Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-28

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nent Of artillery. one regiment OF cavalry
| and two regiments OF infantry would pass
| through Philadelphia late this afternoon and
tonight on their way TO the front
THIRD STAYS IN CAMP.
The announcement that only two instead
of three infantry regiments will start at
| once Is taken TO mean that two of the
| three infantry regiments in the 1st Brigade
| have been built up 20 a peace strength of
| 63 men per company, which is required by
| the War Department, while the third Is to
| remain at Mount Gretna until II has been
| recruited to the required strength.
There are only two engineer corps in the
division mobilizine here--B is from Phila-
delphia and A is frorl Scranton
The Pennsylvania division has but one
regiment OF cavalry and one regiment of
artillery, so Il is authentic to say that both
will gu through Philadelphia.
No information is available vet as to
which or when they leave.
Many things are holding us back" said
Captain kemper today; muster roll is not
Vaccinations for smallpox and inocula-
tion for typhoid have not been finished.
Not one man can leave this camp until /
say so that is UP to me.
They must come up to all the require
ments of the Army Of the East before
they go. When they do. l will report"
Captain Kemper, officers Mt Division
Headquarters. and C. D. Morse, represent
ative of the American Railroad Association.
which has charge Of transporting troops
from 127 mobilization camps, held n con-
ference this morning. concerning the assign
ment Of troops TO the various routes
ROUTES OF TROOPS
The routes Of the various troops which
go through Philadelphia are:
One field hospital, one ambulance and two
companies of engineers go over the Colum-
bla and Lebanon to Lebanon, then over the
Philadelphia and Reading to Philadelphia,
over the Baltimore and Ohio to st. Louis
thence over the St Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern to Dallas and then to El Paso
on the Texas and Pacific.
one regiment of cavalry, which goes |
through Philadelphia, will travel over the |
Columbia and Lebanon to Lebanon. then |
over the Philadelphia and Reading to Phila- |
delphia. over the Baltimore and Ohio to
st. Louis, thence to Kansas City; to Santa |
Rosa, to Ell Paso
Two regiments OF infantry go over the |
same route including Philadelphia, as far |
as st. Louis Then one goes over the Illi- |
nois Central to Memphis to FL Paso.
The other regiment will leave ST Louis |
on the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy to
Kansas City and over the Santa Fe to FL
Paso.
It was fully expected that the 1st Brigade
would leave for the border last night. In
fact, orders for the departure of the Phila-
delphia mlitamen were received from Sec
retary of War Baker yesterday afternoon
Accompanying the order however. was
second order demanding complete muster
roll and identification OF the various COM
mands. This delayed departure. as even
the finger prints of the men had to be taken,
and then later last night. General Price
issued his appeal for recruits to take the
places of guardsmen rejected by the army
officers.
Mayor Smith was appealed to at midnight
by Brlgadier General Price commander of
A recruiting office was
opened today in the headquarters of the
National Security League in the Franklin
National Bank Building, Broad and Chest
nut streets.
Standing in his tent at midnight. General
Price aroused Mayor Smith, in Philadelphia.
with a long-distance telephone message that
told the city's chief executive that Philadel-
phia was on the edge of losing the laurels
placed on the brows of it's troops, picked by
the War Department to be Pennsylvania s
first troops to be sent to the border.
For PHYS sake, stir up our people to |
send us some men," shouted the General
into the balky telephone, while orderly
held flickering oil lantern so that he could
see the mouthpece.
"Our brigade is short in men, and recruits
from country towns are filling up the other
regiments. We are below the minimum in
many companies, not all our men have been
examined and 1 am afraid the reflections
will make us run short. We need $50 men
at once to be sent here.
The voice of the Mayor at the other end