New-York tribune., 1917-07-16
New York Units Will Mob
;lize in Respective Ar
mories at 9 O'clock
70 Depart for South
Within a Week
r,.nsfer to Service Planned
at Once; Thousands
Say FarewelIs

Al New York City was astir yes
...i,v with preparations for Hail and
s.,.rell7 week for the New York Ma
- Guard. The interior Of every
..-orv was a picture Of activity as the
.,,t;.elad men made ready for the
.,bDi1a,ion which takes place this
-.rninc. and the outside Of every one
,olidav movie as whole neighbor-
.,,ss turned out TO greet New Yorh's
,gn.
Nine o'clock is the hour set when
-, .,a,e troops. modified in their re-
,,...ive armories. automatically will
!. transferred 10 the Federal muster
N. II is possible that before an
~, Monday New York's soldiers -
cnsr5smen no longer, but regulars
iii be on their way South TO train for
foreign service.
=, the date for the formal reception
~ the state regiments into the ranks
~ regulars, the Guard will be ready
i,iors that time. and the report is
IA. il will be "regularized" as soon
Wit is ready. Many observers of the
,-spi Of military affairs say this is
~ knell Of the Guard. that the or
mutations which mobilize to-day
ever will return TO the old status.
nat is why they call it Hail and
farewell" week for the National Guard
md for National Guardsmen.
Will Assemble Early
Last night arrangements for the
-obilization were pronounced com
,.,s. Officers worked until late, fin
,,sing inventories and preparing rec
Qis and acquisitions for equipment.
The organizations will assemble at
,tsir armories early to-day, 10 be in
i,rmstion by the last note OF Assem-
vy' az the stated hour. The 4th Field
Hospital unit and the 18th Infantry Of
,sgro troops will entrain al 8 o'clock
iof Camp Whitman. at Beekman. where
,.sy will mobilize and encamp until
ne order comes 10 leave for the South.
The Guard has prepared 10 leave and
as left town before, but only once
Is foreign land been its goal
Csba in 1898. There were the encamp-
rent: and annual manGuvres Of the
"a DAYS. which were frolics, and the
buss, expedition of last year, which
VS. -ore or less Of a lark. One only
r..!a 70 study for a moment the
Is,st Of the throngs which yesterday
fisksi every srmory 20 note the diff
iirss. atmosphere. There was a new
~ II the picture.
6sth Has an Outing
hose who came 10 watch the seth
lsgment got the real treat. Headed by
cs band, playing a martial air as
ely the windjammers Of that good old
lrsh legion can play one, the regiment
-irehsd from lis armory, at Twenty
sI,h Street and Lexington Avenue. at
rcoa. and took the afternoon off. West
Nis joined Eas- Side in paying homage
n lie companies marched to the foot
o. East Thiity-fourth Street, where
usy boarded the municipal ferryboat
Niyrl GsynOr.
i the boys had been taking trans
lc1. 10 France The send-of probably
wouldn't have been more vociferous.
Down East River and UP North River
fsglneni disembarked and marched
i'i'ss to l55th Street and St. Nicholas
aEsnue, where il was reviewed by It's
ieF.sr commander. Colonel Louis D.
C'nlsy and Monsignor Lavele. The
isginenisl benefit baseball game be-
~ssn the Giants and the Cubs was
P'.p'ned, on account Of wet grounds,
siii some time in August.
ms demonstration proved the de-
e'lng factor in the minds Of several
!'sng men, who evidently have been
sNhg military matters serious thought.
!'' when the regiment returned 70 the
s'noIy IN the evening quite a gather
,sG recruits was on hand. Although
=. Guard Of the entire state is within
Nv Of war strength, the seth is not
Heo only Manhattan organization which
-rhishes opportunity for young men
90 70 the front with friends"
me l2th Infantry can use $50 more
-sa, 'ays Colonel Reginald Foster, who
sah" 70 I'll his ranks with volunteers
'lo's the regiment goes 20 Spartan
sfg' ). {. There also are fifty va
aaei.s IN the Sd Ambulance Company,
h headquarters in 66th Street. near
Oo!antus Avenue.
"a fact, about the only regiment
.',sh couldn't squeeze m q man or so
Solonsl William Hayward's colored
pa Infantry To have missed being
,,.ns - ms vicinity Of Harlem River Park,
...h ..h Street and Second Avenue, yes
'.sy' where the 18th has It's tempo
-! headquarters vas 10 have missed
-, OF me sights Of the day.
snsi o'clock this morning was far
- ehg for those dusky fighters 10
~ before they donned the govern
a clothes and got packs and equip
ready for the march order And
20 700 long, also, for their civilian
.,h and relatives 70 wait TO see
,si ~ hsroes os. The press Of enthusi-
~. sptetstors became so great in the
re''hSen that Colonel Hayward had TO
,-i.s.a ~ line Of sentinels about the
ing % keep the admirers from
H'iygfH!rg the sr,,ox..