The sun., 1916-12-25
ROUSING WELCOME
FOR 22D ENGINEERS
Col. Vanderbilt Heads His New
Command in March Up
Fifth Avenue.
REVIEWED BY GOVERNOR
Battalion Glad to Get Into
Mufti After Months on
Mexican Border.

~~1ooray! We slipped under the wire
= day ahead Of time. Home again.
ears . bit nippy. boys. but. gee. It's
nnsr :"
TIE men Of the second battalion Of tire
Twenty-econd Ensineers-they're Col.
Cernsiius vanderDilts boys-;umbled
OofrfIy out Of Pullman Ears in Hoboken
q . o'clock yesterday morning. Rol-
l16kinG. Joking. but nevertheless with .
male BIT OF a choking in the throat az
tAsy looked across the river toward Man.
haitian. they rusaed back TO the rear cars
esataininE the horses and the wagons.
3Asy needed no order from their oficers
- get everything IN shape speedily for
- march to the armory. to cilsens
clothes and 70 greetings at home.
But the work % unloading va. inter
Tupted Just about &03 times-,hat's tho
number OF nen and officers who. under
IAsut-col. W. s. Courow. arrived over
The LackAvanna yesterday m~orninr-for
wives. s~weethearts and friends. despite
o. early hour. kept pouring into the
efs.ght yard to welcome Inc men home
q wisa them a Merry Christmas and .
Happy New Year all together.
welcomed BY Commander.
And TIRE wives and the sweethearts had
. chance 20 pet the burros. the goats
q the kittens that the soldiers had
0SouGat Along as mascots. But the girls
0tood OF and eyed tinidiy tho raccoons
Nat also were brought from the Mexican
border. Blu within \ wonderfully snort
time everything was in readiness and
tAs battalion marched down TO the ferry.
crossing over 20 Twenty-third street.
A. they narcAed OF the f~erryboat.
Boxing sturdy. bronzsd and happy after
their stx months on the oorder. they
were received By ire first battalion. which
ofr.ved home several weeks ago. and by
ebe.r new commander. Col. Vanderbilt,
Who recently was appointed by Gov.
whitman. TIE men saluted their new
1olonel. and. though 4. may have been
. little aside from good form. they gave
lin . yell toe The men already arc
proud Of the new colonel. for they Under
stand hat ne ~ planning 10 make the
1wenty-eecond ire model OF the state.
And guess when our colonel starts
cut 20 DO something" said one man in
MAX proudly. you can be-. your last
SOLAR he's going 20 get attention"
His Modesty OverruieA.
Col VANDERBILT, had no. wished 10 lead
0e Second Battalion In the march 10 the
armory and past the reviewing stand In
Fifth avenue. He felt hat. being newly
appointed. he should step back and lie,
Lieut-Col. Conrow taxi command FOR
the march 70 the n 0 But the
IA nj Colonel would not have IL
that way. for he wired coL Vanderbilt.
Insisting tina; the Colonel head the line
Of march
The modesty which Col Vanderbilt
displayed IN wishing 60 remain in the
background has been Characteristic OF
him In the atteen years re has been con-
nected with the National Guard. He
has been a quiet worker. From the time
hs applied FOR his commission as Second
Lieutenant he has been n deep student
Of military problems ard % everything
else connected with the guard. He has
studied at day and at night, equ!ppins
himseif vita every phase % knowledge
Chat might be useful IN his work
Col. Vanderbilt was selected by Gov
odell as an aide-de-camp. He was made
q Captain In 1901 IN recognition OF the
work ne had tone and in 1912 he wa
raised TO the rank Of Lieutenant-Colonel
being appointed By Aiajor-Gen. O'Ryar
TO his stan. And the men % the TWEEN
ty-second knew that Col. Vanderbilt ~a'
Q WORKER and behind the yell % greetins
there was much sentiment.
Governor Reviews Parade.
Besides the First Battalion there were
(he veterans OF the Twenty-second or
hand at the ferry TO add TO the greeting
Of welcome. When ths greetings wer'
oyer-,or there were more women snc
other relatives Oh this side OF the terry
the order was given tn march. Th'
men proceeded TO Firm avenue ard "
chat thoroughtare past the reviewing
stand at Effty-tourth street near IN
University Club.
Mayor Mitchell. Ma~jor-ien. Organ
Adjt.-Gen. s~to,e-bury. Lieut.-coL. Lori
iard Spencer. Vtce-President Henry ID
Cooner OF the University Club ant
ether. The men In the reviewing stan'
were specially pleased with the splendid
show!ng made by the engineer
Those fellows look fit to tackle An!
sob" said the Governor. i certalnI,
Am glad that 7 stayed over 20 we!eom'
them home of1-.ally.'
"Roth the engineers and the cavalT.
which returned Yesterday said Mayo
Mitchell, well! merit the pride which New
Yorkers have IA the organizations. The.
certainly present a fine appearance
Jourpey Completed by subway.
There wee cheers and varied greet
snrs for tho Cllo1el a.d hts men as the!
went up Fifth avenue A. col. Wander
Aiit passed hs house ae ooked stTaigh
head hut there were frantic greeting
Sron, the members % his family gathere'
a. tho windows. Reaching Ftity-n!ntl
ssreet- the men turned west 20 the SUD
cav at Columbus Circle.
There the majority ~ the 'n"n ehtercf
~,bway rains and al.ghtlng AZ ltst'
street they formed ~ mErcaing ordn
And moved 10 the arlEoTy OUTSIDE wv
6rrlding was a btg slgn'NelcoHe hn1s'
outside also were hundreds OF treishi
stating to give them = vigorous wei
come. Every one was armed with con
fe,ti and as the men marched INTO ~
6uildtng tho we're pcl,cd merriIy ar
frenuently some iHpctuOus woman o
girl Insisted on breaking the ranks L
rive a kiss 10 ono returning soldier.
where the Moths Were Busy.
Once tie greetings were over Their
Nas a Wild rush for the lpc@ers 20 ge
into the Old clothes again. But here wa
n big disappointment, While the boy
had been working busily down on tn
border. building roads. making tn
CAMPS sanitary and digging trenches
ehe MOTHS had also been living an
working IN ,IAIry .u the ECKER tn
result was That when "a rcruTuei sp,d!c
reacted for a pair ~ trousers az a Goa