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men and women who made up the Progressive National Convention
in 1916. I can give them no higher praise than to say that in all
respects they stood level with the men and women who in 1912
joined at Chicago to found the Progressive Party. These two
ventions, in character, in disinterestedness, in io insight,
in high purpose, and in desire to render practical'service to the peo
ple, typified exactly what such bodies ought to be in a great self
governing democracy. They represented the spirit which moved
Abraham Lincoln and his political associates during the decade pre
ceding the close of the Civil War. The platform put forth in 1912
was much the most important public document promulgated in this
country since the death of Abraham Lincoln. It represented the
first effort on a large scale to translate abstract formulas of economic
and social justice into concrete American Nationalism; the effort to
apply the principles of Washington to the need of the
United States in the twentieth century. No finer effort was ever
made to serve the American people, in a spirit of high loyalty to all
that is loftiest in tJie American tradition.
Military Preparedness Indespensable
Events have shown that the Progressive Party in 1912 offered
the only alternative to the triumph of the Democratic Party. More
over. these events have shown that the application of the principles
which we then advocated is even more necessary to this nation than
we at the time supposed.
"The results of the tefrible world war of the past two years have
now made it evident to all who are willing to see. that in this coun
try there must be spirtiual and industrial preparedness, alopg the
lines of efficiency, of loyal service to the Nation, and of practical ap
plication of the precept that each man must be his brother's keeper.
Furthermore, it is no less evident, that this preparedness for the
tasks of peace forms the only sound basis for that indispensable mili
tary preparedness which rests on universal military training, and
which finds expression in universal obligatory service in time of war.
Such universal obligatory training and service are the necessary
complements of universal .suffrage. and represent the realization of
the true American, the democratic ideal in both peace and war.
Principals Must Be Embodied
"Sooner or later the national principles championed by the Pro
gressives in 1912 must in their general effect be embodied in the
structure of our national existence. With all my heart I shall con
tinue to work of rthese great ideals, shoulder to shoulder with the
men and women who in 1912 championed them; and I am sure that
these men and women will show a like loyalty to the other, the fun
damental. ideals which the events of the past two years have proven
to be vital to the permanency of our national existence. The me
thod bv which we are to show our loyalty to these ideals must be
determined in each case by the actual event. Our loyalty is to the
fact, to the principle, to the ideal, and not merely to the name, and
least of all to the party name.
"The Progressive movement has been given an incalculable im
petus by what the Progressive Party has done. Our strongest party
antagonists have accepted and enacted into law, or embodied in
their party platforms, very many of our most important principles.
Much has been accomplished in awakening the public to a better
understanding of the problems of social and industrial welfare.
"Yet it has become entinelv evident that the people under exist
ing conditions are not prepared to accept a new part}'.
Will Not Abandon Convictions
"It is impossible for us Progressives to abandon our convictions.
But'we are faced with the fact that as things actually are the Pro
gressive National Organization no longer offers the means
we can make these convictions effective in our national life. Ur.ller
such circumstances, our duty is to do the best we can. and not to
sulk because our leadership is rejected. That we ourselves con
tinue to believe that the course we advocated was in the highest
interest of the American people is aside from the question. It is un
patriotic to refuse to do the best possible merely because the people
have not put us in position to do what we regard as the very best.
It remains for us, good humoredly and with common sense, to face
the situation and endeavor to get out of it the best that it can be
made to yield from the standpoint of the interests of the nation as a
whole.
"This was the situation at the opening of the present year. It was
clearly evident that unless a cataclysm occurred the presidential elec
tion would result in the choice of either the Republican or the Demo
cratic nominee. The present administration during its three years
of life, has been gi/ilty of short comings more signal than those of
any administration since the days of Buchanan. From the stand
point cf national honor and interest, it stood on an even lower level
than the administration of Buchanan. Xo administration in our
history has done more to relax the spring of the national will and to
deaden the national conscience. Within the Republican Party con
flicting forces were at work. There were men among the organiza
tion leaders who advocated a course of action such as offered no
improvement upon the Democratic position, and advocated the nomi
nation of candidates whose election would have represented no im
provement upon the continuance in office of Wilson. If such a
course were followed, it would obviously become our dutv to run a
third ticket. But it was plainly our duty to do everything honor
able in order to prevent such a necessity; to do everything short of
sacrificing our most sacred convictions in order to secure the align
ment under one leadership of the forces opposed to the continuance
in power of Mr. Wilson and the Democratic Partv.
