■T BASEBALL AT ■AMP BRUMBAUGH Bit Time in Gretna's History Game Has Been V Barred From a Staff Correspondent Brumbaugh. Mount Gretna. ■ June 29.—This is> the first camp by Pennsylvania soldiers since Wey started to have camps in the eighties that has not a baseball game. Generally games are among the great features of camp life and they had them in 1898. But this is different. There is no time, no inclination to play, even, the great American game. The recruits who come here are met by delegations and a band and, as one put it last night, the only diversion they have is going to weddings. The recruits are hustled to the vaccination tf;nts as soon as they arrive and are then given a stiff examination by medical men, and often they are on their way homo right after they arrive. If they get through they are given tin cups and plates and have all the rights, including that of turning out for drills, which consume about every hour of daylight. A good bit iii being heard about the delays in getting the men into shape to start, but every day they spend in camp is a day gained. This appears hard to realize when one considers how anxious are the soldiers to get away and how they chafe at the many requirements for mustering, but they are going to the bordei ready for serv ice, and, as Captain J. B. Kemper, chief mustering officer, says, "The way the government wants them." In some regiments where hard work is the rule the officers say they do not care if they are last because that will tnable them to get men into first-class shape and ready for service. It will mean men broken in, used to their jobs, understanding how to take care of themselves, inoculated, clothed and equipped. The delays, irksome though they have been, ligve been most bene ficial in the long run. "Slackers" Have Warm Time The men who refuse to enlist have to hit the high places when they get out of camp. Yesterday a squad of men from a western regiment chased two "cold feeters," as men who refuse to enlist after coming down here are called, clear to the station with a sin cerity that suggested desire to lynch someone. The station guard and some engineers rescued the fugitives because their officers told them to do it and were anything but gentle in the way they threw the two panting men into the station and then hoisted them onto the train. This not a good place for anyone who does not thoroughly ap preciate the spirit of the thousands camped about the hillsides. The grim determination is not a bit lessened by the surrender of the prisoners and the other developments on the border. They appear to be animated by a de sire to go and "clean out the greasers," as one man put it. Some of the regiments are going out with equipment that would surprise people. The engineers, for instance, had mosquito r.ttting, and some of the legiments are using regimental funds to have the men's feet made comfort able. One company had an assort ment of fly-killers presented to it. A. B. H. MOB AX PDANS TO RECRUIT GUARD COMPANIES AT HOME If you wish to help fill up the rank of Companies D and I, of the Eighth Pennsylvania infantry organization of the National Guard, you can get into the recruiting line by communicating at once with Thomas P. Moran, a Spanish - American war and foreign service veteran, 36 North Third street. Since the regular company recruit in;-. officers went on to Jit. Gretna a few days ago, no arrangements had been made to receive additional re cruits hfcre. Both companies are about thirty shy of their regulation war quotas of 150 each and this dis crepancy will be increased it is figured, by the time the army sur geens finish their "weeding out" pro cess. NO SHOTS. JUST FIST FIGHT By Associated Press San Antonio, June 30. lt was learned to-day that the report of an attack last night by bandits on the guard of United States soldiers at the bridge over the Medina river at Jlf.cDona, grew out of a fist fight be tween two soldiers. According to the report reaching here last night two Americans were wounded, but investi gation to-day shows that no bandits were in the vicinity. PRIVATES DROWN IN RIVER Springfield, Mo., June 30.—Robert Daly and Louis Reitz. privates in Company H. Fourteenth Regiment, Brooklyn, N. Y„ were drowned yester day while baihing in the Gasconade river, near Jerome, Mo. The troop train enroute to the border had stop ped to allow the soldiers to bathe. RKCOVKRS FROM ACCIDENT I A. G. Shantz, 214:, Penn street, who was struck by a motorcycle last Thurs day. dt Front and Maclay streets, sus taining' a fractured wrist and lacera tions of the head, is recovering from his injuries. A Cough May Lead to Tuberculosis Distressing and dangerous compli cations may follow if you neglect it Even when so serious a strige is reach ed, Eckman's Alterative ;uay bring ra lief. For more than twenty vearg it has been widely used in' such cases with beneficial results, t As with any medication employed in this trouble, the best results are ob tained when the patient pays strict at tention to diet and gets plenty of rest and fresh air. Because of its easily assimilable con tent of ca> ium chlorld, this prepara tion is eff/ tive where a tonic upbuilder is indie-,' d. As a corrective of night sweaty t has proved most useful, it may ' tried with absolute safety, fiiic'j- ,t contains no harmful or habit- drugs of a-.iv sort, it your druggist's. Laboratory, PkllndelplMa. Advertisement. 