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declaration OF Wal Trcsider' W.lso,. ~
least for the present. Is hopeful Of AVOID
ing host!lities with the Mexican Govern
favored the delay.
Er way Of encouraging a prompt re-
ponse hy National Guardsmen many
Leading corporations and establishments
throughout the country have already g.
sured employees cnl!sting IN tile militia
that their positions will be held open
for them and in many cases that pay
Will he continued, according TO adyiceS
received here. United States employees
who are mili;iamen will not lose thelr
positions or C.Vll service status, IL was
officially stated to-day
Secretarv Baker has sent a letter to tho
governing commission If the Military
Training Camps Association in New
York city advising them that as soon as
Congress makes available the necessary
myrcy+hc transportation. bsstenceap and
uniforms of Williams attending the
cams VIII he provided by the Federal
Government.
TIE I.rS' Battalion % Engineers, $50
e'ro'r .," uaujrl bN Major w. T.
Wpute'. ~'''rliUoI from Washington
barracks rms afternoon for Fort sam
Houston, Texas. Tie pontoon bridge
equipment left Washington SUNDAY in
two freight train loads, The engineers
will form the nucleus % the First Rec
mert OF Engineers which is 10 be organ
tied under the new army reorgarizatioa
law. col, Mason Patrick. now Al l..
'ro'', will command the regiment.
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CONSULAR BILL PASSED.
Measure ApprOpriatinH Nearly 49,
zoe u Il Thrnuuh the senate.

WAsHtNGroN. June 90. Tn" diploma
tic and consular appropriation bill was
passed by the Senate to-day carrying
appropriations a~ggreEating nearly s2.-
100000 for the expenses of the d'p,o-
matte aud consular service. The Sen
AT" then took NJ thc consideration 81
III" post office Hill AVID discussed It f"r
the rcuajude' II the DAY.
The S"nat" added Sl1n,0on fur 90
rcrscs Of tho ,mbassi,s. legations and
consular offices abroad to meet TIE in
crease due to the war The Secretary
~ state had recommended secs, 900 for
this purpose. and tho House committee
recommended s2oo.o 900, which tine
House voted out ~ tho bill The Senate
restored the item. but limited the "y-
peuditure to the war zone.
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GUARD RECRUITED
NEARLY TO LIMIT
Can Move to Border in 10
Hours. Says Adjutant-Gen-
eral StOtcsbury.
EQUIPMENT IS LACKING

ALBANY. Juno :o.--Recrui,ed virtually
TO full war strength. the New York
National Guard is ready to-day for any
duty.
Adjt.-Gen. Sto,esbury made a state
ment TO this effect tonight after he
had assumed charge Of the State troops
a, the headquarters in Albany. The
Adjutant-General was we'll satisfied with
The reports he had received of the con-
dition OF the guard upon his arrival this
evening, Advices from all points indi-
Gated that the various companies had
been recruited in most instances TO full
war strength, which eliminates the ne
cesslty NJ further recruiting when the
force. are nobilizcd at Beekman.
This means that within less thar
forty-eight hours after the cali for troops
was issued by Secretary Baker the state
guard had modified In its armories with
a numerical strength equal to the de-
hands Of the War Department.
As the guard stands, II is ready 10
move at moments notice 10 IN. mobili-
cation camp. or to the concentration
camp oil the border II necessary.
But while the guardsmen are ready.
equipment is lacking. Not all the men
in the guard, especially the recruits. can
be ntted out In uniforms and equipped
will arms. This Is not the fault of
the state. however. Responsibility for
this rests with the Federal Government.
The higher guard officers have been adj
vised in this connection that there Is
sufficient equipment in Philadelphia to
furnish every man with the requisites fol
service.
In view OF Gen. Funston's demand for
more troops for border service the con
dition Of the guard assumes AN aspect
Of importance. Guard officers here en-
pect that the next call from Washington
will be In compliance viii the request OF
Gen. Funston and that the men will he
sent directly to the border. The militia.
men as a rul. are highly pleased AT the
prospect Of real service.
w are ready to move at any time
the Federal Government calls was tn.
way Ad1t.-Gen. Stotesbury summed vi
the situation late Tonight after com
munication with the various reglnentaI
commanders,
The problems OF transporting the
troops and their equipment have bee,
solved, Every detail OF this charactci
has been attended 10 and the railroads
are ready for the oru..s To- move. DE.
tailed maps showing the route of trans,
portatlon, tho number of men and horses
and tn, amounts Of equipment To- he
moved have been pr. y ared and are being
thumbed tonight by the A~djutant-Gcn.
eral and commanding officers.
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YALE STUDENTS RUSH
TO SERVE UNCLE SAM
Members Of -Four Batteries
Assemble on Campus
Ready for Service.

