Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02
Signal Corps Company and
LIST Separate Battalion
Scheduled for Departure.
Sd REGIMENT LIKELY
TO REMAIN ANOTHER WEEK
Cavalry Troop and Artillery Also
Held in Camp-Men to RECEIVE
Visitors Today. i

Troop trains bearing members Of the
District OF Columbia militia-the hrst
OF the quota OF troops now at Camp
Ordway to go to the border-wili
leave not later than TUESDAY, night.
and probably will get out by Tuesday
afternoon. This was determined last
night. The trains will carry the Sig
nal Corps Company. seventy-hve Of
fcers and men and the LIST Separate
Battalion. colored troops. nearly 500
officers and men. commanded by Mai.
James E Walker. These organizations
now are equipped and ready for the
front.
The only detail that is holding them up
is that of paper work. The men of the
LIST Separate who were rejected on their
physical examination have not been GER
tifed to Capt Horace P Hobbs. United
States Army mastering oficer. for dis
charge AS soon as this is done and other
minor matters attended to Capt. Hobbs
will report to Governors Island that these
troops are ready and they will be i'm
mediately dispatched to the point desig-
mated by Gen. Funston. now believed to
be Bisbee. Ariz
The Signal Company is ready. Every
thing is packed and every man is equip
as the word is given. Their move awaits
the completion of the details of the LIST
Separate Battalion for both these organ.
izations will move together.
Cars on the Siding.
The cars for these troops now are on
the siding at Rosslyn, and there will be-
no delay for lack of transportation. AS
soon as Capt Hobbs receives return word
from Governors Island the troops will
tour of duty on the border. The LIST Sep
arate Battalion will be required to leave
behind one commissioned officer and sew
eral commissioned officers to take
care Of about sixty recruits remaining
here. These recruits will be put through
course of intensive training, and will
follow the main body just as soon as they
are considered sufficiently prepared to
take the field.
No officer non-commissioned ON
Ger will be left behind for the Signal
Other troops will follow this advance
guard as soon as they can be made
ready. There seems to be some doubt
as to the time for the move of the
3rd Infantry, and any guess seems to
be good. The physical examinations are
not more than half through. and as
many men are being disqualified by the
doctors the minimum strength of the
command is being lowered consider
ably.
Under the instructions from the De-
partment of the East this command can
not be moved until ii enrolls sixty-nve
men to the company. Recruiting, II is
understood. will be pushed with all the
vigor possible, as on the acquisition of
the needed additions depends the time
for the movement.
Rumor Is Revived.
Talk of sending the officers and men
out by battalions began to be revived
again last night. although there could
not be found any one to say that this
had been decided upon. However. In
view of the notice received from depart
ment headquarters that there was not
regarded as possible. Tightening up the
border situation to tenseness similar
to that following the Carrizal AFFAIR,
which in turn possibly would necessi-
tate a rush order for troops. might send
the Sd Infantry out in sections OF one
battalion each.
AS matters looked at the camp last
night. it would seem almost certain
that the infantry will still be in camp
at Fort Myer next Sunday, and pos
sibly longer. There are many more
matters to cause delay in the move
ment of this unit than in the case of
the Signal Corps or LIST Separate Bat
TALON. Both these organizations were
recruited away above their minimum
and had large reserve lists upon which
to draw, whereas some of the Sd In
fantry companies barely had the mini
mum of sixty-five men each.
The mounted troops, two batteries of
field artillery and Troop A of cavalry
have not yet been mustered. This de-
tail probably will be looked after the
first part of this week, probably not
Troop A are delaying their muster pur-
posely in order that their officers may
receive their commissions. The cavalry
probably will be in camp for three
weeks more in order to train the green
horses before the men leave for the
border. At least that is the wish of
the officers. and il is probable that the
wish will be granted.
More Paper Work" in Prospect.
There will be much paper work to fol-
low the completion of the medical ex-
aminations of the Sd Infantry. as the men
who failed to pass will have to be GER
lifted to the mastering officer to be dis
charged This will take considerable time
and gives basis for the belief that the
troops will be in camp for at least an
1ther week.
Camp will be again wide open to Wis
tors today There will be church services
N the morning. and then the men who do
not have special details will be given
every opportunity to receive their friends.
With prospects of clear day ahead. IL is
probable that an even larger crowd will
20 out today than was there last Sunday.
when the camp was literally a sea of mud.
A band concert and moving pictures
furnished entertainment for the guards
men and their friends last night.
The distinction between National
Guard and organized militia was ON
.ially defined last night by Capt. Hor-
Ice p. Hobbs. United States mastering
officer. following the receipt of a mes
sage from New York. Those oreani-
zations which have taken the new
path prescribed by the act of June 8.
asst, will be known as National
iuard, whereas those organizations
which are organized militia under the
provisions of the Dick bill and have
,een mustered into the service Of the
United States will be known as or
,anized militia in the service OF the
United States.
The National Guard of the District
# Columbia did not subscribe to the
lew oath. and. therefore. according to
capt. Hobbs, is organized militia In
he service of the United States.
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