EVENING XiEDGER-PHIIADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917
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CAMP HANCOCK. Ausueta, Go.. Sept. 20.
Lacking only thirty men of full war
trenjth, Philadelphia's three Infantry regl
ftitnta are undoubtedly the heat equipped,
most efficient unltH on the drill grounds.
Thli Is the opinion of officers who liae
watched the men work these last two day,
and It Is an opinion which Brigadier Gen
eral Stlllwell, In command, heartily In
dorses. The men were hi last In camp and
the last to start training, but already the
Sixth Infantry has made up some of the
time lost by working an extra "hour each
day and the First and Third are the first
units prepared for the spectacular bayonet
work next week. Men of the Sixtieth vol
unteered to work from 7 o'clock In the
mcrnlng until half an hour longer than the
other units. In order that they might not be
behind the schedule at the end of the first
week. It Is likely this plan will bo adopted
by the other two units, and It it hIpo likely
that all three regiments will drill on Wed
newJay and Saturday, the two half-holidays
ranted In the schedule.
The Fifty-fifth brigade General Stillwell's
command, has a personnel of 5D05 ofllcers
and men. It Is expected that thirty recruits
will be gained In a short time. This is a
Ccod opportunity for Thlladolphlans who
derlre to enlist In the senlce. Hecrults are
being received hero dally, but the number
doei not meet the demand of many units,
the perso. 1 of which Is far below war
strength.
Camp Hancock Is a camp of rumors, and
these rumors have had the effect of making
the men enthusiastic ener their work. Dur
ing the last few days it has been arlously
reported that the division would move in a
short time, if Inspectors considered the men
fit to cross the water and finish the six
teen weeks of Intensive training In France.
When this report was bruited about the
company streets the bon arrived at the
conclusion that the harder they worked
the quicker they would get Into action, and
accordngly there wm an Immediate de
sire to tackle the course of work and, if
possible, finish it long before the set time.
This morning cery one In camp is dis
cussing a report that the Pennsylvania's
division Is to move out of Camp Hancock
anl that the New York Guard will move
In. For years there has existed keen com
petition between tho forces of Pennsyhanla
enf tho forces of New York, and therefore
this report pleased tho aoldlera, as they feel
certain it means that they will get to
France before the soldiers of the Empiro
State. Of course, nothing official has been
received to this effect.
Brigadier General Price will hae his
hands full during the abenco of Major
General Clement, for the General has de
cided to retain active command of the
artillery brigade while he is on duty at
headquarters as temporary commander of
the division. The absence pt Colonel Ham
ilton D, Turner, commander of the Second
F(eld Artillery, will have no effect upon tho
training of that unit Tho officers and men
will go on with the ordinary schedule which
the Colonel supervised before he left camp
on sick leave.
These are not pleasant days for troopers
of the First City Troop, because thev can
not find out just what Is to become of them.
A majority of the men are pleased with the
assignment to the remount, but they do not
like the Idea of being transformed Into
artillery service All Indications are that
thfc entire cavalry regiment will bo trans
ferred to that branch of the service. Offi
cers declare this would be unfair to many
of the men who enlisted for cavalry ser
vice, and they Insist that tho Government
glva them a "square deal ' by granting them
their discharge If it la decided not to send
cavalry regiments to France Neither the
officers nor men like the troops' new desig
nation. The unit Is proud of Its title, First
C.ty Troop, but division headquarters does
not recognize that name All communica
tions addressed to Captain Thayer bear the
address "Troop E."
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Continued from Tate One
York, Pa. "Look your best, boys, and keep
a stiff upper lip," was tho gist of his orders
as the York County boys detrained.
TWO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOHS
In the York County crowd were two con
scientious objectors, but it was apparent
that they had caught the war spirit. One
wore a white ribbon with tho Initials "C. O."
emblazoned In red, but took part In the
cheering, and on tho way to the barracks
talked about machine guns, rifles and the
Kaiser with tho others. "They won't bo
objectors when they land in tho barracks,"
said Kopp.
