Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-27
WILL NOT ENTRAIN
BEFORE TOMORROW
Disappointment of Men Is
Keen; Second Brigade
Expected to Go Thursday
Followed by Fourth on Sat-
urdGy; Cavalry and Artil-
lery Organizations Sched-
uled to Entrain Monday

camp bruH DauBn, MT. NIretna, Fd''
June 27.-The departure of the First
Brigade for the border, officially or
dered for to-day, will in all probabil-
ity be postponed until tomorrow
! morning or later.
Orders from Washington, demand
ing that a complete muster roll of
the division be submitted to army
headquarters is responsible for the
expected delay. The orders require
complete Identification descriptions of
every soldier. similar to that of the
regular amry The taking of finger
prints alone will he dispensed with.
Although the original orders to
move to-miGht have not been recalled,
hope of fulfilling them under the
the commanding officers see little
hope of fulfilling them under the con-
ditions which demand so detailed a
statistical report on every soldier The
disappointment of both enlisted men
and officers is keen.
Governor Goes Over Camp
Governor Brumbaugh motored to
the camp Immediately after the order
had been received and engaged in a
lengthy discussion Major-General
Clement, the division commander. At
its conclusion, the Governor ex-
pressed himself as frankly dubious Of
the departure of the brigade until to-
morrow.
With his secretary rNd members of
the Major-G General's staff, the Cover
nor made an unofficial inpsection of
the encampment expressing himself as
delighted with the progress shown,
and the spirit of the men who have
FASTENED to the mobilization in time
| of their nations need. With the de-
mand for muster rolls, United States
| army headquarters sent an official or
der for the immediate discharge of
! all the colored cooks 1t will go into
effect at once. Under army regula-
tions, which now control what was the
/ National Guard of Pennsylvania, white
and colored soldiers may not be en-
listed in the same regimetn.
4 The First Brigade, already short on
rations faces the possibility of being
without cooks until the recruiting Of
. ficers in Philadelphia, acting under
, prompt messages from headquarters
/ here, enlist and hasten white cooks to
/ their quarters.
The tentative schedule is that the
Second Brigade, the next in seniority
OF It's command to the First, may
move on Thursday and be followed by
the Fourth on Saturday with the
cavalry and artillery going out on
Monday but this may be changed.
Arrival of recruits kept the camps
lively during the morning as men OF
regiments paraded to the station to
tai camps medical examinations, vac
cination and everlasting drills were
the order of the day. the monotony
being varied by practice by the
bands.
Colored Cooks Discharged
Orders were issued from head
quarters to-day discharging all colored
cooks and some vigorous scurryine
about to get men in their places re-
suited. In the First Brigade, which is
to go out within "a hours the order
caused considerable stir.
Even If the First Brigade is delayed
in going away from here, il is the
opinion that the Second Brigade will
be able to start on Thursday, if a
movement that day is approved by the
Department of the East. The men of
the Second have kept wires hot to get
early orders to move.
The news that New Jersey regi-
ments had been passing through
pennsylvania to-day on their way to
the southwest was received with
cheers for the lucky Jerseymen at sew
eral camps.
Major-GcneraI Dougherty in Camp
Major General c. B. Dougherty
who commanded the National Guard
for five years, arrived during the
morning and made q visit of inspec-
tlcn OF the camp after calling upon
MaJor-General Clement, commander
OF the division. General Doughertv
commanded the Ninth regiment dur-
ing the Spanish war;
Get Ammunition
Thirteen trains on the railroad
sidlngs ready to carry the First Brf-
gaze and auxiliary organizations. Five
days rations and 200 rounds of am
munition were issued for each of the
500 men comprising the brigade last
night.
The two companies of engineers
which were the first to esta blish the
mobilization camp here, were also the
hrst to strike tents when the order 10
move was issued All their parapher.
nalia was loaded on freight cars last
night, the members of the companies
sleeping in dog tents with their feet
protruding into the open. They expect
to be the first to get away.
Brigadier-General G. Price. com
mander of the First Brigade, and his
staff will go with his men. He prob
ably will leave with the last detacb-
ment. The destination of the troons
has not been announced.
Recruits Drilling
Many recruits from regimental
headquarters throughout the State
have arrived here in the last twelve
hours and are being put through
strenuous exercises and severe exan9i.
nations. The recruits were in homes