The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-08-17
SEE OHIO TROOPS
At BORDER SOON.
Equipment Ordered Some Time
Ago Has Left ST. Louis Arse.
nal BY Express
slxty-four Tourist sIeepers Reported
Waiting to Take Ohio Troops
sOuth-Fifth Not Fully
Equipped.
Special Western Newspaper Union
Service.

Special Western Newspaper Union
Service.
Betting that Ohio military units
will leave soon for the Mexican bor-
der took a big jump. Odds are Of
fered that within another week they
will be on the move. After six weeks
of life here, it appears the Ohioans
really are getting ready to go some
where. The first good news to come
was from st. Louis, saying the equip
ment ordered some time ago has left
the arsenal there and is coming by
express to Columbus That means the
troops will be completely equipped, as
required by the war department.
Following closely on this came an or
der from the central department at
Chicago ordering commanders to wire
at once list of. equipment still needed.
This shows the Chicago branch is
checking up on what is being done
for and by the Ohioans. The Chicago
message closed with the words, with
a view to early movement" And
then, too, the camp was pleased with
the news from Pennsylvania that the
18th regiment of that state, which has
been waiting weeks for orders, finally
has been ordered to go to Mexico.
There are Ga tourist sleepers reported
waiting to take Ohio men. 1t looked
better for going south than it has for
weeks. The Chicago order was COM
piled with at once, and colOnels wired
what they wanted to the central de-
partment. The 5th regiment, from
Cleveland, needs about 1000 pairs of
shoes, so that each man can have two
pairs, as required. About 400 sweat
ers, nearly 500 uniforms and many
hundreds of other things are needed.
These have been ordered from st.
Louis and are reported on the way.
Cheering also was the news from
Washington that congress finally had
passed the army appropriation bill.
Don't Like The Work.
1--WE had to dig bitches and trench.
es all day long. When we got them
dug, they made up fill them up again.
That's fine way to save your country.
l didn't enlist to be day laborer.
wanted to fight" That's the expla-
nation given by William Schillo, 1S,
S7O6 Spafford road s. E., arrested by
PatrolHnan James Novak and Frank
Kolesar, on the charge he deserted
Monday the 1st battalion of Ohio en-
gineers, at Camp Willis, Columbus.
But Schillo did not get a very warm
reception at home. His father, a
veteran of the Franco-Prussian war,
told the patrolman, when they came
to his home to arrest his son, that he
was glad they had come. The boy
will be turned over to the United
States authorities.
Free Movies at Camp.
Every night there is a free moving
picture show for the troops. These
show films of both entertaining and ed
ucational nature. Comics and car
toons are interspersed with current
events and instructive scenes just as
in the best regular movies. An aver
age Of 1900 men per night attend
these entertainments. Twenty indoor
baseball teams have been organized.
They play outdoors and are now en-
gagged in a tournament to decide the
camp championship. A piano, talk
ing machine, soft drink stand, ice
water, checkerboards, newspapers and
magazines are provided in various
places in the four big Y tents at the
camp. "We want to keep the boys
from the saloons downtown" says
Seth A. Drummond, secretary-in-chief,
who is in charge Of the work.
Praised BY Major Tanning.
The battalion of engineers put on
its first battalion parade. Maj. F. M.
Tanning, commanding the battalion,
was pleased with the mems appear
ance. This was the first time he had
them all together since they received
their new uniforms. The engineers
are preparing to erect a bridge across
the Olentangy river near here over
which troops can pass. 1t will be
practice job for them. Later the de-
molition squad of the battalion will
blow up the bridge.