Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-08
OF TROOP
TRAIN IN AUGUSTA
|rorries Six Companies of
officers, Headquarters Per-
sonnel and Bakery
|trNIOAD AT FAST CLIP
Bv a STAG Correspondent

CANT N. li,I ,,oo,iop Of the troAp train car
me niv companies of the ammunition
Ens o9icers and the enlisted personnei
uain orol Stilwelps headquarters and the
4 o. bakery arrived in Camp Hancock thls
morning. .,,,r 90 Lieutenant Col
-, Howard $. Williams, commanding .ne
cnel i,,or train. ran ahead of its sched-
.rr,,aI here was set for o'clock TINS
.rnoon W. In exactly one hour and four
Nv ,,inutes after pulling into the de-
Il ,,.tng zen station near Wheless station
tr',,on+ tra,,,,"o of the six ammunition companies
~ nnloaded into heavy motortrucks ana
~ men of the units, numbering h1ty-tVe
~ ~ company, we're marching up the MI.
A. tbeir quarters. Unloading was carried
~ under the supervision or MAJOR DE- u,
/ wheeler, of the motor supply uaII; anu
~~antaIn N. ID. French, L. S. A., assistant
Saartermaster The six companies which
ess,,,od IN the first section are Company
a. of Shamokn; No 2, of Lebanon
~ of Allentown; No. 4, of Selingsgrove
~ ~ of Allentown. and No. G, of Harris
hure These companies comprise that sec
t,on of the train which carries small arms
nrdnance. The second section, which now
& nearing Augusta, will bring the remain
,ag six companies of the train These lat
tsr companies carry shells and heavy am
muniton.
LAST UNIT EXPECTED
In addition to the remaining companies
=, the ammunition train, the second sec
tion of the troop train, which will arrive
here early this afternoon, bears the mill
tarv police and other auxiliary units II
q anticIpated that all of the auxiliary
troops will be in camp by 7 o'clock tonight
ar earlier If the train makes as good time
A did that bringing In the first troops 10
Z arrive here since the order to halt Penn
sylyanas soldiers was rescnded. The
= headquarters troop is the last unit eX-
pected, and that is scheduled to arrive here
A. 7 o'clock. The following units are ex-
pected to be in camp tonight: Field Hos
pitals, Nos and 3 Ambulance Company
No. 2, Field Hospital No 4, Troop No. l
and division train.
Included in the equipment brought to
camp by the first troop trains this morning
were twelve small motortrucks for the
use Of the quartermaster's department and
four motortrucks for the motor supply train
As the line of khaki-clad youths marched
m the steep hill from the detrainlng sta
tion to their quarters. they got their first
taste of a burning hot southern sun. They
were in heavy marching order and they
bwung along to the music of jingling tin
cups fastened to Canteens.
#N MEN PHYSICALLY FIT
They appeared fit and in fine physical
shape and they went about the work of
storing their goods and raising tents with
the vigor of men who had spent years in
the field. The new arrivals were heartily
welcomed by comrades who have been here
since the first mcss shacks were erected in
Camp Hancock. Men of the field bakery,
commanded by Captain Frank l.. Mueller,
were received with hearty applause by
troops at work about the detraning sta
ton. The bread served in Camp Hancock
has been Of excellent quality, but there is
not soldier in the field who has not been
looking forward to the advent of 101 men
Of Captain Mueller's command and the 3d.
{ 900 pounds of bread which they will turn
out daily. The field bakery will be erected
opposite the quartermaster's quarters.
& General Stillwell met the officers of his
staff shortly after their arrival and took
them about Camp Hancock in his automo-
bile After viewing the camp they reported
to Major General Clement at division head
quarters. Lieutenant Colonel williams de-
clared the trip from Mount Gretna had
been decidedly pleasant and comfortable.
The provost guard. consisting Of two
details of twenty men each, made up in
equal numbers of Georgia and Pennsyl-
Tania troops, went on duty at noon to-
day. The guard Will be under commanS
patrol the streets from noon until mid
night especially those streets embraced
within the business section of the city.
Ihs primary purpose of organizing a pro-
vost was to stop the sale of liquor to the
pennsylvania troops and to blast the
schemes Of certain "bootleggers" who
planned extensive sales of extremely bad
whisky to thousands of soldiers who will
arrive here within the next two weeks.
CAFE RAIDED AND CLOSED
AN indication of the strength of purpose
81 the local authorities to stamp out the
sale OF liquor in the city limits was given
yesterday when cafe with bar in a rear
room was raided and closed up
IN Inc war Department does not intend to
h send any man to France who is not
mentally able to stand the gaff of trench
warfare or to survive the hardships and
horrors OF modern warfare. Rigid tests
70 determine the mental condition of each
man IN the division have been started in
\ he FIRST Field Artillery by Lieutenant T..
=. otocker, OF Philadelphia, and Lieutenant
= " Rice, of Washington, both members
VI the United States medical reserve corps.
and they intend to put every officer and
ehilsted man in the division to a severe test
70 prove his fitness for war service. 1t
Was learned yesterday that less than one
mali OF l per cent Of the men examined
VI tne First Field Artillery was rejected.
TEST SOLDIERS REFLEXES
Ihe physicians, in examining a soldier,
.est MS rehexes and require him to 60
tnrough certain mechanical movements
WIN MS hands and legs. Eyes are thor
Vushly examined and he is otherwise "over-
nauied' Examinations wifi start in the
second Field Artillery next week.
IA examination of the mental and neural
Sonuition OF soldier is decidedly new.
zen VINO have spent years in the army
snu are now in the field here say they
.sser knew OF such test before. 1t is
r MADE necessary. officers say. because of tile
.sAperience of Great Britain and France,
thousands of whose soldiers went insane
ally IN the war because they were mentally
Under fire.