New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-30
Regiments Leave Van Cort-
landt Park for Training
at Spartanburg
18th to Leave To-day
Brooklyn Men Held Back a
Day by Shortage
of Trains

The fist and Esd regiments of New
York's Fedcralized National Guard are
on their way to Camp Wadsworth, S.
{. Numbering in their ranks close TO
1000 sturdy sons Of Manhattan and
Brooklyn, the two regiments paraded
through and TO the heart Of New York
yesterday afternoon.
Both regiments, which have been at
Van Cortlandt Park for several weeks,
broke camp early yesterday morning.
Al 1910 p. m the 2Sd Regiment, led
bv Colonel Frank II. Norton, swung
out Of the park and marched TO the
242d Street station on the subway,
where four speeia TRAINS took the sol
Siers TO West Forty-second Street.
fist Starts in Half Hour
Half an hour later the list Regiment
followed the Brooklyn men from the
camp aod were taken by subway trains
As FAR as Fifty-ninth Street, There the
veteran corps Of the regiment, headed
bv Colonel Francis V. Greene, awaited
them.
Headed by Colonel W. c. Bates, the
list quickly fell into line and marched
down Broadway TO Fifty-seveuth Street,
Their east TO Fifth Avenue and down
the avenue, which was gay overhead
with flags and banners and thronged
on either side by cheering thousands,
as lar as Twenty-third Street
The 23d, as soon as the last man had
detraincd from the subway. marched
through Madison Avenue to Forty
fourth Street and then over TO Fifth
Avenue. down which it, too. marched
10 Twenty-third Street.
Conspicuous in the crowd of men
who watched the two regiments march
past the Union League Club was for
mer United States Senator Chauncey
". Depew Tie cheered the departing
soldiers with all the enthusiasm of the
men half his years who stood beside
him.
JOIN AT lWenty-tnlrd street
At Twenty-third Street. where the
regiments turned TO the west to the
West Twenty-third Street ferry, there
was practically no break between the
rear guard 81 the list and the head of
the column Of the 23d's men.
The 23G, which had sent 500 Of its
men some weeks back TO join the 69th
Regiment. when it became part of the
Rainbow Division, was joined at Mad
ison Avenue and Forty-fourth Street
by $50 recruits who had been enlisted
during the last few days. The new
men were quickly absorbed by the
ranks of the veterans. and few of the
thousands who watched the men parade
down Fifth Avenue knew that some
were the grcenest. of rockies.
The city's lesve-taking of the list
was something more than merely wish
ing the men godspeed, for it was the
last il was 10 see of the regiment as
the list Upon its arrival at Spartan
burg many Of its members will be
merged with other commands under
the reorganization plans Of the 9th
Division.
During the forenoon, before camp
was broken, Miss Guilia Morosini,
daughter of the late Giovanni Morosini,
the Italian banker, who has been the
good fairy" to the men of the list
evcr since they have been in camp,
drove over from her home in Riverdale
and presented every officer Of the
regiment with kit bag and q swagger
stick
The 14th Regiment, Brooklyn, was 70
have left with the two other regiments
yesterday, but word was received at
its camp at Sheepshead Bay during
the morning that the cars which were
10 take it to Spartanburg would not
be ready until this morning. -..