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Last of Philadelphia In
fantry, With 35 Recruits,
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'REJECTION FOR THREE
By FRANKLIN R. G. FOX
Evtntna Ledoer Btaff Correniondmt
CAMP BIIUMBAUGII, Mount Gretna,
July 7i Tho 6th Rcstlment, Infantry, In
cluding tho last of Philadelphia's contin
gent ordered to tho front. Is (scheduled to
leave at 6 o'clock this nfternoon. It will
not pass through Philadelphia, as tho routo
Is by way of Pittsburgh.
The 1st rtcglmont, Cavalry, got olt In
record time and almost with record train
accommodations lant night Tho cars were
"spotless" clean and all evidence of former
overcrowding was lacking.
Only the 4th Brigade, which Includes tho
4th, 6th and 8th Regiments, Ambulanco
Company No, 1 and Field Hospital No. 1,
with tho Quartermaster's Division, remains
on tha field. By.Sunday night tho ranks of
this "old guard,' the last to go, will have
been greatly reduced, as far as Mount
Gretna Is concerned.
Moro than 9200 Pennsylvania troops now
are either at El Paso or on their way there J
3334 aro still hero.
Th9 ambulanco and field hospital corps
are scheduled to leave Sunday on a special
train. No orders havo been received for
tho departuro of the quartermaster's di
vision and It Is considered likely that It
wilt remain hero at least temporarily In
case a recruiting camp Is ordered.
First Sergeant Harry Morris has been
elected seoond lieutenant of Company II, 6th
Regiment. That regiment has received 31
recruits. Of tho 38 recruits from Philadel
phia, 35 passed the physical test Notwith
standing tho number of recruits, tha 6th
Rogtmont, which Includes several Philadel
phia companies, will leave as ono of tho
pmallest regiments yet to go. It has only
SB 9 omcors and men; soveral western Penn
sylvania reglmonts left with moro than
1400.
Brigadier General Christopher O'Nolll, of
tho 4th Brigade, said today that ho had
received no ofllclal notification of an order
to excuso from duty guardsmen who havo
dependents.
"Tho order probably will havo a demor
alizing effect on tho men," General O'Notll
said. "It is evident that there Is no fighting
to bo done"
. Tourist cars, ho said, wcro being rushed
to tho eastern front and would bo "cap
tured" by tho troops of tho 6th, 4th and 8th
Regiments in the early stages of tho trip
outhward. Tho 4 th Regiment leaves to
morrow and tho 8th on Sunday.
FIRST BRIGADE AWAITS
ORDERS AT FORT BLISS
Continued from Fare One
wonderful whlto roadways; beyond that
tho muddy Rio Grando divides American
soli from Culdad Juaroz, and boyond that
in the far distance rlso tho jagged Chihua
hua Mountains of an almost Indescribable
mother-of-pearl color, purplo whero tho
shadows of clouds fall upon them.
MEN IN CARNIVAL SPIRIT.
In this sotting a carnival spirit arose
among tho men. With holiday smiles they
attacked the problem of converting the
rocky plain Into a home for how long oven
their officers do not know. Stones as big
as two lists wcro gathered Into plies and
husky privates, armed with mattocks, up
rooted the prickly cactus and grcasewood,
burning It In hugo plies.
That done, friends In tho three regiments
mot again and swapped yarns about their
experiences on their trying overland Joi:r-
noy, which was taken by threo different
. routes.
The 2d Regiment, under Colonel Turner,
tho first to leave Mount Gretna and the last
to nrrlve becauso It was sent over round
about tracks, passed calmly through the
desert hills of west Texas undisturbed by
the bullets of Mexican snipers, who aro said
to wander In small bands ovor tho mesqulto
covered wasto lands. Colonel Turner re
fused to place soldiers In tho cab of the en
gine to make the last night Journey, as
suggested by railroad officials. Ho did not
propose to placo his mon In needless dan
ger, he declared, and contented himself with
tho precaution of posting seven crack sharp
shooters In the coaches.
Tho regiment detrained at Fort Bliss late
yesterday, after a delay at El Paso, caused
by agents of tho El Paso and Southwestern
Railroad holding tho train until Colonel
Turner and Captain Nowlan, regimental ad
jutant, had assured them that provision
would bo made to pay for the transporta
tion over tho extra six miles between tho
eity and the military post
MEXICANS OPEN SWITCHES.