"L'ndcr these circumstances the Progressive National Committee,
at Chicago, in January, outlined our duty to see common action with
the Republican Party using the following word: "Our people are
seeking leadership—leadership of the highest order and most coura
geous character; leadership that will draft to itself for the country's
benefit the unselfish and patriotic services of its ablest citizens. The
surest way to secure for our country the required leadership will be
by having, if possible, both the Progressive and Republican Parties
choose the same standard bearejr and the same principles.
Clean-Cut National Americanism
"Six weeks later, on March 9th in my Trinadad statement, I asked
for a similar combination against the Democratic Party, on a plat
torm of "clean-cut, straightout National Americanism," and for a
candidate "who will not merely stand for such a programme before
election, but will resolutely and in good faith put it through if
elected."
This was, in effect, the same statement that I made in my telegram
to ex-Senator Tackson, pending the Convention, which ran in part as
follows: "Can we not, forgetting past differences, now join, for the
safety and honor of our country, to enforce the policies of genuine
Americanism and genuine Preparedness? Surely we can afford to
act in accordance with the words of Abraham Lincoln when he said,
'May not all having a common interest reunite in a common effort to
save our common country? May we ask those who have not differ
ed with us to join in this same spirit toward those who have.' As
far as my own soul is known to me it is in this same spirit that at
this time I make my appeal to the Republicans and Progressives
assembled at Chicago."
"In addition to these public statements I had also stated my own
attitude verbally, and in letters, during the weeks immediately pre
ceding the convention, to scores of leading Progressives from all
parts of the country, including many of the leaders at the convention.
To these men I expressed my earnest hope that the Republicans
would so act as to make it possible for the Progressives to join with
them. I stated to them, however, that in view of the attitude of
some of the Republican leaders it was at least conceivable that we
should be put in a position where our highest duty, our fealty to the
country, our sense of what patrotism demanded in a great crisis
would make it imperative upon us to run a separate ticket; and that
whether in such event it would be necessary for me to head that
ticket could not be determined in advance. I stated in these inter
views and in these letters, with the utmost emphasis, that the decis
ion of this point, like the whole matter of running a separate ticket,
would have to be determined by what the interests of the country
demanded in view of the action finally taken by the Conventions at
Chicago.
"At the time many of the Republican leaders asserted that my
statements were not made in good faith; that I really intended to in
sist upon my own nomination by the Republican Convention; and
that if I was not so nominated, 1 intended to accept the Progressive
MONDAY EVENING,
nomination and run on a third ticket. Of course my fellow Pro
gressives were under no such error. They knew that 1 spoke in
good faith and meant exactly what I said. They knew that my
utterances weie to be accepted at their exact face value as meaning
that if the Republicans nominated a man whom we could conscien
tiously support we would support hiin. The Progressive Conven
tion came together knowing my public statements and therefore
knowing exactly what my attitude was.
Nomination of Hughes Meets Conditions
"In my judgment the nomination of Mr. Hughes meets the condi
tions set forth in the statement of the Progressive National Commit
tee, issued last January, and in my own statements. Under existing
conditions, the nomination of a third ticket would, in my judgment,
be merely a move in the interest of the election of Mr. Wilson. I
regard Mr. Hughes as a man whose public record is a guarantee that
"he will not merely stand for a programme of clean-cut straightout
Americanism before election, but will resolutely and in good faith
put it through if elected." He is beyond all comparison better fitted
to be President than Mr. Wilson. It would be a grave detriment to
the country to re-elect Mr. Wilson. I shall, therefore, strongly sup
port Mr. Hughes. Such being the case, it is unnecessary to say
that I cannot accept the nomination on a third ticket. I believe that
when my fellow Progressives cooly consider the question they will
for the most part take this position. They and I have but one pur
conviction that at this moment we can serve it only by supporting
Mr. Hughes.
Scores Professional German-Americans
"It is urged against Mr. Hughes that he was supported by the var
ious so-called German-American Alliances. I believe that the atti
tude of these professional German-Americans was due. not in the
least to any liking for Mr. Hughes, but solely to their antagonism to
me. They were bound to defeat me for the nomination. The only
way by which they could achieve this object was by supporting Mr.
