The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-10
500 BUSINESS MEN
OFF TO WAR CAMP
Leave for Months Training in
Military Tactics at
Plattsburg.
GEN. WOOD TO BE THERE
Two Trains Carry Contingent
Large Crowd Watches
the Departure.
GEN. WOOD TO BE THERE

Five hundred men-nearly all col
lege graduates. nearly all sacrificing
business and professional work for
months experience which will prepare
them for efficient military service-left
the Grand Central station last night
In the two special trains for the Business
Mems Camp at Plattsburg, y. Y. New
York. Philadelphia, Baltimore. Boston,
each contributed its quota. But New
York was preponderant. And New YORK
turned out enthusiastically to cheer the
departure.
|, was the first definite move In the
campaign for the establishment OF a
trained citizen soldiery In this country.
few minutes after the second special
had pulled out. Major-Gen. Leonard
Wood to whose efforts the success OF
the undertaking has in large measure
been due. boarded a regular train Tor
the same destination in company with
col. James y. Bellinger, department
quartermaster on Governors Island. lie
will remain with the campers most OF
the month.
by 80 the northeast corner OF the
station concourse. where the speciais
were tracked, was collecting the crowd.
Most OF those bound for camp were in
civilian clothes. young. well built men
between the ages Of 23 and 80. many
famous In college athletics OF their da!'
Here and there one stood forth in the
! fun regimentals of khaki. slightly self
conscious and III at ease. Here ana
! there was one with a touch of gray IN
his hair. Many wore the stiff brown
corded campaign hats. which are n's-
! couragingly hard to pack.
Crowd sees Them on.
Then there were mothers and sisters
and wives bidding last word To say
nothing Of the great number OF friends
and onlookers who swirled about the
little groups greeting acquaintances.
/ Collector OF the Port Malone passed
through the gate. Police Commssioner
( Woods and Deputy Commissioner Scuii
Joined in. They were not going-mereIy
! on hand to watch the members OF the
/ force who had not left for the camp on
| sunday depart Richard Derby. l.. ID.
/ Morgan. Jr, y. J Roosevelt and Hamil-
ton Fish. Jr. appeared.
BY the time the cry or All
aboard go sounded for the first section
the corner was confused mass of dress
! suit cases. duffle bags, campers and on
/ lockers trying to &c; out OF the way
/ The last gravitstrd gradually to form
a quarter circle within which the citizen
soldiers jostled. kissed mothers and
wives good-by and made arguments over
tickets at the gate. eventually to hle
through to the long platform The first
section left at 40 and the Sc 1ond ten
! minutes later, with the throng watchlhs
through the glass doors OF the entrance
until the very last.
Due In Camp This Morning.
There were twenty-five Pullman cars
in all, accommodations for one man
! i'm "A berth by o'clock ia6 tickets
had been sold. and 1t was estimated
that in the final rush well over ht'y
more went out The trains are due AT
plattsbury at o'clock this morning
BY noon the volunteers will he clad
in the uniforms and Installed in the
tents which will be theirs until Sep
tember H.
No one is looking for an easy time.
There have been repeated warnings froE
Gen Wood and from the college club
committee who have urged enrolmen,
that the month was to he one ~ hard
and often disagreeable labor The men
will have to learn much for them
selves by their own kcenness and alert
ness. But when the work is done there
will probably be the names of over
200 men fled away with the War De
partment to BE- called on in time OF
trouble,
The last definite figures OF enrolment
for the camp were l,ls5 on saturday
and W. W. Hoffman. head OF the New
York enrolment Office, stated yesterdl )
that this had been swelled to be-
yond the l,2O0 mark.