Moro thrilling was the story brought to
El Paso' by the 1st Regiment, Colonel Al
len commanding, which arrived Wednes
day, Three open switches, said to have
been the handiwork of Mexicans, wero
noountered in New Mexico and thereafter
an outriding handcar was sent In front of
tho train. The regiment also was told that
eight Mexicans had been shot by a track
foreman while trying to open another
switch near Clovls, N. M and that the
engineer of another troop train had been
wounded and perhaps killed by a sniper
several nights ago.
The 3d Regiment and tha headquarters
train bearing General Price and his staff,
who arrived yesterday, reported a trip
uneventful except for the hospitality with
which It was greeted. Lieutenant-Colonel
Kemp' is In command of the 3d. A heavy
rain, the first for eight months, drenched
tha 2d Regiment while it was pitching
tents. Field hospital and ambulance com
pany No. 2, of Philadelphia, and tho bat
talion of signal corps, of Pittsburgh, are.
the other Pennsylvania troops in camp.
PARADE FATAL TO CHILD
West .Philadelphia Prize Winner Suc
cumbs to Effects of Sunstroke.
Mother Prostrated
Participation in a Fourth of July baby
parade brought death to 1-f-months-old
Joseph, McCarty, Jr., of 917 South 69th
Street, according to the investigation of
the Coroner's office. The child, after two
days' illness, died yesterday, apparently
from sunstrA.
Little Joseph was one of the prlza win
ners In tha parade of the Sixtieth Street
Business Men's Association. He was affected
by the hot sun, but seemed to yield to
treatment administered by Or. Ralph L.
Engle, of 60th and Carpenter streets, until
yesterday, when he had a relapse. The
symptoms Indicate sunstroke. Doctor Engle
reported to the Coroner.
Mrs. McCarty, tha baby's mother, is
prostrated by her child's death, and Is
under tha care of the physician.
WOMAN AIDS GAMP IIEALTII
Mrs. J, Smith, Philadelphia, Gives
Motorcycle to Sanitation Corps
MOUNT GRETNA, Pa., July T. Mrs. J,
Harrison Smith, of Philadelphia, has se,t
an example for women qt wealth In Penn
sylvania by giving a motorcycle to the
chief sanitary inspector of the United
States army, Major William CrookstonJto
Use In. touring tha border and keening
sanitary conditions up to the mark.
Major Crookston says the motorcycle, will
be worth its weight in gold. Mrs. Smith
has shipped It directly to El Paso. She
says the chaplains of tha various regi
ments want talking machines, Worojr who
' want to give rausJc to tho soldiers are
urged to send them, and those who want
to safeguard their health asked, to
gj motorcycles.
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT NOTES
OP GUARDSMEN OF THE SIXTH
Facts and Fancies That Engage the Interest of the
Regiment Encamped at Mount tGretna All
the Men in Fine Condition and High Spirits
By LISETTA NEUKOM
Evtntna Ltdaer Stuff Corrtttondtnt
CAMP BRUMBAUGH, Mount Gretna,
July 7. Cop No. 13, of the Philadelphia
Reserve police, force, Is hero in all his
glory. Ho Is no other than Albert M.
Rosbach, of B4B7 Spring streot Ho Is the
man thousands of women ask "how to get
to such and such n street" dally at tho
corner of 12th and Markot streets. Now
ho Is In tho 6th Regiment Band,
Edgar W. Smith, of 46th Btreet and
Cedar avenue and chief clerk of the real
estate department of the Pennsylvania
Ratl&ad, with offices In New York, Is the
bnndmaster of the regiment Ho has some
little job recruiting for the band, which
lost many of its members because they
failed to pass physical examination or re
fused to enlist
In the ranks of tho regimental band
thero Is a deputy coroner from Philadel
phia. Ho Is Edward J. Blum, 2064 North
Franklin Btreet, who Is a sergeant
New canteens, first-aid kits and house
wives have been received In the 6tH" Regl
mont Tho new canteens especially are
bolng appreciated by the men. Thry are
aluminum with covers which can bo re
moved and washed, The men declare
they will be much moro sanitary and will
keep tho water cooler than tho old Btylo.
A cup arrangement Is one of tho features
of tho now canteen.
Thero have been many changes among tho
officers of the regiment In tho last few days.
Among tho now appointees are tho Rev.
Robert M. Green, of Phoenlxvltlo Baptist
Church, to bo first lieutenant and chaplain ;
Regtrrfentat Sergeant Major Herbert A.
