Evening star., 1916-10-05
THIRD REGIMENT
REACHES GOSHEN
D. C. Troops Share Honors
With Buffalo Bill at Staun-
ton, Va.
MEN IN GOOD CONDITION
FOR TRIP TO THE BORDER
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ABOARD Sd INFANTRY SPECIAL,
Goshen, Va. October 5.-District in
fantrymen. like their comrades who
have gone to the border before them.
way. They are a little better of than
some of the other troops. for just be-
fore they left they were paid for one
month, and they have money with
which to buy dainties in addition to the
regular mess.
After hard day Of work yesterday,
and even last night. the troops were
willing to jump into their berths soon
after the rain pulled out of the Ross
lyn yards. But, once on the way. the
cooks in the mess cars. which were
placed in the center of each train, had
a nice warm supper ready for the men
after midnight.
They certainly enjoyed it. for it was
all many of them had had since lunch.
Many of the troops had friends at the
cars with packages OF lunch, but IN
the excitement and ieteness OF the nour
many of these missed connections.
Some of the soldiers, however, We're
luckier than others, and were able to
get hold of the boxes which they knew
had been prepared Tor them.
Company E on Guard Duty.
They all slept well until O'Clock.
when revei1le sounded. They were
soon up and dressed, ready to get
glimpse of the scenery on the way
south, and. of course, zee some of the
| pretty girls which the newspaper
| stories said had come to the stations
| to meet the trains and had provided
candles and other good things.
| Company E is furnishing the guard on
! the train, but there Is nothing for the
guard to do. Capt. Oehmann Is officer
OF the day.
The first stop was at Staunton, Va.
| where the trains arrived at $40 o'clock
| this morning Despite the early hour,
there were quite a few people on the
| platform to give the District boys a
| try arrived there at the same time, and
the newly organized 3D. Infantry buele
1 corps raised enough noise to drown all
of the Indian warwhoops thereabouts.
| Staunton was the first place where the
men had an opportunity to spend any OF
| the money they received yesterday for
| their months duty. There were plenty
of people at the train with sweets to
| sell, and the men seemed to try to buy
each out. They didn't know where the
next stop would be. so they attempted
| to lay in large supply.
Typhoid Treatment Tomorrow.
| The men will have something to
think about tomorrow Orders have
lbeen issued that one injection of the
para typhoid prophylaxis will be ad-
ministered to each soldier. This will
be administered by Maj. Charles r.
Luce. commanding the sanftary detach-
ment. Sd Infantry. assisted by Lieuts.
Tastet and Gibbs.
| Although every arrangement has been
! com pleted for making sick men COM
Portable, there has not been case to
date In the drawing room section OF
each train an infirmary has been pre-
pared. but II the present state OF the
men is kept up there VIII be little use
Lieut.. White, the dental surgeon at
tached to the Sd Infantry. was the
hardest worked medical officer aboard
yeloped cases Of toothache during the
night and Dr. White was kept busy
attending to them. He will have to
catch up with his sleep today. and
friends and relatives may be kept from
putting sweet things aboard troop
trains when they start.
| oOulS AhVS ~ S04OI1uS.
There are a number Of men riding
to Fort Sam Houston without uniforms
or other field equipment They are re-
cruits who signed enlistment papers
just before the troop train left Ross
llyn. when they were sure that ths
regiment would go to the border They
will be fully equipped upon arrival al
the -destinat ton
The men have not yet learned that
water on . troop train on a Avs-day
! trip u likely to run short. They hav>
! been inclined to waste II to such Z
large extent that 1t was necessary q
, tissue an order requiring the guard Il
see that no man took more than va,
lneeded.
Everything now 10 running abossd tn
, train in A. smooth . condition q,
} though right IN camp, with plenty o
room and all camp o0nveniences, n ba4,
TALON headquarters has bean set up Il
each train. and the companies aboar(
each section ars seqpiPed te turn Il
their morning reports Just the sano q
} whom they are IN camp. On tie Hrs
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