Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-30

The first OF the national guards
men 10 reach a border station was
one battalion of the tab artillery
that went into camp at NOgaieS
this afternoon. Two regiments
of the Illinois guardsmen will
reach San Antonio late today.
Springfield. Ill, June 30-The Eight
ing Seventh" infantry of the Illinois
national guard and the staff officers Of
the First infantry brigade, after a
sleepless night and without breakfast,
departed for the Mexican border today
on an Illinois Central train, the last
section OF which pulled out of Camp
Dunno a few minutes before 3 o'clock
this morning.
The regiment broke camp yesterday,
expecting to entrain at o'clock last
night, but the first section OF their
train did not arrive until o'clock this
morning Men and officers dOZed in
their uniforms on the station platform
all night and jumped to their feet at
every whistle of passing train, only
to retire again swearing at their luck
and the railroads delay in supplying
troop trains.
s.-- Seventy Are-Left- Behind.
Early this morning the regiment was
further exapspcrated by an order
from Colonel L. NJ Lewis, chief mus
ter officer based on a telegram from
headquarters of the central depart
ment. L. S A, forbidding the Seventh
regiment or any unit leaving the mo-
bilization camp hereafter to take with
it the men who had been disqualified
by the federal army medical eXamin-
ers. This order cost the Seventh 10
enlisted men and five commissioned
officers. Upon receipt of the order, it
became generally know about camp
for the first time that the First and
Second regiments had taken to the
border all the men rejected by the
medical examiners in the hope that
once these men are at the COnCentra-
ton camp, waivers might be obtained
for most of them.
Mastering Eighth Regiment
Today the United States army Off
GERS here began mastering the Eighth
negro regiment OF infantry, the field
hospital companies, the engineers and
the signal corps. The Third and
Fourth infantry regiments, which were
mustered yesterday, today were given
medical examination and the inspec-
ton OF their equipment was begun. If
trains are available some of these
units may leave for the border tomor-
row. Colonel Lewis. however, said to-
day he did not think the camp would
be emptied until Monday or Tuesday
unless transportation facilities were
improved.
The First cavalry is scheduled to
leave at o'clock this evening, but the
officers are not confident that trains
Will be available al that hour
Clean Implied Barracks.
AS fast as the barracks here are
emptied Of troops, they are being thor
oughly cleaned by the camp sanitation
staff. Adjutant General Dickson and
Governor Dunno are considering the
a1vlsablllty Of advancing the date OF
the annual summer encampment of the
F1tth and Sixth regiments III order to
give them the opportunity Of training
az regulation mobilization camps
These regiments. the only organiza-
tons Of the Illinois national guard not
included in the mobilization order
orglnally were to encamp some time
In August
1000 Illinois Guards.
The First cavalry will take II
Brownsville, Texas, ! ,230 men and
ofncers and upon their arrival at the
border, General Funston Will have
QUO federalized Illinois national
guardsmen at his disposal.
Al II o'clock this morning. the en-,
ure equipment of the cavalry. with
tne exception of the administration
star tents, was packed and only the
word that cars had arrived was await
co before the command left Camp Lin
coin 10 the Wabash railroad station
downtown, where it is to entrain
Colonel Milton ]. Foreman said this
morning the regiment would take
along two box cars of ordnance anC
quartermaster's supplies which haC
never been opened and that this woulC
equip the regiment to war strength
"hen 1t reached the border.
San Antonio, Texas, June 30.-SIr,
prise was manifested at General Fun.
SION headquarters today when ii was
learned that in two of the Illinois reg
iments enroute TO the border Their,
were those members already rejected
s by medical examiners II was indi
( Gated that in such cases no second
examination was probable and thai
men making the journey south after
having been disqualified at home prob
ably would not be returned at the gov.
ernments expense.