Hughes and they supported him accordingly, without any regard
to other considerations. I need hardly repeat what I have already
said in stern reprobation of this professional German-American ele
ment —the element typified by the German-American Alliances and
the similar bodies, which have, in the pre-nomination campaign,
played not merely an un-American but a thoroughly anti-American
part. These men have nothing in common with the great body of
Americans who are in whole or in part of German blood; and who
are precisely as good Americans as those of any other ancestry.
There are not, and never have been, in all our band, better citizens
than the great mass of the men and women of German birth or de
scent who have been or are being completely merged in our common
American nationality; a nationality distinct from any in Europe, for
Americans who are good Americans are no more German-Americans
than they are English-Americans, or Irish-Americans, or Scandina
vian-Americans. They are Americans and nothing else. No good
American, whatever his ancestry or creed, can have any feeling
except scorn and detestation for those professional German-Amer
icans who see to make the American President in effect a viceroy of
the German Emperor. The professional German-Americans of this
type are acting purely in the sinister interest of Germany. They
have shown their eager readiness to sacrifice the interest of the Uni
ted States whenever its interest conflicted with that of Germany.
They represent that adherence to the politico-racial hyphen which is
the badge and sign of moral treason to the Republic. I have singled
these men out for specific denunciation, and assuredly if I support a
candidate it may be accepted as proof that I am certain that the can
didate is capable of being influenced by the evil intrigues of these
hyphenated Americans.
"Mr. Hughes' character and his whole course of conduct in public
affairs justify us in the assured conviction that the fact that these
men have for their own purposes supported him will, in no shape or
way. affect his public actions before or after election. His entire
public life is a guarantee of this.
Wilson's Deeds Contradict Words
"The events of the last three and one-half years have shown that
as much cannot be said for Mr. Wilson. In Mr. Wilson's case we
do not have to consider his words, but his deeds. His deeds abso
lutely contradict his words; and for the matter of that his words ab
solutely contradict one another. It is folly to pay heed to any of
the promises in the platform on which he now stands in view of the
fact almost every important promise contained in the platform on
which he stood four years ago has since been broken. We owe all
of our present trouble with the professional German-American ele
ment in the United States to Mr. Wilson's timid and vacillating
course during the last two years. The defenders of Mr. Wilson have
alleged in excuse for him that he confronted a difficult situation. As
regards Mexico, the situation which Mr. Wilson confronted was
nothing like as difficult a.-, that which President McKinlev confront
ed in connection with Cuba and the Phillippines at the time of the
Spanish War.
"Under the actual circumstances we could with only a minimum
of risk have protested on behalf of Belgium, a small, well-behaved
nation, when she was exposed to the last extremity of outrage by
the brutal violation of her neutral rights; this violation being itself
a violation of The Hague conventions to which we were a signatory
power. As regards the foreign situation generally during the great
war, the fact of the existence of the war made it far easier and safer
for Mr. Wilson to assert our rights than if he had had to deal with
some single strong power which was at the time unhampered by war.
During the past twenty years questions have arisen with Powers of
the first rank, such as England, Japan and Germany, each of which
has necessitated far greater.courage, resolution and judgment on the
part of the President dealing with it than President Wilson need
have shown in order to put a complete stop to the continually repeat
ed murder of American men, women- and children on the high seas
by German submarines—the Lusitania being merely the worst of
many such cases. The same feebleness that was shown by Presi
dent Wilson in dealing with Germany abroad was also shown by
him in dealing with the organized German outrages within our own
land, and, finally, in dealing with the organized German-American
vote. The continued existence of the German-American menace at
home is directly due to Mr. Wilson's course of action during the past
two years.
Hughes—The Man
"Certain of my friends who feel that the Progressives should run
a third ticket base their feelings on objection to the character or ac
tions of the Republican National Convention. As regards this point,
it is suffifcient to say that the members of the Republican National
Convention were unquestionably induced to nominate Mr. Hughes
primarily because of the belief that his integrity and force of char
acter, and his long record of admirable public service, would make
him peculiarly acceptable, not only to the rank and file of the Repub
lican Party, but to the people generally. I do not believe that Mr.
Hughes would have been nominated if it had not been for the fight
on behalf of public decency and efficiency which the Progressive
Party has waged during the past four years.
