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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY. JUNE 27, 1016.
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ANGRY SOLDIERS
CHASE "SLACKER"
FROM MT. GRETNA
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Jaint "Deserter" on His
Shirt and Trousers to
Show Contempt
PRUM HIM OUT OF CAMP
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Ft By LISETTA NEUKOM
Bvtnlna Ledger Staff Correspondent
' camp nniraiBAuan, mt. qretna,
'wis 37. Philadelphia soldier bora are
IMIArloua over the news that they nro going
f the front
When the lads of the 1st Brigade -were
fced what they thought of the orders from
Washington they shouted, "Bully, we're
Itjad wo'ra going. It Us nt the Mexicans.
(WVo nro glad they are going to send us and
,'ot keep Us In mobilization camp.
,( "Toll them down homo we aro ready and
jftoxlous to get started."
CAMP HAS A DESERTER.
Company: F. of the. 2d. Is aroused over
JflU fact that It had the only deserter In
(Wmp so far. This morning when tho man,
IWhose name Is being suppressed, refused
tq go to the front, the boys put him In
jtfhlto trousers, painted tho word "De
Wtir" all over tho trousors and on his
!rt and drummed him out of camp,
arly 1000 men from the regiment fol
ed In his wako and sent mm rortn as an
mplo of what tho Pennsylvania National
uards think of a man who enlists and
Jwhen ho finds out there will bo real service,
Isoldes not to servo.
Shouts of "On to Mexico" and "We're
n to the front" greeted the announcement
j that Philadelphia is to send the 1st Brigade,
hich lncludos tho UU 2d, 3d Regiments,
10 companies of engineers, signal bat
illon, Ambulanco No. 2 and Flold Hospital
re, 2.
COMPANY E, OP FIRST, EAGER.
That Company D, of tho 1st, Is right
I fen the Job and waiting on tlp-to for 6
I fc'cloclc this afternoon," shouted a burly,
fclack-halrod lad, with a group of SO men
t from tho 1st Regiment.
. Perhaps no ono gives more visible signs
i f oy at going to Mexico than George Nel
i on, cook of Company D, 1st Regiment,
( Whose home la at 2427 Montgomery avenuo,
Philadelphia.
He Is the most tattooed man In Mount
Gretna, and ho also wears a. smile that
tron't como off since ho heard the news
about going to tho front. Cook Nelson was
en tho firing lino In tho Spanlsh-Amorican
"War. Ha says ho Is glad ho Is going to
Ket another taste of it.
Boys of Company D gavo a cheor for
their captain, J. W. Study, chief clerk of
tho Pennsylvania Railroad and an ex-.
regular of tho United States Navy, wherf
they heard tho news they ara going to the
front.
NO CARRANZA, NO SHAVE.
Seventeen men In Company K, of tho
fd Regiment, havo declared they will not
Shave until they find Carranza, dead or
Alive.
In Company L, of the 3d, Hlghl Private
barren Reed Swain. Glensldo; John Mc
Carty, 126 Portor street; Quartermaster
Andrew L. Arnold, 3726 North Franklin,
sind Jameo F. Deans, 2554 Hutchinson
street, all of Philadelphia, havo taken an
oath not to shave until they come back
ffrom Mexico. They took the oath before
tholr company mates, raising their handB to
high heaven, and later, when talking of It,
they declared they would not cut those
beards If they had to step on them In
marching on their way Into Mexico.
Recruits aro coming In on every train
from all parts of the State.
SMOKES FOR TROOPS,
PHILADELPHIAN'SPLAN
Edward Trust Suggests Sub
scription Be Started by Eve-
j ning Ledger for N. G. P. Men
A fund to supply cigars, tobacco and
Wgarettes to the Pennsylvania guardsmen
during their service In tho present crisis Is
suggested by Edward Trust, Sr of 1438
North 17th street.
Mr, Trust advances the suggestion In
the full confidence that there are numerous
other readers of the Eveninq Ledogr who,
llko himself, are unable to go to the front
In person, but who would like to show In
some substantial way within their means
to tho young men who so promptly re
sponded to the call to duty that their
patriotism Is not forgotten by those left
nt home.
"During this European war," he said
today, "we read of the thousands of dollars
collected and sent abroad to the men In
the trenches In tho form of smoking mate
rial. If we are so generous to these men
in far-off Belgium, who are strangers to us,
tro certainly should be at least equally
generous and regardful of our own soldiers.
who are our relatives and townsmen. I
know what a consolation there Is In a
moke when one Is In camp or on frontier
service, and to )iae the solace como In
the form of a gift from home makes it
f oubly appreciated.
"J, don't think It necessary to ask for
subscriptions in large amounts, but I would
suggest that everybody who reads the
Etpnino .LEDoea contribute, and the result
Would be surprising I am ready to donate
my share, and know there are lota of others
,Who feel as I do.