Smith to first lieutenant and battalion adju
tant; Battalion Sergeant Major Georgo
Roes, Doylestown, to first lieutenant and
battalion adjutant, and Sergeant Major
John Mooro, 6135 Torresdalo avenue, ad
vanced to regimental sorr-iK major. Theso
promotions took placo oa a result of general
oTder No. 10.
Robert Brooks Bendor, of Ebensberg, who
had planned to enlist In tho 18th, jolnod tho
6th because ho arrived too lato to bo en
rolled In tho 18th. It had left camp.
Bonier In to bo In tho roglmcntal band.
Edward F. Lawson, whoso homo Is'nt
2315 South Carlisle street, and who Is mall
carrier In tho Rlttcnhouso Square neighbor
hood (Chestnut to Pino to 20th street), Is
now acting as principal muolclan.
Alfred Jules Botus, manager of ono of
tho largest business concerns In Cornwall,
Is an example of tho sort of co-ODoratlon
which superior officers respect A num
ber of the officers wcro talking Informally
tho other day when his name was men
tioned. Thoy commended him for the way
In which he falls In line at once whep there
Is work to bo done.
Chief J. P. MaoEllree, chief burgess of
West Chester, is co-operating with the N.
G. P. authorities In bringing recruits to
Mount Gretna. Ho brings recruits hero
In his automobllo from West Chester. Ho
also comes up when recruits have been
rejected nnd takes them homo again In
his machine.
Tho only Philadelphia and Reading
passenger trainman In the regiment Is
Color Sergeant A. II. Armon, of staff
headquarters. Ills homo Is In Ambler.
COMPANY D
Because of tho lllnoss of Captain F. B.
Nlcman, Phocnlxvllle, who. has been com
pelled to relinquish his command In Com
pany D on account of asthma, thera has
been a change In the captaincy. The new
commander, J. M. O'Donnell, of Quaker
vllle, was formerly first lieutenant nnd aide
on the staff of General O'Neill. Ho has
been In the sorvlco for 18 years. In prl
vato life ho Is a contractor.
COMPANY E
Company E boasts bf three veterans who
havo seen much service. They aro James
H. Ellison, 2038 South! 61st street, a traffic
mounted policeman at 13th and Market
streets, who Is quartermaster sergeant;
Corporal Arthur J, O'Neill. 5118 Irving
stroet, and First Sergeant William Wood,
41st and Haverford streets. All of them
saw service in tho Philippines, Cuba and
Porto Rloo. Corporal O'Neill and Sirgeant
Wood were alBO In Panama and Nicaragua
and at Vera Crus In 1914.
COMPANY F
William Hallam, Jr., 30 West 6th street,
Bridgeport, an employe of the Bell Tele
phono Company, has been promoted com
pany clerk In Company F. Ha Is the son
SECOND REGIMENT'S RIDE TO EL PASO
BROUGHT 168 HOURS OF DISCOMFORT
Journey Occupied More Than Double the Time That
Would Have Been Required by a Citizen Traveler
and Conditions Lacked Usual Accommodations
When tho 2d Regimefct nrrived In El Paso
last night it ended moro than 168 hours
of continuous riding In Jostling wooden, un
kempt passenger coaches. Though origi
nally dispatched in haste to El Paso, tho
mobilization and organization city of tho
border patrol, It took the regiment four
days longer to reach Us destination than It
would havo taken an ordinary citizen trav
eling In no particular haste.
Tha regiment left Philadelphia at 3:45
o'clock last Friday morning, and had it trav
eled at the regular rata of speed of the
usual traveler El Paso would hava been
reached about 5:40 o'clock last Sunday
morning'. Nearly four days could have
been saved to it by traveling In the same
unhurried speed of tho citizen traveler.
It was estimated before tha, southward
trip began by Captain J. B, Kemper, the
mustering officer, that the Journey would be
made In threa or four days. Shortly after
ward he announced that orders had been re.
celved from Washington that no troop train
was to exceed at any time more than 35
miles an hour, Tha order's principal conse
quence was that tha ''agony was prolonged"
for tha wearied troopers.
Tha order to keep down tha speed of
the troop trains, It was explained, was
given out by the government to reduce the
hazard of accidents in high speed. Many
kinds and conditions of railroad.track- were
covered in the 2280-mile trip. The troop
trains did not havo the right of way all
tha time and the Journey was considerably
prolonged because of that fact
Tha railroad lines covered by the troop
trains In and from Pennsylvania were the
Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad to Lebanon ;
Philadelphia and Reading to Wayne Junc
tion ; Baltimore ttn4 Ohio 0! Chestnut street
station and thence to St Louis ; the Frisco
from St. Louis to Dallas and tha Texas, and
Pacific from Dallas to El Paso.
