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EAT&ttNG LEDGEBPBILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, lOlfi-
GUARDS TRAINED
IN PREPAREDNESS
WITH'FRYING PAN
Second Pennsylvania's First
Battalion Learns to Cook
on the March
TACONIANS IN HOSPITAL RIG
BUT ONE FINGER BURNED
By CARL L. ZEISDERG
Pu a Staff Cotretpondtnt
Eli PASO, Tex., Aug. 7. The first
aemhlanco of real warfare for the Pennsyl
vania troops came today, when the first bat
talion of the Second Regiment pierced the
"enemy's country" and retired successful to
Camp Stewart without anything moro seri
ous than empty canteens.
It was a battalion on maneuver engineer
ed by Major K. K. V. Casey, to adapt the
infantrymen to tho formations required
when the march leads through Hostile ter-
rltory. With full equipment. Including
, rifles and one-third of a day's rations, tho
four companies marched beyond Tobtn, a
f distance of three miles, pitched their shelter
j tents and cooked a meat, while outpost de
I tachments guarded the temporary camp,
i Advanco and rear guards were deployed
I during tho march.
COOKING IlBAIi TEST.
I The real test came not while the boys In
khaki were marching through the dmty
mesqulte, not while they erected their "half
shelters," not while they were detailed on
outpost duty, but when the time came for
the cooking of the meal. Kvery man his
own cook, bo he lawyer or laborer In private
life, was tho order. Presently the bluo
smoke of more than a hundred fires
ascended llko ribbons from the plain, and
out of each haversack came threo silvers
of bacon, one potato, a slice of onion, three
pieces of hardtack, a palmful of coffee, a
little surar, salt and pepper, a regular meal
In the making for regular soldiers In the
making. One burned finger and two burned
potatoes were the only casualties. Today,
, being battalion commanders' day, tho bat
talions went through close-formation drill
I only.
, General Clemont Inspected the Third
Regiment this morning In his reglmcnt-a-day
sweep through the division, Canvas
was furled to tho squad tent poles, Colonel
Kemp lined his bronzed soldiers on tho
parade ground and both materials and men
underwent a closo scrutiny.
EXAMINE EQUIPMENT,
Major Tagrart, division Inspector, began
his examination of equipment All un
serviceable articles will be condemned.
f Tonight, there will bo a "harmony" ban
quet at division headquarters, with General
Clement as host to tho brigade generals,
colonels and other unit commanders of tho
division. Seventeen plates will be laid In
addition to those for tho division staff.
Phlladelphlans who aro Invited to tho
"love feast" aro Brlgado General Price, of
tho First Brigade: Colonel Allen, of tho
First Ilcglment; Colonel Turner, of the
Second ; Colonel Kemp, of tho Third ; Colo
nel Ellis, of tho Sixth; Colonel Wood, of
the First Cavalry: Major Kelser, of tho
Sanitary Train, and Major Arnold, surgeon
of the division.
MEN GAIN KNOWLEDGE.
Camp Stewart has resolved Itself Into ft
huge war school, a Plattsburg and a prac
tical West Point for officer nnd private
alike, and every day added to the days
that tho Pennsylvania division has been
under canvas here Is a link in the chain
that will keep turbulent, stricken Mexico
within Its bounds, for with every passing
day there la added another day's knowledge
of warfare, another sinew In the arm that
Undo Sam holds rnlsed to strike across
tho Itlo Grande.
Major Oenerol Clement has built the
course of training upon tho principle that
the Instruction of the company Includes tho
Instruction of the Individual soldier, and
that tho Instruction of tho higher units In
volves the proper grouping and leadership
of tho smaller Included units. That Is tho
reason one sees an earnest corporal eter
nally drilling, drilling, drilling his squad
of seven.
But the war school does not stop with
the man In tho ranks. The efficiency of
the higher organizations, made up of
trained soldiers, depends mainly on tho
training and efficiency of their officers; the
battalion, tho regiment, the brigade would
be like an army truck without a driver, a
hip without a captain, If the officers were
not abreast of the men In training and ad
vanced In tactics. That Is tho reason, one
sees officer as teacher and pupil, as n a
large university, where Instructors teach
and at the same time add to their store of
knowledge.