"If . some persona would like to do some
thing to mako the camp life more pleasant
And object to the use of tobacco, they might
subscribe to a fund to buy vlctrolas or simi
lar musical Instruments that could be sent
to tho camps and furnish the boys with
some entertainment in the long evenings."
FATHER AND SON ENLIST
Parent Joins Guard in Order to Be
Near Lad
George W Loveland, of Eddystone, has
tened to the 6th Regiment Armory, In Ches.
tor and offered himself as a substitute for
UU son when he learned that the boy had
nUsted, The father was too late, how
ever, for the lad had bean accepted upon
Ida statement that he was1 21 years old
unit sent to Mount Gretna.
Tho father said the lad was only IT
"When, he found ha oould not take the place
at els son ioveland told Lieutenant Samuel
X. JJnvJlle, of Company B, he would enlist
aJso in the same company, so ha could be
sear hU boy. Ills offer was accepted.
TOO OLD TO JOIN COLORS
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43W1 War Veteran in Norwood Grieves
for Smell o Powder Again
patriotic American iu Norwood Is
:a bsaus his age of 78 years and
dfleotitaj .hearing-pre enU him from,
is. loialu the colors.
i & pU bwb, U Jena Powling, a veteran of
a trim wr yti" was we s m r w
Kjiget wh President IJrjculn called for
, wWefe lui suffer during a slur
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Philadelphia Contribution
to the Nation's Defense
Militiamen from Quaker City first
of State troops to leave for the
Mexican border.
Tho 2d Brigade will follow im
mediately. Men leaving today number 3C93,
with 117 officers.
First Regiment is sending 868
soldiers.
Second Regiment's quota is 070.
Third Regiment is sending 844.
Engineer Company B goes.
So doea Field Hospital and Am
bulance Corps No. 2.
12,000 GUARDS GO
TO BORDER DUTY;
9000 TO FOLLOW
Seventy Thousand State
Troops Will Be on Front
in Ten Days
U. S. BUYS EQUIPMENT
SAN ANTON'IO, Tex , Juno 27 General
Funston Is expected to havo 70,000 Na
tional Guardsmen nt his disposal along tho
border within 10 dajs Twclvo thousand
aro en routo to points "somewhero In
Texas" today. Nino thousand others will
follow Immediately. Tho remainder will be
sect as fast as their cculpment Is brought
up to tho nrmy standard.
Tho Quartermaster's Department Is work
ing night and day to provide tho necessary
supplies. Buildings aro being erected or
leased at strategic points along tho frontier
to house munitions. Railroads aro build
ing spurs and establishing yards to facili
tate tho movement of these supplies.
Bids havo been opened for 63,000 cav
alry and artillery horses and 20,000 wagon
and pack mules Their total cost will be
more than $10,000,000.
A strict censorship Is expected to bo
enforced nt army headquarters here, sim
ultaneously with such a moe In tho
several departments nt Washington Troop
movements and guard dentlnattons will
bo kept secret. General Funston announced,
however, that two Illinois brigades and ono
"Wisconsin brlgado of Infantry will como
to Tort Sam Houston temporarily to bo
held hero for any emergency The Mis
souri guardsmen will be distributed along
tha border at once.
CA3IP SITES AT EL PASO
LEASED CLOSE TO BORDER
National Guard to Pitch Tents in Gun
Range of Mexico
Eli PASO, Juno 27. Camp slts are be
ing leased along tho river front, water,
sower and electric connections made nnd
company streets are being laid out by the
Quartermaster's Department for 25,000 Na
tional Guard troops which nro now entrain
ing for or en route to this point. Captain
M. P. Wats has been ordered by General
Funston to lease all of the open ground In
the river front district, to be used ns camps
for the troops.
It was at llrst thought that tho militia
regiments would be encamped at Fort Bliss,
but because of tho necessity for policing tho
border It has been decided to move all of
tho National Guard troops downtown, where
they can be called to the border within a
minute's notice
Orders hae been receU'ed here for camps
to be laid out In separate sites for the New
Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut Na
tional Guard, which are expected to report
hero Friday. Supplies are being stored nt
tho branch Quartermaster Corps depots for
militia troops.
Arrangements havo also been made for
enlarging the base hospital at Fort Bliss to
a division hospital, and arrangements were
made today for leasing the big new Itolston
Hospital, which has just been completed
In the city, Tho base hospital has a ca
pacity for 600 patients, and Is to be doubled
while the Itolston Hospital will give cots
for an additional 600 All of tho other hos
pitals hate also been asked to provide extra
cots for the sick and wounded soldiers, and
the army Is arranging to lease a large
number of private residences. All of the
wounded In Mexico, as well as the sick, are
to ba sent here at once.
