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NEWS-ALL ABOUT THE GUARDSMEN IN CAMP BRUMBAUGH AT MOUNT GRETN A-GOSSlpji i
PLASHES PROM A REPORTER'S
NOTEBOOK AT IVLT. GRETNA
Men and Things at Camp as Seen by Quick Eye
of Evening Ledger Man With
State's Soldiers
By FRANKLIN R. G. FOX
CAMP BltUMBAtjair, Mount Gretna, Juno
JO.
It's all her and It's alt true. Here are
the gleanings from a reporter's notebook
after nri nil-day trip through the camp:
FIRST REGIMENT
Company Q, of the 1st Regiment, Is known
-a the sea'golhg company, In splto of the
fact that It Is an Infantry company. On
the roster of tho company nro a marine,
Chief Cook Campbell, of Philadelphia, and
three "musics," Little, Bates and Brown.
Admiral Ramsay has assumed command of
the fleet and has hoisted a pennant on tent
Ko. 18. His chief of staff Is Commodore
McConnell. Ho has Issued orders that ex
aminations be held at once for promotion.
SECOND REGIMENT
More than a score of men In Company M
live within a stone's throw of 33d and York
streets. Among them are Munlclnn Norman
llaglll, 3022 Colona street; Sergeant Nor
man Howell. Sergeant William Baker, Ser
geant Fred dale. Corporal Boy Brooks, Fred
Bowers and Stewart Kepler.
Tho 2d proudly boasted of be'ng all ready
for Immediate departure, only 70 men hav
ing' been turned down by the army medical
examiners. Nearly 250 men were sent back
from another regiment nearby.
The two most popular men In Company
C aro George S.bort. 2846 North 4th street.
and 'William Frost. 2923 North Franklin
street They are In great demand as bar
bers. TVllllam Hotallng. 230B North 10th street.
of Company F, had his arm tattooed In an
ticipation of the trip to tho border. The
dealgn Is a bright American flag.
Company F boasts of a real live princess.
Bh,a Is the Princess Chic, better known as
the two-znonth-old ktten. She's on her
way, to Monterey, they say.
Tom Watson, 1330 North Frailer street,
is the reputed leader of tho quartet In
Company K.
Robert B. Lott. 3419 North S medley
street, of Company E, says emphatically
that he -would like to hear from his friends
In Tncony. Poor lad Is loneiomo. Hear
that, little one?
Joe Lawless. 4621 Pcnn street, and James
Devlin, 3718 North 16th street, both of
Company A, are the originators of the
Carranza shave. Woe and betide any Mexi
can they might catch in their embrace.
Their whiskers bristle like so many Battling-
guns. '
Company A said In a body that the whole
company, officers excepted, are broke, Hat
broke at that.
Tho following members of Company K
have been elected to tho "bean company":
Albert Derell, 2213 North 7th street: Harry
Cushman, 1338 South 30th street: J. P.
Echelber, 824 East Woodlawn avenue, and
WIHIam Vlckcry, 135 Mel vale street.
Three policemen and one chief of police
are In Company C. as follows: Pnul Shelff,
chief of police of Kgg Harbor; Traffic Po
liceman William Morrison, formerly sta
tioned at" 12th and Market Btreets; Police
man William Hantle, Qermantown avenue
and Lycoming street station, and Police
man Russell Maxler, of the 20th nnd Berks
streets, "Home was never like this," say
they In chorus.
Sergeant Harry Edgar, of Company n. Is
,an ambitious youth. Ho Is not giving up his
atudles even In camp. The boys of his com
pany fear he will Injure himself by over
tudy. Mess Sergeant Robert Grimth, 2359
Couth Anne street, Philadelphia, has some
Httlo Job of cooking for 92 men threo tlmoi
a day. Griffith can shoot as well as cook.
He has sharpshooter medals wh'ch are the
nvy of many other men.
George E. Smith, of Company E. Is being
congratulated by tho members of his pro
motion to "third lieutenant."
Corporal Harold Treat, 5015 Newhall
street, says he Is pining away for the girl
who lives next door. They are both from
Qermantown.
J, M. Bergln, of Company I, of the 2d,
hase made un a new parody on "I Am On
My Way to Mexico." The boys In the com
pany are proud of him. His words are as
follows:
"I am on my way to Mexico, I am going to
show those greasers what I know.