These changlngs of track, side trackings
and backings up, layovers for this reason
and that, classed tha troopers with dlca
In a box. Uncle Sam was shaking them
thoroughly before rolling thera out for Car
ranza to look upon with whatever degree
of elevated eyebrows their well Jostled,
frowsted and hungry appearance might pro.
duco.
It is true that some companies fared bet
ter than others, their treatment in trans
portation almost equalling-, In small
stretches of traveling the comforts of the
citizen traveler. To soma of them was
given the great boon pf a bath while en
route, stopping- at Louisville for a few
miles' walk to a flrehouse where a blosa
tho stationary engineer and eleotrlclan nt
the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company.
Men, from "Fighting K of tho 6th," have
secured from Lebanon red, white and blue
paint and have designed a big white pen
nant, which reads, "Fighting K of the 6th,
Philadelphia, Pa." This will adorn their
car until they reach the border. They
have also got many small flags, which they
will unfurl from the car windows nnd
platforms.
Louis Haller, who enlisted back In 1898,
Is on the Job again this year. Ho Is first
sergeant In Company It His homo Is In
Fotcroft nnd ho Is a machinist on the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Ho la the oldest man
In point of service In tho company.
Two old chums, whose friendship has
lasted through the years, are John Glenn,
1504 Pearl street, and Frederick Winkler,
2424 Meredith street Glenn la a motor
man on Route No. 9, block 6. Ha sends
greetings to his old friends at tho Rldgo
nvonuo car barn through the Evekino
Lbdoeh. He Is now artificer for his com
pany. His chum, Winkler, who la a second
cool? for K, Is a machinist at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
'Ralph Wlllard Chllds, attorney In tho
Land Tltlo Building, has earned high praise
from officers of Company K for the way
In which ho falls Into lino whenever there
Is any work to do. Ho Is always ready to
chop wood, carry water or do 'any task.
John Lnvens. son of tho general man
ngcr of tho Cornwnll Iron and Oro Com
pany, Is a member of Company K.
Company K has a "real live" sculptor in
Its ranks. He Is First Lieutenant R. D.
Kolley, of Sharon Hill. It Is an artlstlo
company In tho real sense of the word. It
also has a decorator In Second Lieutenant
Thomas Bailey, of Germantown.
Company K has tha youngest captain Iff
tho regiment He is Wallace .Anderson,
Camden, civil engineer for tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad, who Is only 23 years old.
Motormen are showing their loyalty for
tholr country In tho way they respond to
tho call for men. John Powell, 6613 Lena
street, Germantown, Is another of tho
P. R. T. men who are here at Mount
Gretna. Powell Is In Company K.
COMPANY L
Tho chief weigher of tho Philadelphia
Hospital Is nlso a soldier. Ho Is William
IL McCluno, captain of Company L. Ho Is
a senior captain of the N. G. P.
Ono of tho Spanish War Veterans In tho
ranks of Company L Is Lieutenant Joseph
Ralston, of South Alden street, who Is well
known In Philadelphia as a policeman In tho
38th District.
Company L claims it has set a good rec
ord for tho rest of the regiment to follow.
It had only four men rejected, for holght,
weight, ago and eyesight Not qno man has
been sent to tho hospital 111 since, camp
started. Tho men declare that their record
Is due to strict sanitary observances. Thoy
are so fussy about cleanliness thnt they took
a recruit who had not learned "tho spirit
of tho company" and gave him a public
bath last night
Ono of tho Southern High School's former
football stars and a player on tlie class
teams at tho University of Pennsylvania
who Is In tho ranks of Company L is Car
roll Mlsslmer, 2047 South 57th street, sec
ond lieutenant of the company. When In
Philadelphia ho works for the Bell Tele
phone Company. He graduated from South
ern High in 1912.
COMPANY M
Lieutenant L. Howard Fielding, of Com
pany M, has been appointed first lieuten
ant of Company E. Ho Is from Llanerctv
Robert Woodcock, of Sheron Hill, has
been elected second lieutenant of Con
pany M. Ho Is connected with the Penn-
sylvanja Railroad.
