The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-23
LIONEL TAKES
En- TO BORDER
NTH PAJAMAS
an of Chicago Sets Wilson
xampIe by Hiring Pull
man Cars.

Or with the health of his riding
Paiamas and colonel are
b of and possessed by the First
nv of Illinois, now cncamped IN
degrees of heat upon the sun
4 adobe mud two miles west OF
nsville.
e paiamas are interesting, not
because they are the only regi-
bahamas in the national guard
ngent of the army so far as any
knows. but because in this heat
in these conditions so trying TO
n troops, they make for comfort
cheerfulness and health and arc
oulpment experiment which may
ken up by the army as a whole.
ne colonel-his name is Milton
nan and he practices law In
ago when he is at home-Is even
interesting than the pajamaS'
declined to permit war depart
/ meddlers to expose his healthy
ps to the peril of pneumonia, and
the war department ordered his
into ordinary day coaches he re-
d to take ordinary coaches. He
for three trains of standard
man cars out OF his own pocket
t is, he made himself responsible
the Pullman company for these
pers.
Saves His Troopers.
he result was that the First I'LL
cavalry has not a case Of serious
ess in its whole camp. 1t arrived
Brownsville completely fit and
dy for training, II credit to its
be and to the national guard.
ere other regiments forced to
E for four and five and six days in
coaches egimcnts that were
brlved of sleep and that were eX-
led to the reek that such travelling
ngs in hot weather have been
ding pneumonia sufferers to the
mp and base hospitals 1t was
enty years of experience in the
ard and a lively remembrance OF
+ day coach and diesase days Of
80 that moved him to plan for the
importation equipment that the
authorities had refused
allow.
On the way to this camp and since
irving here Colonel Forman has
en- national guard troops from 9TH
states that had no colonels, rich
ough or public spirited enough to
ovide for the deficiencies of the
tional govepment. The sigh has
en- depressing.
Seeing troops arrive at San Anto-
o and here, weary to the point Of
lapse, tottering on their feet from
tx of sleep and from eXhaution
used by being jerked and bumped
300 or 5000 miles in day coaches.
rec men suffering in two seats, the
lionel of the First Illinois thanked
e Lord that his men had not been
reed to go through that misery.
Worthy of Praise.
The Illinois horsemen are worth
tie space because their travelling
perience is an excellent example OF
e way the army men and the med
u ttieu .ul"N tLI ,ioIe =, "iH POI ''-
ed. The transportation side Of the
is its most distressing
lie. 1t was, from the testimony and
Iacts' an unnecessar! peTIlouS
p.
complains anouL delay along ths
al are Trivial delays were causeu
ually by the lnaDllity oil me rall-
ads 10 hahdle so many tnousa"uS
travellers shlootniy upon almost no /
uce, although iallhousi as pointed
t. there mad Deeh ample tlihe ior
e government TO noIllE lhe ran
aus aus TO Ett reau! anu 10 asstll'oIe
illls stochl OF 10 l'ie NECESSITY loI
erclsihs noTses' OF LOT some SUI"
~ eIleiiS , it"S suns, "uL NO III
sIlsator mas 5et iouhu an uHut'
iuuins edIse 1oi u al,SPoI ing NV"
yer the cIuliIsE anu "ea'l7uI'r
S!L Vi Glshteel SeaI ago "n,H
tIer experience hau proved lhe
myers VI Ine iaSHIou. ENeFy army
lCeT along the Doruer no,us wilson
"a MS ADVISOR Responsible.
me Diunuer mas nau such |iue-
reau eHect tIat nothing less lhah
congressional investigation can
ing OUT the truth. army oihceFS
e AFRAID TO TAX because they Know
experience that PRESIDENT WlISon
ouia ofuer them dlscipIned for
,eaking lheir minus' IL Is impos-
nle 10 get an oIlcer OF any RANK 10
'eaK lot puoilca uon.
"eher"I heaith y, n.
an inspection OF inc militia camps
are, the relatively rev troops en-
Impeu at or very near Brownsville
lie Illinois cavalry and a regiment OF
70 OF NlrGlnlans, confirms impress