Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-23
TROOPS READY IF RUSH ORDER TO
PROCEED TO THE BORDER COMES

ters Of the four troops comprising the
| local cavalry squadron, there was equal
| activity
! Lieutenant Colonel l. +. Ewing supervised
| the maneuvers Of the Philadelphia battalion
| of the 9Th which showed proficiency
| in the manual of arms and went through
its PAGES in close and extended order
drills. The lst and I'd city Troops,
Troops A and @. OF the cavalry arm, put
in busy day at their armores, devoting
the remaining hours before their departure
T. dismounted practice. sabre and small
arm drills. and other light exercises All
the local commands are ready for instant
entrainment, so far baggage and camp
equlpage is concerned, their commanders
report.
A new phase of the call for recruits is
about to be inauRurated in this city. Under
orders from the Census Bureau, acting in
conjunction with the War Department. a
military census of the city is to be taken
here All men between the ages of Is and
30 years, the military limit of eligibility
Will be enrolled. Captain A. a. King
United States Cavalry, in charge of the
army recruiting station at 1929 Arch street.
cooperating with city Statistician Il. j.
Cattell, will conduct the work.
MAY CALL VOLUNTEERS.
BY the census figures of 1910, the latest
computation available there We're 2160OO
men in Philadelphia at that time between
the ages of 20 and "a years. Natural i'm
crease of population, according to the usual
ratio, would raise this total to about 24O,-
900 men. while the extension Of the mimi
mum age limit from 20 to Is years would
probably add several thousand so that
Philadelphia's presen. available young men
available for military duty may reach a
quarter of million This maximum would
be reduced by the rejection on account OF
physical and other disability. Men of
other ages would not be called upon unless
more serious contingency arose.
HOPE TO FILL RANKS.
The influx of recruits at all the armories
continued today, and the recruiting officers
and examining surgeons had n likely lot of
prospective young soldiers to examine. All
the regimental commanders today expressed
themselves as pleased with the outlook of
marching out tomorrow morning with full
ranks and with enough available "rookies"
TO take places of any guardsmen who may
fall TO pass the more severe requirements
of the army test. which will be undergone
as soon as the troops reach the mobilization
centres
Opposition to the movement to send the
Guardsmen into the thick of the fray comes
from committee representing the Phila-
delphia Yearly Meeting of Friends This
committee comprises William |. Hull Jesse
ii. Holmes, Joseph Swain, Hannah Clothier
Hull and Lucy Biddle Lewis. They have
sent to President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing a protest asking withdrawal of the
United States troops from Mexican terri
tory. They urge that the presence of for
eign soldiers on Mexican soil is calculated
TO unite the factions of that nation in op-
position and is, therefore, to Carranza's lik-
ing. They would have the American forces
restricted to border patrol duty as a pro-
tectve police force to prevent bandit raids.
No reply to their communication has been
received.
The entrainment of the troops will extend
over Sunday when the cavalry will leave
II is expected that mobilization will have
been completed by Monday night The ros-
ter of the troops that will go from PhIla-
delphia and suburbs is divided according to
the service as follows; Infantry, S342
cavalry, 325; ambulance and field hospital
corps, 100 and engineers, Ill.
RUSH OF VISITORS NOT WANTED.
General Price has declared that he would |
discourage, so far as possible an influx OF |
visitors TO the mobilization centre. I'VE |
are up there for business" he said. "and |
we want TO keep that in our minds A
large crowd thronging the camp often leads |
to a laNity of discipline, and hampers our |
plan to put the troops in order for speedy |
dash to the border"
This feeling Of business" was reflected |