The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-07-13

must bathe between $3.50 and II q. m.
2 and 4:SO p. m. and 1880 to $3.50 p. m.
Cavalry troops from Cleveland, To-
ledo, Cincinnati and Columbus, though
the last of Ohio militia units to arrive
in camp, are considered most fortu-
nate Of the lot.
Unofficial information from army
sources say they will be the first to
get moving orders, and they have the
choice site of the camp-a large roll
ing plot, fringed by woods.
Every regiment is allowed a space
measuring 1,035 feet by $40 feet for its
camping ground. Every company
street is so feet wide.
Build Soldiers Town In II Days.
EleveE days elapsed from the time
President Wilson called for the Ohio
militia until the first infantry troops,
the 8th regiment, modified at Camp
Willis. Does this indicate unprepared-
ness or inefflciency on the part of the
Ohio national guard? "Emphatically
not" says Adjt. Gen. Benson Hough,
on whom responsibility for the mob
Hization rested. ION the contrary, 1t
shows Ohio has handled its military
proposition on a common sense basis.
The presidents call found many Ohio
militia organizations under peace
strength. For infantry this meant less
than IS men. could have called the
troops into Columbus the day after the
presidents call was issued, but what
would have been the resultT Hough
asks. "They would have come to an
immense tract of farm land that pos.
sessed not a single sanitation feature.
We would have been thousands under
war strength. The martial spirit was
ablaze in every town in the state and
several thousand men Joined because
their militia company was in the home
armory, drilling and preparing for
mobilization at Columbus"
First Guard Mount.
The Fifth regiment has had its first
formal guard mount since the COM
panieS became federalized Lieut.. H.
J. Twelvetree of Cleveland had charge.
Capt. H. H. Tebbetts of the federal
army, who has been assigned to duty
with the Ohio troops as an inspector
instructor, has been appointed lieu.
tenant colonel of the Fourth regiment,
the position held by Adjt. Gen. Hough
for many years.
Capt. Tebbetts had been ordered to
Panama with his regiment, but the
war department consented to allow
him to remain with the Ohio guard
Adjt. Gen. Hough had stated he
wished to resign as adjutant general
to assume his position with the
Fourth, but Gov. Frank B. Willis would
not consent to his resignation
Cooks Must Reform.
Numerous complaints by privates in
camp here that they are not getting
enough to eat resulted in orders to
company cooks to put in advance re.
quisitions to the commissary depart
ment so as to have plenty of good food
continually in stock. officers said
cooks in many cases wait until their
supply of eatables is exhausted before
requisitioning for more. A consequent
rush of orders thereupon has resulted
in delay. Maj. Dudley Hard of Cleve-
land, commanding the cavalry, says
that cavalry troopers will be given
the order to move to the border ahead
Of infantry units, or at least at the
same time the first regiments are
sent.
Married Men Needn't Go.
Militia officers here expressed salts.
faction that the war department has
authorized the mastering out of mar.
ried militiamen who left dependent
families at home. II have been more
concerned over married men who in.
sisted on going to the front than over
unmarried men who refused to enter
the federal service" said Col. Edward
Vollrath, commanding the 9Th infan-
try, the first mustered into federal
service and slated to leave first for
the border. II have contended all
along that married men whose fami-
lies are not provided for are needed
more at home than at the front"
Presented With Flag.
The Second field hospital corps had
an event in its headquarters tent.
Maj. H. H. SniVely of Columbus, COM
manding, was given a storm flag, and
Maj. E. A. Hamilton, surgeon of the
Fourth regiment, received a similar
gift. The presentation was made by
Mrs. W. o. Thompson, wife of Presi.
dent Thompson of Ohio State univer.
sity. The presentation was made in
behalf of the first circle of first aid
and Red Cross workers of Columbus,
before whom DR.. Snively had lectured
last winter.
Permanent Mess Kitchens.
A large squad of carpenters are
working here now building perma-
nent mess kitchens. They are 72 feet
long and each regiment is to get IA.
Electric lights were installed on COM
pany streets, too.