The sun., 1917-09-03

oy Gen. Pershing's command. We are
to change over from the three to a
two brigade division, or regiments will
consist of 3.167 instead OF 2,o02 men.
THE work Of teaching the men bomb
ing and trench digging is purely me-
cha nical detail they can acquire in two
or three weeks. Already they are well
drilled. but this work will be continued
While every officer will bend every
energy to make his men mechanically
perfect each officer has been instructed
to maintain a discipline that will brook
not the slightest deviation. for with this
thoroughly instilleld In the minds Of the
men they can be counted on to do all
that Is asked OF them when they take
their places in the line and face the
fighting machine the Kaiser has been
building for generations.
Bound 20 Beat the Germans.
I'VE should not rely too much on
American initiative. American imagina-
tion and American resources when We
send our men to the trenches. We are
there to night and unless We have a
fighting machine just a little better and
little stronger than the one we oppose
We might as well stay at home"
Camp Wadsworth saw its busiest and
liveliest Sunday to-day. With the ar
Twenty second Engineers yesterday off,
! GERS and men lost no time in getting
themselves settled IN their new surround
ings
The headquarters troop. under Capt
Dunbar. is encamped on a high plateau
but in a dense grove OF oaks. In laying
out his camp Capt. Dunbar had scores of
big stumps to blast out OF company
streets that lead to the mess hall and
lar- . dun ~ n
axes. picks. shovels and crowbars. BY
nightfall the camp was In splendid shape,
| and the men were all willing to admit 1t
was the hardest Sundays work they ever
put in.
The last Of Col Cornelius Vanderbilt s
| Twenty-second Engineers rolled into
camp this morning. His men are all
| settled in their camp. and from now on
big details from this command will be
| sent to spots about the camp "here con-
| struction is under way.
Col Vanderbilt was found in his head
quarters tent this afternoon. 1t Is
pitched In the middle of a growing cot
| ton held The tent was bare, not even
cot or box having reached him from
the supply train. which was being un-
loaded as rapidly as the big army trucks
could accomplish 1t. The Coloners Or
ders were that his men be made COM
! Portable first. Their supplies were rap
! idly arriving his will come last
O.Ryan and stan mt Hotel.
; Gen. O'Ryan and his STAFF will con-
tinue to live in a hotel here for few
DAYS or until the field quarters for the
stafY have been arranged TO his liking
The present general staff headquarters
are totally Inadequate for the work
ahead. and these will be remodclled ac-
cording to the Generals plans.
The spirit OF the troops is fine and
the men are not only working hard but
seem TO revel In it. Many OF them OBJ
tanned leaves, this afternoon and rode
! into Spartanburg. where hundreds OF
them registered at the fine home OF the
Y. NJ. G. A here and enjoyed plunge In
the pool.
Still others strolled around town
MANY attending one Of Spartanburg's
oldest institutions, the "old song ser
vice" held on the court house lawn
There several hundred men and woner
| gather every Sunday afternoon and sins
the old familiar hymns There Is no ser
mon. only a prayer and the hymns.
Just what other regiments are to fol
low from New York and the order IT
| which they come will depend on th'
nrozress OF the work at camp. AS soor
as the buildings for new regiment are
coupleted the General will notify I'M
war Department and the order for en-
tra,nment will follow. II Is likely I'M
a artillery and cavalry units will be th'
last TO arrive here. as work Is oe'nt
concentrated on the infantry sites jus
now,