AUTO RESERVE. CORPS
Four Hundred Members of Motor
Speedway Association Offer Cars
for Military Service
More than 400 members of the Phila
delphia Motor Speedway Association have
already Indicated a willingness to have their
automobiles mobilized at Warminster, Ta.,
as a preliminary sep toward the renewal
of tha movement for a motor reserve for
military purposes.
One of the active workers In the forma
tion of the National Automobile Reserve
Corps Is W. O. arlfflth, of the Automobile
Club of Philadelphia. In the local organi
zation, now under way, the War Department
specifications are being followed. It Is there
stipulated that a company shall consist of
27 cars and 28 drivers. Each motorist In
the Automobile Reserve Corps shall be
regularly enlisted in accordance with the
militia laws of the State and shall rank as
sergeant. A commissioned officer, known as
the carmaster, Is to be In charge of a
command. He will have three assistants,
with the rank of sergeant, first class, or
lieutenant.
Automobile truck companies may later be
organized as part dt the Automobile Re
servo Corps.
Jersey Guardsmen on "Way
CAMP FIELDER, SEA QIRT, N, J.,
June 27 All of New Jersey's quota of
National Guard summoned to the Mexican
border Is on the way, the last tralnload
having left the mobilization grounds here
at 4 o'clock this morning. The 1st Regi
ment, of Newark, was the last to entrain.
Adjutant Genera? Wilbur F, Sadler has .re
ceived a request from the War Department
for mora troops, and it la expected the 4th
and 6th Regiments will get marching or
ders very soon The 2d and 3d Regiments
will probably be brought here from Trenton
and Camden when the 4tb and Sth start.
W05IEN SEEK TO ENLIST
Read-
Want to Go to Front as Nurses-
ing Volunteers Organize
READING, Pa,. June 27 Edward E.
Machamer. captain of a National Guard
Company in the Spanish-American War, is
organizing- a company of volunteers. Twelve
married men who went from Reading to
Mount Gretna have been exempted and
pent borne.
Five women applied here for enlistment
U Curses, They were directed to apply
at Philadelphia, Women of St Barnabas
Episcopal Church organized a relief corps,
offering their services to. Mayor Filbert's
committee, which met last night and or
ganized permanently Captain Boyd, of
Company B, Hamburg, sent an inquiry from
Mount Gretna regarding Jeremiah Htts, a
private, who injured his thumb by accidental
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FIRST WEEK OF CAMP WILL COST $200,000 ;
NEWS NOTES AND GOSSIP OF THE REGIMENTS
Pay Amounts to $100,000, Food $21,000 and Forage $8000 Then There Are
the Important Items of Fuel and Transportation Four 2d Regiment
Companies Make a Cow's Product Private Has Alarm Clock
By CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evening Lctlotr Btaff Corravondtnt
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, MT GRETNA,
ra, Juno 27. The first week of Camp
Brumbaugh will cost tho Federal Go em
inent J200.000, nccordlng to figures given
out at tho Commissary Department today.
Tho payroll nlono Is nbout S100.000 a
week. It costs about $21,000 to feed tho
division and forago will como to $8000.
Although there are thousands of trees
aallable, of course they cannot bo used
for fuel, nnd tho Federal Government has
to foot tho bills for tho fuel needed for
preparing tho meals and heating water for
washing. ThH bill nlone will reach the
$4000 mark beforo tho end of tho weok.
Transportation for bringing troops hero
will nggregato $39,000, while tho freight
bill Is moro than $2000. This lcaes a few
thousand dollars for tho extra expenses of
tho llrst week of getting settled. The esti
mated nmount for each ensuing week tho
troops aro hero, If they dq not go to tho
front at once, will cost nbout $153,000,
FIRST REGIMENT
Buglers Llttlo and Bntes and Cook Camp
bell, of Company O, are going back to a
climate they well know. They were In the
Marino Corps nt Panama nnd are giving
lessons In Spanish to tho other boys, who
want to make a hit with tho pretty Mexi
can senoritas along the border.
SECOND REGIMENT
There Is a "milk shake" In tile 2d Regi
ment and this Is how It comes about A
reporter was talking to a group of 2d Reg
iment men, when ono of them shouted.
"Say, tell the folks down In Phllllo that
Company K s the best Jn tho regiment."
Thnt remark brought out tho champions of
Company L. Then M nnd I got buiy, nnd
In a moment M, I, L, K were all shouting
tholr heads off they were the best.
Charles Hutton, 1442 Park avenue.1 Phil
adelphia, n member of Company K. who
has seen four years' service In tho United
States navy, has enlisted under the Federal
oath, which makes him good for tho three
jear scrvlco nnd three years on tho reserves
Merely La Roche in Company D, of the
2d, has the distinction of having tho only
alarm clock In tho company. Hl3 homo In
Philadelphia Is at 3304 North 11th Btreet.
