The Washington times., 1915-08-13

PLATTsBUR0, N. y. Aug. N.-Un-
less the poison Ivy habit hits. the bust
ness and professional mems instruction
camp here within the next day or two.
It will be peopled with embryo military
strategists with sinsleness of thought
that Is resulting in marvellous progress.
II the board Of estimate OF New York
insists here this afternoon. that Mayor
John Purroy Mitchell quit soldering and
come back to Manhattan for the board
meeting next Thursday. then Private J.
p. Mitchell. according to some Of his
frierds in camp, probably will send
back word that this is the life' and
will stay here as long as possible.
Private Mitchell is but one OF long
rows Of tent dwellers who have entered
irto the instruction work and camp
life with an enthusiasm which 10 a Joy
to the regular army men who arc acting
a. military prexies to the 100 men
now In camp. Letters and kilograms
may come to bankers. mayors. lawyers.
and other men Of affairs. now simply
private soldiers, pleading with them to
come home II only for a day to attend
to big business A few MESSAGES from
other cities have been recei> ed. Moth
ing doing.
Either from . growing fear on tho
part Of the Government Of the United
barney Sander or Private Beef Wheel:
er would let drop military secrets Of
tremendous value to the ighting no
tions Of Europe. or for fear Of nothing
in particular. regular army sentries
body. including working war corre-
spendents with army passes, must stay
of not only the company streets but
the battalion streets as we'll.
Banker . Patriot.
One soldier Of enthusiasm who was
met up with before the gates officially
were lowered was President Charles
Elliott Warren. Of the Lincoln National
Bank. Manhattan. Private Warren he
had begun the day. but shortly before
he was found in his tent he had been
elevated to the supreme honor Of acting
I'VE have about 100 men employed in
our bank. said Sergeant Warren. and
II my advice carries any weight the
bank from this time on will permit ali
of them to Join camps Of this sort with
out losing any Of their vacation time
or any nay.
After my few days here am firmly
convinced that our employees who never
receive any military instruction with
like these"
In the same fashion that Robert
Bacon. sx-ambassador TO- France:
phia. and others the day before had
spoken Of their presence In tho instruc-
ton camp a. a sort Of protest" against
our unpreparedness. 80 did President
Warren. Of the Lincoln Bank. speak.
approval Of the address on "Unpre-
paredness" made by Gen. Leonard Wood
In the camp.
Unpreparedness was dwelt upon In
an impressive way during the after
noon. when a lieutenant Of the regulars.
name deleted. gave short talk to q
group Of soldiers" sauatting around on
the grass.
Need of Field Guns.
There are only nine more field guns
in the whole United States service to-
day." said the lieutenant. than were
In the combined camps under Long
street and Hill at Gettysburg more than
half a century ago. Why. In the whole
regular service east Of the Mississippi
there are today only three field gun
Steadily day in and % day {, out. IT, the army
teachers try to pound in. over and over,
their charges. the idea OF unprepared-
ness.
Bill Cochran. jr.: Tennis Champ Billy
Clothier. Oswald and Sam Chew, Her.
man krumbhaar and Alexander Brown.
all Of Philadelphia. got into the caval-
ry which was organized under the com
mand Of Capt. Lincoln c. Andrews, u
3. A. Among the other Philadelphians
who were advanced above the hum
drum infantry existence were Provost
McMichael who horned his way into
the signal corps. and Dan Hutchinson.