and a drawing board, halted
abruptly,
"Who goes thero?" demanded Chief
Oliver.
"We ain't going. We've btopped," cams
the reply In a muffled tone from the first
of the trio, a largo villain wearing a black
shirt and two days' growth of black beard
on his evil face.
But the second, recognizing an officer of
the law, answered apologetically, whllo the
third leaned wearily against a signal light.
"i'ou see, Commissioner," explained the
diplomatic member of the trio, "we started
from Mt. Gretna to Colebrook to find our
tent. Wo tried to hire a horse, but bome
body advised us we'd Just as well try to
hire a zebra. Our arms and legs are sore
and we're all in. We're lost. How much
farther Is it to Colebrook?"
"Three m"s," responded the officer,
"Who are you?"
"Philadelphia newspaper men," moaned
the third man.
"What paper?" insisted Ollyer.
"The Evenjmo Ledobk and the Public
Ledger," replied the villalnous-looklng
correspondent.
Captain Oliver beamed,
" 'S'all right, boys," he said. "Come with
me. Pll take you to your tent."
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"NO EUROPEAN CAMP HERE"
IS SLOGAN OF SANITARIAN
Major Crookston, of Medical Corps, N. G. P,, Has
Charge of Health at Mt. Gretna and He Doesn't
Like Methods in Great War
. TENTING ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND.
We're tenting tonight on the old camp ground;
, Give ms a song to cheer our weary hearts.
A song of home and friends we love so dear.
Many are the hearts that are weary tonight,
Wishing for the war to cease,
Many are the hearts looking for the right,
To see the dawn of peace.
Tenting tonight, tenting tonight, tenting on the old camp ground.
By LISETTA NEUKOM
BvEto LtnoKn Staff Correspondent.
HEADQUARTnilS, CAMP BRUM
BAUGH, MT. oytTTNA, Pa., June 28.
CAMP sanitation Is under the personal
charge of Mnjor Crookston, of tho Medi
cal Corps, N. O. P., attached to tho division
commander's staff
That name spells efficiency In tho minds
of his follow officers, for Mnjor Crookston
has spent tho Inst 18 months In tho military
and prison camps In Uurope, nnd arrived
fresh from tho Continent to asRUmo charge
of sanitation In tho vast encampment. Ho
visited Siberia, England, Germany, Austria,
Italy, the Balkans overy warring nation In
Huropo except Franco.
"Conditions In tho camps are very, very
bad," said Major Crookston. "The climate In
Siberia Is a bad fcaturoi tho typos of men
mllltnto against cleanllncR.t. and tho hard
ships of the war In general constitute a
grcnt handicap for sanitary living In tho
camps."
Major Crooknton's duties will be to su
perintend tho disposition of sowago and
garbngo and to oversee general cleanliness
In camp Nature provided and man selected
an excellent slto for a camp In tho Mount
Gretna plateau, which Is high and airy and
of an Iron-tlngcd gravel soil which dries
rapidly.
"No European camp hero I" la tho slogan.
Major II. A. Arnold, of Ardmore, attached
to Major General Clement's staff, responded
to tho call to arms, leaving Important work
behind. Major Arnold was busily direct
ing the erection of tho new homo of tho
Merlon Title nnd Trust Company, of which
he Is tho -vice president and Building Com
mittee chairman, when the summons came.
Ho Is a Spanish AVnr veteran, having
been surgeon with tho Pennsylvania Volun
teer Cavalry In the I'orto Rico expedi
tion. After tho war he Joined the Gth
Regiment, of which ho was a member,
until transferred to tho division comman
der's staff, ire Is a surgeon In tho Medical
Corps, X. G. P.
Quito a story Is attached to tho now
standard of tho Pennsylvania troops, which
flutters in the breezes In front of division
headquarters on Reservoir Hill. It Is tho
first time that the Pennsylvania. militia has
served under a "Federalized" flag, they
themselves having been "Federalized." The
word "Pennsylvania" does not occur on the
pennant, but a keystone and tho state ..i
reveals the fact that tho banner Is thl J
Pennsylvania. The brand-new slanrt.M
war, made to conform with tho inobllliat
Pjan adopted In 1012. 'miaiioti
Company A. Engineer Battalion, of Sen
ton, Captain Ray Fuller commanding hl?'
Is Justly proud of being tho first mim
unit to pitch Its tents In tho moblHzn f7
camp, contains three recent tairikka
Thoy aro Second Lieutenant Bellamy SS
was married two weeks ago Private CrZ?
who led his bride to tho altar a week f
and Prlvato Worden, who was ?pller
three months ago. Thcso aro the W
who will l)0 the first to go to the front J.
Wild bridges and roads, crea w r en ,b
glements and dig trenches.
In tho reported death of Captain Lewi,
S Moicy, of the 10th Cavalry, In the i b?i!
tie of Carrlzal, Mexico, mnny of "he "nicer,
in camp hero found cause for profound S,.
sonal sorrow. General O'Neill, of the
Brigade, nnd ofllcers on his staff were loud
In tholr praise of Captain Morcy when thr
road of his death Ho was well I n0 J
Pennsylvania militiamen, having been ,
Instructor at this camp sevcrat years aro
"Captain Morcy was ono of the.bestof.
fiers In fho service," said Major H n.
