Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-07-18
INFANTRY TROOPS
: LEAVE FOR TEXAS
CAMP DOUGLAS DESERTED ON
DEPARTURE OF THREE WIS
CONS i'm REGIMENTS.
REJECTED MEN DISCHARGED
Many Left Behind Pin Hopes on Re-
I Enlistment After Second Exam
ination-Long Stay on Bor-
der Is Predicted.

Camp Douglas, Wis.-After several
delays the First, Second and Third in
fantry regiments broke camp here and
left for San Antonio, Texas. They de-
parted in the order named, the First
regiment entraining Saturday, the Sec
ond on Monday and the Third On Tues
day. With the departure of the field
hospital corpse later in the week, the
camp here will be deserted except for
the rockies" of the next battalion,
who are already arriving.
Trip Made in Day Coaches.
Heavy vestibuled coaches borrowed
from the Santa Fe road were used for
the First regiment, the men travelling
two to each double seat The regi-
ment left camp with total strength of
i1,207 men and ffty-four officers, to-
tai strength of 1851 men.
The three battalions and attached
companies of the Second regiment
from cities in southeastern Wisconsin
and up the lake shore to Ashland,
comprised 1,246 men and ffty-fYe off,
.cers when they left here
Col. W. NJ. Lee, Oconto, and his staff
went in the first section with compa-
mics from Oconto, Marinette and
Marshield, Maj Warden went in
charge of the second section with two
Oshkosh companies and Manitowoc
and Appleton bodies. The third Sec
ton, Capt. Hall commanding, carried
.nnrnnariae from d1r
Dam, Ripon, Sheboygan, and the ma
chine gun companies from Ashland.
The supply company is from Green
Bay and Hospital corps from Apple
ton.
273 Men Are Discharged.
Honorable discharges were given to
273 rejected men in the Second regi-
ment. They were distributed as fol-
lows: Company A, Is; B, %; c, AZ;
D, IA; E, 16; +, %; G, 20; H, II; l,
IA; K, 20; L, II; NJ, II; supply, 5;
machine gun, IS; headquarters, 5. OF
these eighty-two have said they will
Te-enlist, hoping to pass second ex-
animation.
Baggage cars are used as kitchen
cars and to feed the men while en-
route and for five days after they ar
rive on the Mexican border, there were
provided with 10000 pounds hard
bread, 1900 cans corned beef, 504 cans
'corned beef hash, 2,496 cans pork and
beans, 1920 cans tomatoes, 2S8 cans
jam, $50 pounds coffee, 1000 pounds
sugar, SIG cans evaporated milk, 1000
pounds beans, 800 pounds rice, 5000
pounds potatoes, 5000 pounds bacon
and $50 pounds of prunes. The cost
of rations taken by each regiment is
estimated at $4,000.
Brigade Officers Are Named.
A number of appointments were an
nounced before the departure of the
three infantry regiments for Texas.
Camp Douglas, VISA number of
appointments were announced before
the departure of the three Wisconsin
infantry regiments for Texas.
Maj. James McCully, commanding
the First Battalion of the Second reg
5ment, was named brigade adjutant
by Brig. Gen. Lorain T. Richardson
Maj. McCully succeeds Col. John c.
SALESMAN, who remains with Adjt. Gen.
Holman in charge of Camp Douglas.
Capt. w. B. Hail. Company NJ, Second
regiment, is detailed to command the
First battalion.
Germans First in Number.
A survey of the regiments made as
HbaU naccad fha roaliooI
dicates that there viii be more guards
of German descent than of any other.
Germans rank first in numbers
said one of the members of the exam
lining staff today. Polish guards are
second, while Scandinavians rank
third. Irish are fourth and French
fifth. Others included are Scotch,
Russians, Scotch-Irish, Austrians,
Hungarians. Dutch, Italians, Hebrews,
Slavs. Canadians and >Englishmen.
There is one Egyptian and at least
a dozen Indians. The Indians are a
distinctive lot. When they noticed
that the men who had failed in their
physical and medical descriptive lists
had written behind the line headed
white or colored" the word white, "
they objected and insisted that they
be marked Indian" A Swede nearly
sent statistical clerks staggering
when he gave his name as "Rosenber-
n.y."
Order Affects 1000 Married Men.
About 1000 Wisconsin miiitiamen
will be affected by the order of Sec
Rotary of War Newton D. Baker per-