Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-30

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OF thanks to-day to camp for the
boys of the Eighth who remembered
him in the midst of their many camp
duties. number of minor appoint
ments in the Eighth regiment will be
announced tonight.
SoldieSs are still searching in vain
for John Ditschey, of Company d,
Eighth Regiment, of Tanaoua. who
wandered away Yesterday while sick
put he has not been found. 1t is be-
lteved his mind is affected
Second Regiment on Way
The Second regiment, the first of the
three infantry commands of the First
Brigade to leave for the Mexican bor-
der is speeding toward Texas to-day
via Philadelphia. ...-.
The First and Second battalions of
| the Second pulled out from Colebrook
station three miles from Mt. Gretna
shortly after IL o'clock and half an
hour later the Third battalion with
Col. Hamilton d. Turner and his staff
aboard followed.
So remote was the starting point of
the Philadelphia regiment from the
camp that only comparatively small
crowd or persons were gathered on
either side of the tracks to give a fare
well to the troops
Rain began to fall as the soldiers of
the Second were packing their last
pieces of equipment and rushing the
transport wagons aboard the gondola
cars, but the showers did not dampen
the enthusiasm of Col. Turner's men,
Companies A and engineers, the
first of Pennsylvania contribution of
National Guard for border duty, left
at lao last night and field hospital
No. and ambulance company No. .
from Philadelphia and the signal
troops from Pittsburgh left camp at
10 a. m. to-day.
Third Will Leave Tomorrow
Brigadler General Price announced
that the Third regiment, the last COM
mand of the brigade to entrain, will
not get away until tomorrow morn
Ing. The general and his staff will ac-
company this regiment
The First regiment is expected to
leave at o'clock tonight according
to orders telephoned to Col. Charles
G. Allen. Neither the First nor the
Third regiments will go through Phila-
delphia.
The fate of Col Charlie T. CresswelI
commander of the Third infantry who
was rejected by the medical examin-
ers, is anxiously awaited. Col. Cress-
well has not abandoned his headquar-
ters tent and hopes that before the
Third entrains an order will come
from the War Department waving the
technicalities raised by the army off,
GERS over his physical condition.
Engineers Leave
Just week after they modified in
their home armories Company A, en-
glneers, of Scranton, and Company B,
of Philadelphia, left shortly before
midnight, and to-day the Second Regi-
ment, the first unit of the First Bri-
gade to move. will follow.
Field Hospital No. 2 and Anbu-
lance Corps No. 2, travelling with the
battalion OF signal troops from Pitts
burgh, is expected to go about the
same time as the Second Regiment
The Second, as did the engineers
will pass through Philadelphia
The field hospital, ambulance corps
ana signal troops will proceed to the
border by way of Harrisburg, Pitts
purgh, st. Louis, Kansas City and
Ell Paso.
With the First Brigade almost out
of the way, Major General Clement
end Captain James B. Kemper, United
States Army, the senior mastering Of
ficer at the camp. turned to-day to the
Second Brigade, composed of the
fantry Regiments, from Pittsburgh
and vicinity, and Brigadier- General
Logan's men are expected to entrain
within forty-eight hours.
Second Regiment Mustered
The last unit of the division of the
national guard. General Clement said.
will be out of Mount Gretna by the
middle of next week.
The Second Regiment was mustered
In by Lieutenant Cassellman, United
States Army, at 7.S0 a. m. Colonel
Turner and his staff were lined up
in front of regimental headquarters
and the companies in their streets.
Lieutenant Cassellman passed swiftly
through each regimental unit, admin
istering the oaths to the men, who
stood with uncovered heads and raised
hands. There was mighty cheer as the
company formally entered into the
Federal service for a period of Six
years, although actually the guards
men will be in the field only during
the present crisis and then will con-
Stitute the reserve army OF the United
States
Half an hour later the Second Regi-
ment struck Its tents. All guy ropes
were unknotted with the exception of
those at the four corners of the canvas
At the last note of general
sounded by a bugler the privates
dropped their fonts and they fell with
out flve seconds difference as the white
tents slipped to the ground
Each of the three Philadelphia regi-
ments is above peace strength About
100 recruits arrived from PHILADELPHIA
last night at $40 o'clock, in charge of
Major Robert M. Brookfleld, who went
there to enlist them after It was feared
shortage OF men in tho Third might
delay the departure of the whole bri-
gade. The regimental peace strength
is sS7. The First Regiment has 1,036
| men on its muster rolls, the Second