Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-10
CLEMENT TAKES
N. G. P. COMMAND
ON RIO GRANDE
Pennsylvania Troops Begin
Camp Duty-Prepare
for Maneuvers
"DRILL, DRILL, DRILL"
BY CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evenino Ledocr star Correspordcrt

Ell PAso, Tex, July 1O-Major General
Charles NJ. Clement, commander of the 7th
or Pennsylvania division Of the National
Guard arrived here early today after having
been delayed at sweetwater by freight
wreck. and assumed command of the Penn
sylvania troops. At the same moment the
troops from the Keystone State began their
first routine camp duty, which will be con-
tinued for ten~>days, preparatory to the
greatest maneuvers ever known in this coun-
try in time of peace
The maneuvers which consist of 1s dis
tinct programs, will be under the super.
vision of a regular army officer, who will
drill the guardsmen in all the lessons Of
modern warfare Six months at least will
be required to finish the course of making
hardened soldiers out of citizens. It is ex.
pected.
The ultimate object Of the great assem-.
Dlage of troops along the border became
known when the news was flashed from
camp to camp. Not the conquest of Mex
ico, but the making Of an army, is the
object of the concentration of troops here.
With the arrival of General Clement,
who brought with him the last batteries of
Pennsylvania artillery, the Pennsylvania
troops assumed formidable proportions The
FIRST artillery trains Of the LIST Pennsylvania
Light Field Artillery slipped into town
under the cover of night
All Of Pennsylvanla's troops destined for
the border are now encamped here or are on
the way from Mount Gretna. The 4th Bril-
gade, under General oNeill and the cavalry
are somewhere en- route
General Clement established headquarters
at Washington Park, where the engineers
battalion will be moved, its fourth move,
The grind began today for Philadelphias
1st Brigade. Soldiers encamped at the foot
Of Drab Mount Franklin while their newly
arrived brothers from the western part of
the State put their houses in order.
Drill. drill, drill will be order of the day
from now on until no one knows when.
Ask even high officer, and he will tell
you perhaps irreverently II don't know how
long we will be here. Nobody knows but
God and He won't tell"
The arrival of General Logan and the
10th and 18th Regiments yesterday COM
pleted the I'd Brigade, the 10Th Regiment
already having pitched it's tents The new
comers today are erecting their squad tents
on the Mesa. Their skins too are turning
red, and they too, are chasing away the
horned toads, centipedes, Lizards. snakes
tableland.
There are now some 5000 PENNSYLVANIA
troops In camp The western Pennsylvania
regiments are unusually strong, averaging
1900 men. The strengths of the Phlladel-
phia regiments comprising the 1st Brigade
are: First Regiment, Sc officers and s73
men; I'd Regiment, sc officers and 97S men,
and Sd Regiment SO officers and S72 men.
COLONEL ALLEN CONGRATULATED.
The Sd Regiment today received its sec
ond injection of typhoid prophylaxis, this
precaution having been taken with the lst
and I'd Regiments yesterday Regular
army officers congratulated Colonel Allen on
the appearance OF the LIST Regiment camp
The drill that began today for the 1st
Brigade is not a continuation of the light
drill that has been a part of camp routine
eince the arrival of three regiments. II is
full drill, an earnest school, in which all the
lessons Of soldiers which the boys have been
taught In their armories and in camp will
be repeated until the evolutions become ma
chine-like and second nature Sighting and
aiming rifles will be an important course In
the school, the faculty chairs OF which are
nlled by the company officers.
An acute problem solved for the boys of
the Sd Regiment by Colonel Kemp and |
Captain Frank A. Warner of Company A, |
is being solved today for other regiments
The problem is: With what are the boys |
going to buy their soap, toothbrushes
candy, cigarettes and little incidentals when |
they are broke or badly bent" and payday |
is two weeks away? The solution is the |
regimental exchange or store.
The Sd Regiments exchange has opened |
and Is doing a rushing credit business with |
coupon books purchased by the penniless
soldiers on their personal notes, payable |
on payday. The profits of the exchange go |
to the mess funds OF the various companies,
according TO the amount spent by each.
The 1st and 2d Regiments will open
stores SOON
Another problem. equally vexatious, is
being solved by the postofice officials. For
days many piles OF mail sacks have lain
In the postofflce because there
were no Government employees to sort the
mail Wires are being worked between here
and Washington, while some soldiers are
II they have been renounced by
their families