Two Phlladclphlnns, privates In Company
C, figured In tho first accident of any noto
In camp They aro Joseph Matchlnskey
and John Melberger. Two horsca attached
to a,n army wagon hauling Ice for tho 4th
Regiment ran away to escape tho painful
horse-fly bites that harass horses In camp.
Matchlnskey and Melberger stopped tho
team along the Cornwall and Lebanon
Railroad, but not untH after Private J. D.
Sowers, of Butler, a. member of Company
C. 16th Regiment, had been run over by
tho heavy wagon Sowers was treated by
ils regiment's Red Cross corps
THIRD REGIMENT
Thero's a regular "Prussian guard" fn
Company C when It comes to height. Every
man in the first squad Is a six-footer, tho
tallest being Edwin Bnkor, of 211 North
Gross street, who measures 6 feet 2 Inches
In his nrmy socks
TROOP G, CAVALRY
Doctor von Soph, of tho Episcopal Hos
pltal staff, who enlisted In Troop O, Is being
"kidded" by his fellows about his bolng
a count. Counts nro no 'count In United
States cavalry, they say, and thoy don't
bcllovo he's one
Trooper II. S Woolery has more hair on
his face than on his head. Like tho old
darky named Undo Ned, he has no hair
where It ought to bo. But he wears his
campaign hat and nobody suspects he's
bald. '
Somo of tho rookies, who have swelled
tho troop to full war strength, think
Sergeant von Gerlchten has too deep a
frown when he's putting them through the
paces. Off duty, though, he's known as the
company wit.
SECOND CITY TROOP
A worthy son of a worthy sire Is the
compliment paid by members of tho 2d
Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, to their
energetic commander, Captain J. William
Good. This young cavalry leader Is the
son of Major General J. Lewis Good, who
retired from tho Guard In December last,
as a Major General, having served con
tinuously for 44 years. Most of General
Good's long service was given to tho 1st
Regiment, which ho had tho honor of com
manding during tho Spanish War. The
son goes to tho front In command of another
Philadelphia military organization.
'SLUM,' SOLDIERS' SLANG
FOR REAL ARMY STEW
Khaki Lads Adopt New "Lan
guage" "Canned Willie"
Means Tinned Beef
By CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evening Ledger Staff Corresvondtmt
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BRUMBAUGH,
Mt. Gretna, Pa. June 27. Do you know
what "slum" Is? Havo you ever heard of
"crooks"7
Probably you do and have, but not In the
sense tho words nre being used here by the
khaki bova In camp. Like tho boys In the
trenches, thoy have developed a language
of slang which Is unintelligible to the out
sider. Some of the terms aro old, being
brought Into tho National Guard by old
army regulars, but many new words have
spontaneously sprung Into being, as Is al
ways the caso when large numbers of men
of a peculiar calling, like Boldlerlng, as
semble In one community,
"Slum" Is the toothsome army stow
which some of the company cooks know bo
well how to concoct. "Crooks" nro the com
pany foragers. The connection can bo
traced through tho similarity In sound of
"foragers" and "forgers."
If a Guardsman shouts "canned Willie
for mine," It Indicates that his palate de
sires a portion of canned beef. "Flitch" Is
bacon, of course.
Much of tho slang applies' to food, illus
trating how well the soldier thinks of his
stomach; but other objects come Into the
range of his distorted vocabulary, A
"music" Is a bugler and the "top sarge" Is
the first sergeant.
Busy brains are being racked to antici
pate what Philadelphia's soldiers, the first
to leave, will call the Mexicans. It Is a
safe bet a substitute for "greaser" will be
found.
MOUNT GRETNA BOYS
DELAYED IN DEPARTURE
Vermont Troops Get Away ,
MONTPELIER, Vt , June 27. Lack of
cars for the troops prevented 1st Regiment
of Infantry leaving last night as planned
They got under wav early today, Eagle
Pass, Tex., is believed to be their destination.
Last Bay State Troops Leave
CAMP WHITNEY, FRAMINGHAM,
Mass , June 27. Tha last of the Massachu
setts infantrythe 8th Regiment called to
the border, left today.
N.G.P, Fit for Service,
v Chief Surgeon Says
CoJ. Joseph K. Weaver, of Norris
town, Surgeon General of the Na
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, this
morning branded the rumor that tho
Pennsylvania Guard is unprepared
for active service as false. When
questioned as to this rumor, he said
the demand for immediate service
necessitated most prompt action and
that the report that the boys would
remain at Mount Gretna for a month
was preposterous.
