New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-07
200 Plattsburg Graduates
Are Assigned to
Spartanburs
Quarters insufficient
New Arrivals Are Domicilcd
in Dormitories Of
College
tS,sH Ccrrercndencel

CAMP WADSWORlH, SPAN AN
BURG, S. c., Sept. 6,-MsjOr General
O'Ryan announced to-day that 200 re-
serve officers. graduates Of Plattsburg'
who arrived here on Tuesday, are 10
have commands in the eth Division.
The announcement caused dissatis-
faction among some Of the officers ana
"non-coms" who obtained their rank
in the militia. Thirteen of the re-
serve officers are captains and the rest
are first and second lieutensnts
The reserve officers are elated' as
they arrived here without an mixing
Of what was before them. They
brought no tentsge, and the DIVISION
commander, not having been advised
OF their coming was unable TO ar
RANGE for their shelter. They were
forced into the hotels at Sc and 81 a
day, and many found their pay insut1-
Gent to cover their running expenses.
General Organ found it imperative
to find quarters for the men.
As q result of the generals efforts,
the reservists will be domiciled to-
night in the dormitories Of Wofford
College, Spartanburg. They still must
mess in the restaurants and hotels at
their own expense and at higher than
Broadway prices.
A special course in company admin
istration, sanitation and preparing OF
rations-subjects not thoroughly COW
cred at Plattsburg-will be given the
reserve officers beginning next Mon
day. General Organ, Colonel II. S.
Sternberger, chief quartermaster, and
other officers will act as instructors.
The lectures will be in WofFord Col
lege auditorium.
Preparations arc complete for the
reception Of the following units, COM
prising 500 men, which are now en-
route from New York: Headquarters
train, military police, 800 strong, COM
manded By Major T. J. Stanton; LIST,
Cd, Sd and 4th Field Hospital Corps;
ambulance train, headquarters amou-
lance company and the LIST Field Bak-
cry. The 9th Division will be the
only National Guard division equipped
with a field bakery. The ovens will
have. capacity Of $4,000 army leaves
daily.
The 9Th Regiment will be the first Of
the thirteen infantry regiments TO ar
rive here, and is due on Sunday or
Monday next. The expectation is that
al three infantry brigades will have
assembled by September 10.
The 22d Engineers are continuing
their work Of road building. Colonel
Vanderbilt had every man Of work to-
day. Keen rivalry exists among the
various companies and the convict
chain gangs working with them.
A stone quarry was discovered to-day
by the engineers and the three miles
of road 10 town will be macadamized
Three heavy timber bridges will be
constructed, nearly all curves climi-
mated and the distance shortened two
miles. The job is the biggest under
taking ever tackled by the regiment
The automobile field kitchen, donated
by Louis Sherry, Fifth Avenue restau.
rant owner. toured the route this noon
and supplied hot beans, bread, canned
peaches and iced tea for the midday
mess. Colonel Vanderbilt himself
messed from the machine kitchen. but
Cooks Herzog, Farrell and Smith. OF
Company +, to-day read newspaper &C.
counts of the colonel's forty-fourtr