All trains bearing troops from Pennsyl
vania are late, and the last train scheduled
to arrive with troops from Pike County
will not mako Its niinearnnco before 10
o'clock tonight.
Emphatic denial that the selected servlco
men are being herded into barracks that aro
too gmall to hold the quotas was made to
day by Lieutenant Colonel Boss. "Each
building." said Colonel Bcss, "has been
built to house 150 men, but for the present
It will bo necessary to put 200 men In some
of the buildings. Despite this fact there
Is no overcrowding and every man has am
ple space and abundance of nlr. The bar
racks nre constructed In such a manner that
It would be Impossible to overcrowd the
men to the extent that their health would
bo endangered "
Colonel Boss escorted tho newspaper men
to building 15 in Section E, whero the boys
from Northampton County are living. . They
arrived yesterday, and Captain John M.
Uonbrlght, a Philadelphia newspaper man,
had not only succeeded In having a full
equipment of clothing Issued to every man,
but had nsslgned certain men to servo as
camp police The barracks were Fpotlcss
and Captain Bonbrlght hadj made much
headua) In the work of clearing the ground
about the building
NEABLY 200 IN ONE BflLDlNO
In this building nearly 200 men are quar
tered, but Colonel Boss explained that after
the camp's quotas arrive and the men nre
classified not more than 160 will bo In the
building
To relle-vc this congestion It is necessary
tn increase the capacity of the camp by
nearly 20 p rent, and work on new build
ings villi begin Immediately When theee
buildings aro completed and the camp set
tles down for leal business each man will
have BOO cubic feet of space In the bar
rackn Colonel Boss placed the blame for over
crowding on draft officials who disregarded
orders In regard to the rending of the first
quotas He said that "-everal boards have
sent moro than 15 per cent of their quota
and tliat this resulted In congestion
"Wo had made plans," said Colonel Boss,
"to reielvo a certain number of men. and
could hive handled them efficiently When
we checked up on the new arrivals we dis
covered that beveral boards had disregarded
orders and had shipped far more than 45
per tent of their quotas "
Cooks aro doing yeoman service today
for the men who poured Into the camp yes
terday and early today have developed
ravenous appetites Beefsteak and dump
ings, with coffee, bread pudding and Iced
tea, were served In a, majority of the mess
buildings this noon
To facilitate the work at the division
postofflce. Colonel J J Mayes Instructed
the rookies to make ceilaln that relatives
learn how to address mail to the camp For
instance if ou wish to send a letter to
John Dole, who Is a member of Company
D, Tlfteenth Infantry, be careful to desig
nate Dole's company and regiment
NORTH PHILADELPHIA'S
SEND-OFF TO DRAFTEES
The second contingent of Philadelphia
drafted men left for Camp Meade, Admiral,
Md., todaj One hundred and sixty-five
men from the Twelfth Begistration Dis
trict, w Ith headquarters at Fourth and York
streets, entrained at North Philadelphia
am'd cheers ard tears of wives, sweethearts,
families and friends.
Earlv this morning the men of the Twelfth
DlPtrlct assembled at the board headquar
ters From there they marched to the sta
tion The pirado was led by Lieutenant
Keith, with a squad of policemen from the
station at Fourth and York streets. A band
had been obtained for tho occasion They
were escorted by BIrney Poht. No. 63, and
Schuyler Post. No. 51, of the G. A It.
Most of tho men were accompanied by
members of their families, by sweethearts
and by friends As the parade marched on
the ranks were swollen by men and women
falling in to give the future soldiers a
hearty send-off. By the time the parade
reached the station it Is estimated that
nearly 1000 persons were marching In line.
GIFTS FBOM WOMEN
A special train was awaiting them It
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pull out until 8-62. A number of patriotic
women of the West Philadelphia Auxiliary
of the Bed Cross, No. 4. boarded the train
with tho men at North Philadelphia. They
were armed with packages and baskets. In
theeo wcro fruit, sandwiches and other
food. They were prepared to distribute, food
to 400 men. Cigars, cigarettes and candy
were also supplied. Mrs. C. E. ones, chair
man, and Mrs. J. Earl Wagner were In
chargo of tho Bed Cross workers.
