Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-28
First Infantry Regiment
Leaves Springfield Mo-
bilization Camp.
OTHERS GIVEN CALL
Besides This State, Kansas,
Wisconsin and Missouri
Receive Orders.

Springfield, ILL.,, June %.
AT lis o'clock the First
infantry regiment was or
dered to entrain for the
border.
At the same time Colo
mel E. M. Lewis announced
receipt of orders from
General Barry to entrain
all units as fast as they are
mustered, examined and
reasonably we'll prepared
for field service. Colonel
Lewis said troops would
be ordered out of here by
regiments.
A meeting was called immed.
lately of the commanders of all
units at which they were given
their final instructions by Adiu.
tant General Dickson and General
ID. Jack Foster, commander of the
First brigade.
The First squadron OF the First
cavalry came to Camp Dune to-
day to, undergo physical examina.
ton.
Entrainment OF the First regi.
ment probably will not be COM
pleted until late tonight. The Sec
Ond and Seventh regiments prob.
ably will not be able to get away
before tomorrow evening.
The First cavalry will not get
away until late tomorrow night or
early the next day.
The United States army officer in
charge of mastering here reported to
General Barry at Chicago that the
First infantry regiment was ready to
entrain for border service at l O'Clock
This afternoon and that the Second
infantry regiment will be ready prob
ably at O'Clock tonight.
No troop trains were at the Camp
Dunno railroad station this morning
but Adjutant General said they were
conveniently located
The entire First regiment at II
O'clock this morning was on the race
track at Camp Dunno, few hundred
feet from the railroad station, eaet
man with full equipment for the field
in his shelter half" two o.
which form the dog tent used in the
field.
d and F batteries of field artiller,
were mustered in this morning. Tht
signal corps probably will be mus
tered in this afternoon. A battery viii
receive the first government inspec
ton this afternoon and probably vii
be mustered in tomorrow morning.
News that the First and Second regi
ments would leave today spread rap
idly throughout the camp and Spring
field, and by noon hundreds of women
friends and relatives of members O
these regiments, were In front of tn,
barracks bidding the boys goodbye.
Chicago, June 2S.-Orders we're is
sued today by Major General Thoma.
H. Barry, in command of the centra
of the United States army
for the mediate movement to the Dor
der of all units of the Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Wisconsin nationa
guard which are reasonably ready.
Barry's Orders.
The following statement was ISSUED
at General Barry's office:
Orders have been issued direct
ing the dispatch of all units in
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and
Wisconsin, when mustered in, ex-
amined and reasonably ready.
The Illinois cavalry will 60 TO
Brownsville, Texas. All other
Illinois troops to San Antonio.
Kansas troops will go to Eagle
Pass. Texas; Missouri troops to
Laredo. Texas; Wisconsin troops
TO San Antonio. Texas. Other
troops will be dispatched when
ever reported reasonably ready"
The Illinois troops already mustere,
in and said to be ready for immediat
departure for the border are the FRS
cavalry and the First and Second reg
lments OF infantry.