NEw HAVEN, Conn, June 2o.--The
preliminary mobilization on the Yale
campus this morning under Major
Robert Danford and the officers of the
-FOUR Yale batteries brought out some
4oO Yale men. including the members OF
the batteries and others who are anxious
to see service.
Major Danford said that the mobiliza.
non was called In answer to a message
from Hartford. but that It was not
known what batteries would be sent for
active service. II all four a to go
II would be necessary to recruit the four
batteries up to the minimum strength
OF 1888 men in each. At present the
batteries were working under a handi-
cap. the Major said. because OF the law
limiting the number Of militia. The
men were especially instructed to have
their teeth put In condition during the
next few days.
Members OF the batteries will as
sembie again tomorrow afternoon on
the campus. Until further notice they
VIII ne under orders and wear their
uniforms. The commander advised the
yen 10 put their affairs In order and
attend to matters Of personal business.
IL VIII be a case OF hasten slowly
said Major Danford. because OF the
necessary preparations and the large
amount or equipment to be made ready"
The batteries hav only twenty horses.
though 100 are needed for each. There
is about $500. 900 worth of eouspment
mere for the four batteries.
Among the professors In uniform
With the Yale soldiers was Edward Bliss
heed. professor OF English in the
academic department Other Vale pro-
fessors will go with the batteries II
they see active service.
Although three-ouarters Of the mem-
beers OF the batteries were not in New
Haven when the call came said Presi-
dent iiadley. 200 of the asa men re-
sponded his morning OH less than
t"enty-four hours notice. Yale did not
nave men enough this year for four
full batteries. but the Government pre-.
'erred four skeleton batteries to three
batteries with the required number.
Many OF the graduates have a desire to
Join In the Yale batteries and they will
he given a chance to do So"
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TUG MEN PROTEST SHIP BILL.
Tell Senators Measure Would
Faral,se \. v. UarI,Ov shining.

NAsHNGTpN, June 20.-A fleet Of tug
~ owner from New York accompanied
counsel appeared before the sub-com
'''c "i the Senate Committee on COM
.'''e Today 10 protest against the lam
1''s" "f the ship purchase bill. These
I'''cstS say hat they are not common
carriers, that there Is no agreement
'''"rg them to ~ rates aud that there
'N NJ no ~Standardiz cation Of rates in
,''.r business. They ask to he relieved
''N "a" operations Of the act 50 far
= 'e"ks to regulate charges for light
''ae' towing and other service.
we delegation Was composed OF Eu-
,N' r. Moran, president Of tho National
h.'lh ~ steam Navigation and owner
J. VIC MORAN Towing Company A. l..
'''l"re' council frr the Maritime Asso-
a''pn and the National Board OF Trans
'g',f'l", Fred u, balzell, vice-president
ne New York Boat owners Associa-
u'n Joseph j. Glatzmeyor. OF
,"' Nerrltt-Thspnan Company William
cary, a director Of the New York
h"hil Of Trade aud a tug owner, and
dI' Jacob Rickert. president OF the
u" "r' Towing Company.
attorney Squtres said that as tho bill
r'dpS every oral agreement for towing
vessel INTO New York would have to
" approved by the shipping boa rd. The
'"''' ~ such a construction he said,
""ii' he to paralyze shipping interests
DELAYS
senator Simmons, who presided, In.
lied That the shipping board had no
.o'horl'y such as the counsel suspected.
~" MATTER may be corrected by making
m' language lcss ambiguous.
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GUARDsMEN WOULD CROSS SEA.
Report 10 american Embass, orr.
GERS In London.

IoNpoN, June 20 Inquiries have been
made u the last ~ DAYS at both the
American Embassy and the Consulate
10y National Guard officers in London
who wished 10 know whether they would
he ordered home. The Consulate has
received M official Information regard
iug the status Of 'hc officers.
Gable messages ave hcen received IL,
- few nf tn" officers instructing them tu
return TO the United States imnrd atelA
There are several officers nf the seventh
Regiment "f New Norr who arc en-
ploycd in London branches Of American
iirm>. Among others ordered by "abi.
to return arc delegates Of the American
commission for Relief in Belgium and
northern France. NJ tho officers tpnoar
to he ready tn go If their service arc
rcuuIrcI.
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ASK AID FOR CAMP" MEN.
Prof.. Drtnk~r, for Training Assoc
citation. Urges Appropriation.

