The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-22
1000 ENROLLED FOR
PLATTSBURG CAMP
Fully 10000 Expected to Get
Taste Of War Training
This Summer.
regulars TO A K PART

A. this season In past years the aver
AGO tired business man got out the old
snllt bamboo rod and looked UP time
,,b'es to the country where there are
rig fellows IN the streams. This year
,hines have changed. The tired bust
ness nan Is Quitting himself with suit
and hat OF trim khaki. while his spare
moments are spent In porting over Capt.
No,ss 'b.blc"-tho manual OF military
training The tired business man Is
ro.rg 20 Plattsburg.
The Plat,sburg idea. meaning tho sys-
,,m Of Intensive training as opposed to
periodical instruction such as the Ma
,onal Guard gives, has grown with
leans and bounds. The best proof Of
IT'S popularity with the general public. or
a, least that part Of II which believes
IN better preparedness. is seen In the
,frnbcr Of oulistments that have been
,.,.tyri at Eastern Department head
ou,r.,rs on Governors Island this spring.
Yesterday the number had reached 9,1O7.
nearly four times as many as enrolled
f,r he three camps which were held
lt, year. and it is confidently expected
tia, this number will swell to at least
f. 600 during the summer.
There were three camps at Plattsburg
last year, In July. August II Septem-
her This year there will be five. Two
Of, them will have more recruits han
were enrolled during the entire season
Of 1915. The first camp which begins
Two weeks from to-day. has 1854 en-
HAL .,- >1NA~A
undergraduates and others under 81, be-
rns in July with ?.117 enrolled 30 far.
Tho second senior camp for the same
month has 2.3i4. making a total OF
l4sl promised so far who will be under
canvas at one time. The August en-
campm,nt has the largest enrolment.
800. and the September camp. In spite
81 the fact that IL is three months or.
has go.
No s~Inrkcning In Enthusiasm.
rlattsburs Is popular. Nowadays one
can hardly ride in subway or street cars
without seeing one or more u fell
lows IN olive drab. wearing about their
broad ned service hats the red. white
and blue braided cords that were author
.7ed by the Wal Department for train
'g Students. These cords have become
"N.FI haAtMA " NV ray PuotN az 100
than the red hraids of the coast artillery
man or the bluc IT the dough boys.
Three hundred P~lattsburgers marched
20 Governors Island saturday and went
through skirmish drill. They have been
dong !t ever since the weather became
warn enough 90 permit--just to keep
their hand IN for the next training Pc
rod. The enthusiasm has not dice down
y as.uclo one Of them. They are drill
're elsewhere, too, in armories and IN
private halls and taking courses OF map
r,.d!ag and tactics from the Wal De-
par'rsnt between times,
They are Of all classes. Men whose
idr4 II STRENUOUS exercise up 10 last
year Wa 10 knock "A little white ball
ahlu, The ,uif or make a run OF twenty
A. billiards last year carried a nine
pound ride and ,hirty-tiye pounds OF
C.Upwept on a long. foot blistering,
obesity reducing hike through the wild r.
ne, and liked il. Moreover. they're
s back this year for more.
Prominent Men to Take Part.
Tie main body Of the recruits. OF
course. is made up of plain John Smith.
vl0 wa graduated from college a few
yci-s ago and has been climbing the
ladder IN some big corporation since.
Ns. there are others MAYOR Mitchell, ex-
4,r-,ary If War Henry $. Breckin-
r.ls-. cN-Ambassldor TO France Robert
Bt.1g. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., Archie
E".-yel,, Dudley Field Malone, c. Rus
3 A|uchincloss, W. Warren Barber, Jer-
rNt :. Conley Of Boston. Allan Cow
~p,r'lwa.,. Reginald purant. for instance,
W M be there. Some Of them will
carry packs and do fatigue duty. bu'
nt.y vii get the coveted ranks among
-" cadet commissioned officers ans
y o.. u.s because they were there las
yer and are capable Of teaching others
w.: they learned then.
r.. 200 easy summer OF rest that the
r'NA', are aiming for. It's hard work
a.l .a,' snow II. From 40 o'clock II
t'o uorT.rg when the first call for re-
". q sounds until 10 i. NJ, when the
hIs,a sounds taps" II is drill and drill
a. march and eat and drill again. witt
few hours for rest and lectures and q
coo. swim m Lake Champla!n. across
-, "a l'uad tracks from the amp. "
tn evening there is time for a movie
s.HN IN town or a dance at the hote
: 70" miles away. and Sunday Is prac'
= lly void u labor, but even thes'
times the majority of the men elect Il
re N voluntary work. seeking to cran
al the learning possible Into the foul
or-lu.
When the rockies get there they vii
f'I an 0Hlu.ng enemy waiting for them
a. enemy that has been working for sew
cal days putting up mess shacks. y. NJ
. \. quarters and other camp edihces
T. .4..ag 'he brown pyramidal tents tina
ar" 90 %. '.o camp homes. The enem.
:. Sis COMPANIES Of coast artillery unde
Major Harrison Hall, Fort Totten, ant
N.UV the l|Ea and nannlvrna hpRtl