Artificer Frank Brandenberg, of Company
M, has been promoted to quartermaster
sergeant of the same compan. He Is suc
ceeded by Prlvato Dennis R. Russell, a vet
eran ot tho Spanish-American war.
Men In Company K are proud of their
quartermaster sergeant, Matthew Berry,
1615 North 56th Btreet When a reporter
went through tha ranks of tha company
several men camo up and asked that spe-.
clal mention be mado of their quartermas
ter, because he is tho only quartermaster
to bo "all caught up" when tha new equip
ment orders' had to be handled. ,
was handy for them, and others allowed to
walk to public baths in Kansas City,
Company K, 1st Regiment Infantry, now
In El Paso, probably was the luckiest Jour
neying company. At Kansas City the
troopers wero allowed to leave tho train
and march to the public bath houses for
showers and plunges In the pools. When
they reached there they had ridden In box
car like coaches continuously all one day
nnd one night They had been "sustained
and soothed by an unfaltering trust" In the
commissary, but tho "trust" was about all
that had soothed them. They had Buf
fered, they Bald, from short rations. Also
they had suffered from stiff Joints, aching
backs and legs and not a few with bruises
and scratches.
But from Kansas City through the re
mainder of their Journey these traveling
conditions were relieved. Thoy roda in
tourist cars with reclining chairs.
In a letter to the Evenino Ledger, one
of the members of this company wrote: "I
would like to say that someone in the bri
gade commissary department la to blame for
the short rations we have been receiving and
could well take a leaf out of the book
called "German Efficiency.' We found on
our arrival in Kansas City that there had
been a story published In a Kansas City
paper saying that the men had thrown hard
tack or army biscuit at the officers. This
is not true, as our officers are In no way
to blame for the delay and short supply.
The fault lies in the brigade commissary
department
'The boys In our company are all well
and took the discomforts of our mode of
traveling like soldiers."
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Doylestown has the record for having the largest number of brothers from one
family In one company In the National Guard of Pennsylvania, They are the Atkinson
brothers Quartermaster Sergeant George Atkinson, 26, printer; Corporal Albert Atkin
son, 25, printer; Fir.st Sergeant Daniel, 24, clerk; Artificer John Atkinson, 22 sons of
Mr. and Mrs. A. R, Atkinson, 84 Shewell avenue, Doylestown, all members of Com
pany G, of tha 6th Regiment Tha father of tha young men Is constable of Bucks
County. Ho Is county chairman of the Democratlo party In Bucks County, but was
elected constable In spite of the fact that the county Is Republican. Constable Atkinson
has four other children. The Atkinson boys have made the basketball, football and
crack rifle teams of Doylestown famous. The basketball and football Guard teams
havo been champions for four years and the rifle team for six yearn.
GOSSIP OF THE FIRST BATTALION,
2D REGIMENT, EN ROUTE TO EL PASO
How the Philadelphia Boys Passed the Time on Their
Memorable Journey to the Banks of the
Rio Grande
Dy CARL L. ZEISBEUG
L'venlna Ltdoer Btaff Correspondent
EL PASO, Tex., July 7. Tho first thing
to tell after arriving here Is who are hero
nnd how they got hero. For tho benefit of
.their friends, some sidelight Is hereby shed
upon tho members of the 1st Battalion of
tho 2d Regiment Inadequacy of wlro serv
ice and Insufficiency of tlmo prevent record
of all the Individual participants In the hap
penings, but perusal of tho chronicles ap
pended will sufTlca to show that tho Journey
was an eventful and memorable one.
COMPANY A
Russell Bloso Is tho "ladies' man" of the
company, having crushed moro hearts than
ona as tho pretty girls of tha country towns
gavo him their names and addresses.
First Sergeant Harold Muschomp took a
doep breath Just as tho army surgeon was
oxamlntng htm, and was barely tall enough.
Lewis Frambes had to shave off his Char
ley Chaplin mustache. Why? The lieuten
ant compelled him.
Company A boys still remember with
gratitude tho reception accorded them by
tho pcoplo of Philadelphia when tho regi
ment paused through.
To whllo away the todlous hours of travel
Chester Miller, of Haddonflcld, baritone solo
ist nnd member of the board of directors of
tho Behrens Opera Club, Is organizing an
opera troupe In tha company to play "Caval
lorla 1 Rustlcana" and other "highbrow
compositions.
COMPANY B
Howard Stewart, of 2838 North Lawrence
street, and James Whtuhnad, of 2324 Har
lan street, who bunk togather, aro taken
for brothers, although they never saw each
other- beforo the day they enlisted.
