Evening star., 1916-08-31
new CAMP SITE
FOR MILITIA BOYS
Three District of Columbia
/ Units to Move Alongside
of Regulars.
LOCATION NOT PLEASING;
WORK TO BE DONE OVER
Circus in Town, and Nine of Its Men
Enlist-Field Hospital Has
Quota Of Men.
By ]. CROSBY MCCARTHY


By j. CROSBY MCCARTHY,
Star Correspondent.
DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD CAMP,
WARREN, Ariz., August 25.-Every-
body In camp wears a disgusted look
Word has just been received that the
three District militia units encamped
here are to move down to the country
club camp to join the 22d Infantry
(regulars).
Weeks of hard work will have to be
undone and then done over again. No
one is happy at the thought.
This Is particularly true in the camps
of the Signal Corps and Field Hospital
units, where the mess halls and other
semi-permanent structures have just
been completed. 1t is not such hard
blow to the battery, for that organiza-
tion has not yet started the building of
a mess hall or other work which would
have to be repeated.
Move Not Popular.
No one wants to leave the present
camp site because of its location on
the hillside overlooking the public
plaza of Warren. and commanding
view of the prettiest purely residential
community in the entire state OF Ari-
zona. Here the men can stand at the
entrances to their tents and watch the
progress of base ball games in the
park just in front of the camp. They
can also watch the dances held in the
plaza three nights a week. They can
see the lights of Warren and see the
electric cars come and go to Bisbee
AT the camp to which they are going
there are no buildings near except the
clubhouse of the Warren Country Club
Behind the camp there is a range of
low mountains and in front a broad
stretch of fat uninteresting country
that extends beyond the international
line and on into Mexico until met by
another mountain range. A mile or so
to the east of the camp there is de-
serted mine shaft and slaughter
house. There is another slaughter
house about the same distance to the
west.
No Other Buildings Near.
And that is all. There are no other
buildings within three miles unless one
goes in a northeriy direction through
Black Gap into Warren
The District units are to camp i'm
mediately adjoining the regulars on
the east. First will come the Signal
Corps and to the south of it will be
the Field Hospital. Then comes an
open space devoted to rife range and
on the opposite side of this Battery B
will go into camp. The camps of the
Guard. with the exception Of the Sd
Regiment, will extend still further to
the eastward
The Signal Corps Company probably
will start to move to the new location
Monday morning. The tents are to be
moved the+fo1lowing day and then the
men will start on the task of tearing
down the mess hall and moving it.
The Field Hospital also expects to
start its moving early in the week. 1t
will have a greater task than the
Signal Corps for there will be more
tents to be handled. The Field Hos
wards for patients treated there. There
are six officers tents to be moved,
whereas. the Signal Corps Company
only has three.
easy matter for the battery. This or
ganization will have a big number of
tents to move. but no frame structures
Some Of the mule teams from the two
borrowed when the time comes to move
the battery's guns and caissons.
Guard Work Lightened.
At the new camp site the guard work
which is now done by the District
militiamen will be lessened somewhat.
Each organization will maintain its
internal guard, but the outer guard
work will be done by men of the 22d.
Just whether the bugIers of the Signal
Corps and of the battery will continue
to sound calls when those organizations
go into the new camp has not yet been
decided. 1t is probable, however, that
all calls viii be dispensed with except
IAI ~ arf
mental headquarters.
Individual camp administration will
be greatly lessened. Instead of being
three distinct units. the District militia
with the regulars and become a part of
their camp.
Circus in Town.
II the District militiamen profit by
an exhibition of camp-moving which
they witnessed yesterday. but little
time will be spent in getting settled
in their new location. A circus came
to town yesterday morning, set up it's
tents In the base ball park in front of
the Signal Corps camp. played two per-
formances. packed up and was on
its way again by shortly after mid
night 1t was not as big a circus as
the men have seen each spring In the
National Capital, but nevertheless car
ried about $50 persons with it.
When the guardsmen awoke in the
morning they found a long line of yell
low coaches on the Warren siding in
front Of the camp. Soon gangs of men
issued from them. and before long they
were at work driving hundreds of tent
pins in readiness to raise the tops"
BY 8 o'clock in the morning the tents
were UP and the rows OF seats were
being put in place. Scores of District
miiitiamen watched the tented city" as
il grew. and were on hand bright and
early to attend the matinee perform
ance.
Nine Men Enlist.
When the work of setting up the cir