Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-14
INFANTRY TROOPS ]
LEAVE FOR TEXAS
CAMP DOUGLAS DESERTED ON
DEPARTURE OF THREE WIS
coNsiN REGIMENTS.
REJECTED MEN DISCHARGED
Many Left Behind Pin Hopes on Re-
Enlistment After Second Exam
ination-Long Stay on Bor-
der is Predicted.

- Ger is PFGOlCL6Os
Camp Douglas, Wis.-After several
delays the First, Second and Third in
fantry regiments broke camp here and
left for San Antonio, Texas. They de-
parted in the order named, the First
regiment entraining Saturday, the Sec
Ond on Monday and the Third on Tues
day. With the departure of the field
hospital corps later in the week, the
camp here will be deserted except for
the rockies" of the next battalion,
who are already arriving.
Trip Made in Day Coaches.
Heavy vestibuled coaches borrowed
from the Santa Fe road were used for
the First regiment, the men travelling
two to each double seat. The regi-
ment left camp with total strength of
1,207 men and f1ftyfour officers, a to-
tai strength Of 1851 men.
The three battalions and attached
companies of the Second regiment
from cities in southeastern Wisconsin
and up the lake shore to Ashland,
comprised 1,246 men and fifty-f1ve off,
GERS when they left here.
Col. w. M. Lee, Oconto, and his staff
went in the first section with compa-
MES from Oconto, Marinette and
Marshfeld, Maj. Warden went in
charge of the second section with two
Oshkosh companies and Manitowoc
and Appleton bodies. The third sec
ton, Capt. Hall commanding, carried
companies from Fond du Lac, Beaver
Dam, Ripon, Sheboygan, and the ma
chine gun companies from Ashland.
The supply company is from Green
Bay and Hospital corps from Apple
ton.
273 Men Are Discharged.
Honorable discharges were given to
27S rejected men in the Second regi-
ment. They were distributed as fol-
lows: Company A, IS; B, %; c, AZ;
d, ID; E, 16; F, %; G, 20; H. II; 1,
IA; K, 20; L, II; NJ, II; supply, 5;
machine gun, Is; headquarters, 5. OF
these eighty-two have said they will
re-enlist, hoping to pass second ex-
animation.
Baggage cars are used as kitchen
cars and to feed the men while en-
route and for five days after they ar
rive on the Mexican border, there were
provided with 10000 pounds hard
bread, 1900 cans corned beef, 5O4 cans
scorned beef hash, 2,496 cans pork and
beans, 1920 cans tomatoes, 288 cans
jam, $50 pounds coffee, 1000 pounds
sugar. 576 cans evaporated milk, 1000
pounds beans, 800 pounds rice, 5000
pounds potatoes, 5000 pounds bacon
and $50 pounds of prunes. The cost
Of rations taken by each regiment is
estimated at $4,000. @
Men Trade Places.
Before the second regiment reached
Milwaukee it was learned that a Com
pany 1 man, who had been rejected,
had traded places with a soldier who
bad passed the physical examination.
The former was ordered to leave the
train at Milwaukee, and as he showed
great desire to go to the border and
had only missed out on the weight
question, he was advised to return to
Camp Douglas and join the "fattening
camp" The other member was tele-
graphed to report at Camp Douglas,
if he had left there, to save being ar
vested for desertion.
Sixty horses, the mounts of officers
in the three regiments, were shipped
south after veterinary had inoculated
aab Of tho oniroo1c with op+i -, A,,orzo
serum to save them from serious, if
not fatal, sickness after reaching the
border. Thirty-three mules, which
were used by the machine gun compa-
mes, have been shipped back to the
owners from whom they were rented.
+ United States army officers, who
have been present here since the mo-
Utilization of Wisconsin guard troops,
have been unstinting in their praise
of Adj. Gen. Orlando Holway and his
staff for the excellent discipline main
tanned about the camp and the mill
tary precision in which all work has
been performed by officers and men.
The field hospital corps has been
nursing the hope that some patriotic
person or persons will donate three
motor trucks for hauling its equip
ment from place to place when they
go to the Mexican border. They would
be used as ambulances when the hos
.pital is stationary. At present four
wagons and thirty-two mules are the
means of locomotion.
The hospital corps of the Third
regiment, La Crosse, is the healthiest
unit in the Wisconsin brigade accord
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