New-York tribune., 1916-07-19

msds Arrangements to come 70 hi'hs
betbtown. on Lake Champlain, nehs
Saturday. 10 spend three weeks ~'"'"
striking distance of the camp
Explains r3osIs's Fall
J Lloyd Derby. secretary o. M tne
Military Training Camps AssoeisuIn
~ New York. revealed to-day why ,ne
nsmes of we'll known men as Pis,ts-
huro rookies have become sometning
a. booie 10 those interested IN BOOST
Irg the rsmp move. For the hret Few
dav, after his arrival Mr.. Derby neipen
in enrolling the thousands or lne'''.
inc rockies, but now he IS drililns a.
n member OF Company 9 IN the o'"
last year the diplomats. cotiiloh
Issdsrs. politicians and millionsires
who s,epped down for the nonce 70
minole on a plane Of democratic equal-
Nv y,ith the humblest devotees OF P,e
hardness. were freely exploited. pu'
ibis wear there has been an OBVIOUS
effort 10 suppress this publicity' An
advance list for the June camp was is
sued. but for the present camps 'ha'
was withheld. c
Word came from the Training camps
Association. when application wa,
made there for the rosters, tna' an
the cards had been sent here; wheh
annl;cation was made at camp hean-
n,srters the answer was that there
were no we'll known prominent mem az
Gar as the army was concerned, pc
cause every one was Just PLAIN
rookie.
SAYS Exploiting Did Harm.
"The exploiting of individual names
did ia more harm than good last
vear." Mr.. Derby said. ut gave the
public the wrong impression about the
camp. and then, when we went before
Congress TO ask for an appropriation
IN nav the expenses Of the men IN
camn. the reply was that they were
NOT going 10 vote for government aP-
propriations to pay for society men
vacations. Some really believed THIS
was the real siuation.
"What we want the emphasis on now
is that the camps are made up OF
thousands of good American citizcns
Of every class, who came here Tor
patriotic reasons, and In an earnest
desire TO forward the cause Of pre-
paredness."
Distinguished men are here IN
droves. and they will be particularly
thick next month. But they are more
or less blanketed this year by the
thousands of plain rockies among
whom they are scattered. The olive
drab uniforms, devised by the army
strategists to make men merge INTO
the landscape, serve also TO make
every one look alike-so much so. IN
fact, that friends fail TO recognize each
other until they almost bump to-
gether.
Curan a Corporal.
For instance, the sergeant az arms OF
New York City's Board Of Aldermen
might walk a dozen times through the
company street Of Troops ! and X. I'd
United States Cavalry, without recog-
nizing the hard-working and soldier
like corporal in charge Of tent No.
in X as none other than Henry II.
Curran. who could not walk about IN
his citizen clothes without being rec
ognized about every time the clock
ticks.
Mr.. Curran was a rookie last year.
Being corporal is his chief thought
now.
This week is going to be full for the
senior rockies. All preliminarics Of
their camp organization have been
fixed and their equipment issued. They
have been formed into permanent
squads and the temporary squad lead
ers assigned. and enough Of the fun
damentals of drill have been taught
them to hande them now as compa-
nies with company intelligence.