The division la being trained for field
service and with all the equipment that
goes with Held service. That dlfferB vastly
from armory drills, where a guardsman be
gins only to scrape the surface of soldier
ing. Here he la confronted with actual
conditions of field service, as nearly ns It
Is possible to accomplish that without the
presence of an enemy and tho "zung" of
bullet and the detonation of shell. In this
warlike atmosphere, with which he has been
surrounded, the soldier Is having ground
Into his being the minutiae that malto up a
trained soldier.
MUCH BEAIi WOItK.
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2. ns
Raymond Sooy nnd Frederick J. Cnntz. of Field Hospital No.
they appear nt El Paso in full equipment, which includes blanket roll,
"shelter half" tent, poncho, messkit, haversack, hospital pouch, bolo
knife, enntcen, revolver and ammunition.
BOYS AT THE BORDER
HAVE PLENTY OF FUN
TO BALANCE HARDSHIPS
Letters From Members of Phila
delphia Regiments Indicate
Good Spirit in the
Ranks
"MEALS FIT FOR KING'
Tje curriculum of this war university
does not end with the drills that look
pretty on Broad street, and that also are
' Inspiring to watch here on the mesa, with
a stretch of parched yellow plain, a purple
range of ragged mountains and a blue sky
as a background. It Includes and Is mostly
made up of work, spelled with a capital
W, that Is as near to warfare as many
of the guardsmen dreamed they would ever
be when they enlisted. The schedule does
not stop at recruit drills and care of arms
and equipment. It begins there. After
that come personal sanitation and first aid,
position and aiming drills, range practice
and Individual cooking. Nor does It end
here. After the private has learned all
there Is to be learned as an Individual, he
becomes a cog In tho machine of his com
pany, which will be trained In exercises
that look more like warfare. These Include
field firing with service ammunition, tho
reconnaissance and selection of field forti
fications under various conditions and the
actual construction of Intrenchments.
As time goes on and the scholars ad
vance, as In grades In the schoolroom, the
maneuvers will grow from company to bat
talion drills, then to regimental and bri
gade maneuvers. There will be spying and
picket duty, marches and convoys In all
the full regalia of war, training in the
care of men and animals, fire control and
direction, and the maintenance of com
munication by signal and by messenger.
It Is a great school, making soldiers and
men. Pennsylvania will have cause to be
proud of her graduates when these sol
diers march from the open-air schoolrooms
iere. Her only regret will be that more of
bar. sons did not enrol in this military university,
THE WEATHER
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Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 1.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey: Generally fair tonight; Tuesday part
ly cloudy and probably showers ; light south
winds.
Showers covered most of the Gulf States
during' the last 21 hours and occurred in
small and widely scattered areas elsewhere
ast of the Rocky Mountains.- while fair
weather prevailed thence westward. The
temperatures have risen In Pennsylvania
and New York and at moat places In the
Xak region, -and n- generally .Above the
normal is the northern States from the
klisaiasippt River eastward. The excess
average about ten degrees throughout the
WlUdlo Wt, being greatest In the south
tn portion of the Lak region. In the
wiUdl AtlABtta State the. excess aver
ki skaut at dtsrt
There may bo lots of hardships connected
with the lira of tho soldier, but tho letters
from the Pennsylvania boys at the border
would Indicate that there Is moro play
thnn work In tho camp. In tho three let
ters received today by tho Kyenino LEDOEn
nnd published below there Is not a com
plaint of any kind, not even regarding food.
"Our meals aro fit for a king," Is tho ex
travagant praise of one of the correspon
dents. The letters follow:
July 31, 1916.
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
I am a private of the Third Infan
try, Company N, very much pleased with
this llfo. I do not ltnow why the boys aro
growling about tho eats, but as far ns
Company N Is concerned wo are very much
pleased, wo have two very fine cookn and
the meals are fit for n king. Wo had for
dinner chicken, Ice cream, rice pudding,
maBhed potatoes. Iced tea, cantaloupe, nnd
It win n very good meal. We have no
kick coming about our meals, as wo have
all we can cat.
