The sun., 1917-09-22
Men From Hell's Kitchen, Gas
House and Chinatown We'll
coined at Yaphank.
LOOK FOR CHIROpODIST
Camp Rapidly Filling-More
New Workers. Due To-day
and Sunday.
Speciol Despdtch to THE SUN

Kitchen, the Gas House district and
Mott street have justified themselves.
Not only do they turn out husky two
listed scrappers but first class fighting
soldiers as well who can jump from
Avenue AS latest s1s fall styles into
the very newest thing in khaki in one
grand leap. The latest detachments OF
Mott Streeters have been instrumental
In lowering the percentage Of physical
reflections at Camp Upton from the 80
per cent that was made by the Scptem"
ber 10 quota to 81 per cent. which was
the record attained by the first group of
tho second quota
OF the 1853 men examined yesterday
All but 81 were accepted, and the
chances are that few of those who
failed will be passed when their cases
are reconsidered by the final board. Ex-
amining physicians who are operating
the medical hopper in Barracks PISS
are immensely pleased over the class OF
men that are being sent them at present
The seven,y-n!ne men of the original
2.a00 who were recommended for rejec-
tlon on physical grounds seem to have
been lost In the general camp shuttle.
they have been assigned 10 the skeleton
division, but they have not been uni
formed, nor are they doing any active
drilling. AS soon as the formal dis
charges are sent out from General Bell .
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The sentiment that is fast spreading
from barracks to barracks that army
life Is bully life could not possibly bo
better exemplited than in the action OF
some Of these seveuty-nine rejected men.
Fully score OF them have gone to their
temporary commanders and begged 10 be
given another chance before the exaInin-
ing board. one chap who is acting quar-
termaster sergeant in one of the bar
racks has enlisted the help of all the
officers in sight. and IL there * any way
of breaking into the National Army
short Of actual murder ct grand larceny
he is going 70 do IL.
Farmers Join Camp.
To-hay's triple edition troop train
sSecial. bearing l.129 men in all. brought
IA batch of fine outstanding young men
districts who would not have needed
such glowing signs or singing bands AS
they mad TO nave attracted attention.
With the addition OF these artists of
the soil Camp Upton has now increased
it's number Of occupations and !ncllna-
tons from 1867 to ISs.
The post now has everything from an
official and prize professional Fat catcher
to poet--or rather a flock of poets.
Nothing is lacking but a chiropodist and
the odds are holding steady that one of
these rare birds will be sailing into camp
long before the last OF the $4,000 detrain
1T Yaphank's Grand Central.
All day long patches OF dusty young
men armed to the teeth with their mat
tresses. blankets. mess kits and personal
beloncirSs trckked from their receiving
barracks to their temporary permanent
ones. The term temporary permanent is
used adv leodly, for Wneu the post has
been completed and the reSinenta! units
are assigned to their final quarters there
viii be a third migration.
In the meantime the commands are
going ahead with their drilling. while the
latest arrivals are worrying through the
regimcrtal soldier lessons II Is a com
mon sight these days 10 see Il company
Of some zoo mon uniformed from march
lit SnOtS 10 nat 10 sN lDBIlP uOWli one
cf the streets with all the sang froid
or whatever the army equivalent would
be. of old time border regulars, Usually
sergeant fully as scrappy as he looks.
Is beating out ''one two three four" OF
the ancient Hep, Hep. Hep Hep" but
there Is always some short stubby youth
who Is always wrong.
This afternoon a captain whose name
n fatherly War Department DEGREES shall
not be used, discoverd one Of these wrong
steppers continually cumming up the
marching. Hating his company. he very
gently went up to the young man bear.
Ing unnistaka BILE marks Of sunny Italy
and suggested that he get In step.
Tin sorry. mister, but been working
on de railroad gang and I'm so used to
walking on the ties" the rookie an.
swered, "Dey don't 60 straight, mister
and ! have to make one beg step and
one little step. But l learn quick"
"Try little private tutoring under
the sergeant" the Captain ordered.
So until dusk tonight the ex-rail.
roader and the Hep Hopping old cam.
paigner were doing the 80 inch stride
and 120 to the minute, despite the
rockies obsession that he was httins
ties.
Final Arrivals sunday.
Tomorrow l,6s2 men will arrive and
or Sunday the final 1905 of tho full %
per cent quota will reach the camp. The