The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-13

w have abou, 100 men employed in
our bank" said Sergeant Warren, "anl
II my advice carries any weight the
bank from this time on will permit all
Of them to join camps OF this sort with
ou. losing any OF their vacation time
o. any pay.
"Abou, fourteen or fifteen OF the men
In the Lincoln National are members OF
IN, National Guard. The bank permits
these men TO attend annual
o. the guard. They receive full pay
while they are away and the time they
are absent is not deducted from their
REGULAR vacation. After my few DAYS
here ! am firmly convinced that our
eighty or moro employees who never
receive any military instruction with the
National Guard should go to camps like
these
In the same fashion that Robert
Bacon, ex-Ambasador to France 4;
George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia
and others the day before had spoken OF
their presence i'm the instruction camp
rs a sort OF protest against our un-
preparedness. so did President Warren
Of the Lincoln Bank speak to-day. Mr..
Warren also expressed his hearty APP
prevail of the address on "Cnprepared-
ness" made by Gen. Leonard Wood in
the camp.
Cnpreparedness was dwelt upon in
an impressive way during the after
noon. when a lieutenant OF the regulars,
name deleted, gave a short talk 10 a
GROUP of soldiers" squatting around on
the grass.
There are only nine more field guns
in the whole United States service to-
day" said the lieutenant. thar were in
the combined corps under Longstreet
and Hill at Gettysburg more than half "A
century ago. Why, in the whole regular
service east Of the Mississippi there are
to-day only three field gun batteries, or
twelve guns in all"
Steadily. day I'm and day out. the
army teachers try to pound in. over and
over. their charges. the idea of unpre-
~paredness. One gathers from the talks
to the men. to which most of the after
noon Is given. that the country is even
less prepared for war now than 1t was
at certain previous times in its history.
The talks have to do with handling their
equipment and similar instruction., but
no nance is lost by the instructors 10
wedge in statements along the lines of
those quoted about the lack OF field
guns
There were a number OF promotions
to-day which lifted private lads of the
day before to higher glories. Dudley
Field Malone, for instance, after a com
petitive drill. was made acting corporal.
A certain look In his eyes when the
honor came to him presaged a speech OF
acceptance from the Collector OF the
Port. but nothing came OF it.
Bill Cochran. Jr., tennis champ Billy
Clothier. Oswald and sam Chew, Her
man krumbhaar and Alexander Brown,
all OF Philadelphia. got into the cavalry
which was organized under the command
or Capt. Lincoln &. Andrews. L. s. A.,
early to-day. Among the other Phila-
delphians who were advanced above the
humdrum infantry existence were Pro-
vost McMichael. who horned his way
into the signal corps. n Dan Hutchin-
son. whose mighty mathematical knowl-
edge resulted in his being assigned to
the field artillery. where In these days Of
indirect firing the three RS, especially
iuthmetic. mean much.
With no chance OF political, financial
or social prominence counting for a ON
tinental cuss In the appointments being
MADE. II Is worth while noting that the
New York policemen in camp are COM
ing into their own with a rush.
That" said Capt. R%hinelander Waldo,
adtutant of the Second Battalion,
proudly. lis because In their regular
work they rave been used to exercising
authority
Proud as Police Lieutenant Charles
'o'' VI lht ANtW "
police training school. may be of his
job back home he was all het up with
joy when the regular army decided that
for the rest OF the time the men are in
camp Schofeld IL to be lieutenant OF
Company Il. and right in the same COM
pany Police Lieutenant Charles Nc
Kinney OF Manhattan was made top SER
scait OF the company, Private John
Purroy Mitchell from this time on In
fact Will have to salute a lot of New
York .coppers.
The Mayor, however, got one of his
fen wishes to-day when he was az
signed to the new cavalry. Right Off
the bat he had almost two hours OF
steady riding across Clinton county hills
ana dales. II was after his ride that
the Mayor learned through reporters
tina the Board OF Estimate might try
to cut short his camp life.
THE Board of Estimate" he said.
must communicate with me- officially
before can make any statement about
returning to town. ] suppose could
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