We are called tho Pcnn hill removers. Wo
have Improved two camp sites now, but we
do not know how many more we will have
to Improve. The captain may ask us to
move the mountain that is In front of his
tent to the back of It. We have box
ing every Thursday evening. We have base
ball and tennis courts, golf links, rifle
rangos, football and all other sports down
here.
The people treat us ery fine, taking us
for nuto rides every Sunday afternoon. We
have a very good tlmo In Kl Paso. We
are waiting to get a shot at tho Oreascrs.
The regulars can all talk as they please
about tho N. CI. of U S.. but we pay as
much attention to them as wo would pay
to a bull We have the best company In
the outfit unci our officers are ery fine
men. We ar very sorry that we lost First
Lieutenant Ilore, as he was promoted to
captain of the auto trucks at nig Bend
This la all that we have to say Just now.
Pleaso publish this In the paper and send
two copies to Private Urownell, Company
N, and Private Garland, Company N, both
Third Iteglmont Infantry.
VU PASO, Tex., July 29, 1916.
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Quartermaster Sergeant Jllller Is taking
up a special course With the correspondence
school on how to economize on soup sand
wiches. Corporal Elliott, vet. of 85, has organized
a sewing circle, which Is knitting pulse
warmers for the regiments, and would be
pleased to accept a Singer sewing machine.
Private Mclloberts U lying In the base
hospital In plaster parls to take tho kink
out of his back.
Motorcycle Chief Myers han been ap
pointed third lieutenant of tho underground
balloon t,qu.id. Corpornl SchacfTer, vet of
98. tho Mayor of West Philadelphia, the
old-tlmo comedian. Is using the company's
oil gun to ease up his Joints for tho mln
strol troupe. IIo'h gray, but oh, my.
Acting Sergeant Ltcbcrman, tho blue-ribbon
nthleto nnd graduate of tho University
of Camden, has organized a baseball team;
battery, Freckles, Dunlevy and Simp Lewis.
Sergeant Goldonbcrg, tho veterinary stu
dent nt tho University of Pennsylvania, has
captured his first victim by killing Major
Nlchol's horse. Ho expects to claim his
tuition back, as he consldors his two years'
studies a failure.'
Musician Skccns's trumpet Is choked up
with a heavy cold and Is unable to bo heard
above a uhlspcr.
Acting Corporal Hiram Bean Dag Parker,
from the borough of Avondnle, has received
word from tho one-urmed Sheriff thnt the
town pump has been draped with the Amer
ican flag during his absence.
Since Charles Snnrett has been appointed
acting corporal tho Stetson hat factory has
been compelled to work overtime making a
tint to fit his head. Tho citizens of Bustle
ton will hold funeral services next Sunday
In the town hall In honor of their departed
comrade, Corporal Starkey. The flagB of
tho First Ileglment are at half mast also.
Kindly excuso using, both sides of the
paper, but we nro lucky wo have any.
Thanking you In advance, I nm
G. H. LEWIS.
First Infantry, Co. B.
EL PASO, Tex., July 29. 1918.
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Everything going along as usual and ex
pect to start our maneuvers August 1. Pri
vate Shonert Is keeping tho company alive
with his accordion, life, piccolo and drum.
Last night we had the "Spirit of '76" parad
ing up and down the company street. The
three fellows were Shonert, with his llfo;
Munca with the drum, McKay with tho
flag, his head bandaged. Buchanan broke
up the parade by throwing a bucket of
wnter on us.
Fred Krumm, since he had his hair shaved
off, looks like a Mexican horned toad.
Gulnan is the only man In the company
Who picks up live snakes, lizards, toads and
even money. Ho certainly Is going to be a
brave fellow.
Shonert Is longing for the little girl he left
behind him. We often wondered why John
Munce was so quiet at times. We found
out he left a girl who Is a telephone
operator In West Philadelphia. McKay Is
another who left one in Sharon Hill.
This Is a song one of our men always
sings. It Is to the tune of "After the Battle,
Mother":
Good-by. boys. I'm cotnc to leave you.
