Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-05
SECRECY PREVAILS
AS TO MOVEMENTS
OF STATE TROOPS
Prevailing Belief Is That Little
Will Be Known Of Plans
Till Guardsmen Break
Camp.
SOLDIERS SPEND QUIET DAY
In Future Only Those Having
Business in Camp Are to
Be Allowed There.
SIGNAL CORPS IS READY

| (From Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, July 4.--(SpeciaD-Some
morning the people of Lincoln will
wake up to find the mobilization
camp deserted and the soldier boys
gone.
The secrecy which prevails around
headquarters indicates that little will
be known of the movement of the
troops unless special activities arouse
suspicion and eople stay awake
to watch.
The war department is using all
means possible to move the troops
with as much secrecy as possible in
order that they may be moved safely.
The Nebraska end of the movement
Of troops is endeavoring to carry
this out in hope that they will escape
the fate of the troops a few days ago
where a train was wrecked carrying
the guard of one state to the south.
+. Exercises at Auditorium.
Today the camp was very quiet.
Visitors saw nothing out of the
ordinary and outside of a big chicken
dinner provided for every company
and patriotic exercises at the audi
torium, there was little to arouse the
curiosity Of the visitor. 1t is said
that 1000 chicken were shipped in
from Crete for the dinners of the
soldiers today. "
Today is the last day that the camp
will be opened to visitors, except be-
tween the hours of and 1880
o'clock in the evening. No one will
be allowed within the grounds at any
other time unless they have business
or for the purpose of visiting some
member of their own family who is
a soldier. No grub of promiscuous
or deadly mixture will be allowed to
be brought TO the camp by visitors
without first being passed by the
board of censorship" Real food such
as mother used to make will be al
lowed TO pass through, but bakery
shop connections and the like will
find hard luck. The authorities at
the camp do not propose to take any
chances on having the stomachs Of |
the boys put on the bum by food Of
a strange mixture. -
1t is understood that the war de-
partment has received final notice
that the signal corps is ready and
FULLY prepared for the trip to the
,outh. So it Is probable that they
may be moved With ma few hours.
Regret Chaplin Leidy's Case.
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One of the regretable circumstances
n connection with the examination Of
nen for the service and their rejec-
ion, comes with the failure of Chap
ain ]. M. Leidy of Omaha, chaplain
If the Fourth regiment, to pass the
examination. Like many others who
lave failed to come up to the require
nents, his failure is for a minor COM
,laint and probably easily remedied.
Chaplain Leidy feels keenly the dis
appointment, but not more so than
he officers and men of the regiment
It headquarters Z He has endeared
himself to them all, and if his appli-
alton to the department is allowed,
hey will all hail with delight his good
ortune. Chaplain Leidy has applied
o the War department for permission
o go, stating in his application that
le valves all rights to a pension for
disability, provided the disability is
aused by hs present complaints Be-
ng noncombatant, it is possible that
lis application may be allowed. The
haplain left last night for his home
n Omaha
The equipment for the state troops
5 understood to be all here now, or
east sufficient to equip every COM
amy up to the first requirements.
Machinists working in the Havelock
ailway shops have passed resolutions
the movement of an !
rmed force to Mexico. On the other ;
and the city council of Lincoln has
ssured all employees who desire to go
0 war that their places will be open
Or them when they return. |.
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