New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-08
Last Fight of Campaign
Ends BlOodlessly Near
Home Camp.
WOOD TO REVIEW
CLOSING PARADE
Troops Mustered Out Tonight
100 Will Take Examina-
tfOns for Army.
From A s,a1 corresuonder, Of Tho Tdhup. I

Iron stan Correspondent 81 Tho Tribune
Plattsburg, n. Y, Aug. IA day Of
tramping and fighting, ending with a
bloodless bayonet charge, brought the
greatest Of all rookie campaigns to a
close to-day. Tonight the regiments
are encamped within one short march
of tho home. camp, and at $3.50 to-
morrow morning they will be on the
way to it, passing through Plattsburg,
which tonight is adorned with flags in
their honor, with their band playing
at their head.
When they reach the post parade
ground they will swing from column
Of squads into company front and pass
in review before Major General Leon
ard Wood, then they will go to their
quarters, turn in their equipment, and
the thing is done.
First fruits Of the Plsttsburg sys-
TEN began to be manifest to-day.
About a hundred men out of the six
thousand have made application to take
examinations for regular army second
lieutenancies, which will be held here
on August 21. There are about ! 800
such vacancies created by the new
army bill. These commissions are not
for the reserve corps, examinations
for which will be held later.
New Commission Plan.
At a conference tonight General
Wood announced that, beginning with
'he August camp, service in the train
ing regiments would be progressive, so
that man who won a commission in
one tour could enter the next, either
this year or in 1917, and, starting with
that commission, win higher promo
ton. National Guard commissions will
not count here, guardsman, no matter
what his rank, having to begin rs pri-
vate. General Wood said these officers
classes would also probably be put into
effect, so that Plattsburg might be-
come a civilian West Point.
Among those who have signed up to
take the examinations for entrance into
the regular army are l.. +. Baine, ir.,
of New Brunswick, n. j.; L. W. Barto,
of 0ssining; /. y. Downer, of Orange.
y. j.; X. c. Platt, of Montclair. N. J.;
R. W. Nix, jr., of 2S1 Washington
Street, New York, and NJ. Hall Roose-
alt. of Schenectady, a nephew OF thu
Colonel
The regiments to-day elected their
representatives for the Military Train
ing Camps Association governing board,
Western men being chosen to balance
the already heavy Eastern representa-
ton.
A Verbal Engagement.
A particularly . hot verbal engage
ment took place yesterday at Csdyville
when the only entrance for the trans
portation to the camp site, back few
hundred yards from the main highway,
was a narrow, one-way road which had
TO be put under rigorous restriction TO
prevent accidents, congestion or COM
plete clogging. At the point where
this road turned off to the camp.
pitched in an immense cup in the ter
rain and concealed from view, a swarm
lof camp followers insisted on cluster
ing around closely, putting their stands
and tents even on the road, making it
almost impossible for the transporta-
ton to get in, and adding greatly to
the danger of the situation.
When Captain Brown, assistant to
Major Lawton, the camp quartermas-
ter, acting as field quartermaster, saw
the state Of affairs, he went after the
traders with strong words, ordering
them off, threatening and commanding.