New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-06
Whole Squads Exhausted
as MCAllen SWelterS
on Hottest Day.
ARRIVALS RECOUNT
HARDSHIPS OF TRIP
Say RatiOnS Were Cut to Two
Meals a Day on $500
Mile Journey.
By ROBERT II. ROHDE.
IN rclerrarh % rhc rLLbnne ]


9Th Field Division, L. S, McAllen, Tex,
July 4. Wind and rain came to the
rescue Of Camp Scorpion this evening,
topping off with measure of GOODNESS
the hottest day this section has known
since the arrival Of New Nork's ad-
vance guard on the border. A blister
ing sun pushed the mercury up until in
mldafternoon 10 stood at ll5. Rockies
of the newly arrived 10Th Infantry,
which reached McAllcn early this morn
ing after nearly a week in day coaches.
dropped or by squads. Most of them
had only slight cases Of heat cXhaus-
ton, but a dozen were in such condi-
tion when dragged from under their
oyen-like dog tents that II was neces-
Sary 10 transfer them TO the camp hos
pital.
The worst sufferer from the heat was
Richard Esselstyn. mounted orderly
with the eth Regiment and prospective
son-in-law of Mirabeau /. Town. rs
selstyn. whose engagement 20 the law
yer's daughter was announced Just be
fore the regiment left New York, had
been doing two mems work. That and
the sun caused q nervous breakdown.
Meals Cut on Trip.
The 10Th Regiment, whose arrival,
coupled with that of Batteries ID and
+ of the LIST Field Artillery, has doubled
the size of the camp, tells stories of
trip uncomfortable to the point OF
hardship. Captain Robert Saunders,
the Quartermaster. did not accompany
the regiment, it was reported, and Cap
tain Mitchell, the commissary officer,
came only part way, returning 10
supervise the transportation of mules
and horses left behind. There was
much complaint on the part of the men,
q large percentage Of whom are rockies.
During the last part of the 2,300-mile
journey. they said, they got only two
meals q day. and one Of these was cut
out the last day.
Captain Jay Zorn, adjutant of the
18th, was left in a hospital bed in
Houston, suffering from pneumonia.
His place is being filed by Captain
George +. Roosevelt, cousin of the
Colonels. who was a major until the
appointment Of Captain Gordon john
ston TO the command of the regiment.
With the 18th came Blanton Barrett, Of
the New York Tribune staf, who won
commission as second lieutenant
shortly before the President issued his
mobilization order.
Cavalry Camps at Mission.
Major McLeer's squadron Of the 1st
Cavalry, including one Staten Island
and five Brooklyn troops, is spending
the night in the camp at Mission.
Through confusion Of orders they were
carried through McAllen. Owing to the
heat, Brigadier General George K. Dyer
thought il best 10 let them remain at
Mission, where the 14th Infantry is en-
camped until tomorrow. Other ar
rivals, important from an army view
point. were sixty-one horses and lOl
mules for the Eth. These mules and
others brought by the artillery kept
Camp Scorpion IN an uproar all day.
With hoofs and teeth they registered
strenuous objections TO being drafted
into the army. Part Of their objection
was due 20 the fact that the men who
had them in charge had forgotten that
they were thirsty, too. IL was Next
can who perceived the plight of the
mules and set about TO relieve d.. lie
called a half dozen friends and organ
lied them into bucket brigade.
The thoughtful Mexican was Esteban
Garcia, q refugee from Tamaulipas,
whose large family estates have been
laid waste by the revolution. Garcia
now has a ranch in Brooks County,
Texas.
Doesn't Dare 60 Back.
81 love my own country. but I do not
dare to 90 back" he said. THE Next
cans who are for war with the United
States are the same who would throw
me into prison If ! crossed the river.
They are the poorer classes, and they
have discovered that they can earn
better living with less work with
rifle than any other way. Ia war with
the United States they see the same
profit for themselves that they have
found in brigandage and revolution"
Garcia's home in Camargo is being
used as headquarters by General Lo-
PEI.
Major General Organ, who was
scheduled TO arrive in McAllen at noon,
stopped in Brownsville 20 confer with
Br!gadier General Parker Several lieu
tenant colonies on General O'Ryan'
staff have been reduced to the rank
of major 70 conform with the United
States Army table of organization for
tactical divisions. Among them are
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Franklin w.
Ward, Leslie r. Kincaid, Edward Ohm
stead and William S. Terriberry.
Major Ward, who made flying trip
TO the quartermaster's store at Harlln-
gen to-day, returned with the report
that there are 100000 rounds OF
ammunition there, $50 rounds for eFh
man when the full division is concen-
trated.