New-York tribune., 1916-07-25
Plattsburg Men Dive to
Recover COmrade on
False Report.
EIGHT-DAY MARCH
PLANS COMPLETED
Secretary McAdoo Unable to
Induce I'll Son to Leave
the Camp.
From stan Correspondent Of The rrisuu. ]

GFron stan Correspondent q The Tribune
Plattsburg, n. Y, July 2i.-Fears
that rookie had drowned yesterday
afternoon in Lake Champlain, which
kept camp officials nervous until roll
call this morning were set AT rest
when it was found that no one was
missing. So many men were away from
camp yesterday on leave that 1t was
impossible last night to check up the
men.
The story Of the supposed drowning
was brought to Captain c. ID. Roberts,
commanding the first battalion in the
9TH Regiment, juniors. by number OF
men who said that they had seen
man 800 feet out. just below the camp,
throw up his arms, call for help and
go down. As this was the bathing
ground for the 5th. and a number of
rockies were in the water at the time
it was assumed that it was member
of that command.
Under questioning, all but one OF the
informants admitted that they were not
sure that the man had drowned but
the one stuck to his tale. number
of men dived in search OF the body'
and search was made Of all the regl-
ment's tents to see whether the clothes
of any man who had gone down to the
lake in his poncho could be found.
McAdoo's Son Won't Leave
William G.. McAdoo, Secretary OF
the Treasury, attempted to take ms
son. william g., jr, who IS IN the
hospital suffering from tonsliltls' away
from the camp. but the young man re
fused 10 20. The Secretary gave up
his intention of leaving Plattsburg
This afternoon and will stay until ms
son is better.
The route Of the hike. which winds
the camp up, has at last been settled
mon. The hike will be an eight-day
one, beginning July 81, when the hrst
march will Le to Fuller's farm. on the
Little Ausable River; next day 10
Thompson's farm, near keeseville'
next to Mrs Behar's farm, Roger sta-
tion. about the furthest point from
plattsburg; thence to Hardness, tnen
SCHUYLER Falls, then Cadyville, where
two davs will be passed, while the last
full DAYS march will bring them PACK
70 Morriso willie, three miles from
Plattsburg. which distance Will be Gov
cred in a short march August 8, the
last day of the camp.
The arrival of eleven motor trucks
TODAY from the abandoned To6yhanna'
Penn. camp solved the food trans
portation problem for the nike.
Colonel John /. Chamberlain, inspec
tor general of the department OF me
Fast arrived at camp to-day and Will
remain several days. G.
The 5th Regiment, juniors, have nm
ished their target practice. In an 30
rockies went TO the ranges and foo OF
them came away qualihed, or ilttle
more than so per cent. or these thirty
made the rank OF expert rlneman pG
making 2f0 or more points out OF 1oo
possible; 20l made the rank OF SharP-
shooter, with 100 points or more up 10
2lO. while 555 got the class OF MARKS
man by making at least 16O points.
New Workers. Scores.
Only one New Yorker made the rank
of ovnert riheman. This was X. y.
Hammond. of l5O West Eightieth Street,
member of Company /, who scored
21i. Other high New York men were;
p P Fuller, o293 Twelfth Avenue,
Company b, 2O5; V. f. Hull. 90 Broad
way, same company, 2O6; \. Pray, l425
Broadway. Company G, 1913. and q. A.
Browneli. S12 West Eighty-ninth Street
Company X, 2Ol.
The places of the Juniors on the ir-
ing noints have been taken by the bust
ness mes men Of the 9Th Regiment, and
daylight saving is still being prTactilse,ai Ti,i
by getting them up an hour and half
earlier than the other regiments.
private Edward o. Lukens, Company
~ paa;ment who on July 81 COM
mitted the military crime of appearing
at parade in non-uniform shoes, de,
MED today that he had been punished
by being forced to remain Tor three
dsvs in his company street. II such an
order was issued, he declares, he would
like a copy of it to paste in his Platts-
burg memory book"