From North Philadelphia the train pro
ceeded to West Philadelphia, where orders
were to bo received. Tho West Philadel
phia women rode with tho men to this latter
station was crowded. As tho train pulled
cheering tho men. The North Philadelphia
station was crowded. As the rtaln pulled
out many persons ran along beside It, shak
ing hands with tho men through the win
dows. Tears mingled with cheers. Moth
ers, wives and sweethearts were brave until
the train had left. Then many handker
chiefs were In evidence.
BRISTOL. MEN ON DOABD
On the side of one of the cars was a
large Inscription in chalk. It read, "Good
by. friends' Hello, France I First stop
Berlin." This had been executed by one
of tho men from the Bristol contingent
There were eighty-eight men from the First
District of Bristol, Pa . on the train. They
had been given a rousing send-off earlier
In the day by the residents of Bristol. The
Holy Name Band and the P O S of A,
Band escorted them to the station Assis
tant Chief of Police of Bristol James Sack
vllle and Colonel William C. Le Compte, of
tho Medical Corps, had led the parado in
their honor
E J. Diamond and Dr. R B Judge, both
members of the Twelfth Local Board,
escorted the Philadelphia contingent to
camp Tho Bristol men were In charge of
Franklin (illkcson and Hugh Eastburne, of
tho Bristol board
No I'hlladelplilans aro to leave for camp
tomorrow The next contingent will entrain j
Saturday wnen anout nair or rmiacieipma b
first-call men are scheduled to leave The
remaining districts' quitr-s are to go
Sunday
MAIN LINE SOLD1EBS MEET TONIGHT
The Main Line community's first con
tingent, scheduled to leave tomorrow, will
assemble tonight to report for duty. There
are 179 men. the 45 per cent quota of
Montgomery County's Draft Board No. 1,
which Includes Lower Merlon. Cheltenham
and Narberth The meeting will bo held
at the Ardmorc Y M C A . where the
men will be reviewed by Sheriff Louis A.
Naglc. chalrmnn of the draft board ; John
S. Clarke, clerk, and Dr Bomalne C Hoff
man, physical examiner. Some of the most
widely known families of the community
aro reptesented In the contingent, which
Includes Alfred n Townsend, Joshua Long
streth Bailey. Jr., Eldred J. Pennell and
Norman H. Clegg. Haverford College foot
ball star and captain-elect. It Is com
manded by George Oscar Smith, of Nar
berth, with Charles F. Streeper, crack
marksman of the Main Line Blfle Club,
second In command.
One hundred and twenty-five Oermantown
men will assemble at the town hall tonight
to receive final Instructions from Draft
Board No. 16 for their entrapment Sun
day. The district's 45 per cent quota Is 111
men but an extra fourteen were ordered to
Osteopaths Sleet Tonight
Tho Philadelphia County Osteopathic So
ciety will hold Its first meeting of the sea
son tonlfclit at the Philadelphia College of
Osteopath! Nineteenth and Spring Garden
streets The list of speakers Includes Dr.
Edward H. Frltsche, president of the so
ciety, and Dr. Charles J Muttart. It Is
probable that a report will be read on the
bill In Congress regarding the eligibility
of osteopaths for military service.
City Treasury Statement
The weekly statement of City Treasurer
McCoaCh shows that the receipts amounted
to 12.059,170 46 and the payments to
$3,027,687 88, which, with the t m on hand
last week, not Including the sinking fund
account. leaves a balance of $20,604,055.72
on hand.
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THRONGCAMPEDGE
Rush Made to Bid a Fond
Farewell Before Men
Go South
TWO SOLDIER WEDDINGS
CAMP EDGE, Sea Qlrt, N. J., Sept JO.
Visitors began plllnff Into camp today,
parents, brothers and slstero and Intlmato
friends of the boB of the First Now Jer
sey Artillery, the Signal and Hospital
Corps who aro leaving for Annlston on
Monday not to see their native state again
until after tho war. Following every In
coming train there was a Mack lano o'
them extending from the railroad station
until the other end became lost In tho
city of tents It was a superb fall day
Just one day more of camp routine fneef
the soldiers here, for on Saturday thcro
Is merely camp Inspection and on Sunday
It will take fifteen hours of hard work to
get tho guns of the five hntterlcs Into flat
cars and properly braced, to load tho
horses, provisions and other camp equip
ment for tho long trip south.