2 am going to light both day and night, bo-
neath the Stars and Stripes.
Hear the cannon roar, see the greaser
crawl.
For I don't give a d for Mexico, that's
why,"
There will be another war bride from
the 2d Regiment when Corpornl Chnrlcs
Leigh, 681 East Clementine avenue, of Com
pany V, of tho Second, reaches the border.
He Is hoping, nccordlng to his statement to.
day, to tnako Miss Clara Vobel, of Phila
delphia, Mrs. Leigh If ho' enn get her up
ncro in time,
A Chicago girl and a Philadelphia man
will marry when ho arrives nt the border.
He Is Quartormaitcr Sergeant Jotcpli
Koona, of Company 12. of the 2d. The bride-to-bo
Is Miss Alice Craig.
There are live Philadelphia nnpld TranRlt
Company men from tho car barns at tho
corner of 26th street nnd Allegheny avenuo
In Company R, of the 2d Regiment.
Many N. G. P. men who escorted the
Liberty Bell to tho Coast when It went In
state to tho Panama-Pacific Exposition nre
In camp. Nine men from each of tho fol
lowing companies In tho 2d Regiment
went: A, B, C, D, E, F, O, II, I, K, b
nnd M.
Eating too r nny cherries almost proved
the death of two of the Philadelphia re
cruits, Martin Conlln. 3147 Hemberger
s'.reet, nnd James Kccnen, of 4 th street ntul
Susquehanna avenue. Both nro recruits In
Company E, of the 2d Regiment. They
ere found writhing In agony and nlmost
unconscious by First Lieutenant John Peo
ples, of Philadelphia, uho carried them to
tho enmp nnd gave them first nld. They
are all right now nnd laugh about the ex
perience. Corporal Edward J Wynne, 273.1 West
Seltzer street, of Company F, Is the only
man In tho whole brigade who works In n
cemetery. He hopes that he will not bo
called to work at his "trade" In Mexico
unless It is In a Mexican one (full of Mexi
cans, he says)
Fine specimens of manhood were found
In the "Fighting 3d." nccordlng to the doc
tors. Second Lieutenant William S. Houscr,
902 West Moyamcnslng nenue, of Company
F, passed one of the finest of exams But.
then, he captained threo winning athletic
teams at the armory not long ngo.
TENTH REGIMENT
Sergeant Mnjor Dale B Lelnr, of the
3d Regiment, has to run the gauntlet of
friendly "kidding." because he gets so many
letters from his "gal " There arc others,
Indeed
Captain W. A. Hnrgeihclmer. 1436 Shunk
street, of Company E (for efficiency, thev
say), besides being the senior ranking cap
tain In tho regiment, has been voted th
Apollo of the company, If not of the regi
ment Also, ho is said to be tho best-looking
officer "within a nlle."
Robert S Hopkins. 2426 South Clarion
street, of Company F, was envied by the
doctors for his "classy" chest
"If we don't get to the border soon," one
rookie remnrked. "they'll ,hnvc to move the
border up to us!
Company F boasts of the former 135
pound champion boxer of tho navy In
Private Charles D. Hosklns, 3631 Locust
street Ho will "lick' three Mexicans of
nny weight single handed. It Is said.
Nine men In Company F nre Spanish
American War veterans They know tho
fighting game thoroughly.
Mark S Krlebel, of 1244 South Buckncll
street, of the Regimental Band passed the
physical tett with the mark of 100. Doctor
Rodman said he was tho best specimen of
manuooa no naa ever seen.
All the boys In Company B, of the Fight
ing Tenth, have Bibles given them by the
Y. M. C. A, nt Now Brighton. Many of
the lads read them every day.
THIRD REGIMENT
Men of Company B are proud of their
record of balng probably the only company
examined to pass the physical examination
in a body. Not one out of the 89 examined
was turned down, It Is said. Captain J. S.
Bradford is In command
Since patience Is a -virtue the engineers
aught to get the order of pour la merlte.
They have been on the qui vle to leave for
several days. They packed nnd unpacked
also on numerous occasions
Eighty-five American universities and
five foreign are represented In Company
B, which Is tho highest rated mllltla en
gineering company In the United States.
SEVERE ARMY TEST
CAUSE OF INDIGNATION
Physical Requirements Such as
Would Have Barred the
j Great Napoleon
By FRANKLIN R. G, FOX
Evening Ledger Staff Correspondent
JIEADQUARTERS CAMP BRUMBAUOH.
