Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-26
PA. TROOPS MAKE
GOOD ON HIKE
Few Drop Out During First
Days March Through
Sand Dunes

Canitullo. Tex, Sept 26.-(By auto
mobile to Ell Paso)-Along the banks
of the winding Rio Grande. within a
stones throw of Mexico. the soldiers
of the Seventh division Pennsylvania
National Guard last night slept in
their dog tents" after an eighteen
mile hike from Camp Stewart
The advance guard of the division
went into camp shortly after o'clock.
out II was dark when the last wagon
was thrown in the half-moon circle
Only one accident occurred during the
first of the four-day hike of the Penn
sylvanians. who will invade New Mex
leo. crossing the Organ mountains,
and returning to camp Thursday. A
water wagon of the First cavalry
turned over along the sand dunes on
the outskirts of Ell Paso and four
mules became tangled in their harness
and were thrown to the ground. None
was injured.
First Brigade Has Perfect Score
The First Brigade, of Philadelphia,
commanded by Rrigadier General Will
liam g. Price, was the only unit of
the militia to finish the first day of
the hike with a perfect score. Not a
single man of the First, Second and
Third regiments and the other units
out. No other brigade went into camp
with this blue-ribbon score.
The Second brigade. commanded by
Brigadier General Albert j. Logan,
lost two men, who were compelled to
give up the issue because of sore feet
They were members OF the Eighteenth
infantry, the Sixteenth and Tenth fin
ishing with a perfect score.
Six men were lost by the Third bri-
gade, commanded by Brigadier Cen
eral Christopher T. O'Neill; four
were members of the Sixth infantry
and one each from the Fourth and
Eighth.
Within a few minutes after the
division had gone into camp there
were more than 10000 militiamen
swimming In the Rio Grande, which
skirts the south part of the camp.
NO difficulty was encountered on
the march until advance guards struck
the deep sand dunes outside of Ell
Paso. 1t was then necessary for the
artillery and wagon trains to hitch
eight horses and eight mules to pull
through the sand.
Troop H of Pittsburgh. commanded
by Captain Charles H. McGovern, was
the advance of the expedition and
pitched camp three miles above di-
vision headquarters. The First in
fantry was encamped beside the cav
airy. the second and third divisions
followed with the artillery and wagon
trains on the eastern end of the army
of 10000 men.
Major General Charles NJ. Clement.
commanding the seventh division, fol-
lowed the hike with his staff in auto
mobiles and reviewed the division
three times during the first day. He
announced he was delighted at the
manner in which his boys" were with
standing the long hike and the heat
and sun.
Colonel Moscley Pleased
Colonel George Moseley. chief of
staff. who mapped out the 100-mile
route for the march. declared the first
days trip had been a glowing sue
cess and that the boys were standing
the grind as we'll as would the season.
ed veterans of the regular army.
There are $40 supply wagons and
sixty-six trucks in the expedition, and
fresh meat and bread are being sup
piled the soldiers each day. 90
This morning the Seventh resumed
the hike, halting at White Spur for
lunch and camping along the foothills
OF the Organ mountains. near An
thony. Mex. for the night. On We'd
nesday the most difficult trip of the
expedition will be started, when the
$4,000 men and equipment will swing
through San Augustine pass across
the organ mountains to Newman,