"I say without fear of contradic
tion that the Pennsylvania National
Guard is as well prepared to plunge
into service as any National Guard
organization in the country," Doctor
Weaver said. "Of course. New York,
with its larger body of men ancf.
probably a bit finer equipment, be
cause that State has spent more
money for equipment, may be the
barest trifle better than our Guards
men, but New York is alone superior
If there Is any gaperiority,"
i t jjini Uiijiuillli III
Continued from Faze One
Regiments from Philadelphia, will be able
to get out of camp today. Orders had been
given for them to entrain this afternoon at
8 o'clock
Owing to physical examinations the 2d
and part of the 3d are Incomplete and
It Is understood that tha brlgado will be
held up until all are ready.
Major General C M. Clement, command
ing oftlcer, said today he did not know
when tho examinations will bo completed.
Men who did not pass their physical ex
amination and nre not eligible for service
will be sent homo with transportation paid
"I mill give thqm orders for transporta
tion," said Major General Clement. "And
they aro to leave camp on tho first train
after they get their transportation order
signed by me. Ofliclally, I know of none
that has failed to pass. I havo not had the
reports."
Men who refuse to take tho Federal
oath and be transferred from the National
Guard service to the Federal troops must
pay their own transportation home.
COLORED COOKS BARRED.
Orders were received this morning at
division headquarters from Secretary of
War Baker, ordering all colored cooks out
of camp. Major General Clement sajs
he does not know what the reason Ib, but
that no colored cooks are permitted to
cook for white men In the service, Tho
order Is naturally causing much comment
In camp on race discrimination.
Governor Brumbaugh Is putting aside al
other business and putting the camp first,
according to Secretary Ball. He says the
Governor feels the camp is now the most
important thing In the State and that he
Bhoutd be able to arrange business so that
he can come here on a moment's notice to
bid farewell to the boys representing the
Keystone State.
The strength of the troops who hope to
leave today Is 117 officers and 3693 men.
Haw the regiments of Brigadier General
Price have been "trimmed" is shown by
the figures given out at division headquar
ters The 1st Regiment, with 2692 enlisted
men, reported on Sunday, will leave with
86S men; the 2d Regiment has been de
pleted from '1009 to 970. and the 3d Reg
iment has been Increased from 823 to 844,
The figures tell graphically how urgent is
the call for these troops, which are leaving
behind their recruits and hurrying to the
front with only peace strength.
General Prlce'a headquarters staff con
sists of 4 officers. The brigade medical
organizations number 10 officers and 67
men. The engineers have B officers and
195 men, the signal corps troops 8 officers
and 163 men and the field hospital and
ambulance corps, 11 officers and 9ft men.
Camp Order No. 6 nnl the symmetrical
town of tents which the Philadelphia
soldiers had built like magic along the
green slopes of Fountain Head field is dis
appearing. Turmoil again rages through
the fast-melting company streets, and h
.air Is filled with a medley of sounds, shouts,
creaklngs of wagon, the puff of motortrucks
and th? murmur of many men at "rush
wo- . . i
More than 120 passenger coaches and SO
boxcars and flat cars. In seven or eight
sections, will transport the troops and their
stores to tho border. The trains aro being
assembled by R. C. Morse, of Philadelphia,
passenger train nwUer, appointed by the
War Department as transportation director
for the 7th division of Pennsylvania, troops,
Tho four sidings at Mount Gretna and Cole
brook and the other spur track are being
visited by busy motortrucks and lumbering
transport wagons. ....
The stores and equipment of the entire
battalion already have been loaded, Their
tents were loaded during the night, their
llttlo "pup" tents being utilized for sleeping.
Company B, of Philadelphia, expects to b
tho first detachment to leave.
The Infantry Brigade, which wll entrain
at CoUbrook. will rejulx 1 coaches. Each
troop train consists et seren or tight box
cars and "gondolas' carrying tb,, stcrfa
about Xt pasiwf er jtoaahei,
Gretna, the hospital and ambulance organi
zation of Philadelphia at the Lake Cone
vvago siding, nnd tha signal troops at Mt.
Gretna.
"ENTRAINING."
What that word "entraining" Implies no
one who has not witnessed the feverish,
driving pace of tho last 24 hours can
realize All night long Iri tho dim-lit tents
surgeons scraped arms and squeezed the
hypodermic needle as the soldiers were
given their armor against smallpox and
tvphold fever It vas not a simple job.
Men who faced bullets unflinchingly winced
under the pricking needle which does not
hurt ns much as the tiniest pin prick; and
quite a few in the 1st Regiment fainted.
Like tellers counting money, tho medical
officers threw themselves Into tho work of
examining tho men picked to bo the first
to leavo from this mobilization camp to
the border.
