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New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
Rifles Crack on Range as
Plattsburg Corps Beg to
Face MeXiCans.
ARMY PLACES MAY
OPEN FOR MANY
Shooting Shows Remarkably
Good Average-Thirteen Of
TO Join Guard.

fFr,rn = star Correspondent of TIE Tribune
Plattsburg. ~ Y, June ia war
time feeling took possession OF the
rockies training camp to-day. The
news from Mexico seemed 70 come as
a timely justification for just the kind
Of work they were doing Day-long
practice for the men with regular ser
vice ammunition that kept up an in
cessant cracking as $4,000 rounds
we're shot away, gave the camp new
atmosphere of practical grimness, as
did also the generally expressed de-
termination Of the rockies TO go 10 the
front if called.
Some of the more influential, with
friends at court in Washington, even
went so far as 20 get in touch there
by wire 10 ask what recognition would
be given their work here IL they vol
unteered. The word came back that
there was no intention by the govern
ment to call for volunteers, as IL was
thought the militia could hs depended
upon to handle the Character Of work
contemplated for them by the War De-
partment
Preference 10 Graduates.
At the same time the inquiring
rockies were assured that in case the
national guard failed to meet expecta-
tions, and it eventually became neces-
sarv TO call for volunteers. erainIng
camp service would be allowed consid-
Grafton and preference given 70
graduates whose records warranted d..
This was cheering news 10 the
rockies in general as it spread aboue
II gave new zest 10 the work, and the
camp took on all the airs OF a concen-
tration camp for actual service. The
more news that came on the Mexico
situation the more II seemed 70 speed
up the camp.
The doorway for entry into regular
army service was held open invitngly
tonight by Captain Halstead Dorey,
aide TO General Wood and his personal
representative here, in the nightly ad-
dress 20 the rockies. He said that If
any of them wanted TO join the regular
army or to enter the officers reserve
created by the new army bill and pro-
viding for the training of men while in
civilian life for eligibility as junior
officers Of volunteers he would be glad
10 give them advice how 20 go about 1t
if they would come TO him.
There are 800 vacancies in the
regular army for second lieutenants,"
he said, "and you are the sort Of men
we would like 20 get in as our COM
rades. more than some Senator'S sons.
You have learned here the worst side
of the soldiers life, and we know that
if you come it will be because you are
in earnest"
As an instance Of the way the work
Of the camp was speeded up to-day the
bugles got the rockies up an hour
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20

earlier than heretofore. and evening
mess came an hour later. This was TIA
way the rockies we're taught % save
daylight. the aim being 20 crowd more
hours into the target practice Tha
same speed will be Kept up the rest o.
the week.
Remarkable Scores Made.
An early stimulation % the realism
Of war viii come when the targets used
will be lfe-szed slhouettes Of men
The men are being put through
scientific course Of Workmanship in
kneeling. sitting and prone positions a,
ranges from 200 up % 800 yards Major
Peter Murray, a camp commander, said
that the men were making remarkable
scores for green hands. 10 vas esti.
mated that about 30 per cent o. ths
men we're making thirty-fye and over
out OF possible fifty, thiriy-fye being
considered good shooting.
As yet no serious detection % roos.
les has been felt rs result of tse
call 10 the national guard coiors To.
day only thirteen national guarismer
left, and IL was not thought there will
be more than a hundred in an when
the summons from the national guard
commanders in the various states have
all arrived. l. is estimated that there
nre fifty New York guarismen here.
Most Of the thirteen who lef. TO-DAY
were Massachusetts men.
The following five New Workers EFF.
Y. w. Locke, Company +, q member
Of Squadron A. " G.. \. Y; H. V.
Mason. Of 30 Leonard Street, Company
VI, 20 join Squadron a; J. B. Cum
mings, Of 987 Madison Avenue. Con.
pany b. to Squadron a; " M Boo,ay.
Of ll8 Cumberland Street, BROOKLYN.
Company /. % Join Troop c. Brooklyr.
and William J. Granger. of ff2 Chaun.
cey Street, Brooklyn, also Of Company
T, and 10 join Troop {.
Lieutenant J. a. Atkins % me 2o,h
Infantry, United States army. was
stricken with malaria to-day
Major Murray, camp commander. said
to-day that the only olficiaI word bear
ing on the national guard m0bi'iza.
tion that has been received here was
telegram from Colonel Glenn %
Governors Island saying that he could
not come up as he had planned owing
70 the calling out Of tho militia.
Indications of the intention 20 carry
out the camps here on the scale origi-
nally planned came In the announce
ment that two more companies -
coast artillerymen have been ordered
70 report to Major Harrison Hall ior
construction work.
The rockies class IN artillery have
become so enthusiastic about their
work that they asked their Instructors
70 hold night classes in artillery, and
that was begun tonight
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
7th Regiment Men Hear
Orders Read with Olee