"In any event, and without any regard to what the personal feel
ings of any of us may be as regards the action of the Republican
Convention, I wish very solemnly to ask the representatives of the
people of the United States. We shall prove false to our ideals and
our professions if, in this grave crisis of the Nation's life, we permit
ourselves to be swerved from the one prime d,uty or serving with
cool judgment and single-minded devotion the Nation's needs. Our
own political fortunes, individually and collectively, are of no conse
quence whatever, when compared with the honor and welfare of the
people of the United States. Such things do not count when weigh
ed in the balance against our duty to serve well the country in which,
after we are dead, our children and our children's children are to live
World Passing Through Crisis
"The world is passing through a great crisis and no man can tell
what trial and jeopardy will have to be faced by this nation during
the years immediately ahead. There is now no longer before us for
decision the question as to what particular m%n we may severally
most desire to see at the head of the government. We can decide
only whether during these possibly vital years this country shall be
entrusted to the leadership of Mr. Hughes or Mr. Wilson.
Wilson Tried, Found Wanting
"Mr. Wilson has been tried and found wanting. His party, be
cause of its devotion to the outworn theory of state rights, and be
cause of its reliance upon purely sectional support, stands against
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that spirit of far sighted nationalist!! which is essential if we are to I
deal adequately with our gravest social and industrial problems.
Mr. Wilson and his party have in actual practice lamentably failed to
safeguard the interest and honor of the United States. They have
brought us to impotence abroad and to division and weakness at
home. They have accustomed us to see the highest and most re
sponsible offices of government filled by incompetent men appoint
ed only for reasons of partisan politics. They have dulled the moral
sence of the people. They have taught us that peace, the peace of
cowardice and dishonor and indifference to the welfare of others, is
to be put above righteousness, above the stern and unflinching per*
formance of duty whether the duty is pleasant or unpleasant. Vet
in Mexico they have failed even to secure the peace which they thus
sought; and they have failed in spite of the most ample warning, to
prepare in any real fashion to meet the crisis wliich their own policy
invited. They have taught us to put "safety first," safety before
duty and honor; to put that materialism which expresses itself in
mere money making, and in the fatted ease of life, above all spiritual
things, above all the high and fine instincts of the soul. They have
taught us to accept adroit elocution as a substitute for straightfor
ward and efficient action. They have raised indecision, hesitancy
and vacillation into a settled governmental policy.
Ungrudging Support of Hughes
"Mr. Hughes has shown in his career the instinct of efficiency
which will guarantee that, under him, the government will once more
work with vigor and force. He possesses that habit of straightfor
ward thinking which means that his words will be correlated with
his deeds and translated into facts. His past career is the warrant
for our belief that he will be the unfaltering opponent of that system
of invisible government which finds expression in the domination of
the party boss and the party machine. His past career is a guaran
tee that whatever he says before election will be made good by his
acts after election. Morally, his public record shows him to be a
man of unbending integrity intellectually, it shows him to be a man
of original and trained ability. We,have the alternative of contin
uing in office a lamentable failure, or of putting into office an ad
ministration which we have every reason to believe will function
with efficiency for the interest and honor of all our people. 1 earn
estly bespeak from my fellow Progressives their ungrudging support
of Mr. Hughes.
Yours trulv,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Sagamore Hill, June 22, 1916.
NO "FLUB DUB"
AT MT. GRETNA
"Business First" Keynote of
Mobilization Camp Where
All Is Hard Work
From a Staff Correspondent
Camp Brumbaugh, Mount Gretna,
Pa.. June 26.—"How is your face this
morning?" asked a hlgli-up officer of
the Guard of another with consider
able emphasis on the pronoun. The
other man grinned and rubbed his
chin.
This little incident tells the story of
this camp when you understand what
it means. At other camps there are
barbers for the officers. At this camp
the officers have to shave themselves,
and if by reason of habit they have
become accustomed to a barber shav
ing them daily and by reason of
physical construction bear a tender
skin, it brings home "mobilization."
A couple of girls who had visited
camps in other years remarked last
evening that there was "something
different" about this camp. There is.
And the difference in atmosphere be
tween this camp and the National
Guard camps strikes one immediately
upon entering the great fields which
the Keystone State has bought for its
soldiery. The officers are putting into
practice the things they have learned
in the long evenings of study and regi
mental and battalion school and the
men transformed themselves Saturday
from young citizens with thoughts of
home and a readiness for fun into
hustling soldiers, prepared for an im
mediate call to go anywhere. The
discipline which the guardsmen have
had instilled into them was apparent
the minute they detrained and it has
never left the camp.