I'm oinr lo. nniwtr my country's call.
brlKht. brluht. bright.
This was composed by J. Munce.
From members of Company M, Third
Ileglment.
Signed.
JOHN SHONEUT,
JOHN MUNCE,
JOE McKAY.
UARUY BUCHANAN (our reporter).
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The irritant aaM my sun la rusty.
And I think he Is rluht. rltht, riant.
Hut my pick and shovel are always a
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"THE POSITION I OBTAINED
THROUGH PEIRCE SCHOOL
is infinitely better, both as to salary and oppor
tunity, than those I was offered through other
channels," wrote a young lady recently.
You, too, can secure these preferred positions
if you have the advantage of Peirce School's
thorough, practical business training.
Send for 52d Year Book. Address
The Director PEIRCE SCHOOL
PINE STREET, WEST OF BROAD PHILADELPHIA
MORE THAN 30,000
ONE-DAY VISITORS AT
SHORE ON SUNDAY
Crowds Break All Records at At
lantic City Railroads Have
Busiest Day of
. Season
ACCOMMODATIONS AMPLE
ATLANTIC CITT, Aug. 7 For once this
city was on tho erge o' rrylng, "Hold,
enough 1" when throngs came piling In on
Saturday night, demanding accommodations
which many hotels were compelled to refuse.
Rumors began to circulate that the author
ities had been petitioned to allow the
"homeless" lsltors to sleep on the beach
and In the pavilions, but with Its UBual
flexibility the city managed to tuck every
one away comfortably lor the night. It
was by far the biggest night of the season,
and far exceeded the biggest day of last
year.
Sunday brought down more thnn 30,000
one-day excursionists nnd there were no
spots on tho entlro Island that were not
thick nlth people. These visitors came
from Philadelphia, Now York and many
of the cities In tho Interior of Pennsylvania
and they thoroughly enjoyed a perfect mid
summer day,
The railroads were hard pressed lmt
night to take care of the people who wanted
to go home between tho hours of six nnd
ten but by running back the empty coaches
from Camden they managed to transport
every one without much friction.
Crcssona Principal Resigns
POTTSVILLE, Pa,, Aug. T. After four
years' service as tho principal of the public
schools of Cressona, Prof, J. M, Zimmer
man tendered his resignation todny, to enter
Franklin ahd Marshall College, at Lancas
ter, whither he will remove his family, He
Is a native of Bedford, Pa., and a graduate
of the Mlllersvlllo State Normal SchooL
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NOTICE
Heppe's Midsummer
Piano Sale is Now On
It surpasses former events
in the Piano World
C. J. HEPPE & SON
1117-19 Chestnut St.
6th & Thompson Sts.
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Visit the Van Sciver Sale
for Furniture that Makes the House a Home
You will see the largest and most attractive exhibition of Furniture, Rugs, Carpets,
Draperies, Bedding, etc., ever assembled in one great store. You will see hundreds of oppor
tunities to secure useful and beautiful articles that will add much to the comfort and enhance
the appearance of your home. You will see faithful reproductions of the Period styles, the I
novel and the conservative, the artistic and the oractical and. pervading all, correctness ofi
proportions, superiority of construction and perfection of finish that unfailingly characterized
Van Reiver rurniture, the kind of furniture that turns 'the house into a home.
One thing you will never find here, and that is mere "Price
Tag Reductions." Such false merchandising is as foreign to
our Store as "Bargain Bombast" is to our advertising. Most
of our stock has been substantially reduced in price for this
August Sale, but not all of it. Naturally, we are anxious to
close out many depleted lines, suites or single pieces of which
we have but few and which cannot be duplicated, and to re
duce our general stock even at a sacrifice, to make room for
the Fall influx of goods. But our regular prices are so low that
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further reductions on some articles would be impossible and '
you will always find such articles priced lower than so-called
sale prices elsewhere. Careful householders and of such it
our patronage comprised are quick to distinguish between
price tag values and furniture values, and we base our claim to ,
their patronage on the solid worth and satisfaction-giving qual-"
ity of our goods. It is no exaggeration to say that we can
always serve you better and save you more. Come in and let '
us prove it to you.