With cheers and applause members,
of the eth Regiment last night hearu
tbo reading Of the order which put ln
force the articles of war and made
tbon active soldiers From now on the
I'm REGIMENT Armory will be run as a
military post. and no man viii be al
lowed 10 leave 10 without pass. Last
night a number Of men picked from
each troop remained in the armory ana
troops will be stationed in the build
ing al all times. This morning there
will be a roll call at reveille, and the
men will breakfast In the mess rooms;
The armory kitchens are well STOCKED
with provisions, and each man - al
lowed 40 cents a day for ratlons. W ltn
the reading of the orders, also. their
pav as soldiers Of the state began.
Several men appeared at the armofy
last night at $3.50. the hour at Which
the regiment was ordered 10 report
and asked to recruit. They were put IN
charge Of the physician and we're eN-
amined at once. Many former members
of the organization asked permission
20 re-enlist. They Will be recruited az
once.
"The 7th is ready TO move at any
time. but until we receive further
orders the men will be allowed time
10 settle their business affairs Colo
mel Willard Fiske said last night AT
present we have no horses or mules
but large shipment of animals IS no"
on its way from the West, and Is eX-
pected TO arrive Thursday. The 1th re-
quires 10l mules and 63 horses. When
the regiment leaves. the arm
ory will be left in charge Of the depot
battalion. an organization composed OF
four companies of former members
who have volunteered for the service.
Many men brought to the armory
their wives or members of their fam
lilies with them. not knowing whether
they would leave for a concentration
camp at once or be permitted TO re
turn home again. Some brought suit
cases. containing a few necessities, and
others rushed In from business, having
heard the call at the last minute. They
found the regiments equipment ready
for immediate transportation.
There was no drill last night, and
after the reading Of the orders some
of the men were permitted 20 leave
Every officer of the regiment, including
Chaplain William +. McCord, an Epis
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
NEW Y0RK'S GUARD
IS READY TO MOVE
Continued from page l

shot the command TO the waiting Of
fcers. The men were to be held at
the armories or permitted to 20 about
their civilian duties, as their colonel
thought best
The spirit Of delight in the Brook
lyn armories waxed even greater At
noon came the announcement that the
members of the four regiments in the
I'd Brigade would stay behind while
the guardsmen on the other side of
the river were TO 60 to Beekman in
few days. Four hours later guards
men in Brooklyn who didn't wear long
faces were at a premium when the in
formation came that il would be their
specific duty 10 guard Father Knicker-
bocker's dominionS I'm the absence OF
She other troops. Then came the glad
news that left instant mobilization in
the hands Of the various commanders.
The heart of the mobilization activ-
tiles was the Municipal Building for
most of the day. The confusion that
followed the call for troops at the out
break Of the Spanish-American War
was altogether missing. Through the
night weary men, fired with the thought
Of duty, sat at telephones in national
guard headquarters. They reused Of
ticers and ssioned officers
from their sleep, told them of the order
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
Two Regiments, Omitted
in Call, Telegraph In
dignant Protests.
SEA GIRT PREPARED
TO CARE FOR ALL
General Hine May Resign His
Command-Burlington Pa
triOts Aroused.

