New-York tribune., 1916-07-04
Plattsburg Officers Key Up
Discipline for Rockies
Who Arrive Thursday.
FIVE WAR STRENGTH
REGIMENTS EXPECTED
Instructors Ready for Junior
Division, First to Start-Five
Roosevelts Enlist.

Plattsburgh, n. Y, July 3.-"ith
the June rockies Oft their hands, sent
back into civilian life milled moro or
less into tho shape Of soldiers, the
army officers in charge OF tho camps
here began to-day TO be overwhelmed
all over again with preparations for tho
double e-bsrrelled July camps.
Beginning Thursday the Junior camp
composed OF college students for the
most part, will open. A week later tho
second senior camp will begin.
Preparations arc being made to han
die between four and five full war
strength regiments when both camps
are running. which means about l,soo
men In each unit. To officer them the
men who have been doing duty at the
training camp at Oglethorpe, Ga, which
has been abandoned, are TO come here,
and to-day nine young second heuten-
ants from West Point, class OF 'l6, ar
rived as instructors, having voluntari-
ly given up their vacations for the good
of the cause.
Discipline To BE Stricter.
The July camps will be run more
strictly than June's, 10 stifen up the
discipline and eliminate the weaklings
and cutters early. This will save the
time wasted on these weak brothers and
improve the handling of the thousands
who will be here.
Major Harrison Hall, of the Coast
Artillery, will become executive officer
Of the camp, taking over the duties OF
Captain Edgar T. Collins. who served
as camp adjutant at the beginning OF
the June tour. Captain Collins will be
in command Of battalion as major
in one Of the junior regiments.
Major Hall, who won universal com
mendation for his efficient handling OF
the big Job Of putting the camp sites
in shape and pitching the hundreds OF
tents, will have full charge OF the ex-
ecutive side Of the camps, in addition
to handling the adjutant's duties. This
will leave Major Peter Murray, camp
commandant, to devote all his time TO
training the men.
There will be two regiments OF
juniors. 70 be known as the 4th and 9th
Training Regiments. The senior regi-
ments will be numbered serially from
these. About three are expected.
officers Assigned Juniors.
Major Murray announced to-day these
assignments of officers for the junior
regiments;
Fourth Regiment. lst battalion
Captain VI. B. s. Stewart. acting major;
Company A, First Lieutenant J. F.
Ware; Company B, First Lieutenant
Joseph H. Laubach; Company c, First
Lieutenant A. b. Kempfer; Company
D, First Lieutenant George 7. Everett.
Second Battalion-Captain Edgar t.
Collins, acting major; Company +,
First Lieutenant Charles +. Thompson;
Company F, First Lieutenant Walter 0.
Boswell; Company G.. First Lieutenant
R. VI. Parker; Company II, First Lieu
tenant Samuel J. Sutherland.
Third Battalion-Captain Niles X.
Taulbee, acting major; Company !,
First Lieutenant Joseph W. Stllwell;
Company X, First Lieutenant George
c. Bower; Company /, First Lieutenant
Sheldon W. Adding; Company NJ, First
Lieutenant Thomas II. Hayes.
Fifth Regiment, lst Battalion-Cap-
tain c. D. Roberts, acting major; Com
pany A, First Lieutenant Shelby c..
Leasure; Company b, First Lieutenant
Ralph A. Jones; Company c, Second
Lieutenant Carl P. Dick; Company d,
First Lieutenant Allen NJ. Pope.
Second Battalion-.Captain George F.
Baltzell acting mayor; Company b,
First Lieutenant r. A. Hill; Company
F, First Lieutenant Stewart A. How
ard; Company G, Second Lieutenant
Carl A. Baehr; Company II, Second
Lieutenant Parker c. Kalloch.
Third Battalion-Captain H. c..
First Lieutenant Martin C. Wise; Com
pany X, First Lieutenant William F..
Morrison; Company l., Second Lieu
tenant Karl X. Bradford; Company VI,
Second Lieutenant Gregory Hoisington.
Five Roosevelts in Two Camps.
The nine young West Pointers are
Second Lieutenants Dempsey, Birming-
ham. Grant, Tully, Ramsey, Houghton,
Miller, Schugg and Bennett.
more systematic course In military
map making will be in the curriculum
this month. Charles f. Cook, Chief
Topographer Of the United States Geo
logical Survey, will take charge OF the
work.
When the two camps are running
there will be five representatives OF
the Roosevelt family in the regiments:
L. nd
Archie, the four sons of the Colonel,
and Nicholas Roosevelt, his nephew.
Archie and Nicholas were rockies in
the June camp, the latter going in
and coming out as private, while
Archie, who also served two tours last
year, was made a second Lieutenant
and is serving as assistant quarter
master. He will continue this work
through all Of this years camps, while
his cousin will be here for this month
and next.
One Of the most radical innovations
for the coming camps will be TO quar-
ter two companies OF regulars from the
Coast Artillery with each regiment.
They will share the tents with the
rockies, about one regular for each
squad tent. The idea is for them 10
inculcate the lowlier side OF the
soldiers life into the rockies and 20
teach them all a regular knows about
handling himself under camp condi-
tions. The officers will have charge
of tho theoretical and Institutional
side Of military science.
About Atty Of the June rockies hsve
enrolled for a return engagement this
month. They will be parcelled out
among the greenhorns 20 teach them
what they have learned.
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