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This Charming, Genuine Dull Mahogany Bedroom Suite is One of Our Sale Offerings
Tho Bureau is 45 in. in length with 28x38 in. Mirror; Sale Price $55.00. Chiffonier, 34 in. with 18x28 in. Mirror- Sale Price
$50.00. Triplicate Mirror Dressing Tnble, 44-in. with Center Swinging Mirror 16x28 in., End Mirrors, 10x24 in Sale
Price $42.50. Full die Bed, Sale Price $35.00. The Dull Mahogany with Antiquo Brass Trim is very attractive and the
refined Adam style, of which this suite is a faithful portrayal, is admirably adapted to a variety of decorative schemes
A Few Other Sale Specials Selected al Random from Our Tremendous Stocks in Which Arc Represented the Complete j
Range of Styles and Prices. We Have Everything for the Simplest Cottage or the Most Luxurious Mansion. !
$345 Bedroom Suite, Dec. White Enamel, 5 pieces, $275
$255 Bedroom Suite, Carved Ivory Enamel, 5 pes., $195
$55.00 Chiffonier, Genuine Mahogany $37.50
$43.50 Triplicate Dressing Table, 2-tone Mahogany, $32.50
$42.50 Triplicate Dressing Table, Ant. Mahogany, $29.50
$29.50 Triplicate Dressing Table, Mahogany $21.50
DRAPERIES
Our unusually comprehen
sive line of Curtains, Porti
eres and drapery materials
Is one of the Interesting
features of our Auguut Sale,
Portieres In Velour, Silk,
Damask and Mercerlied Cot
ton: Sash Curtains of Net,
Scrim and Madras and many
other g-oods of this kind,
may now be had at advan
tageous prices.
$36.50 Bureau, Genuine Dull Mahogany'. $24.50
$22.50 Bureau, Mahogany Finish $15.00
c5 Hurary IaSe JExtm Lnre- GoIden Oak. . .'$49.50
'22 H.brary TabIe' Dul1 Mahogany $37.50
SS'S K Jale' PU,U, MahSany. Square Top, $11.00
$15.50 Library Tnble, Golden Oak, Square or Oval, $11.00
DRAPERIES
Rugs and Carpets
From our stock comprising nearly a quarter of a million dollars
worth of Rugs and Carpets, we merely mention these few, by no means
unusual values. Reductions range from 10 to 50 below our regular
guaranteed lower-than-elsewhere prices. The values will be of interest
to the higher class hotels and steamship companies as well as householders.
Beautiful Royal Wilton Rues. VnrfrJ c7..j
Patterns and Colors in All Sizes
$97.50 11 ft. 3 in. x 15 ft Sale Price $76.50
$87.50 10 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 6 in Sale Price $69.50
$78.00 1 0 ft. 6 in. x 1 2 ft Sale Price $62.50
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During the August Sale
our Drapery Department
makes a special offer of Oil
Painted Shades, up to 3 feet
by S feet, mounted on guar
anteed Hartshorn Hollers, -
hung complete for 75c. Why
uui avail yourseu oi uuaj
money - saving- opportunity M
to outfit or refit your home t
with these excellent ahadest "
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$45 Grade Wilton Rugs, 9x12 ft., Sale Price $31.50
r'a1-? ft 3 " 10 ft. 6 in Sale Price $39.75 1
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i tune rnce 9o,m
Highest Grade Seamless Axminster Rugs, Choice Patt
$25 Grade Axminster, 9x12 ft.. Sale Price, $19.85
$52.00 10 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft., $6 gQ
$45.00 9 x 1 2 ft
Hale frlce
$32.50
$42 8 ft. 3 in. x 10 ft. 6 in., $Q -t c
Sale Price V3 JL tOU
$17.50
$23.00 6 x 9 ft
Bale Trie.
ems and Colors
$21 Tap. Brussels, 9x12 ft.. .Jg-I C 7g
$17.50Tap.Bru,9xl2ft..$12eO
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