Tho vast camp seemingly lay peaceful,
stretching Its long white arms here and
there, through glade and clearing, In the
faintly outlined tents. No timo for them to
enjoy the beauties of the night, with Its star
lit summer sky, glowing haloed campflres
and the "peep-peep-peep" of Innumerable
frogs In tho tall grass.
Sunrise found them weary. But their
task was not finished. Other regiments
are to go. The "fighting 10th," of west
ern Pennsylvania, Is to go tomorrow, a very
good rumor has It. While the "lucky"
boys are, entraining, with one arm brown
with Iodine and the other scratched red,
the remaining troops In camp, Including the
lately arrived cavalry from Philadelphia,
are being prepared for camp life and disease
In the eamo manner.
Just how anxious every man In camp Is
to go to the border Is Bhown by a "night
letter," which was delivered this morning
to Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh. It was
from members of the 18th Regiment of the
2d Brigade of Pittsburgh, who are hotly
Indignant that Philadelphia troops should
have been shown the honor of being the
first to leave. All the Pittsburgh troops are
making no efforts to conceal their chagrin.
"The eastern part of the State Is being
shown preference," they declared. "It's not
fair. We want to know why it was that we
were slighted."
GOOD-BYES FOR U. G. I. MEN
Parents of Several Soldiers at Mount
Gretna to Say Farewells
.to Them
Bv a Staff Corretpondent
CAMP BUMBAUGH, Mount Gretna,
Pa.. June 37. Walton Clark, vice pres
ident of the United Gas Improvement
Company, and Mrs. Clsrk are here to say
good by to CaRtaln Walton Clark, Jr., and
Private Beauvals Clark, their sons, who
aro both In Company L of the 2d Regi
ment, This Is known as tho U. Q. J. com
pany because of the number of U, G. I, em.
ployes in It
Mrs. George H. Earle, Jr., and Mrs.
George II. Barle, 3d. of Philadelphia, ar
rived to bid farewell to George II. Earle,
3d, who laves for the front.
WUHam Flndlay Brown, Jr son of the
First Assistant District Attorney, Phlladel.
phla, is in the same company.
Outrages That Led to War
With Mexicans in 1846
" i i i
Outrages along the border and on
the property of Americans who had
qbtalned concessions in Mexico stir
red both countries.
Mexico was full of military chiefs
rivaling for national leadership.
An American army was sent to
the border- i
The Inevitable clash followed, on
American soil, and American soldiers
were killed.
The war was fought without a
formal declaration of war by Con
gress, President Polk simply declar
Uig a atste of war exjstinz by reason
ofMrlgQ'sjicts.
' J'"' -""' I i Pruigj!
HELP FOR GUARDSMEN'S
FAMLIESTOBEASKED
IN AN APPEAL TODAY
Citizen Soldiers' Aid Committee
and Councils' Committee for,
Relief of Soldiers Will
Co-operate
ASSISTANCE ASSURED
Every Phllndolphlan will have a chanco
to aid wives and mothera and otherB, de
pendent upon the guardsmon who leave to
day for the border, under the plan of the
Citizen Soldiers' Aid Committee, which will
Issua an appeal today to tho goneral pub
lie for funds Tha call for aid followed a
moetlng thli morning In Mayor Smith's re
ception room, in City Hall, In which per
manent officers vvero chosen nnd a per
manent headquarters agreed upon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury havo
offered their mansion, on Rlttenhouse
Square, for the purposes of tho organiza
tion and to ba used as a central bureau of
Investigation of tho appeals alrcndy re
ceived and those anticipated. That this
offer will be accepted Is likely, as those In
charge of the work feel that the public re
ception room In City Hall Is not the place
for wives nnd mothers of guardsmen to' as
semble on a mission that most of, them
shrink from as a form of necessary charity.
The Exocutlvo Committee, composed of
business men and manufacturers, todny out
lined a. rcllof course to be pursued by the
secretary, George Wentvvorth Carr. nnd his
working staff, and It is expected that with
in a few weeks nil deserving cases will havo
boen reported on. The committee will ex
clude from Us list city employes In tho
guards who, under now legislation of Coun
cils, will receive their full pay while In the
service.
Following tho meeting of the Citizen Com
mittee, a meeting of Councils' Special Com
mittee for the Relief of Soldiers and Sail
ors will bo held. At this meeting plans
will be started for the entertainment of
troops that may pnss through this city and
for tho support and comfort of soldiers nnd
sailors ns well as arrangements for hospital
service for returning sick or wounded.
FOREIGN-BORN MEN
NOT RARE IN GUARD
More Than 16 Per Cent, of Sol
diers in Camp Do Not Have
Pure American Origin
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, Camp Gretna,
June 27. The so-called hyphenates are
proving there "ain't no such animal In
Pennsylvania.
They are American citizens In the sense
of the word that they are willing to enlist
and fight for the country of thejr adoption.
