Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-01
RS CHEER
lARDSMEN HERE
N WAY TO FRONT
iyea and Friends of
2eond Regiment Greet
Men in Khaki
spwrCHEs GIVEN MEN

||adsIohfn early this morning bade
NIhk nocd-bx TO tho guardsmen OF the
III Regiment and aa the remaining local
umandn DO not pass through this city
: <nt uny to the border. friends and rel-
t4a Of the troops have rean the last OF
: & hots n khaki Until they return from
I6rf of duty along the Mexican border
from actual fighting In Mexico.
eng and vexatious delays, many OF
Ea II the opinion Of the Guard officers,
called Tor. kept the FIRST troop train from
+ 8fivinF a. the Baltlmors and Ohio station
}ttil lis20 O'Clock last night From early
"a tho Afternoon wives, aweethearts and
IicHds OF tho Nuardsmen had waited In the
: aIlon but when the nrst section Of 20
]Ire, hlied with cheering troops, pulled in.
khe delays were forgotten. Out Of the win
lows were poixsd the heads OF hundreds of
'4eung fellows, tanned by their week of
work under the sun In camp, waving hats
and cheering.
Tho crowd back OF the gates sent up q
mighty shout OF welcome, and after an ex-
cufnion train that had the right Of way
pulled out the gates were opened and there
was general rush for the troop train. fol-
lowed by Misunderstanding and guodbys. The
khaki.clRd troopers forgot their tresome
ride when their relativea poured into the
cars with bundles Of clothing, packages OF
food. tobacco and dainties
First to board the train were the women
" the Division for National Preparedness.
They had prepared 1000 sandwiches, 1b0
&quarth Of ooffse 1000 bananas, 1000 oranges
5and 1000 packages Of tobacco. Each man
phared in the distribution.
q Mira George w. Childs Drexel and the
2countess Santa Eulalia were In charge of
i the distribution. while Mrs. Francis II.
Williams and Mrs. Baltzar De Mare. with
16o helpers who are members OF the Elmer.
Nancy Commissariat the Army and Navy
Aptsr and the urduhart Chapter Of the
aorgency Aid. saw that the needs of
l. - troops were cared for.
%1he second section OF IS cars reached the
Nation shortly after 1 o'clock. Tho men
board met with welcome similar to the
ka accorded the first troop train, many of
OH friends and relatives patiently waiting
= hen they Learned that he boys they had
5snc to soc were not aboard the earlier ar
iying special. After short lay-over.
EFhich was spent In farewells the second
zNection started on Its long journey west
and SOUTH The route Is by way Of Parkers-
burg. w Va, Louisville to Memphis to
Fort Worth and from there to Ell Paso.
4 All along the line the troop trains re-
.Detved ovattons according to the officers and
4men At Bridgeport. Pa. across the river
{from Norrtstown, the trains halted on q
siding AS soon as the presence of the
'<rpops was known all the factories and
#miils set up n bedlam of noise with their
|whstlos- This summoned the people to
tine railroad and band turned out to help
tne noisy Welcoma The stay at this point
kvas one continuous ovation. Pencoyd had
similar reception when the troops slSirted
the city at Fairmount Park. At Lebanon
and Reading vast crowds gathered at the
stations to cheer the men on their way and
the same was true Of smaller towns.
Movement of the guard TO tho Mexican
border by the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad
caused the annulment OF a number of trains
on both lines, as equipment was withdrawn
% carry the commands.
Recruiting for guardsmen was under way
early at the station maintained at the Ma.
tional Security League headquarters in the
Franklin Bank Building and the station In
charge Of Colonel ]. Warner Hutohins and
Sergeant T. A. Carr win remain open to
enlist men to be sent to the mobilization
further orders. As on previons days DR.
Joseph Leidy and his brother. DR.. f. NJ
Ledy. examined the recruits as to their
physical condition before accepting them &c
I'LL up the companies of the 1st Brigade
After Captain Mills, OF the traffic squad
ef the city police, had stated that he would
not permit 10 horses owneo by the depart
ment TO be sent away for the use OF officers
On account OF inadequate transportation
facilities, no was notified last night thai
sae animals could be placed In United
States army regulation boxcar at Wash.
ington.
shortly before midnight the police horse.
Nere placed on a train at the Philadelphis
and Reading freight yard at Broad and
callowhill streets and shipped to the Cap
ital There they will be transferred K
regulation cars TO be shipped to camp.