A Business Camp
This is a business camp. There were
a good many people here on Saturday
to get In the road and to stand around
watching the men put up the tents and
there were thousands of visitors yes
terday because the men in charge are
human and like to see people and
naturally desired to give the soldiers
a chance to greet such friends as
might make the farewell trip. But
things are a bit more strict to-day.
The medical examinations are In full
swing and it will not be many hours
before the recruits will be called upon
to raise their hands and become mem
bers of the National Guard of the
United States. Seventh Division, in
stead of members of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania. Seventh di
vision means Pennsylvania because
this Commonwealth Is furnishing a
division, which, when recruited to war
strength, will be something like 18,000
men.
Camp \\ itli a 'History
In .the last twenty-five years there
have been some stirring scenes at this
camp ground. Twenty-four years ago
to a week the Philadelphia troops were
mobilized here to await a call to follow
the rest of the Guard into Homestead.
Eighteen year 3 ago the Guard mo
bilized here on the outbreak of the
war with Spain in some of the most
atrocious April weather known. There
have been camps of regulars, tralrting
camps, division camps, brigade camps
and annual rifle match camps, but this
camp is different. The men are more
serious minded than they were in 1898,
if it be possible, because that was a
time when weather added to uncer
tainties tried hearts. The men have
said farewell to home and are anxious
to get down to border duty. They are
not boasting of what they are going to
do, but want to get into service. Some
of these young fellows have been
working in the Guard for several
years and hearing their grandfathers
and uncies tell about the Spanish War
and they want to go through with
their "bit," too. And, incidentally, to
Fulfills Wish of Dying
Mother by Enlisting
Altoona. Pa.. June 28. His
mother's dying wish was fulfilled
when William A. Seilhamer, 82, of
Altoona, gave his services to his
country and went intd camp with
the Tenth regiment at Mount Gretna
yesterday.
Mrs. William Seilhamer WM an
unusually patriotic woman. Her
husband, father and two brothers
all served in the Civil war. Just
before she died, three months afro,
at her home in Wheeling. W. Va.,
she told her son that she wanted
him to be one of the first to
up arms in the event that his
country needed hla services. He
promised.
After President Wilson Issued
the call to the National Guard he
immediately enlis*ted In Company
G. Tenth Regiment, as a private and
went away with that command.
Seilhamer was married nine months
tgo to Miss Blanche Hourst, a West
Philadelphia girl.
JUNE 26, 1916.
go their Spanish War friends a few
better by engaging in actual brushes
with_the Mexicans.
"Weeding" 'Em Out
So they have taken to routine of
camp in splendid spirit, having done
a lot of hard work on Saturday and
being put through courses all day yes
terday which were utterly unlike any
thing they had ever experienced on
Sunday in a National Guard camp.,
The "weeding" process has tjeen
started and the only fear these young
Pennsylvanians have is that the lynx
eyed, keen-earned regular army sur
geon and his assistants may spot some
defect or catch some heart action not
just what they consider suited for the
trying service on the border. The men
started to go t>p before the doctors
yesterday and there were some down
cast ones last night.
T saw one fat man who had a dozen
or two pounds of surplus adipose tissue
hiking up and down yesterday and he
was at it again to-day. it seems that
he has been told the doctor may
"throw" him for being to fat. He be
lieves it, and as he has not much time
until he must go up for examination,
he is doing all the work of the camp
and wishing for real hot weather.
Come to think of it, this camp is
calculated to take off any extra flesh.
Even a visitor or a newspaperman
must be impressed with that. Just
suppose the Capitol is where Major-
General C. M. Clement has his head
quarters and whence he rules over all
with beneficent, if strict, sway. Down
around the business district you would
find the Second Brigade, then farther
down town the engineers and the quar
termaster's corps. The quartermaster's
corps is the location of the burden
bearers, a very businesslike place,
which resembles the burned out force
of a steel works, temporarily in tents,
but running the mills just the same.
It is facetiously known as the "corpse"
because of the inquiry of a Lebanon
county farmer boy pressed into service
as a messenger and who strolled into
the tent of Colonel H. C. Trexler, man
of millions and chief of the corps, and,
not being gifted with much discern
ment, asked the drab-clad man sweat
ing over a table of figures, "Say. man,
Where's the headquarter corpse?"