Figures made public at headquarters
show that up to date 10 2-3 per cent, of all
the Pennsylvania National Guards are
either foreign born or are descendants of
the first generation of foreign born.
Figures show there are many Germans
and Italians among the number, and that
many are Slavonic. One whole company la
made up of Italians. Reading and writing
of the English language and swearing alle
giance to the flag are required of the men
who enlist In addition to the physical requirements.
FINDS BROWN SPANIEL
IS NEWSPAPER THIEF
Clever Dog Removes Morning
Journal- Prom Porch and Hur
ries Back to Its Master
Patrolman William May, of the Soulard
street station, Bt Louis, Mo , was detailed
today to' watch for a paper thief who had
taken a paper every morning for three
weeks from the porch of the home of a
Mrs. Smith. 181E South 14th street.
May saw the thief, but could not catch
htm, for the robber was a brown bp.uiiI
dog. He arrived at the house about 20
minutes after the paper had been delivered,
picked it up and started away, unmindful
of the efforts of the patrolman to coax
him to stop- Then May gave chase hut
the dog had four legs and the patrolman
but two, and the animal won the race. He
carried the paper away with him, too.
Imaginary Troubles
Most of our troubles are Imaginary after
all, and when a man's garter Keeps slipping
down over his shoe top In street cars, draw
ing rooms and other embarrassing places he
should not permit himself to becqma de
pressed by the fear that he's rapidly losing
weight until he has figured up how old the
garter Is.
Toole Substitute Bride.
Among the canny Scots some credit must
be given the soldier on leaving home who
marched up to the altar to learn that the
bride had disappeared, turned to he two
bridesmaids, offered to flip a. poln to see
which would have him. and. as some one
has said, "got away with It," The J'lucky"
one now avers that she was an old swet
heart, anyway.
How About That PetticotI
We wonder If the girl Mr. Kipling met
hit jilme on the road to Mandaiay tlU
rcQ peiiivuat vf wpcmr our
tf as penetrated to that
atuts UKM it W B9
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"G00D-BY,Di!i
OVER PHONE FRi
CAMPTOHiBiift
General Clement RpUu
Officer Saying Farewell
to Wife in This City f
IT'S NOT GOODSOLDIErI
By LISETTA NEUKOM '$
Evening ledger Staff Coitm..1i )
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uwu- iiiiUMUAUGir, Mount WL. l
SS""e.."Lat.nt.iS4
- ........ ,o nun mvcei sorrow." WrmM i" ?
tio meaning hero at all If Major tuJjjf J
M. Clement, commanding ofucet K5 '
slon here, had his way. l 4
He Is "agin" nllowln th. .V i
up their wives and tell them thaVu.il 2! i
w.r?to By "aod:by" and Ihrow'ffil1
wlfey over the phone. VT.1 1
.wo uctiuiuu yrur an or nis own on i
unsuspecting and lovelorn omr eftJS
sake' "nmB w,lhheW ,or wSt chlffi,
The omcer Was on tho teloDhon. iv. ,
flclal phono of tho division ..XJI8
that ho had been ordered to the , fronT w2 1
n art unhappy moment the major 22 i
iiuiiseiL novo in signu -r1 -i
'cut out this good-by bustnesi (BriL'B
id nvii.th.iirt " h .1........ ...J ro'Sl SB
and sweetheart,1
rtaln emphasis
"No man can bo a good soldier
he sliouioii ,i,l ' n' S,
certain cmnhnnlB nn h '.,. -... was.'
.- r - -"" - .M UUL.
No man can bo a good soldier MdWiB
up that sort of thing." he contlmieiv QSXM
telenhones nro for lMmin. ... '"'iJB
irood.bv messnireft. W wat i . ? .'
By that time tho ortlccr was so thorotlSi'a
cowed that ho had not even the volts t2 I
"good-by" nnd hung Up the recelviF 2 A
1unt wont limn. Anlntn hl ..!.--1. t'U
" - - -"-. .m in. lustier MJb .
ns a good soldier should, forgot, ta it, "f
(rood and dutiful hnsh.-iml m.i ....- .5 i V
receiver, giving his wife "the lastTOfd &
Needless to Bay, news of the Ml.u.i'i
spread llko wlldflrc, and now all rntini
frn nut m.r thn tnlArrrnnh ...!. ,.
go out over tho telegraph wires o thrX 1
ir-falthful mall bag. " jll
tho evcr-1
i
INCREASE IN APPROPRIATION
FOR AltSENALTIRQED
Addition of $71,950 Recommended k I
T -ll- I... o 1 n SSI
xjuhui. uj oucrciory uaKcr
1
WASHINGTON, June 27. Stfll firth $
mureutiuB ill luu appropriations lor FTMI.
ford Arsenal were recommended to) Coo.
gross today 'ns a result of Increairfl cott
of material and labor. In a letter ilWi
by Secretary of War Baker, It la rtitsd 'm
max nuvnnces rnuuo since tne esllnaw
for next year woro submitted nectsflUta
Increases of approximately 20 TrJvCHt.
on nil tho new buildings and Addfttaa
authorized. j
Tho revised estimates, received today. Ib.
creaso tho cost of the various etnietom
n ntlntint V i .
