Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-20

izing a quartermaster corps to consist OF
one COLONEL, two lieutenant colonels, SIX
majors, eight captains and IL frst-class ser
geants Colonel II G. Trexler is named as
chief OF corps Lieutenant Colonel Frank
M Vendllng is assigned to the division as
quartermaster and Captain Samuel d. Fos-
ter named MS his assistant
Major General c. NJ. Clement. command
ing the division, last night completed his
division order, and names the camp In honor
of Governor Brumbaugh The Civil War
mobilization camp was known as camp
Curtin ana the Spanish War camp was
Camp Hastings, in honor of the Governors
then in office.
Camp Brumbaugh will be opened without
ceremoney at n. m, Saturday June ~,
the location, Of respective camp sites VIII
be indicated by the division quartermaSter,
The order says the division as consu'
tuted by the general order will assemble
at Mount Gretna, beginning Saturday, June
a. before which date every organization
commander shall recruit his unit to the
minimum strength" specified in the general
order. and 'as far as practicable to the
maximum war strength"
There Will be but one parade In each
brigade each day and no parades on Satur.
days Sundays or holidays. Baggage is to
be restricted to the lowest amount consis.
tent with the comfort of the men
The troops will proceed to camp in olive
drab cotton uniform
The headquarters OF the division will be
established at Mt. Gretna at / p. in Thurs
day, June 22
Adiutant-General Stewart has received
many tenders of services from retired OIL
GERS, and reports received here are that
many former guardsmcn are approaching
the different commanders for enlistment,
MANY SEEK TO ENLIST.
A waiting line Of applicants for enlist.
ment besieged the I'd Regiment Armory to.
day When the tired surgeons quite tempor-
arlly at midnight they had examined l25
prospective guardsmen, and only II of these
had failed to pass muster. The I'd Rcgi.
ment, according to Colonel Turner, VIII
march out of Philadelphia with its ranks up
to the national requirements, Foreseeing'
the possibility of n call to the border, Col.
onel Turner and the other officers had set to
work on recruiting SO that the call to pre-.
pare found many companies already ut full
enrolment
The men applying for admission to the
command arc husky lot and many have
records for service in the regular army or
National Guard. a few are Spanish war
veterans The chief lack Of the I'd is in its
equipment. The regiment has no motor
trucks, It's 12 wagons being Of the old.
fashioned horsc.drawu type, now obsolete.
The harness, too, is dilaptdated and unit
for active service. Two ambulances COM
plete this portion of the field equipment.
The officers in charge look to the national
Government to provide up.to.datc baggage
transportation.
ENGINEERS IN CONDITION.
Captain ]. Sidney Bradford. of Company
b. Engineer Corps, was at the armory of
his command, 2O2j SAMSON street, early
today.
our required peace footing of as men
is present or accounted for" he said. I'VE
may take along few extra men when we
go to Mt Gretna. our tools and other
paraphernala are packed and we are only
waiting our official orders to start. The
company is in splendid shape. We finished
our examinations for sergeants and cor
porals last night, so that we have no
vacancies among our non-commissioncd Of
fcers, and can go aboard our train at a
minutes notice when the orders to march
arrive"
Twenty recruits have been admitted con-
ditionally to the Engineers so that it's ap-
pearance at Mt. Gretna on war footing
is assured
Lieutenant Colonel l. Price Ewing and
Major Louis l.. Tafel are in charge of af-
fairs at the local armory Of the 9Th Rcgi-
ment. Since the Presidents notification
was issued there have been 300 applications
to enlist from former members of the bat
talon. SO nearly filled are the rolls of the
four companies II, *, l. and NJ, that only
80 of the candidates were accepted. This,
according to the officers in charge, is not to
be taken that those rejected We're unfit.
I'VE have so many calls for enlistment
that we could recruit our battalions twice
over" said one of the company command.
ers. I'VE are only taking the pick of those
who apply, and wherever possible are Civ
ing preference TO former mcmbers who are
coming back. The matter of equipment is
one of our most serious problems. We have
guns and uniforms for the peace minimum