The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, n. q. N. T.,
Peekskill. June ga few minutes be-
fore II o'clock to-day the Fourteenth
Infantry. Brooklyn. d~etrained. fell Into
column and half an hour later a
erected their little tents on the smooth
lawn of the parade ground. As Col.
F'oote is III and Lieut. Col. william l..
Garcia Is detached on recruiting duty
Major-Gen. organ assigned Col. Ma
thanlel B. Thurston. chief ordnance Of
nccr. 10 take command until Col. Foote
can resume his post.
The men Of the Fourteenth were a
hungry bunch when they arrived. but
they were doomed to disappointment
mules were needed to haul them to camp
from The railroad. Seventy-two hybrids
were waiting to be unioaded by the de-
tacliment under Lieut.. Muller hat
brought them here. but the guardsmen
learned that IT'S bad business 20 have
ones Inner depending on the good ser
vices Of the mule. There was one animal
In particular that proved so facile with
its feet tina the squad trying to land II
gave 1t the name of Charlie Chaplin.
The others were nearly as bad. and as
a result the entire regiment went din
nerless.
The Battle Of the Mess Hall.
one g%uardsman. Sergt. s j. Schore Of
Company +. had a thoughtful mother
who wi him up a plenteols box lunch
and filled his aluminium drinking bottle
with coffee. lie was the most popular
inau in the camp. for he was generous
enough to share his grub with the less
fortunate ones. \ few loaves Of bread
were also handed around.
Some Of the Fourteenth spied the big
mess shack where the provisional conf
pany on duty at headquarters eats. A
platoon started for the building. and
for n minute II looked as though every
thing eatabls would be coniscated. Only
one lone sentry stood guard before the
door. lie was Private Walter Brown
ing Of Company q. Sixty-ninth Infantry.
Blu he was equal TO his duty. and there
ensued what the guardsmen to-nigh; are
calling the frst battle OF the war. the
fight at Peekskill mess hall"
Browning saw the advancing crowd.
mounte the steps Of the building and
held his rife with lis cleaning bayonet
a foot long In the position OF ready. The
hungry guardsmen were not ready for
cold steel so early in the campaign and
they broke.
\ li.tle later the camp was put In strict
military condition, with guards posted
about at all points on the road. In
structed not 10 let any one pass except
military officers and correspondents.
Then the regiment VAS ordered out for
targe; practice. They shot a string OF
ten for each man AT the 200 yard range.
ra pid and SLOW fire.
one accident. due 20 a defective cart
ridge. might have cost the lives Of sew
eral men on the firing line. Private
Joseph +. Kelly Of Company A., a veteran
OF the spanish. american war. drew the
bad cartridge. When he pulled trigger
the powder charge failed 70 explode and
the detonation of II primer only sent
the bullet Into III. bore OF tho rife. lie
put in a new cartridge. not knowing
wha, had happened. and the next shot
burst hts barrel into a hundred frag-
men.s OF steel that flew about the heads
Of the other men. luckily hitting no one.
Kelly was badly bruised by the stock
~ the piece. but his : l- grievance after
Il, WAS over was he could not get An
other rifle 10 contin-c his shooting.
Bride to Help a. Nurse.
The Adjutant Of the First Battalion.
Lieut.. NJ. Frederick Jensen. Is a benedick
Of three day standing. lie married
Miss Laura Jacobsen last Thursday. and
his bride H. coming to camp tomorrow,
Lieut. Jensen explained that she intends
10 go to the American border with him.
She Is "A graduate nurse and hopes TO
organize a company OF nurses for SER
vice so she can be near him.
Company !. is still minus Hans ko-
lehTair,n. the running Finn, but his
comrades declared emphatically that
hey dor, miss him. Even as an ath-
lete he is replaced by Frank Zuna, an
other long distance runner. and Frank
Stevenson. who holds the record FOR 100
yards.
Col. {. X. Towns,ey. commandant OF