New-York tribune., 1916-06-25
Stotesbury Says Men VIII
Not Leave Beekman
Partially Equipped.
GOODS BEING RUSHED
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
Officers Do Not Blame u. 5. for
Hold-Up-More Troops Due
at Whitman This Week.
,r,r, . s,.s ocr,.pcna.n, of no rrisuns

rryu, . s,s1 cosrcspondsn, q no Trfeunsl
Camp Whitman. Beekman. n. Y, June
es.-From the green crest OF Mount
Lonesome Adjutsnt General Louis D
Stotssbury this afternoon surveyed the
fields dotted with the brown and white
tents Of the $500 men IN camp. He
pointed to the clear space. grassy fat
land ard lowering knolls. Then In his
brisk way he said;
"All that ground will be occupied by
the National Guard In a few dsys'
His audience was amazed. II had been
expected that the units In camp would
pull out for the border IN conformity
3 with Secretary Bakers command. The
seth Regiment had been polishing Us
guns during the night. The 22d En-
gineers had celebrated the news from
Washington with martial songs. Men
of the Sd Ambulance Company and lst
Field Hospital had confded the It'd
;ngs to their whinnying horses.
VIII Wait for Equipment.
General Organs staff" continued
General Stotesbury, "is coming in to-
morrow. All we want is the necessary
equipment. As soon IS the Federal
authorities provide US with that we Will
be ready TO move. not before. We do
rot want 20 rush the men of with one
shoe and not enough food. When they
are equipped as soldiers they will move
sc soldiers"
"Does that mean that all the .regi-
rents and auxiliary units will mobilize
in Camp Whitman" tho general was
asked.
at docs" he replied. "We have no
complaint 70 make with the Federal
authorities. They are shipping the
equipment as fast as possible. Our
troops Will be coming 20 the camp right
along for the next few days. 1t would
be much more convenient 10 muster the
9TH. 18th and list and other units IN
their armories and ship them out i'm
mediately, but it wouldn't be the most
efficient way of solving our problem.
Colonel Burlington. chief mastering
officer. will be here Monday TO muster
the division as whole. l do not
know when we will move 10 the bor-
der, but when our equipment comes the
men can 90.
Prepare for New Forces.
News that the entire division would
mobilize at Camp Whitman was
flashed over the camp In a few minutes.
The 69th gripped their spades and
picks harder to prepare for the com
Ing Of $4,000 fellow militiamen. Over
in the camp of the 22d the muscle
tiring work Of laying pipe and digging
wells went on more strenuously. only
the hospital units had nothing 70 do
other than feed and water and shoe
their animals. for sickness has not
found a valuable ally in the air or
water supply Of Camp Whitman.
The "Fighting Irishmen" tackled
"Acony Lane" to-day and made a real
road out of narrow crack in the land
scape. At the same time the 22d was
working wonders with explosives, blast
ing out trees 10 make way for more
As Co. B Of the 22d was about TO sit
down to lunch an order came for Ser
geant Letter.
"Youre to 60 TO the railroad sta
ton" he was told. Ninety mules came
in on d special train"
The men looked sorrowfully at the
spelling mess and fell into line. Pri-
vate Nathan was the first 70 make
friends with the animals straight from
the farms Of Missouri. Ten of the
animals took a sudden dislike to Beck
man and started in the direction Of
New York. They would probably be
there now had not the 69th rushed into
the fray. Private Patrick Lafferty, Of
Co. C, grabbed tail and was dragged
through radish patch. Sergeants
O'Ncill and Brennan, of Companies A
and +, 22d Engineers. attacked the
enemy with platoon of yelling militia
men. The mules decided IT was not
dignifed to fight such small numbers
and permitted themselves to be led TO
their new home.
Michael Korn. Of Company c, 22d
Engineers. was kicked by one Of the
critters. He was taken 10 the 69th's
hospital tent, where he was attended
by Sergeant Enright.
Stotesbury Sees Minton-
Colonel Lucas motored with Adiu-
tant General Stotesbury to Morris Min