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa June 30.
Napoleon, probably the greatest general
that, ever lived. If he had taken the United
Ctatea army test as required here at Mount
Qretna, would have been rated somewhere
about ,50, In fact, the "Emperor" would
.never even have become the "Little Cor
poral 'and would have been considered a,
dismal failure physically as the standard
itre la considered.
Such were the views expressed by several
effleera here today who are indignant over
tha criticism which, they say, will doubt
less be made of those who will not leave
with their regiments for the border owing
to (allure to pass the physical examina
tion. Th failures have been numerous. Not
nly-ras Colonel Cresawcll. of the 3d Regi
ment turned down, but Chaplain Thomas
W Davis, of that regiment, also met the
same fate. The shifting physical disability
battleaxe. as wielded by the army doctors,
fell regardless gf rank or regiment.
Little was said when the failures became
known. Nothing, it appears, can be done.
But Indignation -was aroused when It be
came known that criticism of 'soma of those
turned -own had started already both here
and In Philadelphia.
"It If outrageous," one Captain said,
"fheae men hav don alt in their power;
they are not only willing but anxious to
lav; they 4Id not hesitate ona second when
the. call came, and Just beeauw they can't
Vo accepted physically slanderers are ready
to y the rfus4 one -wanted: to be (eft
Mbtnd,
"Of coarsn, that 1 true In some case,
fcMt t by any means la the majority. Yet
-1 tra.it only ona case it would be to?
Mt-y. Take the enlisted men. They have
jpill Mg-f preparation to os m hy
jpitoi tfc'lr belongings And taken leave of
, mm -fniUfM fully expectlBS to be at thflr
tmmMty: mil Thetr service, even if afiort,
kM ketf 9t the wibUM kind."
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CLEMENT AND CAMERA
General Will Soon Be Rival of Mary
Pickford
Bu o Staff Correspondent
HRADQUARTKRS CAMP BRUM
BAUOH. Mount Gretna, Juno 30. Major
General Clement, officer In command of the
camp here, before long will be . rival of
Mary Pickford. In other words, he has
been photographed "00 times In the shade,"
as he expressed It, and "movie" operators
have been busy catching the many features
of the general's life In camp.
The general takes It good naturedly. how
ever, but drew the line when one photog
rapher suggested a picture In pajamas at
S o'clock In the morning, "Away with
you." he said,
Furthermore, General Clements keeps
many of the pfttcers and visitors laughing
with nls ready witticisms. "Anything
stirtllng today," ope Inquired. "I should
say not." he replied. "I dislike being
startled. Ifa not becoming In a soldier."
MANY YOUTHS EAGER
TO SERVE COUNTRY
Continued from Fan One
yesterday, and Is being continued today
under the direction of Dr, E. Kilbourne
Tullldge. surgeon lieutenant of the 8th
Infantry.
The offer of the Patriotic Or.'er Sons of
America to supply 10,000 recruits to the
Pennsylvania National Guard has been ac
cepted by Governor Brumbaugh and local
branches of the order are preparing to open
a recruiting office. Many of the men of
the order have passed an examination
similar to that when the guardsmen hae
to pass In order to enter the service,
Capt. Samuel A W. Patterson, recruit
ing officer In charge of the United States
Marine qfflce, at 1409 Arch street, has ac
cepted seven recruits out of 35 applications
received during the last few days. The
boys have all been sent to the troop depot
at Port Royal, S. C
A spore of the best-trained horses of the
city's mounted police force will be placed
at (he disposal of General Price for service
In the 1st Br gade when the first of the
troops pass through Philadelphia from
Mount Gretna, on their way to the frpnt
, Councils yesterday passed the resolution
offered by Select Councilman Isaac D. Htl
cell, llth Ward, authorti'ng the Mayor to
provide this number of police mounts for
th 1st Brgada aa a loan to the United
State Government for such time as they
may be needed. Captain William B. Mills,
drlltoavur pf the pol.es force, said but
night IbAt M) had already chosen the anl
l a4 weuM b turned aver to, the Gw
9n&W Wftn w, he said. U in splendid
mmim i t ftw y Wb4 ot aervlse,
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PRIVATE IN RANKS
WRITES POEM ON WAR
Mitchell, of Company M, Second
Regiment, Tells All About
Conflict in Verse
By FRANKLIN R. G. FOX
Evtnlna Ltdatr Staff Corrrpondfn
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, Mount Gretna, Pa.
