New-York tribune., 1916-06-20

AT 10 o'clock Lieutenant CORONER Lc'-
lie Kincaid, Inspector general or tho
New York National Guard, reached
headquarters. With him was LieuteA.
ant Colonel Henry s. Sternberger, CHI
of the Quartermaster corps. They had
come from Peekskill.
Has Everything Ready.
Colonel Sternberger rid himself OF
his coat, rolled up his sleeves and went
to work He was facing a gigantic
task the providing of accommodatlons
and food and transportation Tor l''ooo
men.
Colonel" he was asked, "have you
everything ready o,.
returned TOO busy to talk now
Orders were issued by Colonel Stern
berger for the contractors who were 10
furnish food supplies for the summer
camp next month 10 begin delivery at
once. As soon as this detail was com,
-pleted. the quartermaster chief called
up the New York Central authorities
and made arrangements for transport,
ing the men. Sergeants Farrell and
Nonitz were promoted to captains and
assigned as aids 10 Sternbcrger
Meanwhile. i'm his Office, sat Colonel
Kincaid, listening 10 the pleas OF re
tired officers of the guard and the
regular army offering their services 10
their country. Shortly afterward Lieu
tenant Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt,
of General Organs staff, came in 10
talk 20 Colonel Sternberger. On his
way out he was asked:
Are you ready 10 20 to the front
ooh. yes" he replied; ready and
willing to GO
What do you think cf this mobili-
zation?'
81 think it is a very. very good
thing ! consider DO an excellent move.
Callers at the Municipal Building
hoadouarters before noon included
CAPTAIN David s. Biddle, L. S. A., in
spector instructor; Captain p. ). Hop
Nns. L. S. A., inspector instructor and
Major William Force, L. s. A., in-
spector instructor
Stotesbury Busy.
In the afternoon the scene Of the
most important activities switched
again 10 the State Arsenal, az Seventh
Avenue and Thirty-ffth Street. There
Adjutant General Stotesbury and his
aids were i'm constant communication
with General O'Ryan at Peeksklll and
Governor Whitman at Albany. Until 3
O'Clock Yesterday morning General
Stotesbury was at his desk. After
snatching a brief interval Of rest he
was back again. Then, 20 the amaze
ment OF many officers who came TO can
on him. the general. dressed for the
first time since the hearing began in
field service uniform. ordered the IN
vcstigation into Jewish discrimination
in the guard to go on.
Colonel Bostwick. aid TO the general,
took his place while the inquiry was
being held.
we have a perfect machine said
the colonel. Everything I'm the way OF
supplies is ready. The necessary guns
will be shipped by the Federal gov
ernment from Philadelphia whenever
we give the word"
"How about the 6,7OO horses that
have been ordered from Western
ranges ." he was asked.
"Thev are on their way 10 New
York" he replied. 81 consider their
provisionary purchase brilliant
stroke. What the national guard o.
this state would do without them
don't know"
"You saw provisionary. Why"
I'VE simply had an option replied
the colonel. "Then, in case Of the ami
mails not being used for war purposes
they would be returned and ther
shipped by their owners TO Europe for
the use Of the Allies"
Differs from '9S Interest.
Unlike the interest displayed at the
mobilization during the Spanish-Amer-
ican War New York yesterday took the
movements Of troops about the city
with little cheering or display But
+ the thrill was there, just the same
Men and women stopped on the street.
TO look back after the forms Of khaki
clad lads Great crowds gathered ir
front Of the armories, pressed face
against the iron bars to learn wha'
was going on within, followed witt
interest the appearance Of men in uni
form II was a wiser city than the
New York of 1898, but not less patri
otic, not whit less thrilled.
The feeling that possessed the wive;
of Revolutionary War heroes animated
the young women who dropped THEN
housework yesterday to bid their hus
, bands gOOdby al the 69th Regiment
Armory. They clung 10 their husbands
after the final embrace. as the South
ern and Northern women did when th,
c. il 10 the colors came siXty-hve year.
aFo. Before noon fully 500 men wer,
uniform at the 69th armory. Theil
women folk cried, while the guardsmer
,ried 20 comfort them.
There were the instances Of Privat,
John Healy and Private James VI
Miller. whose wives had arrived will
their babies. Perhaps Healy and Mile
VIII get a chance 10 see their wive
aa9 babies again; perhaps they vii
not. kissing and smiling through thei
tears. the women walked down the step
Of the big building, through street
crowded with sympathetic men ant
women. and TO homes that had los
their attractions suddenly and swiftly.
4 number OF young women stool
about the main entrances TO the Gran,
Central Terminal all afternoon, despit
the rain. 20 witness the departure o
the troops Patrolmen of the Eas
Flity-frst Street station explained tina
no soldiers would leave the city durn,
the afternoon, but the crowd persiste,
in staying.
Guardsmen Flock TO Armories.
And all day long women, young an
OLD. besieged the train announcers an
The information desks-wives who ha
proudly come 20 see their men marcl
with the men who belonged 20 othe
wcmen; girls whose sweethearts wer
leaving TO fight for their country
mothers whose sons were going 10 brini
glorious names back from the battle
Gc'd.
II the city's feelings and emotion
seemed blanketed with reserve duriul
the day, there could not have been
more eager community when o'clocI
came. Thousands of guardsmen rusheD
from their places Of business 20 thei
ar1ories 10 get first hand news of whel
hey will be expected TO leave the city
Zach Of the big, grim buildings becam