WAsHrNGToS. June 2o.-Headed ny
President II. :, Drinker Of I.ehigh Cn.-
versity the executive committee OF the
Military Training Camps Association
urged President Wilson and Secretary
Baker 10 recommend an appropriation
for the expenses ~ men desiring to
enter the Federal camps at P'attshurs
and elsewhere for training
N present. they explained. AL must
pay their own expenses. making Il; mn
possible for many to attend, Tive pro-
posed appropriation Is not intended t.
include pay for tho men.
The committee told the President that
II had under consideration the organiza-
iion OF a Plattsburg division in the
event ~ a call for volunteers. They re-
ported great success IN tho operation OF
the camps, with the exception Of ".
iianapolis, where. they said, tho cam,
may have to he abandoned for lack Of
! regular army officers FOR instruction
PURPOSES,
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ADVANCE GUARD OF STATE MILITIA REACHES CAMP; OTHERS ON WAY
~. Y. GUARDSMEN BEGIN TO
ARRIVE At CAMP WHITMAN
Tumultuous Enthusiasm Is Shown by Detachment of
Twenty-second Regiment at Peekskill-Oficers
Plan to Make Things Hum.

bandoliers s,su..g across the chest viii
hold sixty each.
Every euardsman will I've required &c
hike the thirty-two miles from Cams
whitman to Peekskill. where the target
practice will be held. The hike 80 way
VIII take three days and -four days vii
De spent on the range banging away a,
the targets on the plain and In the val
ley. Battle exercises will be held and
at least 100000 cartridges will be re-
CURED for the Peekskill work.
Field artillery practice will start early
next week at Beekman. consisting of In
direct fire, high explosives. shrapnel. Sc.
al a range of three and a half miles.
In short. the commanders are going 10
make things hum and those %suardsmen
whose physiques can endure the vigorous
tests will be mustered into the Federal
service.
Tra Transportation Plans.
Transportation arrangements have
been placed in the hands Of Col. Arthur
+. Townsend, president OF the American
Rubber Company, who resigned as chic.
quartermaster last January because OF
business demands on his time. The mo-
bilization call. however. made his blood
throb 80 swiftly that he came back to the
fold as assistant chief quartermaster.
And there have been others too who nave
heard the call. Capt. Nathaniel c.
Shiverick OF Troop VI. First Cavalry,
Avon. y. Y. sailed yesterday from
Liverpool to rejoin his command. Capt
W. l. Donovan. Troop I. First Cavalry,
Bunaio who went abroad to serve in the
French Ambulance Corps and somehow
wound UP In Berlin. has cabled from the
German capital that he will speed back
" New York.
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JERSEY HAS HORSES
BOUGHT FOR FRANCE
Uses 800 Ready for Shipment
to Equip Cavalry and
Artillery.
GUARD Mobiles TO-DAY

TRENTON. June co.--BriR Ger. Edwin
W. Hine OF Orange was designated by
Gov. Fielder to-day 10 command the
brigade which will be mobilizcd at Sea
Girt Tomorrow.
Plans for the mobilization were COM
p,eted to-day when orders were sent TO
the various organizations specifying the
arrangements which have been made for
enrichment. The first organization will
reach the camp at II o'clock in the morn
ing and the last at I o'clock in the after
noon.
Thu infantry regiments and three
troops OF cavalry will he transported by
special trains over the Pennsylvania
Railroad and Central Railroad Of New
Jersey. Troop Il of Red Bank and
the ambulance company will proceed 10
camp overland.
with the opening Of Camp Fielder
tomorrow Trenton will cease to be the
States military headquarters. The entire
force of the Acknowledgements and
Quartermaster-General's departments,
except two clerks in each. left for sea
Girt this afternoon. after packing all the
records likely to be used. With the Gov
ernor Also at Sea Girt practically the en-
tire business Of the State will he trans
acted there under the direct supervision
Of Col. David g. Hill.
Tho Quarternaster-G GENERALS depart
ment has stolen a march on some other
States by securing all the horses neces-
sary for the brigade, The horses. about
500 In number. are now in the northern
part OF the state,
They had been inspected and passed
for shipment TO the French Government
when the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES de-
partment concluded negotiations for
their purchase. They will furnish ample
mounts for the squadron Of cavalry and
the field batteries which go into service
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COL, ROGERS HURRIEs HOME.
artillery officer Gets the Call
while Travelling In .Jauau.