Benjamin T. Mitchell, of Company M.
2d Regiment, tho young man who refused
to allow his fiancee to become a war bride,
has written n poem on "War," In which he
says that
If tho kings would reason, nnd didn't want
nny more,
Thcro would bo neither bloodshed nor any
wnr.
There nre n number of stnnias, nnd
after Beelng Mr. Mitchell rnc knows that
It Is exactly tho kind of verso one would
expect him to write. He la n tall, clear
eyed young mnn and very honest, as one
would believe when he tells you ho quite
agreed wllh tho parents of his flancco when
Ihcy forbade n nurrlago until It Is deter
mined whether Mitchell will tlvo through
the war or not. Mitchell llcs nt 2438 North
2Sth street. Ho Is homo on sick leave now,
hnvlng boon Injured In n sham battle at
Mount Gretna the other day. His girl Is
Knthryn A. Hague, of 2609 North Firth
street. Both nro optimists and nro sure
that tho wedding will como off In Bhort
order. They don't fear the wnr's length or
terrors very much
Horo Is young Mr. Mltchell'B poem, writ
ten before he was hurt, with tho ground
dirt for a desk:
WAB
A enr oro or two, wt'll say,
Tnlfl unhcrfte seemed hnppy and bh:
All nation' shirs snlled on tl-lr way,
Thero wi no obstruction In their way.
fommerco wai plentiful, their trades crew large,
rrom the larxent liner to the mallent barse;
llunlncas hub plentiful throush nun and rain.
It nee moil wars prediction cams, from omo bU
fool's brain.
Then as quick as IlKhtninir conies and docs din-
appoar.
It neemed that an hour had turned to a year;
The ncsbos shouted and yelled out bold.
Huy a copy berore they are all sold
Then came a time loed ones did dopart.
To stand there nnd watch them would break
ono'a heart,
Thsy (He up their llcs. they know not what
for,
Thoj'll Hunt day and night, become leg- weary
ami sore.
Thej'll push throush the battle, they know not
where thej'ro Rolns,
Tho' throtiKh hardships and misery they'll Keep
plodding on.
After th battle the smoke cle-irs away
And the un shines douu on another day;
Where days before tho fields seined so green.
It sus u uvautltul landscape, a loely scero:.
Now In Its stead nre pools of red,
on this onco beautiful Held lns a million dead,
Nurses kneel here and nurses kneel tarere.
Trjinc to sooth some one's misery with kind
vnrda and care.
Miles nway where n poor wife stands,
With a little baby In her hands,
Hhe rends the war list of the wounded and dead
And as she comes to a name puts her hand to
her head
"Oh." sho sobs, "ho has Bone away.
He'll nccr return another day";
Then her es till up and ttoe tear drops flow
As sho huddles. her baby close and on her way
does ro
The klnBB at their tables recede all the news.
At their command, ten million, do as they
chose;
They hao all the luxuries nnd food they want
Vet they're not satlsricd. the) 'II sit down and
srunt.
"I rule all this kingdom and nil it contains,
I rule all these rlers. fields and plains;
Vet I'm not satlslK-d until I can say
1 rule all this world and I hae full sway."
While down on his fields men work day by day.
They work for ery little pay;
They seem ery happy
And so on their wuj.
Home to their wlea and children they so,
Thty plod through rain, mud and snow.
They're satisfied with life, no matter how plain;
They stick to their work and never complain.
There Is a difference, we all understand
lletween a man who's a cownrd nnd
who's a man; .....
If the kings would reason and dldn t want any
more.
There would be neither bloodshed nor nny war.
FIRST-HAND SKETCHES FROM GAMP
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USES MEXICAN WAR RAZOR
Delaware County Guardsman Inherited
It From Grandfather
Bu a Staff Correspondent
CAMP BRUMBAUOH. Mount Gretna,
Juno 30. Horace J. Inman, of Colllng
dale, Delaware County, has a razor that Is
a regular cut-up.
The razor was used all through the Mex
ican war In 184G by Inman's grandfather.
Then It wap used all through the Civil War
by his father. He used it himself In the
Spanish-American War, and now he expects
to take it to the front when Company D, of
tho Second, Is ordered to the Mexlcnn bor
der It is a case of the toothbrush that
"t-'irst it was father's, then It was mother's,
then It was sister's nnd now It Is mine."
