Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-22

cruit UP to war strength by Saturday, II
needed. The press of applicants continued
throughout the day and the officers in
charge of the recruiting were kept busy.
Mono Of the newcomers was encouraged
to believe he would be taken to Mt Gretna,
but would be carried as part of a second
line of defense" which would probably be
called to the front later
For some of the younger members of the
Guard 1t was novel experience this first
taste of soldier life. To others more sea-
soned 1t was n routine bit, to be endured
impatiently, but tolerated, because it would
lead to real soldering in few days To
the company commanders and other officers
the interval meant busy period. with much
detail to be arranged that the departure
for Mount Gretna might be made with all
the preliminary arrangements cleared up
and the company affairs in shipshape be-
fore Saturday morning.
CAMP PREPARED FOR MEN.
Camp Brumbaugh, the largest gathering
of State troops in the history of the Com
monwealth, took shape today with the ar
rival of Major General Charles NJ Clement
and the establishment of division head
quarters with only three days time be.
fore the arrival OF the main body of the
10000 troops who will compose the camp,
Lieutenant Colonel l.. V. Rausch the
deputy division quartermaster, is facing an
unexpected and difficult problem. The de.
cision to place the three brigades of the Ma.
tional Guard on a war footing at once made
necessary the doubling of all orders and ar.
rangements In camp preparation. Colonel
Rausch and his force are proving adequate
to the occasion, and promise that the move
ment and quartering of the entire division
will be accomplished without delay or mis-
hap.
Brigade headquarters tents have been
erected at Mt Gretna, and while General
Price plans to go to camp on Saturday with
his brigade, any advancement in the hour
of his arrival at Mt. Gretna will cause no
disorder among Colonel Rausch's force
Shipment of stores from the State Arsenal
at Harrisburg to Camp Brumbaugh Is about
finished. and only the arrival of the troops
remains.
GIMBEL EMPLOYEES MARCH.
Company II, list Regiment. had parade
all to itself AT noon today this command,
which is composed of employees of the Gim-
bel store. left the armoFy, Broad and Cal
lowhill streets, and marched to the store,
at 9th and Market streets They were
reviewed there by the head of the firm and
cheered by their fellow workers. After
these exercises the guardsmen returned to
their armory and resumed the routine of
soldier life.
Some surprise is expressed today at the
failure of orders for the departure of the
cavalry commands. In the event of active
services In Mexico or on the border il is
argued by the troopers, their branch of the
army would be most needed, yet no call
has come to move a single cavalry unit of
the National Guard. 1t Is generally be-
lieved that the formal order will arrive to-
day or tomorrow. Whenever II is received
it will find the entire squadron ready for
instant response.
The headquarters of Troop C, at 1922
Jefferson street. was besieged by applicants
AMT
have brought the enrolment up TO the re-
1uired total. Among those to be sworn
In with the final batch OF 25 rockies" is
Harry Coleman, of 1923 North 18th street.
widely known as a motion-picture actor.
and in days gone by member of the Fore
paugh Stock Company. Coleman, however.
Is not past the age of patriotism or mill
tary availability and he was accepted by
Lieutenant William NJ. West, of the troop.
and will go to Mount Gretna with that
command, Coleman says he sacrifices a
profitable contract to enlist as a guards
nan.
RAILROADS READY.
The Pennsylvania Railroad was requested
o say how soon the system could mobilize
100 cars, which would be needed to take
his States troops to the border. In view
IF this Federal inquiry and subsequent ac-
.ivity by the railroads, the supervisors of
he infantry and cavalry detachments here
believe that the orders for troop movements
oward the Mexican boundary viii come
hortly after the mobilization.
General William G. Price, Jr,, command
ng the 1st Brigade, N. G. p. declared to-
lay that his command was ready TO move
IN an instant's warning, but he had pre-
erred from one to two months hardening
preparation in the mobilization camp.
CAMP EXPENSES.
Estimates of the cost OF mobilization
how that the Federal Government will ex-
END $4,000 a week for the barest neces- |
tiles of the encampment. The United States |
eglns to pay its volunteer troops from the
they assemble today, and 1t is |
gured that the weekly payroll alone will |
% 100000. It will cost S2l 200 weekly to |
eed the division, while the forage bill for |
even days Will amount 10 $4,000 and the |
uel bill TO $4,000. In addition TO this will be |
n item OF S39,400 for transportation. and |
bout $4,000 more for freightage in the first |
Ieek OF mobilization, bringing the initial |
i'll to more than 100000
After several minor delays the general |
rders for the mobilization of the troops |
rriYed yesterday from Harrisburg and |
7ere received by Major Whitaker, brigade |
djutant They stated that Camp Brum- /
augh would be opened on Saturday morn
lg at o'clock without formal ceremony, |
)uty calls daily win be as follows: First |
all, $3.50 a. m. reveille, 8 police call, |
40; mess call for breakfast, $3.50; sick
all 1;lbi drill call, I'Ao ! recall ll;4b |
iess call for dinner. 1880 pm. drill call, |
T.; recall, s guard mount and retreat OF
arade, s.; mess call for supper, 650i |
attoo. $3.50; call to quarters, l0:45; taps, |
l o'clock.
Brigadler General Price will leave for
Iount GFetna at IL o'clock on Saturday, |
lille some OF his stan will entraiG with /
10 regimental troops. The acute situation Il
lat has developed along the border has i
asulted In a hiatus in brigade plans for Il
le muster which would have been held
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