The Washington times., 1916-07-17

yn6 WE department WibhCb tho hAe
Infantry tc 60 to Bisbee as q unit to
relieve the Twenty second United
States Infantry now guarding that
territory.
1t was argued that one battalion
would not relieve the Twenty second
and that even two battalions would
be insufficient. 1t is therefore. be-
lieved the War Department thinks all
three battalions should be sent at
once SC that the Twenty-secon may
be preserved as a unit and as such
moved to some other place along the
border.
cer se and Htne men ine %as That TIE War De-
partment had decided upon policy
OF keeping the militia organizations
s s sSfr ns e eames a sass a.
sary wedding out had been done.
It 10 believed that the War Depart.
mont wishes to allow time FOR the
who have but few more yeeks TO
serve and to permit married fnen with
dependents to be dropped from the
bodied men who can go to the border.
Although the War Department. or
der proved a severe blow to the hopes
Battalion, scheduled to entrain today.
II Is not believed Il will be many
days before Capt. Horace p. Hobbs
can report to Gen. Leonard Wood that
the entire regiment Is up to minimum
strength.
Strength of Battalions.
Reports received today by Capt. e.
w. Fullam. adjutant of the Third
Infantry, show that the First Bat
TALON has 251 men and needs only
nine; the Second. 246. fourteen too
few; while the Third Battalion has
268 men. or three mere than needed.
In the Third Battalion. Company L
has eight men above the minimum:
Company NJ has three extra men;
while Company I needs but one man
With the First battalion nine men
short and the Second fourteen men
short, but with the Third Battalion
eight men over the actual a., shGrtafFe
men. The headquarters company,
however. needs about fifteen men and
two-score or more recruits must be
obtained to fill vacancies caused by
The enlistments of about twenty
i've men in Third Infantry expire this
applications for discharges have been
received from men with dependents.
General Harvey and Colonel Young
estimated to-day that at least eighty
would be necessary
The officers believe this number will
be necessary in order that a proper
selection of the sort OF men who are
wanted can be made.
Making Strenuous Efforts.
While Captain Hobbs is paying par
ticular attention TO the infantry or
ganizations with a view to getting the
Third Regiment to the border at the
earliest possible date. the commanding
officers OF the two batteries of artillery
LII. 80.
uous efforts to recruit their orgnniza-
lions up to the necessary strength.
Each of them mustered the necessary
number Of men ten DAYS ago. but their
cal examination and other disaualifca-
lions. especially the recalling OF Gov
eminent employees to their civilian posi-
tons.
needs about twenty-five or thirty men,
Capt. George Wilson. of Battery u. an
nounced today that " any man will gel
twenty, recruits for that battery he will
OF a section of the battery
The artillerymen consider this quite
an incentive for some man who wishes
Captain Fuiiam, who commands the
Headquarters company, SAID TODAY he
had a number OF soft Jobs" oprn In
that organization, He Il looking FOL
mounted orderlies, The ten. days
rations issued to the First Battalion and
machine gun company Yesterday. In an
ticipation of their entraining for the
border TODAY were taken away from
the ouartcrmasters OF these organiza.
lions and restored In the warehouse al
Fort Myer.
All Have Pay.
All Of the infantrymen have received
their pay for camp services from Junt
10 to July l, and are now looking TOR
ward to their August payday, just 1--WE
weeks on. The militiamen who did no
receive their pay saturday night wer'
made happy at the Y. NJ. C. A. tent yes
tcrday. ..
were not paid Saturday or YESTERDAY
because they were not mustered mt
the Federal service until after July l
They will he paid on August ! for tn
month OF July, and TOR twelve days u
June.