Inman had the scare of his life when he
thought he had lost It It slipped among
his clothing n some way nnd he was happy
when It showed up.
Viscount Crichton's Body Found
LONDON, June 30 The American Cm
bassy has forwarded to the British Gov
srnment n notification given by the Ger
man Government that the body of Major
Viscount Crlchton, of the Royal Horse
Guards, has been found and relnterred. Vis.
count Crlchton, who as tho eldest son of
the Harle of Krne, was reported missing
on November 14. The message from the
German Government Is the first definite In
formation regarding him since that time.
ANOTHER CAMP WEDDING
Edward A Bechtel and Mis Lillian
Stevenson - the "iis( to ba
married JT Tun? tJrttna, which
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COMPANY AND CARRANZA SHAVES
AND MUSTACHE PROPAGANDA
Tonsorial Undertakings Among the Varied Diversions of
the Guardsmen in Camp Some Striking
Examples
By FRANKLIN R. G. FOX
Curnlno Ledger Staff Correspondent
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BRUMBAUGH.
Mount Gretna, Pa., June 30.
We've henxd of tho boys who refuse to
shave until they lick Carranzn, but now
that tho boys have tho Carranza shavo and
hair cut. the company shave and even
a mustache propaganda ha,i been stnrted.
Camp styles, it might be said, cause consid
erable comment nnd talk; they nre chipper
If not chic, to say the least
Color Sergeant tVllmore Patrick, of tho
3d Regiment, who, by the way. In a police
man formerly attached to the 15th street
and Snyder avenue stntion, has the stni
"bonnet" In camp His hat hai seen 16 en
enmpments. Ho has worn It since 1000.
Ai for mustaches. Company n, of tho
3d, has offered a $10 prize to tho mnn
who can grow the best facial adornmenj.
In tho course ot two months. Cnptaln V.
A. Hnrcoshclmer nlso Is a competitor. When
the Captain stnrted to grow a mustache
somp days ago, eery member In his com
pany followed suit
Hundreds of men have uhnt they call the
Carranza shave, which moani letting tho
beard grow on their chins, while mnny
hne Bhavcd themselves leaving hair formed
to make tho letters of their compnny on
their faces.
B COMPANY ENGINEERS
GREETED HERE BY 700
AS TROOP TRAIN HALTS
Throng of Relatives and Friends,
Mostly Women and Children,
Rewarded for Long
Night Vigil
BRIDE-ELECT WATCHES
Half nn hour before dawn this morning
a throng of 700, mostly women and chil
dren, swept up to a long line of dusty worn
passenger cars In .the Baltimore and Ohio
tralnshed and seized in their eagerness the
members of Company B, Engineers, In tho
Interval in which tho train changed
engines
Some of the women hnd been there for
two days, and most of the throng had
wnltcd since early in the evening. Troop
trains run on a schedule of their own and
wait for no one, so the relatKcs took no
chances
A murmur of women's voices nnd excited
cries of children heralded the arrival of the
train as it steamed Into the shed nt 3:45 this
morning. Before the wheels stopped from
platforms and windows dropped khnkl-clad
young men the engineering corps Is a
youthful one ns the crowd surged up
against the sides of tho cars nnd began to
search for friends and relatives.
It was a rigorous search, but one rap
Idly executed Intervening mothers and
sisters mattered little when on the other
side appeared to mothers ami slstere their
sons and daughters. No ono was hurt,
nnd the throng good-humoredly forgot
Jostling. Had the train shed sounds been
susceptible cf analysis, laughter and weep
ing would hae been heard equally loud
Both tho laughter and the weeping were
excited, and sorrow was distant until the
last ten minutes of the hour-long wait In
the train shed
The crowd melted silently away with the
departure of the train In the dim light of
the early morning. A few of the old guard,
some of whom had been waiting since
Wednesday, stayed behind. These are
waiting for the 1st and 2d Infantry regi
ments The 2d Regiment is due some time
today,
LONG WAIT FOR TRAINS.
