Evening star., 1916-07-19
Only Waiting for Equipment.

VI tue government, TO return 10 their
governmental occupations.
Only Waiting for Equipment.
AS soon as the equipment is issued
and every man is fully outfitted, Capt.
| Horace +. Hobbs. United States muster
ing officer, said that he would report
them to Governors Island as being
ready for border service. Like other
branches of the organized militia of
the District of Columbia. the cavalry
troop will go to Bisbee. unless orders
to the contrary are received before the
departure.
While this organization is recruited
well above it's minimum strength, about
twenty more college men could very
well be accommodated. and every eff
fort is being made by the officers and
men to obtain recruits from the city.
The infantry is beginning to get it's
quota of recruits since the officers
have pointed out that this branch of
cient number of men are obtained. The
recruiting officers quarters at camp
was one of the busiest places all day
yesterday. resulting. stated, in
bringing the infantry the first net in
crease in days.
Discharges Becoming Fewer.
From now on discharges will fall off,
as substantially all of the men who are
going out for any reason have been
handed their discharge papers. There
are a few cases of men seeking to get
out under the dependents" order of the
War Department. and these will be dis
charged within short time.
Col Young said that in a conference
with his company officers today he
learned that they knew of large num-
ber of men in the District who wanted
to go in the guard. hut they were wait
ing for the actual orders to entrain be-
fore they enlisted for the service. These
men. it was pointed out to the colonel.
did not want to enlist to come to Fort
MSer to wait in camp.
These men should come to the camp
now and enlist II they want to go with
the Sd Infantry. Col. Young pointed
out. Their services are needed to fill
up the Sd Infantry so that it can be
reported to New York as being ready
to go to the camp at Bisbee. If they
wait until the Sd Infantry actually gets
it's orders to move they may not be
able to accompany it. as no green men
will be taken away with the main body
of troops. They will be compelled to
remain at Camp Ordway for several
weeks training and therefore will be
delayed. If they enlist now they will
be able to go with the regiment he
said.
Advantages of Enlisting Now.
Another feature. Col. Young pointed
| out. was that the men who enlisted
after the arrival of the orders to move
would receive their training under Of
| fceFs who had no personal interest in
| them, whereas IL they enlist now they
will receive the benefit of instruction
| in the organizations in which they will
| go to the 'front.'" and at the same time
will be permitted to accompany the
main body of troops.
| The time to get the best training is
! now. when the troops are going out
f, daily for long practice marches to
! harden them up, and for advance guard
| and patrol work Of the kind that they
will probably get when they get down
| to the border.
| Officers of the camp still insist that
! the Sd Infantry will go to Bisbee as
soon as the requisite number of men
/ are obtained, and with the idea in view
they are doing everything in their
| power. In between times of drilling and
| looking after the troops, to encourage
| men to enlist.
Lectures on Trip to Winthrop.
Col, Young went to the city this aft
ernoon for the purpose of comforting
D. L
Macfarland of the District and Capt.
| Sheridan Ferree. He wants them to
| make plans for having speakers address
! the civilian rifle club members on the
boat during their ride down the river
to Winthrop. Md. tomorrow. where
there will be big shoot on the Marine
Corps range there. Efforts vii! be
, made by Col. Young to have Mr.. Mac
| farland and Capt Ferree both deliver
| addresses in the interest ot recruiting
, Members of the civilian clubs who are
| without any one to support are to be
urged to do their bit with the Sd In
| fantry on the border, The men will
| be urged to enlist at once, so that the
| infantry can get away next week at
| the latest
| Yesterdays recruits were:
| Third 1nfantry-Willam NJ Brawn.
| er. Frederick j. Pagan, Edward w
Harding. Gilbert X. King. Thomas F.
King. James L. Love. James w. Me
kenna. Thomas f. Mcintyre. Thomas
J. Mulligan. James II. Porterfield Kari
| Schaefer, George II. Seiz and Alfred 2,
| Weisler.
Battery B--Aioysius NJ. Payne and
RAYMOND c. cogan. '0
| First Separate Battalion-John p.
| Barnes. Hubert l.. Carroll, George DUFF
! fin, William Fitzgerald. John r. Hutch.
inson. Eppie johnson. John r. Johnson
Clifton +. simms and Louis. Williams
Virginia Troops to Come,
In order TO make room for ten unit,
of Virginia troops every point will be
strained to get the District troops now
in camp here out and on their way to
the border as soon as possible. The
Virginia troops scheduled to come here
now are near Richmond and comnris<
four batteries of field artillery, -four
troops of cavalry. a signal corps com.
pany and neld hospital
The Virginia troops cannot come t.
this camp until the District troops
| move, as there Is no room for them un
isss they tsks up the sntirs parads