The Layout
But, continuing the layout, suppose
that, retaining the Capitol as the di
vision headquarters, you go up about
Hoffman's Woods, you will find the
Philadelphia troops, out toward Cole
brook, if that will help those who
know the lay of the Gretna land. Then
at a distance approximately that of
Dr. Orth's summer resort from the
Capitol you would find the Fourth
Brigade, with the dapper General C.
T. O'Neil in command, and our own
Eighth Regiment lined up close by.
The cavalry is not so far away, but
far enough if you cannot commandeer
one of the rare Gretna jitneys or are
unable to browbeat the man who fixes
the price.
The men who came in with the
Eighth on Saturday got their first taste
of active service. They came from a
city where all was decked to bid them
fareweil and where the spirit of pa
triotism manifested itself in pleasant
ways. They landed here in a broiling
sun and had to help unload baggage
and cart it to camp or else to put up
tents. But they did it in record time
and had a few hours left for First
Sergeant Charles W. Thomas, late of
the Telegraph composing room, to put
a bunch of Caplain Frank E. Zeigler's
"rookies" through some hot-footed
work that made them ready to eat the
service ration with as much relish as
though it contained planked steak,
Foft-shelled crabs and strawberry
shortcake. Tlio Governor's Troop was
just as busy as it arrived yesterday,
and in Captain John T. Bretz's infan
try command they say they worked
harder than at any brigade camp.
But it is nil in the day's work in
this camp. There is a spirit of deter
mination. of realization of serious days
ahead, and of confidence that Pennsyl
vanians are soing to make good no
matter who's around. A. B. H.
Letter List
LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office, at Harrisburg, Pa., for
the week ending June 24. 1916:
Ladies' List Miss Grech Bock, Miss
Rerthen Brooks, Miss Mary A. Fenicle,
Miss Emma Fields. Margaret Foxx. Miss
Irene E. Harlacker. Loivjse Hoover
(D. L), Ida Lavin, W. E. McCarthy, Mrs.
Lillian McLauahan. Miss Enna Porter.
Mrs. C. B. Segelken, Mrs. L. C. Smeely,
Mrs. Frank Snyder. Mrs. Albert Strlte.
Miss Edna Traeey. Miss Mary Ward.
Gentlemen's List Sydney E. Abel,
E. Allen. Harry A. Blakslee. J. T. Brad
ley. L. O. Branton (3), Frank Bricker,
J. Wm. Brown, Elliott Cook, F. J. Dar
lington. W. P. Difenderfer, A. Dillard
(D. L), Samuel Eachus. Chas. F. Eb
erly. Hurst Eckels. Felix Eley, \V. F.
Engle, James H. Fiering,. M. J. Oihney,
Fred. W. Herrman. Chas. E. Kecfer, W.
B. Knoll, Richard Manley, Chas. B. Mr-
Cord, H. G. Meisling. W. E Mercer,
John Mull. William Myers. John Nolfe,
Mr. Ortman, Frank Phipps. W. M. Pierce
(D. Lt. Stephen E. Seldel, Harry
Shutt. E. J. Simpson. Roht. Shilling. A.
Spier. Harry E. Stauffer. J. M. D. Sutch,
Rav Williams. H. E. Wilson.
Firms Director of Art. Lodge 417.
International Association of Machin
ists.
Persons should Invariably have their
mall matter addressed to their street
and number, thereby Insuring prompt
delivery by the carriers.
FRANK C. SITES,
Postmaster.
UNCLE SAM SLOW
WITH EQUIPMENT
Guard Must Do Its "Bit" of
Watchful Waiting as
Result
[From a Staff Correspondent.}
> Camp Brumbaugh, Mt. Gretna, Pa.,
June 25. Pennsylvania's National
Guardsmen are doing their "bit" of
watchful waiting now. They have
been awaiting the shipment of tents
and rifles and other things from the
United States army's big storehouses
in Philadelphia to take care of the
men ordered by the Washington otfl-.
cers over and above what the State of
Pennsylvania was required to provide
for and now they are waiting the com
ing of the recruits who have been or
dered into camp to take their places
before the medical officers. But above
all they are watchfully.watching their
officers for word that will start them
off to the border.
This morning medical examinations
began and the men stood in line and
waited there, too, and next they will
wait to be mustered in and then they
will wait orders. It is a waiting camp.
Incidentally your Uncle Samuel Is to
blame for some of the waiting. The
units whose recent civilian officers
hustled about to recruit to war
strength as reqpired by the orders from
Washington would have been able to
come here with 120 or maybe 150 in
some cases if the United States army
people had provided the tentage and
other things. As It is they have had
to wait for that.