Forms unused to anything harsher than
a mattress have tortured themselves In
nights spent twisted over the station
benches, waiting for troop trains. A fiancee
and the mother and sister of the man Bhe
is to marry when he comes back were
among the watchers who slept for moments
durlnglast night Miss Catherine Rappa
port waited with Mrs, Anna Berkowltz and
her daughter Jennie to Bee Jerome Berko
wltz. who is a member of Company C, 1st
Regiment
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sullivan, of 1253 South
47th street, waited with her 8-year-old
daughter all night for Moyd C. Sullivan, a
member of the 2d Regiment Band, One
woman, Mrs. Henry Salmon, who had three
children, went home near midnight, leaving
Mrs. Henry Olkring, of 5135 South Simpson
street, on watch for her. Mrs. Olkring tele
phoned to Mrs. Salmon as soon as the train
arrived.
Sandwiches were given to the soldiers
while the train waited and members of the
Drexel Blddle Bible class aided In this work.
MEET TOCOMPJjETB PUN9
TO AID SOLDIERS' FAMILIES
Mayor Smith Namea Committee to
Handle Relief Funds
Members of the Boarl of Managers of
the Citizen Soldiers' Aid Committee today
met to complete plans for caring for the
100 destitute soldiers' families that have
already been rPrted and for others that
may be reported later. This board, which
Is to handle all relief funds, will form a
definite- plan of action.
The managers named by Mayor Smith
are Colonel Sheldon Potter. George Went
worth Carr. Joeeph B, WIdener. Samuel
Bodlne. J. Howelf Cummlngs. L, jt Ken
nard, Edgar F Sm"h' Mrs. John C
Groome George jWharton Pepper and Mrs.
E. T Stotesbury '
The Emergency Aid will be under tho su
pervision of Mrs. John C. Groome, and at
a meeting thjs afternoon questions relating
to tho best method to bo employed In re
lief work were dUcuased. as were also
plans for the comfort of the men and ar
rangements tor forwarding letters between
those at home nJ the men la camp or at
the front. .,.,,. v
Contributions to the fund hae not tea
coming In as rapidly " t the head
of the movement expected, but generous
responae to looked for wow that tho relief
work 1 actually wader way No an
nouncement of etslritjuttona received ha
M yt len ma pijfeM. put a lit l blfiss
4soBii4l4 with Jw t puKrttten
JERSEY GUARDSMEN,
FIFTH REGIMENT, OFF
TO MEXICAN BORDER
General Hein Heads Unit of 1500
Soldiers Leaving Camp Fielder
for Service in Fron
tier Patrol
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
SEA GIRT, N. J., Juno 30. Infantry
men of the 5th (Pnterson) Regiment, Na
tional Guard of Now Jersey, fcolonol A. A.
Van Wraton. packed their equipment on
troop trains and left today for El Paso,
Tex. With this unit went Brigadier General
Edwin F. Heln nnd his staff and all the
recruits In camp, approximately 1500.
MEN CHAFE AT DELAY.
Medical Inspection of the newly enlisted
band Interfered with the get-away, and It
waa not until 10:30 that the two battalions
were aboard. OfTlcers and men here chafed
at the delay. The troops broke camp yes
terday and everything was In readiness for
the start to the front this morning nt T
o'clock. The march from the camp ground
to tho railroad station was started nt 8:30,
nnd 6 minutes later all were ready to board
the cars.
Tho galjant 6th marched between rows
of cheering peoplo, who waved flags and
handkerchiefs. Automobiles honked noisily
a parting farewell. Then for two hours
friends and relatives stood with their loved
ones on the plaza nnd talked while await
ing orders to entrain.
Today men of the 14th Infantry began the
preparation of breaking camp, following
tho routine carried through by the 5th In
fantrymen. They will be ready tonight to
entrain at dawn Saturday. With them will
go Troops B and D of cavalry and the
Jersey City Signal Corps, following the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey route by way
of Buffalo and Wllkes-Barre to El Paso.
Camp Fielder then will be closed, only the
administrative officers and Surgeon General
William Gray ShaufJler remaining.
The feature of a calm day In camp, de
spite the activity of the 5th Regiment, was
the announcement that Colonel Arthur U
Steele, or the 4th Regiment, of Jersey City,
had failed to pass the medical test and
had been relieved of his command. Lieu
tenant Colonel George T. Vlckars, of Jersey
City, who Is the assistant prosecutor of
Hudson County, was elected colonel of the
regiment and Henry T. Lohmann, the Benlor
major, was moved up to lieutenant colonel,
For the Junior major, Captain Walter L.
