New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
"On TO Mexican Border,
Anyway" Pioneers Of
Camp WhlIman Shout.
PROVOST GUARDS
BATTLE IN SALOON
Convoy Thirsty Militlamen Back
to Tents-Boxing Bouts Keen
Sport for Regiments.

From . Sta Correspondent q The Trtunsl
Camp Whitman. Greenhaven, n. Y,
July News reached the seth to-
night that tho regiment was not going
to the border. In jlfy the camp was
IN an uproari hero was fine little
shindy in the making and the fighting
lrishmen were not TO be in II. II was
incredible and outrageous Was 1t for
this that they had blistered their hands
and endangered their souls laying
miles upon miles Of pipe lines7
"WhatT exclaimed Colonel Louis d.
I Conley when the news was brought to
him. "Do you mean 10 tell me that
there's trouble in Mexico and my men
are going to remain here7 Why. les
impossible. II must he just rumor,
just rumor, that's all"
From the tents came buzzing as II
each little brown mound were the home
Of insulted hornets. Queries and stem
torisn assurances were shouted from
street to street Orders or no orders,
the 69th was going to tho border was
I what might be gathered from the med
ley.
Just Ready TO Fight.
"Jerusalem!" cried the self-contained
Captain Felix McSherry. why aren't
we to go? Our men are fl. Their
skins are just cracking for action. I'll
be hanged if see any reason why we
should stay here"
Major James Mcguire. chief sur
geon of the regiment, trotted out his
medical philosophy 70 help him. II
would be crime, he thought. TO ship
citihed, unframed men 10 an unsettled
and disease breeding cline.
Stormyille is on the map at last.
Once the farm folk of the tiny hamlet
used to get up at milking time, do the
chores during the day and go to bed
when the stars came out. But now
Stormville doesn't 80 TO bed at all.
For the boys in camp murder Storm
ville's sleep and send the shivers
through every man and women except
Mr. Tool-Mr. Christopher Carlyle
Tool, owner of Tools saloon, Main and
Hickory streets, Stormville, Duchess
County, n. Y.
To Chris Tools emporium came last
night several hundred thirsty men in
Khaki. They tried Mr.. Tools beer. II
pleased them. They tried something
stronger, and IL pleased them still bet
ter. Chris had one hand on the faucet
and the other on the dilapidated, 1870
model cash register. Chris was happy.
So were the boys. Two miles away
"taps" sounded clear over the silent
camp. A good}y share Of christopher
| Tools customers looked at their
watches and departed.
Captain Fogarty, Of Company !, the
[ seth. had posted one Of his provost
guards near Mr.. Tools place Of bust
ness.
Captain said the courier breath
lessly at 9:45, there's a bunch Of men
at a saloon two miles down"
"Stormville ?" queried Captain Fo-
garty.
Eyes, sir"
Captain Fogarty selected fifty Of hts
| fighting Irishmen. lie told them there
was a chance for excitement. They
armed themselves with the stout clubs
of provost guards and reached Tools
place twenty minutes later.
"Chargel" called Captain Fogarty.
What ensued might be told better by
| Sergeant Enright. OF the hospital corps
attached TO the Goth. But before the
patching up process 100 Of the huskiest
/ lads were led back by fifty members OF
/ Colonel Conley's command TO she camp
Of the 69th. Then their various com
manders were aroused from bed and
forced 10 give receipts for each of the
~oo,1cf.roC,e And that 10 tha raqeou
why 100 militiamen will lose their even
ing stroll and a goodly share of q
months pay-if present orders stand.
Fighting Spirit Is Abroad.
Yet not in the seth alone 10 the fight
ing blood up. Take the I'd, for in.
| Colonel Andrews James Buckley, aic
70 Major Taylor, and a recent member
Of the 10th Cavalry, and Robert Lee
Simkins. assistant officers chef, Gibbs
Buckley and Simkins this afternoon
called on the Rev. Dobney Brown, pas
tor Of the Colored Baptist Church, OF
Beekman.
The minister runs an ice cream stand
opposite, Mother Lees. He was selling
cone when the trio approached.
as yo' the preacher Alonzo Gibbs
asked.
81 shO' nuf u.s." replied Dobney
Brown.
as they much Of color.d colony
there, mister preacher"
"Mought be hundred-mebbt
more"
Then Alonzo Gibbs outlined his plan
He wished 10 form colored men:
squad to fight In Mexico. Colonel An.
drews, said Alonzo, would approve OF
the plan.
"Il tell the brothers and sisters TO-
morrow, gen'men," promised Dobney
Brown.
Later Alon,o Gibbs said that if h,
could recruit such squad the mem
bers Of il would serve as aids to the
officers OF the I'd when there wouldn't
be any fighting to do.
Company |, the famous Polish com
mand of the 65th, went on strike TO.
day. It didn't like the "zupa karto-
lanna," or potato soup, that Johr
Romanowski, company quartermaster
served at noon.
Blackie Carr. Of the seth, fought Kic
Farnett, of the Sd. in the afternoon
The match lasted eight rounds, with
Carr the winner. Battling Lane, Of the
10th. has challenged Carr for the mid
dleweight championship Of the camp
The bout will be staged July 4.
GEN. WOOD MAY GO TO BORDER
Outranks General Funston and Would
BE in Chief Command.
In case Of the outbreak of his tilities