Colonel II. M. Heading, provisional com
mander of the Twenty-ninth division, or
dered South yesterday tho First Virginia
Infantry now at Staunton, President Wil
son's birthplace. They nlso will leave on
Monday and become a part of the Fifty
seventh Brigade, to which the Jersey boys
have been assigned.
It became known today that Harry
Brewer, of Company M. Third Regiment, oi
Burlington, was married on Sunday to MKi
Ethel Adams, of Burlington Brewer took
none of his friends Into his confidence, but
wandered quietly off to Manasquan, where
the Rev. Clcorgo T Hlllman porformed the
ceremony In the First Methodist Episcopal
Church There was another camp wedding
yestorday, when Albert Dodd, of the artllley
band, married Miss Edna Klthcart. of Mont
clalr. Lieutenant Smith, chaplain of the
regiment, officiated, the coremony taking
placo In his tent. Tho bridegroom hadn't
said much about hli plan-, but news of
what was happening reached tho band Just
In time and they lined up outside and played
the "Lohengrin" wedding march. Then the
band accompanied the bridal couplo to tho
station, Capaln Page, of headquarters
troop, having given tfio bridegroom twenty
four hours' leave of absence.
The officers took advantage of the flno
weather yesterday to order out for a hike
tho largest cotcrlo of troops that has left
tho camp In a body this season for road
marches More than a thousand men were
In line, being Companies A, II and C, of
Camden, and Batteries H, D and E, of
Camden. Atlantic City and Montclalr. They
left camp at 7 30 and were gone four hours
In tho pine woods east of Point Pleasant
they had scouting practice, and, under In
structions of their officers, drew up rough
maps of the territory through which they
wcro marching.
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PLAN FIRE PROTECTION
FOR CAMP M'CLELLAN
Jersey Soldiers Envied for Priv
ilege of Voting in Home
Election
CAMP McCLELLAN, Annlston, Ala.,
Sept. 20. ,
With millions of dollars' worth of prop
erty of various kinds to protect here, Major
Robert B. Brown, the new commander of
the military police, has turned his atten
tion to the creation of a system of fire pro
tection. Hundreds of frame buildings,
which are being utilized for various pur
poses, lie scattered out about tho big reser
vation and the area that contains them
embraces something like ten or more square
miles.
Insurance may take carej of tho mone
tary loss that would accompany a lire of
big proportions, but It could not make up
for the very serious handicaps that would
ensue were numbers of the buildings and
some In particular, destroyed. It is a
part of tho duty of tho military police
organization to provide protection against
fire, arid although tho Job Is a big one.
Major Brown and his oillcers havo set
themselves to tho task with a fair prospect
of accomplishing their purpose
As yet thcro has been established no
adequate system of signaling, but before
long a plan will 'bo evolved whereby warn
ings of fires In the fnstnessos of the Ala
bama hills can bo quickly and easily
sounded by the range riders
Troops of the other States contributing
to tho Twenty-ninth Division arc openly
envious of tho Mew Jersey boys who are to
vote here Under the provisions of an old
State law. adopted during tho Civil War,
tho troops of the Clarden State, no matter
where they may bo at the time of tho State
elections, may vote.
To a man from the District of Columbia
has been Intrusted tho work of organizing
a dental corps for tho Twenty-ninth Divi
sion He is Lieutenant MInot E Scott,
U. S. A . who Is here to form tho large
number of dental ofllcers who havo come
hero with the various State units Into a real
organization. Ho will start work Imme
diately. Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Crosby, who
is to be the lieutenant colonel of the new
regiment of engineers which Is being formed
with the New Jersey battalion as a nucleus
is here nnd has Jumped into the Job before
him. It Is very likely that he and General
Barber, of New Jersey, will work together
to a certain extent, because General Barber
has been npked to designate six companies
of the New Jersey Infantry organizations
for transfer to tho engineers, nnd It Is likely
that he will confer with Colonel Crosby
before submitting his recommendations.