By tomorrow evening the following
commands Of the National Guard Of
New Jersey will be in camp at sea
Girt;
First Infantry Regiment, Newark.
Fourth Infantry Regiment, Jersey
City.
Fifth Infantry Regiment, Paterson.
First Artillery. composed Of Battery
A, Orange. and Battery B, Camden.
Cavalry squadron, consisting OF
Troops A and c, Newark; Troop b.
Red Bank, and Troop D, Plainheld
Signal Corps, Jersey City.
Field Hospital, Plainfeld.
Ambulance Corps, Red Bank.
The commands which have been
ordered 10 mobilize number 1874 men.
No sooner had the orders reached the
different commanders for mobilization
than efforts we're commenced to muster
the force up to 6,544 men, its full war
strength.
Regiments Of Grief.
ONLY the 2d Infantry Regiment,
Trenton. and the Sd Infantry Regiment,
Camden. were omitted in the mobiliza-
tion orders. This omission immedi-
stclv raised furor in the armorieS
Of the Cd and 3d. The ink on General
satler's call 10 arms was hardly dry
when he received this telegram from
the Trenton regiment.
an the call for trooos. in view Of
the last Federal Inspection, the Cd
Regiment hopes to be given due con-
sideration.'
While tho members OF the other com
-nands were fockng to their head
quarters yesterday, the I'd and Sd con
tinued i'm their effort. 10 be called out.
Their officers maintain that these COM
mands. with the famous lst, should
compose the 1st Brigade of the state,
and that the Sd and 4th, since their
government rating IS lower. should go
with the Delaware troops 10 form the
I'd Brigade.
When the call 20 arms went out yes
terday morning the commissioned ON
GERS of the entire National Guard of
New Jersey were az Sea Girt, prepar-
ing for the annual summer school for
officers The camp was Immediately
disbandcd and the officers were sent
back 20 their commands.
Sea Girt is amply prepared 70 care
for troops that will 90 into camp there.
New area had lately been added 10 the
already expensive militia camp ground
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
CONNECTICUT GUARD
WILL ENCAMP TODAY
Mobilization Order Threatens
Crew Race for Time.

New Haven. June 19.-The national
guard Of Connecticut, numbering at
present $500 men, expects to be in
camp on the state reservation at Nj
antic by tomorrow evening. After a
conference between Governor Marcus
II. Holcomb and Adjutant General
George VI. Cole the mobilization orders
were issued to-day.
The order calling the Yale Battery
to arms threatened for time 10 cause
the cancelling of the Yale Harvard
crew race. scheduled for next Friday at
New London. Seth Low, captain; Nor
ris Hadley, son Of the president OF
Yale. and Robert Gilfllan, all members
of the crew, belong to the battery. The
Intervention Of President Hadley was
necessary before a grant Of leave for
the three men could be obtained.
Roland V. Vaughn, captain Of the
Yale baseball team, is also a member OF
the battalion He will report for first
rollcall tomorrow morning, but will be
able 10 play in the first game OF the
Harvard-Yale series tomorrow after
noon.
The Yale battery numbers 446 stu
dents. many Of whom have already lett
New Haven for their homes. They were
notified by telegraph to-day TO expect
an immediate call, but II Will be at
least week before the command can
be mustered in Military authorities
estimate that a month will probably
elapse before the battery can be ready
for service.
CAPTAINS Carl Bollman and Henry
Townshcnd. senior officers of the com
mand. resigned their commissions
when the order for mobilization went
out to-day. They are New Haven az
tornevs. Lieutenant Stuart Lodge Built
want. class Of ~, and Professor Paul
F. Slocum have been chosen to succeed
them.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
EACH GUARDSMAN
TO PACK 40 POUNDS

Here IL the equipment with which
each national guardsman from New
York City will start to camp;
olive drab uniform known to the
men az 80. B.D
I gun and bayonet.
100 rounds ammunition.
/ woollen shirt
| pair canvas leggings.
/ pair tan shoes
web belt.
I blarKet-
| ponchO.
- shelter tent, with poles and pegs.
/ haversack. holding pan, knife,
fork, spoon, cup and first aid
packet.
The entire equipment weighs 10
pounds.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20

Goth. according 70 Colonel Conddey
bringing its complement up TO 1000.
"Tbis is the greatest activity since
tho Spanish War" said Colonel Con
lev. as he watched the 1850 men IN ms
command 20 through special driii
last night. "The call for service could
NOT have come at more opportune
time" u,.,
Guard officials pointed out that there
uos little danger of the regiments iall
inc 70 recruit 70 full war strength II
offers OF service from retired officers OF
both the guard and regular army, ana
from honorably discharged enlisted
men. both Of the guard and regular ser
vice. keep up as they had up TO late lasI
An important feature OF the moblli-
,otion of the state troops is the pr0pa-
bjIltv that IL will release from active
scrvice 3AOO regulars now stationed NJ
tho forts guarding New YORK harDor;
A. recruiting stations n was reported
Yesterday that the call for the milllla
20 mobilize had indirectly inuuehceu
the enrolment Of recruits INTO the reg
rlar army. This was true al the hast
and West Twonty-third Street thg
West Fourteenth Street and seVeIal
other recruiting stations Throughout inc
city. ,otl
II is anticipated that only smai,
,orcortaqo of the state troops Will iall
70 nass the physical examination re-
ouired bv the United States Govern
n,ent Major s. II. Wadhams. United
states Medical Corps. will conduct the
examinations. l
Onicials of the New York Central ana
o,her railroads and steamship compan-
les explained that their entire coup
ment was ready 10 be placed at tne
service Of the government at mo-
n.cnt's notice.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20