Reed, U, S. A., who has been Instructor of
Now Jersey guardsmen for many years and
who Is here as a junior mustering officer
has been aelected, contingent upon Federal
permission for him to accept the post. Major
William Robertson, Jr., of the same regl
ment, and Captain T, Bergln Gaddls, quar
termaster of the regiment, also were re
jected. Captain J. F, Wardhaugh haB suc
ceeded Major Robertson, and there have
been corresponding promotions all long the
line.
As posted by Major Alexander Gray, bri
gade adjutant, there were 118 officers and
2684 men In camp. Fifty more men of
the ranks were turned back by the medi
cal examiners, and Company M, of the 4th
Regiment, Is without a commissioned officer
tonight, the captain and two lleptenanU
having been rejected by the examiners.
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GUARDSMEN BLAME" MUSTARD" ,!H D
KUJUJU fl'UJK VmUJXl JJN JjJjJAVlJjfQ I
Federal Order Comes in for Good Deal of Humor
ous onticism au lviuuni; viretna Some
Sigh for Bathtubs
By LISETTA NEUKOM
Evening Lcdaer Staff Correspondent
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BRUMBAUGH,
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa., June 30.
The depnrturo of the Philadelphia troops
t,o tho Mexican border has been delayed by
just a mere "mustard" roll. Even the on
glneeri were delayed until they had signed
that lengthy document.
Thnt, nt least, Is the opinion expressed by
qulto n fow of the boys, who say that they
hear "nothing but about Blgnlng tho 'mus
tard' roll frbm morning until night."
"Why, they even yanked mo out of bed
nt midnight to Blgn the 'mustard roll," said
Private James Devlin, of Company A, of the
2d. "Whnt's a 'mustard' roll, anyhow?"
he Inquired,
"The 'mustard' roll Is named thus 'cause
It has such a klclc In It, I reckon," Dovlln's
buddy explained.
Signing the muster roll evidently Is some
big Job.
Visitors say tho weather Is the kind that
makes tho corn grow. True, no doubt, but
tho rookies nrguo that this wnrm sun also
makes corns grow on their pedal extremi
ties, j
"Tho 'girl I left behind me' Is being done
to death," ono rookie exclaimed. "Make It
the bathtub I left at homo and I'll Join
ycr." Swimming In the lake remains the
fnvorlto camp sport. Tho Bhower bnths also
nro In grcnt demand
The boys evidently believe In prepared
ness. In anticipation of the long rides to
the Moxlcnn border they nre getting all tho
practice they can In trying to look com
fortable In tho railroad coaches near Cole
brook. "We'll bo used to It beforo wo get
there," thoy say.
Those who nro making It a business of
selling officers' equipment nt Mount Gretna
complain of the shortage of binoculars. Tho
lenses, they pay, nro mnde In Oermnny, and
as n result tho supply of binoculars Is ns
scarce as snowballs In camp. Ono officer
offered 100 for a pair, but was doomed to
disappointment,
Brigadier General William G. Price, Jr.,
had a decided surprise handed him. Ho was.
being Interviewed by the only woman cor
respondent In Mount Gretna, Miss Llsettn
Neukom, of the Eveninci LEDaicn staff,
whon he discovered that sho Is his second
cousin, once remoied. Miss Neukom's grand
father and tho general's mother were
brothers and sisters.
"Is there nny news. General?" asked a
newspaper correspondent of Major General
Clement. Tho n. c. was ntttrnt u ..i.i.J'-
army uniform, prepared to go to th J
with h )..., '" " ortr
"Tho only thine I can tell v.,, i-i' V
If you will nliow a soldier to mik a .?, !
gestlon," replied tho commander of th, ,,VS
fl via nn Hint ... !... . '" IUK I
backward."
Speaking of newspaper cnfrn...j..' -
beforo tho rnnk nnd file of thVm ,SPI
cap, an Inky black shirt nnd a twili J
growth of black beard. Ho was wS!ki
through camp whon a captain hailed ffi
''If An (lull ! ntoililJ at . 1 MluL 7Pf
"You'ro ono of the haulers, aren? W'
Well, grab hold of some of that stuff J i!
neip load this wagon."
that stuff in4
Figures on tho full strength of the TtnM
nyivania Nnuonai uunrd First BrltiMilfti (
which has been ordered to the front ViSw'
clvftn nil! Inilnv nn tntnlln,- 5 A- i.. Vti
men. medical officers ami Wnit.i SibM
They nro divided ns follows: Oftlcer-, TiijdH
men. 2837: medical ofTlnprn 11 .i , 'Aa
nlfnl man KT Tlin Q.nnn.1 .. B'H!Tj&J
senior ono of tho brigade, Is the lart&V
with 02 officers, 1010 men, 4 medlcar cffl fl
cers nnd 22 In tho hospital corps. AM
T . s-1
mere arc seven naileries in camp hera 'V
thoy hnve not hnd a good night's, i'(,
since they nrrlved. The batteries Inrimt..
