The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-30
HOLD MEN WHO
REFUSE To SIGN
MUSTER ROLLS
ORDERS SENT TO FORT SILL BY
FuNSTON-ONLY THREE UNITS
OF STATE GUARDS NOT MUS
TERED IN.

Mobilization Camp Fort Sill. Okla,
June 29.-All units of the First regi-
ment. Oklahoma national guard, eN-
cept Companies c. + and l. have been
mustered into the federal service.
These three must receive final in
spection before mus,ering in. Lieu
tenant Murchison, inspector instruct
or OF the Oklahoma militia and Uni
ted States mastering officer. stated
Thursday that he expects to have
all organizations here mustered in
before the end of the week
Engineers Arrive.
Capt Frank King has come into
mobilization camp with the company
OF engineers and was joined Thursday
morning by Lawton recruits. Sing
ing Il Wonder II They'll Miss Me
When I'm Gone" the Lawton recruits
rode on street car out of Lawton
TO camp. No wives or mothers came
to the car to bid them farewell but
the lawton merchants came out from
their stores and cheered as the car
passed. AS the recruits neared the
camp the singing died away. The
brown tents came into view. All over
the camp site guardsmen were swing
ing their knife bayonets in weed-cut-
ting exercises, \ recruit drew a long
breath. Gosh" he said softly to
himself while the others were silent
4 moment, Gosh. l just now realized
| am going TO war"
Captain King received the new men
At the edge OF the camp and added
them to his crowd. He now has more
than eighty men.
To Hold "Slackers"
Any slight tendency toward slack
ing" that possibly may exist was Civ
en- a setback Thursday morning when
Colonel Roy Hoffman received author
ity from the departmental command
er at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, TO
hold obstreperous men. The text of
the telegram was: Colonel Hoffman.
You will take such steps as are nee
essary 10 hold men of your command
who refuse to sign mastering rolls.
BY command of Major General Fun
ston Signed, Bundy."
Three men are under arrest. How
ever, they are expected TO resume
duty Friday Colonel Hoffman has
withheld the names OF the slackers
because he has believed that the men
might set back into line. and does
not wish to cast odium on them il they
, should regret their action.
Clearing Weeds.
p Thursdays work was mostly mus
tering. physical examination and
, policing. Policing" in the mobiliza-
,ion is not raid.ng crap games or in.
4 ,e7teriug with little mild "blacb
: Jack" as must be suspected from the
name. but is cleaning and getting
Z things into regulation condition.
Guardsmen lost their first SArmisl
but reformed and in counter attach
: repelled the enemy. \ weed cutting
detail fell foul Of the ou,poSts Of ,
. Wasp's nest in the high grass. Th,
- drst guarGsman engaged fed. Tht
. ncN, man ordered up by the GRIMM.
- sergeant located tie nest \ fanl
. attack was made and with Smok,
-. cloud produced by burning scaSs q.
a concealment the main body OF IN,
guardsmen slipped mp and eNlermi
mated the enemy with board.
, Cartridge in Fire.
The frs; SHOT Was fired when SOM
careless guGrdsm.n threw some pis-o
-, shells into q Kitchen c-ematory. III.
= crack ot the exploding cartridge
4 caught the attention Q. 5 few men
~. ! : second report came and = score o
!. men ran - The Spo, 10 see wAa, Ia.
happened There were no oasua,;ie
, in either engagement
49, SICK cSu brings ont few "cripQ.eS,
the heat - the afternoon slows u
=, the work and AsS knocked ont :ey
a men temporarily. hut the-e has bee
no serious illness Captain Gus Had
. wiser Thursday withdrew the -eS.s
tuaGo1 he sen; the governor. He S:A
, E TED Thursday that the attachment 70
+. The regimen; formed BY many year
=. q service and the friendship q -
!, ot6ce he enjoyed. would 70; pe-mi
- Aim - leave TIE service Ai.c;2n
General Canton. Frank Canton. 81
Ms Canton were visitors az the can
80 Thursday.