ByerB, of the Quartermaster Corps. '
Two girls, ono wearing a pink summir
coat and tho other a baby blue upper r.
ment, havo been tho target of many S
miring eyes slnco tho camp began bcino
Inhabited by the boys In khaki. "The pa ?5
they're called. In exchange for smiles th
soldlor boys poso for their pictures 'which
one of "Mie pair" doftly snaps with a cam.
era.
Division headquarters Is situated on toe
of Reservoir Hill, as It I3 called, tha hlgheit
unwooded point In camp, overlooking the
sloping hills from near tho Mount Gretna
railway station. Tho spot, which Is the
site of General Grant's camp during ma
nouvcrs, wns selected because It Is more
easily accosslblo than tho old division head
quarters, tho slto of which lies nearer tha
station.
Another reason which prompted moving
tho headquarters to tho top of tho hill i
visitors. Not as many Inquisitive ones will
bo of stout enough heart to march to tin
top of tho eminence.
WOMAN WANTS PIECE
OF CARRANZA WHISKERS
Only This and Nothing Less Will
Satisfy Captain Scovel's
Wife
By LISETTA' NEUKOM
Evening Ledacr Staff Corrctvondcnt
MOUNT GRETNA, Ta., June 26. Mrs.
Sylvester Scovel, of Pittsburgh, wants a
piece of Carranza's whiskers for her locket.
That is tho deslro of her heart. That la
tho only souvenir she has asked for. Nothing
else will Bntlsfy her. Her husband. Captain
Scool, of Company L. from Pittsburgh, can
not bring her a thing from tho mines of
Mexico or tho treasures from the country
south of the Rio Grande that will make her
happy except a ploco of Carranza's whiskers.
The request for the whiskers was her
laht admonition to her husband. She did
not say "Write to me," she did not say,
"Take good caro of yourself." but she did
say. with all the enthusiasm of her youth.
"Bring me a piece of Carranza's uthiskers."
She did not say that tho whiskers should
bo taken from tho Mexican big chief after
his death. But that seems to go without
saying, because tho Pennsylvania National
Guardsmen, who havo been talking over
tho strange request of Mrs. Scovel, declaie
that no one, American or Mexican, will
ever bo able to remove a cherished hair
from tho bewhlskercd face of Carranza,
excopt over his dead body,
"My wlfo told me If I get Into Mexico
not to ' como home without thnt piece of
Carranza's whisker," said Captain Scovel
t.i a reporter today, when talking about the
strange request. "Sho has her heart set
on that pleco of Carranza's physiognomy.
Tho last thing she said to me when I
started for Mount Gretna mobilization
camp was 'Now d6n't forget that souvenir
for my locket.' And you know, I always
mind my wlfo, so It is up to me to get
that lock of hair."
Boy Hurt When Toy Cannon Explodes
William Cummlngs, 11 years old, of 523
Wakefield Btreet. Is In the Germantown
Hospital, suffering from burns and lacera
tions of the head and body when a toy
cannon exploded. The boy was playing
with the cannon yesterday, and when It
failed to explode, ho approached It. Then
It went off, the flash burning him painfully
nnd particles of metal cutting his face and
scalp In many places. It was said at the
hospital today that he passed a comfortable
night.
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"ROOKIE" STEIGLER
IN GRENADIER CLASS
17-Year-OId Member of Second
Regiment Would Have De
lighted Frederick the Great
By CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evening Ledger Staff CorraponttM
HRADQUAriTUnS CAMP BRUM
BAUGH. JIT. GUETNA. Pa June M
The tallest man In Pennsylvania's division
or the National Ouard Is Private Michael
Stelgler, of Company M, 2d Regiment, if.
tached to tho 1st Brigade, of Philadelphia
Prlvato Stelgler, who Is 17 years oli is
tho boy better call him a man, for'h Is
ono who attracted attention somo mocta
ago by eventually "landing" a job. H
had encountered difficulty, for, as he ait, '
he was "too light for heavy work and too
heavy for light work." '
"Mike" is a rookie and still wears lis
civilian clothes. It Is not this that mails
him so conspicuous, however. Tho youth
ful giant, standing 0 feet 9 Inches, toirtri
above tho heads of tho other members of
his company, and when he salutes his sna
goes up llko a flail above the line of com
pany heads.
Tho much-prized job which "Mike" gi
up to enlist In tho 2d rteglment ws with
tho Baldwin Locomotive Works as asslstsnt
machinist. Patriotism meant more to him
than money, so he gave up his position to
stand at attention, pitch tents, mount guird
nnd quietly accept the other duties required
of a soldier.
Private Stelgler Is modest, and therefor
he Is not quoted. He refuses to talk, lett
ing it to his friends to say nice things
about him.
"Mike" reads his Bible every dgy, sod
Is not worrying about Mexican bullets.
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