1 NIAGARA N FALLS |jj Personally-Conducted Excursions July 14, 28, Auguit 4, 1», ■ September 1, 15 juid 29 Roun/ s ive you *j. aj. Scnmt btraws Panamas $3.50 to $6 SI.OO and $1.50 the suit $1.50 to $3.00 $3.50 to $6.50 THE NEW STORE OF WM. STROUSE IP ♦ . WOUNDED BAYONETED ON FIELD OF BATTLE PRISONERS DECLARE By Associated Press El Paso, June 30. Tension which had prevailed on the border since the Carrizal encounter, relaxed percepti bly to-day as a result of the safe re turn to American soil of the twenty three troopers of the Tenth cavalry and the American scout, taken pris oner in the engagement. Stories told by the soldiers that they had suffered no ill treatment at the hands of the troops of the de facto Mexican government and that every ef fort had been made to control vio lence manifested b.v Inflamed civil population at Villa Ahumada and Chi huahua City, where the prisoners were stoned and jeered, had marked effect here. In official circles In Juarez news dis patches that the return of negro sol diers had averted the possibility of im mediate retaliatory steps by the United States were received with obvious satis faction. Andres Garcia, Mexican con sul at El Paso, expressed the belief that the first step looking toward a peaceful solution of the border prob lem had been taken and that others would follow shortly. At the request of General George Bell, Jr., commanding the El Paso military district, Consul Garcia to-day made preliminary arrangements for the return, at the expense of the Am erican government to the United States for burial, of the bodies of the Ameri can soldiers killed at Carrizal. No ac curate figures on the dead are avail able, but the missing number is fif teen, and it is believed all were killed. When Captain Lewis S. Morey, of the Tenth cavalry visited the twenty three troopers in the Fort Bliss bar racks last night they hailed htm as one from the dead, having believed he could not survive the wounds which he sustained at Carrizal. Captain Morey chatted with the negro cavalrymen for hll lf an hour. Sink Teeth in Melons Twenty-three watermelons, the gift | of a local commission merchant, were 11 awaiting the twenty-three negro troopers when they arrived at Fort liss. "Oh, boy, you don't know how good this tastes after those Mexican frl joles," one of the twenty-three ex claimed as he sank his teenth Into a piece of melon. General Francisco Gonzales, com manding the Juarez garrison announc ed he expected to receive the arms, horses and equipment of the negro troopers from Chihuahua to-day and that he would turn them over imme diately to General Bell. Reports from points west along the border reaching El Paso to-day Indi cated a considerable anti-Mexican feeling as a result of numerous forays from the Mexican side upon isolated ranches, culminating In the murder of William Parker and his young wife at their ranch southwest of Haclilta, N. M. Several persons of Mexican ori gin have complained to civil and mili tary authorities that they had been mistreated by posses of cowboys in that vicinity. Wounded Bayoneted Every preparation had been made to-day for the arrival of the National Guard organizations ordered to El Paso and it was expected that the first of these troops would reach here some time to-morrow. American wounded found on the field after the Carrizal fight wye bayo neted by the Mexicans, three of the re leased prisoners declared. They also charged they were robbed of their money and valuables. How They Were Transferred The transfer of the troopers took place at 3.15. General Francisco Gon zales and Carranzlsta Consul Andres Garcia walked out to the black line across the international boundary, which is the boundtry line. General Geo. Bell walked out from the Amer ican end of the bridge. General Gon zales saluted and was introduced to Generul Bell. Then an unshaven white man, wearing soiled white duck trousers, a faded blue shirt and a white canvas hat with green braid, walked up and Joined the group with lie roll of blankets under his arm. This was Lem Spillsbury, the Mormon scout. Trot After Troopers Then came the most yeird procession that has ever been seen on the border. ; Marching erect in their rags and tat ters came the American negro troop ers of the Tenth Cavalry. They march ed In perfect time, two by two, with a flanking line of Carranza soldiers on each side of them. The diminutive Carranza soldiers almost had to trot to keep up, and the fat, greasy captain in cohimand sweated at every pore' as he dog-trotted along with his sword flopping between his legs. "Alto!" (halt), he shouted, all out of breath. The negroes all stopped at the same time, while the Carranza sol diers stopped in bunches. In the front file was Sergeant Page. He wore a pair of ragged khaki riding trousers, slit at the knee, no leggings, no socks, a pair of shoes with no laces and no hat. His beard was a mat on his dirt covered face. His undershirt had once been white, but was a dirty gray and full of holes. But he stood as erect as If on dress parade. As he caught General Bell's eye he raised his right hand to the brim of his imaginary hat in a salute, which was followed by a wide grin. Americans Cheer Troopers General Gonzales handed General Bell a list of the prisoners. General Bell's aid then started calling the names, and as the negro boys answer ed to their names they stepped for ward, crossed the line and were rushed to tfhe immigration detention station for a kerosene bath and fresh clothes. As the negro cavalrymen passed they each saluted Gen. Bell and his staff and were cheered again and again by the great orowd of Americans! Corporal Luther Alexander march ed across the bridge barefooted and with only his undershirt and riding trousers. He had been wounded in the right shoulder while raising up from his position In the front file to load and his shoulder had been shat tered. For a sling he wore a belt strap and his undershirt was torn away from the wound until half of his coal black back was showing. He had no