there. and the facilities for supply Of
water. food and munitions are ready
TO give instant efficient service
Governor Fielder will probably re
main constantly with the troops while
they are in New Jersey. He is al
ready occupying the Little White House
rear the camp grounds. where he ex-
poets 20 remain until the guardsmen
have been entrained for the Mexican
border
General Hine in Command.
There Is uncertainty as TO who will
command the lst Brigade. Brigadler
General Edwin W. Hine. now at the
head Of the division. is understood
to be considering the feasibility OF re.
signing his commission IN favor OF
some Younger man. Colonel Albert NJ.
Van Walraven. of the 9th. and Colonel
Henry ID. Styer. United States Army
instructor Of the New Jersey national
guard. have been mentioned as General
Hines successor.
Troops yesterday streamed steadily
10 their armories. The 4th Infantry
under the command Of Colonel Arthur
l. Steele. has nine companies in Jersey
City. two in Hoboken and one IN BAY
onne. Its present strength is 9lo Of
fcers and men. fully equipped.
The centre Of the 9th Infantry is at
Paterson. where between 500 and 900
members had assembled last night
ready for mobilization. Other com
panies OF the regiment are az Orange,
Hackensack. Passaic and Montclalr
Hardly any Of the companies of the
regiment are recruited TO their war
strength. but applications flooded into
every armory throughout the day.
Burlington, the New Jersey town
which during the Civil War furnished
the North more soldiers per capita than
any other city in the state, felt the
wave of patriotism that swept over Jer-
sey Yesterday. Its citizens immediate
Is launched plans for a company Of the
national guard. forwarding its petition
for recognition 20 Trenton by tele-
graph.
It is understood that the government
yesterday placed orders for twenty
automobile trucks with the Interna-
tional Motor Company. OF Plainfeld.
The Sloan company, of that city, is
working on an order of twelve aero
planes for military service.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20

copal rector from Cold Spring Harbor,
who has served his seven years as
private. spent the night in the armory.
At the Squadron A armory, at Madi-
son Avenue and Ninety-fourth Street,
practically the same orders were read
and practically the same procedure was
gone over, although the men did not
remain in the srmory overnight.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
Pets Child. Then Kills Self

Mrs. Sophie Ribosh surrounded her
fvo-vear-old son with playthings in
the parlor of her home at l29 East
130th Street Yesterday morning, then
locked herself i'm the kitchen and
turned on the gas. Her husband, John
Ribosh. found her body at noon when
bo returned 10 lunch lie could offer
no reason for her act.
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
500 Anxious to Enlist.

Colonel Wadsworth will keep his men
in the armory two or three days. Dur
ing the day $50 applications were made
to join the 10Th. About the same num-
Der Of men had applied and joined the
New-York tribune., 1916-06-20
KILLED IN FALL
Ladder Gives Way During Practice for
Annual Inspection.

Elizabeth, y. j., June l9.-Wi.liam
Zelmer, thirty-fve, a fireman, was
killed this afternoon when an exten-
sion ladder gave way and dropped him
through a network Of highly charged
electric wires.
on the ladder with him was Louis
Frahtz. He sustained injuries from
which he will die. The men were prac-
ticing for the annual inspection
Thursday.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-05
Two Killed in Auto Wreck.

