The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-07-13
CRACK CITY 'S
LOSE PER a .ITY
The P. c. c. Is No Nor, m Oh The
First Keeps That W. lcond
10 Troop D.

tOAcu hohiCo' ihc filsl anu pcCohe
Troops, p. G. C.-Philadelphia City
Cavalry-no longer are to be known as
such. History, tradition, sentiment
and beloved associations have no place
in Uncle Sans service when trouble Is
imminent, and by direction OF the WaI
Department, Captain Castleman. u. s
A., the officer detailed to muster the
First Cavalry Regiment, did his duty
and could not be moved either by
sentiment or logic.
Under an Act Of Congress, the First
Troop could not be deprived of its des
ignation as the First Troop Of Cavalry
in the National Guard of the United
States, but the Second Troop will now
be known as plain Troop d, and Phlla
delphians will do well to remember the
titles as dispatches from the border
very likely will have the plain designa
tions here referred to. The p. c. C. is
no more.
While no official orders were re
ceived In advance of the musterine
ceremonies, Colonel John p Wood
heard from private sources the inten
tlon of the Government, and no useless
protests were made against the
changes, but few troopers failed to re
member the hallowed associations of
the First Troop which was organized
in 1774-before the war of the revolu
tion. It's existence for nearly half a
century even before that time as fox
hunting club; its passage through war
and strike turmoil since then, and its
ready response to all alarms and all
duty imposed-all under the name OF
the First Troop P. C. c., and 1t was
small wonder that from Captain
McFadden down TO the newest recruit
there were swellings in the throats of
all officers and men as they were mus
tered into the service without the
name that has accompanied the organ
ization nearly a hundred and fifty
years. No less test was imposed
upon the Second Troop of Philadel-
phia City Cavalry, for while the his
tory Of the organization dates back
fewer years, this organization too has
q history of which officers and men
justly are proud, and the troopers were
moved to tears when they had to drop
the characterization which has always
meant so much to every true-hearted
admirer of these gallant officers and
men.
They Too Affected.
Scarcely less affected were the Off
GERS and men of the Governors Troop,
of Harrisburg, who will now be known
as Troop B, and the members of the
Sheridan Troop, who will go into serv-
ice as Troop C. As these alphabetical
designations were not previously pre-
empted owing to the possibility of just
such contingency, the other troops OF
the regiment will not be changed.
The entrainment OF the cavalrymen
was no small matter in itself, for sad
die bags and other general impedi'
menta, which had to be taken from the
camp to the Colebrook station, half a
mile distant, required more effort than
was needed for any Of the troops
which had left, and half dozen auto
trucks from Lebanon and other points
were pressed into service. But all
these special arrangements to get out
Of camp on time proved unavailing
when one of the heavy trucks broke
down as 1t was being loaded on a fiat
car. Both trucks presented to the
Philadelphia cavalry troops we're used
in transporting baggage and stores to
the depot until the last minute, and
they were then loaded to be taken
along to the border.
The Route.
The route after leaving Twenty
fourth and Chestnut Streets, Phila'
delphia, will be over the Baltimore &
Ohio to st. Louis, thence via the Wa
bash to Kansas City and then to Santa
Rosa via the Chicago, Rock Island e
Pacific, and to FL Paso over the South
western Railroad. The intersections
following the first got away at fifteen
minute intervals.
Colonel John F. Wood, the com.
mander, and his headquarters staff
went in the first section with Major
Edmunds, and Troop A, Captain Ar
thur c. Colahan, and Troop D. (Sec
and P. G. C.) Captain j. William Good.
The other two Philadelphia troops
the First, Captain ]. Franklin McFad'
den, and Troop G, Captain Thomas B
Myers, followed in the second section
and the remaining troops were includ'
ed on the following sections.
Hundreds OF officers and men Of the
Fourth Brigade congregated along the
railroad from Conewago to Gretna and
Gretna station to give the troopers a
send-off and they did 1t with a will,
General O'Neill, the camp commander,
was one of those who bade farewell to
the troopers at Gretna station.
All Right Physically, Too Old,
There was only one regret, and that
was the absence of Second Lieutenant
Edgar C. Hummel. quartermaster and
commissary OF the second squadron OF
the regiment for years. He first en-.
listed with the Governors Troop and
was in the service twenty-nine years.
He passed the physical examination
in splendid shape, but when it was dis.
covered that he celebrated his sixty.
fourth birthday lat January, he was
dropped on account of age, as the
arnv regulations barred him.
with the departure OF the Sixth IN