Company B has a trio In Charles Lovett,
Ed Mendenhall nnd Charles J. Adams, ac
companied by Joseph W. Cornman on the
mouth organ.
All noncommissioned officers who fall to
ralso mustachlos must buy tho others a
dinner.
Private Nngle, who owns a razor, needs
a shave wow than any one else In the
company. The others In tho company uso
his.
A flag thnt o O. A. R. veteran handed
to Sergeant McMeekln en routo Is "going
right back to Philadelphia" to a permanent
homo.
Donald J. Donovan Is recovering from his
annual dose of polsonlyy.
Private Jerry Hartlgan, who bunks
with Corporal Ed Browning, sleeps on his
jNiper.o-.'s onr two nights out of three.
UL. . ..,, thnt Tinrtliran takes his
tnlrd of ti.o bunk, nil right, but ho takes
It out of the middle.
..,.- ... anttftrl If ninrorl flnle on crown.
Alio ou B4i .- "-- . z,"
would stretch 47 feet 7 Inches. The memj,
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bers nna ineir neiBmo " - ! -
Browning, 6 feet 1 inch; Ed Gllllnghnm, 6
feet 2: Jerry Hartlgan, 6 feet 4, and tho
following 6-footers: John Lydon, Conrad
Anderbon. Jim McClebberty, Harry Hins
dale and Mlko Mandler. All aro sprout
ing mustaches.
Tho Mi"Graws and the Welnsteins, the
O'HarrlgKns and the Slonskis mix well in
Company .
Company A stolo Company B's cigar
ettes. Adv.
Thero will be a big wedding at the
armory at Broad street and Susquehanna
avenue when the boys come back. Every
body In Company B is going to turn out
when Corporal Robert Leach, of 1029 Marl
borough street, and Miss Edna Stock, of
3408 Bancroft street, are married. She
promised to wait for him after plans for
their wedding were broken up by the call
for the Guard.
Corporal Ed Hellman, who used to be
with the 7th U. S. Cavalry, In Cuba, is
teaching the company the Spanish words
for "cigarette." "girl." "I'm hungry" and
"I lova you." He "pals" with Etter K
Houser. another old army man, who was
with the Coast Artillery,
Marks KIstenbaum. William Shoemaker,
Addison Bryant nnd Harry Brennan dis
turb tho rest of the company after taps
with their nightmares. Bryant says his
worst one was when ha dreamed he was In
Camden.
When Tom Teufel, the company barber,
flourishes his razor as the'Iong, snaky train
with the Mexican border? Answer Be
cause he wouldn't pay the rent"
Company B soldiers tried to throw
Charles J. Adams off the train when he
made up the following:
"Why is tha United States having trouble
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IN ONE COMPANY
lurches around a curve, his victim wishes
ho had taken out llfo Insurance.
Tom Hannan Is tho Charlie Chaplin of
B. The mustacho causes It
Company B lost its Carranza when Harry
Brown was forced to shave his beard.
Edward Hellman. Neal Doherty. Harry
Livingston, Bronnan, Bob Leach, Edward
Browning nnd Jesse Batty have been ap
pointed corporals,
Whon they called Gustav Ruggaber, the
company cook, "Kaiser," he sang "The
Star-spangled Banner" all the way through
to provo he's nn American all tho way
through.
COMPANY C
William Bohrle, of 2023 Montgomery' ave
nue, and John Melbergor, of 928 North
Lelthgow street, haven't many names and
addresses of girls.
"But we don't care," they say. "We'vo
got two In Philadelphia, which Is better
than 100 somewhero else. They aro going
to sond us cigarettes and matches."
Somebody in Company C suggested that
the regiment havo a map of northern Mex
ico for Btudy.
"Rot," said Georgo Sibert, who lives at
2846 North 4th street "Wo want a map
of all of Mexico,"
James Glvons Is tho "guy that put the
devilment In regiment," Ho swats flies
with a broom, tind nlso swats other things
with It.
There Is ono General in Company C. He
Is a General Nulsnnce, by name of John
Melbergor. He throws wator on tho oth
ers, pinches their toes and othcrwlso dis
turbs tholr equanimity.
"I don't caro what they say," ho says.
I vo got tho company's goat"
Frank Feurle, of 1B27 North Bouvler
street. Is the regimental cartoonist.