hat and hip face was covered with a moss-like growth of beard. Got Five Greasers "I got five greasers that I know of," he said after he had crossed the line. "I was firing carefully, like the cap tain told us to do. I had shot three clips of shells and was just reaching tor th« fourth when something crash- Ed against my shoulder like a house had fallen on it and I knew I was hit. N T o one tried to bayonet me as I lay on the ground, but I was told by some of the others that they were witnesses to the bayoneting of many of our boys." Archie Jones was another of the negro sujvivors who was shot through the right arm as he was working his rifle. This wound was in the lower arm and had shattered the bone at his wrist. "The fight was all over when X was' hit," Jones said. "I was laying out without so as a bush for cover when a bullet struck me in the wrist, and I knew I was done for. I ran as far as I could, but finally surrendered. After they caught me they bound me, after taking all of my clothes but my undershirt from me. My wounded hand was not bandaged tight, but the other hand was, and I was' helpless and remained bound all night in spite of pain. You can see where the ropes cut through the skin on my arms and made sore places. Aside from that we were well treated after being taken to Villa Ahumada." Says Wounded Were Bayoneted William Harris told of the bayonet ing of the wounded. "As fast as our men fell they were bayoneted on the ground," he said. "We had ridden about eight miles from the Santo Domingo Banch, and it must have been about 7 o'clock when the parley started. I was on the right flank and did not see the start of it, and I cannot tell who started firing first. We had 76 men, having sent 10 of our men back to the base for sup plies. Before we knew it the fighting started and the two machine guns— there were two of them—opened up. The Mexicans were spread out in the form of a horseshoe pointing toward the little town of Carrlzal. One of the machine guns was hid behind the ir rigation ditch and the other was over on our right flank as if to cut us off. I lay down in the road, which gave us no protection from the fire. "We scooped out the dirt with our rifles, but that did not help any. Then the firing became general, and we fought and fought and fought. .1 thought the battle never would end. I kept firing until I ran out of ammuni tion. I saw the right flank swing around and charge, but my orders were to lay low and get a hit at every shot, and I sur« did. Finally, when every single man around me had been shot, I started to throw the pump lock of my gun up, when a spent bullet struck me In the right arm and I went down. We sure were outclassed, so I just up and run. The Mexicans flred two volleys at me and I kept on run ning. They jumped on their horses and started after me, when I dropped my six-shooter, threw up my hands and surrendered. The Mexicans came charging: down on me and thought they were going to kill me. No More Fight in Him " 'Who are you and why are you fighting us?' one of the men shouted In Spanish. 'I just nachully ain't fight ing you any more,' I told him, and they broke out in a laugh and took me prisoner. I had S4O In gold in my shoe and when they stripped us all and fought over our leggings and shirts, they took that and divided It among the four of them. They also took a diamond ring which belonged to my best girl back in Atlanta. They tied my arms behind me, In spite of the bullet wound In my right arm, ~.nd left those ropes on me from 6 o'clock that night until 8 o'clock next morn ing, when we reached Chihuahua. "It hurt so my arm got numb and went to sleep. The skin was cut and I was so cramped I could not sleep, but they did not do any more than shove us with the butts of their guns. That is, the soldiers didn't- The people In Chihuahua threw rocks at us and spit on us, but that was nothing to the hurt In my tied arms." William Gibson, another of the Troop K men, declsred emphatically that he saw the Mexican soldiers stab the soldiers as they lay on the ground using their bayonets and >ome of the officers using their swords. All agreed on this that they had witnessed the j killing of the wounded. None knew i exactly how many were killed, and none of the negroes said he had seen Captain Boyd hit. They thought Morey was dead until they reached the bor der, when they were told he was alive and In El Paso, and one negro shout ed: "Thank God for that! It is a happy day for us with our captain alive and well." I After the negroes had been given ! baths of kerosene and vinegar, they I were given shower baths, clean blue denim overalls and jumpers to wear to i the fort. As they filed out of the bath- I room Prof. William Coleman, superin tendent of the negro schools here, : gave each negro a bouquet of sweet peas, which they carried giggling In their hands as they marched to the ambulances which took them to the fort. All of their clothes were burned. CLUBHOUSE FOR GIRIiS Hazleton, Pa.. June 30. The Dau phin Silk Company, employing 1600 bonds here and operating mills also at Dorranceton and Nanticoke, has start ed work on a $30,000 clubhouse for girls. It will be open to any of th« operatives, and will be completed ID October. The Food-Drink (or aflA|M Rich milk, malted grain, inpowder form. For infants, invalids and growing children* Purenutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Invigorates nursing mothers*nd A® aged- More nourishing than tea, cofiae, ate. Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price I For Chronlo Constipation You should Take ■ tascaßiyalPilli Sand Purify the Blood, I Stimulate the Liver I AND CNSALHEK' Ik 1745-47 N. SIXTH ST> A 4, Try Telegraph Want Ads i