New-York tribune., 1916-07-05
9th TO START
SOUTH IN WEEK
Governors Promise Lifts
Gloom from Souls of
Fighting Irish.
From s,sr Correspondent Of Tie Tnbun.l

Camp Whitman, Greenhaven, y. L.
July 4.-The 69;h will be on its way TO
the Mexican border within u week.
This is the announcement that Gov
ernor Whitman himself brought to-day
to the fighting Irish regiment, which,
although the first encamped here, has
for the last week feared that it would
be kept at home. The Governor direct
ed that the mastering in Of the 69th
begin early tomorrow. He gave no
reason for the fact that, despite many
pleas. it has been held so long in camp.
A great cheer vent up as the Gov
ernOr's announcement was flashed down
one canvas street after another The
men Immediately began polishing their
bayouets and making certain their
tents could be toppled over and rolled
up the instant the iinal order TO move
came.
Governor Has Busy Day.
Governor Whitman spent busy day
here. inspecting every command, re
viewing manmuyres and holding con-
ferences with officers. Reyelle routed
him from his soldiers cot at o'clock.
Just as the sun was peeping over
Headquarters Hill he sat down to
breakfast of fried eggs. bread and
coffee. An hour later he had begun his
tour of inspection with Adjutant Cen
eral Stotesbury, General Eddy and theiy
stafs.
Probably no other regiment cee-
brated the national holiday 50 thor
oughly and enthusiastically as the
69th. About noon Father William f..
Cashin, chaplain at Sing Sing, ar
rived with the Right Rev. ?. j. Curley,
Bishop Of st. Augustine, Fla. and
Monsignor Luke J. Eyers, of st. An
drew's Church, New York Bishop Cur
ley is the youngest Roman Catholic
Bishop IN the United States, and when
he heard shouting and learned that the
mlitiamen were playing Gaelic foot
ball he showed agitation.
Excuse me, gentlemen" he said.
He hurried 10 the. field, took off his
glasses. deposited them carefully in
case. and divested himself of his coat.
'l'm in this. boys" he shouted.
The 69th refused TO be surprised. Il
found place tor the Bishop, and in
a minute he was chasing the ball down
the field with Piivates d. J. FiEnegan,
- 30 ~ ga AAhtf.tsf A+ftA ANfNtlt'AAs ''t
nelius Murphy and Peter Sweeney
helping the good work.
Friend Not Dead Enough.
To provide some fun for Bishox
Curley, Monsignor Eyers. Father
Cashin and a great number of visitors.
Captain Anderson, of Company T., set
Tim Kennedy. little weazened
lrishman, to 5wingin1g a pick in a
hard at work he is in his best humor.
Meantime, in the next street, Ser
geant PrOut and Private Cullen, of
F Company. had been busy. Cullen
came on the run 20 summon Kennedy
ITS yer friend O'Rourke that is
dead, TIM" he shouted. Were going
to hold a wake. So quick, now, come
out o. that"
Kennedy grinned disbelief. But he
clambered out and ran to O'ROurke's
tent. There, stretched out on the ground
with two burning candles at his head,
a bunch of flowers at his feet and a
sheet drawn up to his chin, lay Thomas
O'Rourke.
Kennedy grew white. and his grin
vanished. He knelt at the side Of his
friend.
"Tom, TONI" he cried, "ye been
friend all time. Wake up now and tell
me its not dead ye are."
O'Rourke did Angry at being awak-
ened, he kicked Tim" Sullivan in the
shns.
81 wisht," shouted Tim, at was really
dead ye were"
In the evening the 69th had fireworks.
Fined for Dsobedience.
Major William j. C0nrow, of the
I'd Battalion of the 22d Engineers, yes
terday court-martalled Philip Klinger
and Walter K. James, privates in Com
pany c. He fined the former So and
the latter 50 after reading the article
of war relating to disobedience.
In the same company is Corporal
Sommerhays, who aroused much criti-
cism last night by singing parody of
popular song ridiculng Jews. Major
Whitley. in charge of Company G, Sc
verely reprimanded the members to-
day
Colonel Andrews said to-day that
the I'd had been ordered TO leave for
the border at noon Friday. At 4:30
this afternoon Governor Whitman
ordered the I'd, Sd and seth to hurry
mastering and equippIng so as to be
ready for an early call.
James, better known as Jimmy"
Lavender, former Yale star, pitched
the Niagara team of the Sd Regiment
TO victory this afternoon over Com
pany c, from Syracuse The score
was to 0. Lavender is a private.
Colonel Henry Sternberger, quarter
master in chief, reached Camp Whit
man tonight. lie will remain until
tomorrow morning.