The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-09
ORDERED l|l nEXCAN BORDER.
South Carolina @ Cfmpanies Wfll leave Mon
day or Tuesday for Ell Paso.
Camp Moore WILDE Up and All of Military Units will
60 as Soon as Suitahe Cars Arive-2 $50 Men in Conn-
gent which Goes fro1' State.

within it's limits tonight pop Llation
genuinely happy. for within q very
short time the soldier lads exlBct to
be speeding toward the Mexican bor-
der. General orders issued al Gov
ernOr's Island today directed the
movement OF all troops in can3p to
El Paso, Texas. ''as soon as Hsirist
cars are available" BY the ell of
the week the long journey sout&,Aest-
ward will have been ended. S
News of the early departures3f the
troops spread rapidly. There had been
rumors about the camp all dat that
something might be heards'f but
when they took definite form in An Of
ficial announcement. the solaia lads
were overjoyed. All men on leave of
absence were Immediately wirfd to
return to camp on the first traiH. gThc
troops will be ready to move wittf the
arrival Of the train equipment. ~
The general orders cover cverTsrnit
in camp: First infantry, secondsiifan
try. Field hospital No. 1, Tr0oN A,
cavalry, and the engineer coinpay(y.
The troops will move in sevef1Sssec-
tions. There will be three secti&as to
the regiment, which allows stction
to battalion, with one remnank sec
tion. Each section will consist a., one
box car. three flats, one baggagS car.
seven to nine tourist cars at4 one
standard sleeping car. Included the
general orders are instructions M bar-
ry ten days travel rations
! About 2,250 men will 60 to stiik bor-
der. Today's morning report 81 HAD
quarters showed that the Fira{ut an-
ltrys ys'imd yf~vfnscdS - i i. lye
men in camp; Second infantry. 4s Of
ficers and 1000 enlisted men: Field
hospital No. 1, 5 officers and Sc en-
listed men; Troop A, cavalry, officers
and SO enlisted men; South Carolina
Engineers, officers and ~ enlisted
men.
Recruiting will continue as hereto
fore. Several new men arrived today.
The recruiting officers are not sub
ject to this order, as they are officers
of the Coast artillery and the details
aiding them are of men enlisted for
recruiting purposes. Recruits received
after the movement of the troops will
be sent to Fort Mouitrie, from which
they will be forwarded to the camp
in Texas. :
The National Guard of South Caro-
lima was ordered mobilized June 10.
Later they were mustered into the
National Guard of the United States.
Not a tent will be left standing
when the last section of the South
Carolina troop trains leave for FL
Paso. Only few wooden structures,
cooking places, the postofiice, the
canteens. and the like, and much
downtrodden grass, will remain to tell
the tale OF the camp. The Lexing-
ton hills will cease to ring with mar
tial airs; with the. choruscs of soldier
songs; with the crack of the gun on
the rifle range; and men in khaki,
whether they wear leather puttees or
canvas leggings, will no longer be a
common sight here and across the
river in Columbia.
Khaki shirts and breeches will be
issued to the troops after they reach
the border. They have at present
only the olive drab WOODEN clothing
ana the new olive drab sweaters,
Which are worn on field service in
stead of the familiar many pocieted
blOuses.
Neither OF the two machine gun
companies has at present any except
infantry equipment. They will be
provided at the frontier with Lewis
guns and motor cars.
Troop A Will be mounted after
reaching Texas. South Cardinals
troops VIII reach Texas much better
1ortiiled against disease than were
some OF the soldiers from other
States, which have been serving there
Every officer and man has beef vac
cinated against smallpox and inocu-
lated against typhoid.
TWO separate movements, probably
on successive days, will be involved in
the transportation bordcrsward of the
"'"'h Caroilna troops, and separate
routes. concerning which no public
announcement will be made, will be
Followed. The First infantry and the
Held hospital will comprise one move
mcnt. The other will consist of tho
second infantry. the engineer company