Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-13
AMBASSADORS, CLERKS
AND MAYORS GO BACK
TO COLLEGE AT CAMP
Notebooks and Pencils carrIss
by Rockies" Who Attend
Lectures on Military Sci.
ence at Plattsbure
CAVALRY SQUADS AcrIyr
Armored Truck Escort ExperIsnt..
Many Of the Difficulties Of War
in Trip From New York

N. ", Aug. i3.--At the beginning N sta
fourth day since their arrival, rus.As~
the business and professional men A
camped here settled down TO the rss,,,..
work that will keep them busy unti s.s
| tember 6. Reveille this morning bronss,
most of the men out fully equipped srs
| properly dressed, although they had tis1s
but n few minutes before. The first dss.
the more conscientious rose ahywhe,s
| from 1880 a. m. to $3.50 a. m. in order M,
they might be sure to be ready for IA
calisthenlcs drill at o'clock, which \.
the first order of every day
Now the ceremony of dressing "A a.
gotten, and even the most fastldious Hns
they are able to clothe themselves snS
perform the necessary ablutlons In NV
| than is minutes Sleep is precious aftsr
| hours of daily drilling. Necessity /,
| would seem, In addition to being ~
mother OF invention, is also the forbeaf
Of decided change in the habits 81
| years.
The same indications Of adjustment a
the daily routine is apparent on evtfy
hand The men report promptly az calis
for drill, In addition to those for mese'
which we're about the only ones an.
swered with alacrity the first days. The
men are getting their bearings. They
| know what to expect, and when 10 81
suit, and those who are late get DUB.
/ lie "call down" from the officer in chafss
that very few care to experience moft
| than once.
SPECIAL LECTURES BEGIN
Yesterday afternoon the camp assumed
a distinctive nature that set 1t apart In.
| mediately from any military trailing
| camp held heretofore. Except for the
speed and rapldity with which the ID.
| struotion was asslmilated by the woud-
| be officers, there was nothing IN Ire
events of the first days that the ordinary
| enlisted "rookie" does not experence But
| Yesterday afternoon the camp ceased 70
| be such, in the ordinary sense Of the
| word, and became great university. Il
was the first day when the Afternoon
| was devoted to specializing.
! The men assembled in groups TO taxa
| up intensive study of the various ID.
| vanced stages of military sciences Some
| gathered in the lecture tent to listen to
| highly technical mathematical discourhes
on range finding for field artillery othsrt'
started out, note books In hand, to mss,
| ter the elements of map making. stu
| others, equipped with small hand hags'
| of red and white material, started IN 70
| learn the signal code. In the same way
| there was a machine gun squad an acre
plane squad which will have active woik
later, and large squadron OF cavalry
PHILADBLPHIANs IN ACTION.
Conspiclous In the signal squad waf
| George wharton Pepper. The Philaoe,
] phia lawyer, in q brilliant sunpurn e
/ has acquired in common with every ohs
else, stood for two hours In the noi
sun, waving q little flag from side VI
side, as companion opposlIes sAss sps,'se
| slowly, short sentences which Mr. Peppar
iaboriously slgnaled back. Other Philar.
delphians in the signal squad were cols.
| man Peace Brown and Harry Haft
| Philadelphians, the number OF whom'
enrolled is third on the camp Hat slsiog
precedence only to New York ana POS
| ton, were scattered throuBnoul All Wv
| specializing squads.
Beef" Wheeler came to camp with w
machine-gun corps and is quartered wisg
them. This squad had a real experlehos
| on the trip up from New York, when Mas'
made in armored motor trucks Ine
| trucks were of various makes, and on tns
performance of each make on this &C.
caslon depended future contracts rem
the Government. The roads selected FOR
the route, from New York to PlattsbuTs,
were purposely bad.
The test of the ability of the trucks
| was no less than that of the ability q
the men. In several instances they naa
to rebuild bridges and repair the roaass
the whole affordlng an unusual expefF
ence. 4.
PHILADELPHIANs IN CAVALRY
Philadelphians, however, seem to pre-.
dominate in the cavalry squadron Apgue
400 men nave elected special study IN TINS
branch of the service. Since there, are
only 200 horses in camp, the drill ls nan-
| died in two parts. When the men
mounted there looked down from the
horses backs such well-known faces as
those of William j. Clothier, master o.
the Pickering hounds: Horace y, har..
master of the Radnor Hunt; PlunketI
Stewart, former joint master OF hs
Greensprlng Valley hounds. which mum
near Baltimorei Howard Henry. Antelo
Devereux, Walter stokes, Aleck Brown
and others, whose portion In country ell-
cles is familiar to PhiladelphlapE
Clothier and Stewart, In view OF tnsll
experience were made squad Leaders y
cavalry Immediately.
Four hours OF drill was the feature q
the proceedings in the morning. Duflns
that time the men received their nfs.
instruction in the sighting and propsl
handling of their guns, preparatory y.
going on the subcalibre range this aItef'
noon. Regular range practice VIII cum.
later. Subealibre practice consists y
firing a target with small ammunlnos.
The men must qualify at the subcallat,
targets before they are trusted on Va Va
regular range, when the regular Iil.
bullets will be used Marksmanshlp
held In a high degree OF Importance p
the officers in charge OF the traln'hs
camp, and much time is scheduled TOT =
MAY HOLD PARADE
There Is some talk Of parade OF %.
| entire battalion here, to be held IN re"
York at the close OF the eneampms.hs IA v
Is merely "in the air" at the present -h'
there has been, as yet, no official fseosn.
tion OF the proposal. Ii the plan y IN
ried out. the Philadelphia contingent VIZ
probably march In Philadelphia, y
generally recognized that such pal az
would do much to convince the pes4'
az large as to just what can be aeeein
plished at the camp. With the men fehs
ing in prominence everywhere from e.
Ambassadors 70 clerks participating 4, H
such q parade, Il Is believed deeiqeHl,
favorable impression would be cisass'
that would lead to a wider general ~
port OF those camps which may pe ts''
] in tho ftaftfra