Company C picked up a mascot at Cum
berland, Md. His name Is Zed, and he is
a setter. Fearing that the dog's long hair
would causo him to becomo III In tho warm
cllmato of tho border, Elmer E. Transccl, of
5248 Rising Sun uvonue, Olney, company
barber, gave him a Bhavo and a shampoo.
"When do wo eat?" Is tne wall of Com
pany C, farthest from tho cook car. The
boys nro talking about writing a note to
President Wilson.
JUNE TAX RECEIPTS, $1,142,253
City's Revenue for Month Boosts Half
Year Record
The receipts of the office of necelver of
Taxes W. Freeland Kendrlck for June wero
$1, 142,253.36, making the total receipts for
the first six months of the year, 1 12,984,186,
as compared with $12,818,986 during the
first half of 1915.
Tho principal sources of revenue In Juno
were: City taxes, $382,313.29; BChool taxes,
$196,080.78; State taxes, $113,072.46; delin
quent city taxes, $125,215.21; delinquent
school taxes, $49,647.37, and water rents.
$177,553.32.
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CAUTION-
The House that Heppe Bnilt
FOUNDED IN lSti ADOPTED ONE-PRIOB BYBTEH Itf 1881
C. J. Heppo & Son 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th and Thompson Street
"Used" Pianos From $50 Up
We have on display now nearly 200 "used" pianos
of all makes and styles. There are manyUhat are excellent
for the 'summer home, several are particularly adapted for
"practice work," some are small just right for apart
ments there are both grands and uprights.
Every instrument has been thoroughly overhauled
and repaired and is guaranteed for 5 years and exchange
able at full value any time within ono year. Prices range
from $50 up; convenient terms, if desired.
Call, phone or write for complete details to
CT,J. HEPPE
UPTOWN -6TH
AND THOMPSON ST&
SOCIETY FOLK SERVE
LUNCHES TO TROOPS
Women Wait Past Midnight to
Cheer Soldiers from Mount
Gretna
Amid the cheers of hundreds of
friends and relatives the 2d City Trotip and
Troop A nrrived nt and shortly afterward
left the Baltimore nnd Ohio Station, 21th
and Chestnut streets, cnrlv this morning.
They wero on their way to tho border I
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Philadelphia's most fashionable folk were
In the crowd that literally filled tha station,
and tho send-off they gave their soldier boys
was no less stirring than their welcome.
Tho troopers were under te command
of Colonel John T. Wood, ot Wayne, Pa.,
who was accompanied by his headquarters
staff. They arrived In this city at 1120
o'clock this morning, and the second section,
comprising tho 1st City Troop and Troop
G, under Captain J. Franklin McFadden,
reached here half nn hour later. They come
In four sections, tho last two constituting
contingents from various parts of tho tate.
Many members of tho Pennsylvania
Women's Division for Nntlonal Prepared
ness wero nt the station to feed the hungry
boys In khaki. It was tho West Philadel
phia chapter's turn to look nftcr the sol
diers, and they did It well.
Long before tho trains began to arrive the
women were waiting with tons of food. They
had prepared 2600 sandwiches nnd 100 gal
lons of coffee, which Was distributed under
the direction of Mrs. J. Hamilton Small and
Mrs. Constant Jones.
Tho trains did not stay long, so the cav
alrymen wero compelled to snatch tha wel
come Bandwlches and coffee between the
greetings of the home folks and the well
wishing of friends.
Among those assisting Mrs. Small and
Mrs. Jones wero Mrs. Henry Brtnton Coxe,
Mrs. E. C, S. Lowls, Mrs. F, K. Simons,
Mrs. W. H. Allen, Mrs. E. S. Zlcbcr, Mrs.
Francis M. Hutchinson, Mrs. William J.
Clothier, Miss Mary Mclntyre, Miss F. II.
Delanoy, Miss Marian Jones, Miss Dorothy
Waflner and Miss Helen Roberts.
In tho crowds too, wero ex-Congressman
J Washington Loguc, ex-Mayor John
Weaver, who has a son, John Roy Weaver,
In Troop Aj Wllllnm MfcPowoll, Frank M.
Rlter, former president of tho Civil Serv
ice Commission, who was thoro to bid good
byo to his nephew, David Rupp, 3d, and
Mrs. J. B. Thayer, wlfo of the former vlco
presldent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
STONEMEN'S HOSPITAL
UNIT ACCEPTED BY U.S.
But 25,000 Volunteer Corps Is
Overestimated, H. C. Stone
Says, by 20,000
A hospital unit of 20 ambulances, a re
pair truck and 100 men has been accepted
by the War Department as tho Stonemen'n
Fellowship contribution to preparedness.