Colonel Crosby Is from Maryland,
Work on the reconstruction of the road
between Annlston and Camp McClclIan Is
going ahead. Major Charles L Dulln, the
constructing quartermaster, who has charge
of the work. Is rounding up all tho avail
able road-building machinery and the road
Is fairly alive with rollers, scrapers and
other needed machinery
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which helped make RflRIS GIRTERS for men
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TO CLEAN UP CAMP DIX
Wealthy Young Conscript Wears
Golf Suit, but Works Will
ingly With Rookies
Bu o Staff Corrwortdertt
CAMP DIX, Wrlghtstown, N. J., Sept. 20.
The first duty- assigned the 2000 now
rookies who arrived hero yesterday was to
police the grounds and streets around their
barracks, Very Inglorious work, to be
sure, but tho new rookies went at the Job
like a flock of seventeen-year locusts, and
In a short time the grounds were as clean
as a hound's tooth. Following the police
duty, many of the men were taken cut and
Initiated Into the simplest military founda
tion under the tutelage of tho rookies of
two weeks ago who are now classed as
soldiers.
A good deal of time Is being taken up
by physical examinations, for the examina
tion Is very thorough, and In spite of the
number of men waiting In line, tho doctors
do not rush, but give each man as thorough
nn examination' as If he were the only ap
plicant While no figures are obtainable as
yet, tho medical officers sny that tho new
arrlvalB aro making Just as fine an appear
ance as did tholr brothers In the first 6
per cent.
KINODON GOULD IN GOLF SUIT
Tho mort conspicuous arrival In Camp
DIx Is Klngdon Gould, who arrived yester
day evening with sixty-seven selected men
from Ocean County. Ho wore a golf suit,
but that was all that distinguished him from
the others of the rookies. In fact, his ap
pearance and quiet manner came rather
as a Jolt to the mustering officer After
registering Oeorgo Wnkefleld, a carpenter,
they enrolled next Klngdon Gould, mining
engineer.
But in Camp DIx there is no social con
trast every man Is treated the same as
his neighbor. Gould's entrance Into camp
made a very favorable Impression on tho
officers In Company D, of the 311th In
fnntry. Hut most Important Is the Impres
sion he has made on hl3 "bunkles."
"He's a peach of n guy," Bald one of the
new comrades.
"You ought 'a seen him doing police work
this morning. He done more work than
any of us."
Because of his special training sb a
mining engineer, Gould will probably be
transferred by the personnel board to nn
engineers' regiment,
MANY COME FROM JERSEY
Seventeen hundred and seventy men aro
expected In from various sections of New
Jersey today. Tho first contingents to ar
rive today wcro the Newark and Essex
County men, who came In a special train
about 900 strong, with "To hell with tho
Kaiser" legends emblnzoned tho sides of
the cars Theso men will bo assigned to tho
312th Infantry
Work of Increasing the number of bar
racks buildings, as ordered by the War De
partment several days ago, began this
morning Thirteen now barracks In Section
5 were started this morning. This new
Garter
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than 6000 workmen here until the s S1
year. "' ujjj
The methods of Increasing th v J
space will bo to partition some barr,?"1!
put In parts of two different cornnI
others extensions will bo addert . i? Wl
great many new barracks will i,.'. l I
built, for tho new orders ca r?. to I
crease of to per cent In tho llvin, '!
space. mn ?rtrV
Tom Went to Franci,
Whsn He Bade
His Mother Good-Byi
His Father Slipped
Him a Letter
The kind of letter Uiat
every father and mother
would wish to write
their son. But some of
us cannot express ou
selves as can Tom's
father. It's a short let.
ter: only three points
touched on. But they
are all there is to a
young fellow "going
over." When Tom rekcl
the letter he realized hi
had an unusual letter.
He wished every fellow
going to " somewhere
in France" or to one of
the camps could have it
too. So he sent the letter
to be printed, and it is
in the October
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