Demonstrating for more than
fifty feet on its side in the road, after
a rear wheel collapsed, and catching
afire from escaping gasoline, the big
touring car containing Gordon Jones.
president Of the United States Ma
tional Bank. and five others, brought
death to two G the party and injured
four others, two miles east of Bennett
Colo. Gordon Jones, Jr., 81 years old
son of the bank president, who was
driving, was thrown fifteen feet from
the car, striking upon his head. He
died within an hour. Turner Jones,
&c years old, manager of the land loan
department in the bank, was pinned
under the heavy car and crushed to
death. His wife, Mrs. Roma Jones,
a bride of little more than a year, the
daughter of Gordon Jones, ST., was
extricated by her father and mother
from beneath the burning car in time
to save her life. The flames had
scared the flesh from both feet before
she could be rescued. Others injured
were: Mrs. Gordon Jones, ST., hip
bruised and hands burned; Gordon
Jones, Sr., broken rib and facial
bruises, and Ebert Wharton Jones,
5-year-old son of Gordon Jones, Sr.,
bruised about face.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-05
WESTERN.

Mississippi Republicans at jackson,
elected two negro delegates-at-large
to the Chicago convention.
James Perkins. SO years old, farm
er, killed his sister-in-law, Miss Lucy
May Jones, while she was standing
in front Of q mirror combing her hair
at Washington, Ind.
A new factor is believed to have
been injected into the conference OF
American troop dispositions by the re.
ceipt Of fresh reports at Ell Paso
Tex. that Francisco villa is dead.
Col. Riojas has sent message to
the military authorities at Preside,
Tex, stating that Capt Dominguez,
with q detachment Of fifty men.
routed the bandit Villanueva, in a
fight. Villanueva and nine men were
killed and six wounded. Three pris-
oners and many rifles and horses
were captured.
Georgia's new prohibition law, de-
signed to drive breweries, locker
clubs. and "near-beer' saloons from
the state is effective. Under it no
beverage containing more than one
half of one per cent of alcohol may
be maintained or sold, and no person
may bring In from outside the state
more than two quarts of liquor or
forty-eight pints of beer a month.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-05
SPORT,

=. Drake University lost to Grinnell in
the annual meet held at Gr!nnell, Ia,
by the score of 65k to GIG.
Minnesota completely swamped
Iowa in the annual dual meet at Iowa
City, Ia, and won by a score of 80
to Al.
Young Hector Of Salida was given
the decision over Bob York of Pu.
eblo at the end of fifteen-round
bout at Salida, Colo.
Ad Wolgast, once the premier light
weight of the fistic lands, was given
decision over Joe Flynn, the Den.
yer battling wop, at the National Ath.
letic Club at Denver.
The New Yorks lost their seventh
straight game at New York, when
they were defeated by Brooklyn in a
twelve-inning game, S to 4, before the
largest crowd of the season.
Eddie O'Donnel at Fresno, Cal.
won the 3OO-mile automobile race in
connection with Fresno's Raisin day
celebration. There were seventeen
starters. A cup and $4,000 go to the
winner.
Harry G. Hawker made a worlds
altitude record in an aeroplane at
Brooklands. according to an an an.
nouncement made by the Aero Club at
London. Hawker assembled to q
height of 24,4OS feet.
The Dolores star., 1916-05-05
MANY CAMPS REVIVED
SILVER SELLS At HIGHEST PRICE
SINCE 1906.
Increased Demand for White Metal
ReIuvenates Colorado Mines That
Have Lain Idle for Years.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denyer.-The price of silver April
% rose to 71.37h cents per ounce. a
gain of cents during the week. and
the highest quotation given the white
metal since Nov. II, 1906. The ad-
vance reported was an increase OF IL
points over the price of the day be-
fore, and a gain in one week Of 81
points. On Saturday it sold up to
73kc.
The metal price for silver now ex.
ceeds. the financiers say, that offered
in Mexico, Japan and the Philippines.
where the ratio of silver to gold Ia 80
to l, or a value for coinage OF &c
cents per ounce.
The effect the rapid advance, due
to the increased foreign demand. is
having on Colorado mining recalls the
old boom days. Camps that had
lain idle for years, because the per-
centage of silver in the ores was not
enough to pay for working at the low
price, are being rejuvenated
Districts where low grade ores we're
known to exist, but which have not
been exploited, are receiving atten-
ton of prospectors and mine owners.
From the hills Of the Cache la Poudre
and Medicine Bow, in Larimer coun-
ty, to the southern boundary of the
state, old mines and prospects are be-
ing reopened.
A demand for miners is created by
the advance and MANY who have
been out of work for years, because
of the abandonment of old shafts, or,
who have been driven into other pur-
suits. are preparing to return to their
old love-the hills.