Word of tho War Department's action to
day reached H. C. Stone, foundor of tho
followshlp. Tho telegram accepting tho
unit thanked tho Stoncmen for tho offer and
said that "when tho emergency arrlvos thp
unit will bo called." Tho 20 ambulances
and tho repair truck have been donated by
a wealthy Stoneman whoso name Is with
held. Tho 100 mon have volunteered for service
nnd tho assembling of tho hospital unit
will bo completed beforo long. As yet no
announcement has been made of the names
of thoso who will be In command.
The hospital corps Is part of tho Stone
man plan to provide troops for tho United
States. It was nnnounced n week ago that
25,000 Stonemen were ready to Join a
"Stoneman army" for service on the border.
The number was overestimated. Doctor
Stone Bald today.
There ore, he said, actually 5000 Stone
men drilling for sen-Ice .should they bo
needed. The corps will be offered to the
War Department direct, with tho request
for affiliation with the regular army. The
Fellowship, which Is organized throughout
the city by wards, has taken keen Interest
In tho movement for a Stonemen's corps.
Thoro, are squads of 'Stonemen In the 21st,
22d, 34th nnd 40th wards drilling twice
a week. Dr. Stono said. Tho movement
Is growing, and work on bohalf of tho
corps will continue Dr. Stone Bald.
Thieves Get Gems Worth $25,000
NEW YORK, July 7. The robbery of
$25,000 worth of Jewels from Miss Dorothy
Taylor, a granddaughter of the late James
R. Keene, was reported to the police today.
While tho family was at dinner last night
In the Taylor Bummer home, at Cedarhurst,
Long Island, tho burglars entered the house.
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DOWNTOWN
1UM9 CHESTNUT ST.
noiit FOR $5,0e8,GW TAX
New4 York. Tries to Collect Hugs Swh
on Hetty Green's Estate
NttW YOrtK, July Is-New fork State is
(rolng to fight to have Mrs. Hetty Gnten
declared a legal resident here no that the
State Comptroller cah collect Upward of
$5,000,000 as nn Inheritance tax on her
estate, which Is estimated at 13B,066,000.
Evidence In already assembled despite the
fact that tho wilt has been filed for probata
In Bellows Falls, VI. That Blate through
a peculiarity of Its Inheritance laws can
get but J1250 ns a total tax.
Tho State, if successful, will collect the
largest Inheritance tat In Its history. Tha
largest collection heretofore was $3,500,000
on the estate of John Jacob Astor.
15th and Chestnut-
July
Reductions
Throughout Our Entire
Stock of Model Clothes
For Men and
Young Men
Now On
If you turned on tho
faucet to empty the
bathtub YOU'D BE
DROWNED!
Wc know many merchants
who havo "clearances" at
this time of the year by Buy
ing SURPLUS LOTS MAN
UFACTURERS' STOCKS,
ETC., so as to WORK OFF
their regular merchandise!
Same principle here as turn
ing on the faucet! ,
GEORGES REDUCTIONS
ARE LEGITIMATE. They
include every garment in tho
vast assortments, every Sack
and Norfolk suit every ma
terial and coloring that has
won the admiration and good
will of thousands 'of cus
tomers this season. Nothing
has been added nothing
taken away nothing been
bought for the purpose of a
sale.
Here's the Schedule of
Suit Reductions!
&
$15.00 Grades Noio
?.1 O.50
12
$20.00 Grades Now
$
14
.50
$22.50 Grades Noio
$
16
.50
$25.00 Grades Now f
$18
.50
Higher Priced Grades
Reduced Proportionately
Plain Blue Serges and
Flannels Included
Alterations Free
, White Flannel ,
Trousers
"White tennis flannel, also
striped serges with belt
strap3 and cuffs.
Price $3'5
Norfolk Sport Costs In plain
blue and preen flannels and
checks $7.60.
Palm Beach Suits light and
dark shades both plain
and fancy. Sack and Norfolk
models $6.50 and $7.60 all
subjected to a shrinking proc
ess by the Cravenette Co.
Other ideal hot weather fea
tures include "Coolkenny
Crash," Priestley "Crasho,
"Coolest Cloth," and "Tub
Crash" full skeletonized Sack
or Norfolk models $7.50,
$8.50 and $10.
Open Saturday Evenings
Philadelphia.
15th & Chestnut
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