Frobahly the most distant member Of
'e New York National Guard TO be
f'a'hed by the mobilization orders is
''I Henry Huddleston Rogers Of the
f'rst Field Artillery. who Is hurrying
PACK from Japan to take command Of
hA regiment. He is expected to reach
inc amp Al Beekman about July g..
vol Rogers has been travelling in
japan Tor several months. As soon as
u'e call for the militia came Lieut., Col.
s'n!th sent him a cable message asking
MS Immediate return. His cabied reply,
promising TO return Immediately. has
Just been received.
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RELIEF BUREAU PLANNED.
Ia mites of Gun ri IN Nrcd Arc
~ Receive Assistancc.

Tho womcu's national committee or
the American Drfcuc" Society will meet
AT |, o'clork this morning At 3o3 Fifth
avenue to formulate plans for tn" ina.
mediate establishment of AN cnlplo,
men, registration bureau for the relief
Of families Of members Of the National
Guard who are called to service in the
present situation.
establishment Of IA workroom for the
preparation Of hospital supplies and
soldiers comforts for the United States
forces. A call for volunteers for this
work was issued last night
All women dependents upon guards
men who are called to the service who
will fnd Il necessary 10 seek employ
n,cnt are asked to register In the cni
ploymcnt bureau which will he cstab-
lishcd.
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STATE CAMP, Peekskiii. N. Y. June 20
New York's National Guard has proved
itself we'll up to the high standard OF
efficient readiness claimed for II by the
leaders who have been whipping II into
shape for the last two years. Reports
sitting into neld headquarters here from
brigade and regimental commanders
throughout the state bristled with a
jealous eagerncss to get along Every
guardsman Ia literally on his tiptoes and
the cmomanders have wired that with a
few exceptions that are speedily beins
remedied they are thoroughly equipped
for immediate field duty.
Mapr-Gen. organ telephoned from
New York that the reports he received
during the day were so encoura sing that
he will be able to concentrate his forces
sooner than had been planned.
The fervor OF the troops was given full
vent this afternoon when a train bearing
a deta. hment OF the Twenty-second En-.
gineers flashed through Peekskill en- route
to Beekman. Windows were lung open,
cord trimmed rats were whirled with
reckless enthusiasm. and the entire de-
tachment beloved tumultuous greetings
that rang out above the locomotive
roar. on the station platform were
grouped militiamen from the State camp
hurting back patriotic greetings that
we're swept along with the u OF the
train. The enEineers-300 Of them-ar.
rived at Camp Whitman in the late
afternoon.
Officers Delighted.
OHicers smiled delishtedly as they
noted the enthusiasm Of the youths. bu,
they impressed upon newspaper men tina,
those militia men who anticipate a pic.
mic or a lark are going TO be rudely
awakened. For the $4,000 Euardsman
beginning with the Sixty-ninth. Seventy
first and Twenty-second regiments. are
to be put through a severe training
course that will boil out the city soft
ness and harden them into a fitness tha,
will enable them to Withstand the deser,
riEors.
Target practice on war scale will begir
Immediately on the arrival Of regiments
under the direction OF Col. y. Il. Thurs
ton. chief ordnance OFFICER. Each regi.
ment will bring Its own ammunition
Every man will have 2lo rounds wher
he goes out to target practice. Just AZ
he would W II going into battle. The
belts will hold ninety cartridges and two
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Rifle practice went on to-day. the men
completing their work at the 900 yard
range and taking up the 800 ward firing
The scores have no, yet been CON piled.
lu' II IS lnOwn that they are good. al.
though not equal 10 the records Of last
Year In the 1915 camp there were
many sportsmen and crack rifle shot
This year the majority OF the rockies
have never pulled trigger Oh anything
more powerful than a shotgun. but they
are rapidly becoming proficient.
I.arz Anderson OF Brookline. Mass &.
former Ambassador TO Japan. came 60
rla'tshurg this afternoon in his special
car with a party ~ friends. He had
been touring the Wes'ern States 10y rail
and is ON his way homeward This eve-
ming he gave a Dime on his car to
Major I.awton. Major Hall, Lieut.. Rral-
ley and other officers Of the camp.
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206 EnIist ~ BuHalo.