General shop building, $17,800; extutde i
artillery nmmunltlon storhouse, SCSOO; a- T
tonfilnn Inntrtlmf-ht ripnnrtmnf hulMfa
$3820; extension fuse shop, $0300vettmgtog
artillery case shop, J7000r extension-!!
shop, $2000; metal storehouse, $4300 UtKf
house for current manufacture. JMM'
Rnwnr rnnnArtlnnfl- SIRnAt txnmtrm ifttU .
......... ... ... , T-v. , D...o" T""
(Ire nrotcctlon. S4000: field artillery uh
munition arsenal, $8750. Total Incran, J
$71,9D0. '.'
DIPLOMATS URGE CARRANZ& ,
TO RELEASE 17 AMERICAN
II
Latin-Americana Say Ch2inaW5';Ciip-
tivcs Are Not "Prisoner? oI'Ww
ai5
WASHINGTON. Juno 27. Several lUa
American diplomats In WaihlniftonJiM
telegraphed General Carrama urflBg re
lease of tho 17 American troopers hU prlfc
oners at Chihuahua City, It was leans!
today.
These diplomats pointed out to Cuth
the diplomatic expediency of doing tbU If
he Is sincere In his expressed desire lo pre
vent war. Since there Is no war iS &
captured men are not prisoners of wir, tie
diplomats pointed out, and cannot lepBl
be held on that charge. .''.
Technically, It Is understood they en t
considered In the same class with ffeilcu
soldiers entering the United Statesjtertl
tory, but It Is not considered probshlj tM
Mexican Government will take thlij-tttl-tude.
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New York City Infantry Of;
NEW YORK. June 27. After 6tWr ,
layed for many hours by lack of riltrew
cars, the 7th Regiment of State troopakft -i
for Brownsville, Tex., this morning fti '
Pennsylvania, The 1300 men. under ana- .
mand of Colonel Wm. C. Flak, were.re- .
viewed by Governor Whitman as WT
marched down 6th avenue. The j
to leave was the 71st Regiment, whlehwfM 1
over the New York Central.
Daniel Willard, Jr., Enlist at Yak
tiiTwiunTiw inn. 9.7Word has feW
received In Baltimore that Dn'el JjH'
lard. Jr.. son of the president or wexFr
more and Ohio, has enlisted In an rtu""j
compuny, lurmou uy diuwkhw - : ..:,j v
verslty. The young man wm ,' ,,
from Yale a few weeks ago. J
Fourteenth New York LeaTM -PEEKSKILIJ.
N. Y.. June "'TflJIw
York's first troops detailed fer IwrderJen s
Ice left here at 8:30 this mornlnr rT:
hour one-half the 14th I"TOjffl
started westward for Buffalo. The
Ing half left a little later. In "
consists of BO officers, 1100 men. w? "
mals and 20 vehicles.
Connecticut Una Delayed Stsrf
NIANTIC. Conn.. June IT Wft
tlcut troops, after being delayed the W
night by lack of facilities twmriM
gan entraining at this morning ?'
goon on their way to the frontier. A
Mt. Gretna Chronicle.
Smith, of Company B, was Mf'JLjta
imitation of the Mexican JU'B1S:
front of the company cook tent. W.9S
colonel strolled up. . . Hmttk tL '
"HI I HI I HI I Hi I Hll" jrljP4 ?" 1
CTAa"J.,B.il the cok.n.1. MWJ
or,e of Smith's most ,T'clou?ln,f,tS,smI frl
"Ha! Ha Hal Hr. .continued, 8m"nj
?! w? Pi?,,w52,,32T nrrM
ever. nui w :.-; .:,. aboB ""M
he saw the colonel, who '"XvW3!
elded to order him sent to the guar" j
Smith drew up and ",. ..., a. W
'Congratulate me. Colonel I J'g.y
Mexico I" he babbled through hl W""'
beard.
... j .lfcdts Mr
"Why are you bo P?ySh. nel'
colonel. "Ybu should S
States. Where do you live In flVfrSTIW ,
Torty.nmth ? WJ5ffa3Bi
Utm ?asrt .. . Iirfdffi
"That explain. IV J !f
.,. nL.ni. -ho llva out there. Sr,i!
aKecteTwith tea much, hiwu, ftf
v. o-f ttit mil reBlBM!.
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