Stewart System Stands
i The Pennsylvania National Guard
organizations called Into camp. Includ
ing those veteran members of the staff
whose duties will end on July 1, as
forecast in AYashington dispatches,
came here with the tentage and equip
ment that was required of the Key
stone State. Even men who knew that
going to camp would be only a form
turned up equipped for a year. The
system of equipping the organizations
outlined by Adjutant General Thomas
J. Stewart when the very last federal
requirements went into effect worked
out and the system stands.
It might be stated here that the
regular army officers are now follow
ing a suggestion of General Stewart
made back in 1898. In the rainy days
of Camp Hastings the War department
sent there medical officers here to han
dle all the physical examinations.
General Stewart saw that it would take,
months to get all the men examined
and ready for muster so he suggested
that Uncle Sam take the Pennsylvania
medical officers into his service and
have them do the examining, thought
fully suggesting that those from West -
; ern Pennsylvania examine those from
| the east and so on. Yesterday the
medical officers were all examined
themselves and put into federal ser
vice ready for the task of examining
the men which began this morning.
General Stewart is the only adjutant
general who served through the Span
ish war who is in the harness to-day.
And, in the language of an officer to
day "it's a good thing." Only he l put
in some adjectives in remarking upon
the value of the experience of the
| white baired veteran who has the hot
itest otfice in the whole State Capitol.'
Won't Wait For Full Units " •
| The United States army officers will
not wait for any full units before mus
tering in organizations. If they get a
regiment fairly complete, passed phy-V
; sieally and property transferred the
speed with which Captain J. B. Kem
per, senior mustering officer, will have
the jnen taVe the oath will be worth
; watching. And chances are that there
will be action in that line before
night.
The recruits which were ordered in
jfrom home stations to this camp
' where the sun shines hot when it
| shines will have to come the way they
are sent. If Uncle Sam sends enough
I uniforms and rifles and other things,
including blankets, they will be equip
ped right away and given a place to
sleep. The blanket difficulty appears
to have been passed. There were
some reports that blankets which had
; been intended for the Pennsylvania
1 and New Jersey reserve had been sent
to Plattsburg, but the Guardsmen have
: hopes that they will arrive in time for
ithe "rookies." If they do not there
wil be many an overcoat passed
around for covering. Comradeship de
velops pretty fast here. A. B. H.
Tech Athletes Will Help
Make Up Volunteer Troop
If Uncle Sam should issue a call for
volunteers, the echo would scarcely
die away before a brand new troop
of cavalry, containing the pick of the
city's youthful athletes, would be
ready to be mustered Into service.
And ex-"Top'' Sergeant Grant Koons,
of the Governors Troop, and an in
structor at Technical high school,
would command it.
Ex-Sergeant Koons has served for
19 years in the Troop, but his enlist
ment expired and he couldn't get by
Father Time's check-up on the age
limit. If the call for volunteers is
issued, however, Mr. Koons will or
ganize a full troop, ask for commis
sions for himself and a lot of other ex
troopers who want to go as officers,
and offer the troop for service.
MARSHALL ARRESTED
By Associated Press
New York. June 26. H. Snowden
Marshall. Federal district attorney,
was to-day served with a warrant of
arrest in connection with his alleged
contempt of Congress for criticising a
House subcommittee investigating im
peachment charges made against him
by Representative Buchanan. Mr.
Marshall Immediately obtained a writ
of habeas corpus.
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Here Is Oath Soldiers
Take Under New Law
Oath of allegiance to both the
Federal Government and the State
Is required of all men enlisting for
service in the National Guard under
provisions of the Chamberlain Army
bill. The new oath is as follows:
"I do hereby acknowledge to have
voluntarily enlisted this day of
9 —. as a soldier in the Na
tional Guard of the United States
and of the State of , for the
period of three years In service and
three years In the reserve, under
the conditions prescribed by l»w,
unless sooner discharged by proper
authority.
"And I do solemnly swear that
I will bear true faith and allegiance
to the United States of America
and to the State of , and that
I will serve them honestly and faith
fully against all their enemies
whomsoever, and that I will obey
the orders of the President of the
United States and of the Governor
of the State of , and of the
officers • appointed over me. ac
cording to law and the rules and
articles of war."