RUFrAIo. y. r., June 20--Two hun.
dred and ~sixty-six men have enlisted
here in the last thirty-six hours, 40 IN
the aMty-hfth Regiment and l2S IN the
Seventy-fourth
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PLATTSBURG LOSES
II MORE TO MILITIA
Seven New Workers Among
Training Camp Rockies Who
Answer Presidents Call.
500 YARD SHOOTING NOW

rLArTsBrRo. y. Y. June 2~0.--Seven-
teen more rockies left to-day TO Join
National Guard regiments. Seven are
New Workers and a lumber Of the rest
came from points near the city.
Richard s. Buck. Jr. OF 63s Riverside
Drive turned his equipment into the
quartermaster's department this morning
and entrained for Beekman. Others to
do 80 were John J. Harper. Jr.. W. N.
Richards. Reginald Durrant. John +
Callahan and X ID. Grout Of New York /;
p. =. Hackett of Riverdale on Hudson,
l.. X. Chapman OF Auburn. G. Harold
Floyd OF Garden City. Thomas H.. Hoyle
OF M~orristown. n. j.. william 4. Beam
OF Paterson. II. f. Root Of Newark.
George Schaefer OF Pennsylvania. 8. d.
Frissell OF Virginia. A. w. Taylor OF
Beverley. Mass. J. y. Cummings of Bos-
ton and Leslie Soule OF Nashua. n. H..
manager OF the Yale track team In 1912,
Others will leave within a day or 80.
Camp officials believe that the inetruc-
ton will not be interfered with this
summer by the Mexican situation. Plans
for the next amp are being pushed
onward as rapidly as possible. The
Coas: Artillery regulars under Major
Harrison Hall are driy,n9 tent peRs md
doing other detail work for the fiye reg,.
mental camp for July.
Two new companies are being added
to the OUTFIT. one from Fort Hancock
and one from Fort Wright. The Han
| cock mua the 1oOth. arrived here
to-nlgh, The other viii coma ,o-ror.
row, and with II the Coast Artillery
from Fort William Portland NE
Other C.wr. A.. A..,,.s
Inc ROCKIES n nave sign!1ed theii
intention OF staying for one OF The later
amps kept the office busy to-day ask
amp CLOSING All were told that they
might expect 10 stay as Ions as the!
WISH
IL was Also unofhcially reported about
amp tna' Ten Leonard WOOD ~ plan
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Major-Gcn. organ was in tine city
Yesterday and after a careful study OF
the situation that with the
'N'eptlon of horses AM mules the state
ldrd was ready for service. He seemed
I'ghly pleased with the reports which
e received from the different regiments.
Int runor that the Twenty-third Reg,-
ment OF Brooklyn had been slated to re.
man behind aroused the men n officers
81 t"at regiment. II was said last night
mat Brig -Gen. John q. Eddy, in COM
niind of the brigade. ami Col. r. ". Nor
ON mad tclo-raphed to Gov. Whitman
Ni} 'ie that the Twenty-third would be
n'nanded II the men were not called out
fpl service.
The seventh Infantry IL still at its
srflory. Park ven and Sixty-sixth
street but no orders for entrainment hal
o'en received there last night. Battery
Z OF the Second Field Artillery, com
ih'nded by Col, George A. Wingate, will
''dHe Us headquarters. III Clermont ave-
nc brooklyn. this morning for Van
'ortIandt Park to await further order
from Gen. ORyan. The battery will be
1''ied by Batteries A and B
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wADsWoRTH COMMANDS TROOP.
senator Acting for N's Captain.
Absept In England.

GEHEsEo, -, Y. June 2o.-Troop NJ.
First Cavalry. n, q. N, V. received or.
ders to assemble At the arinory at
Ashantee this morning and the men will
remain there until they move 10 Beck
a They VIII. however, spend the
nights at home.
United states Senator James ". wads-
worth. Jr., who IL the First Lieutenant
~ the troop. Is AT present the command
iug officer. AZ capt. Shiverick has been
absent on leave for several months in
England, Several recruits have been
sworn IN and ny the time tho troop starts
for camp II will undoubtedly have ~
war strength.
senator Wadsworth has been taking
active charge Of preparations At the
armorN,
col Charles q ncHcVoisc NJ the FIRST
cavalry, y. c. y, V, Yesterday rcrsI, ed
and accepted Senator Wadsw orth' >
resignation as the First Lieutenant Of
Troop NJ The senator wrote that he
ltuu2ht he could h' more Naluahlc in ms
scat IN Congress than IN the field,