A from South Bethlehem, C from PhoeMi $li
Hlo, P from Willlamsport, B, E and v'lol
from Pittsburgh. f MI
The men will do their own cookln ev'w
ruuiu iu wo uuruor. iney nave converted
onggage cars into imcnens ana made pa.
sengor cars Into Bleeping cars, 'in the
baggage cars, which go between the pu-
sengor concnes, tney ercccd stoves. The.
uuckb 01 mo Eeais were laKen out to make)
sleepers of tho day coaches. '
Somo men get so fUBsed when they to
up for physlcnl examination here In the
military camp that they got all mixed up.
Ono mnn who was getting his examination
nnd being vaccinated today a tad who
Ilvos In Columbus, Pa. when asked when'
he was borti, .hesitated, The man neit
to him said In n whisper, "1492 Columbus
discovered America. ' Tho fellow Imraedl
atcly said, "Born In 1402. ' This happened
In tho Fourth of the Fourth.
There Is plenty of fresh air In some ef
tho tents of the Pennsylvania National
Guard In tho Fourth Regiment. There are
Httlo window b In tho ends of the tent, so
there Is good ventilation.
Mt. Gretna Chronicles
Ignatius Frcedmun saw 10,000 soldiers
march Into a camping ground, with their
rations "somewhere." He saw that they
hungered, even as they pitched their tents.
Now, Ignatius was n practical man
Through long years he had struggled with
tho wolf nnd had succeeded not only In
routing that ravenous animal from the door
mat, but he hnd Increased tho population of
the world with 14 little Froedmuns, who
wero fat and happy, because their father
wai stingy and shrewd
As he viewed the National Guardsmen an
Idea struck Ignatius Ho swapped an old
Bowing machine with a cracked driving
wheel for some worm-eaten lumber and
bought a stock of raw "dogs" and pop. He
bought It on credit. Then he knocked to
gether n Btnnd, painted a sign reading
"Uncle Samuel's Lunch, Finest Wiener
wurst nnd Thirst Quencher," and opened up
a land office business. The nickels nnd
dimes fattened his purse.
But his lunches did not fntten the gallant
10th Regiment boys, the "Fighting 10th."
Ona fine night there was not a military
"tummy" In the regiment that didn't ache
like a heart longing for love. Every tent
had several Invalid "tummies" Inside. In
side tho "tummies" were "Uncle Samuel's
lunch and thirst quencher."
The next day Colonel Coulter would have
ordered Ignatius out of camp. But It wasn't
necessary, Ignatius was gone, and several
of the campflres were blazing with worm
eaten lumber.
GUARDSMEN NEED STAMPS
Unable to Get to Postofllce, They Ap
peal to Families
Bv a Staff Correspondent
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, Mpunt Gretna.
June 30. Stamp, stamp, stamp, the boys of
Company E of the 2d Infantry are stamp
ing, And they want to be stamping some
more, but they havo trouble In getting all
the stamps they want for their mall, It Is
not the lack of money so much aa It Is the
ability to get away from camp to the post
office, which la soveral miles away,
And so the boys, many of whom are hun
gry for home news, ask that a message be
sent to their loved ones through the Even
INd I.EDQEn. asking them to send stamps.
The following aro the men who ask for
stamps; George Hhaw, 933 North Watts
street; J. E. Nunn. 2223 Oakdale street;
Charles Evans. 2556 North Cleveland ave
nue; Edward Yost, 3024 North Reese street;
Oeorge Krause, 3028 North American
street; Thomas Burton, 2741 North 19th
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Harry Stanbrldge, 237 South 53d street:
Louis Hansell, 6003 Callowhlll street; Ed
Callahan, 3024 West Linuphln street.
Tho boys say that matches would b ac
ceptable, too, but they'd rather have stamps
If they can have only one of the gifts. '
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