New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-12
$500 Student Officers Receive
First Taste of Army Life I o-day
| Lieutenant Wolf and Staff Complete Arrangements Tor
Reception of New York Contingent; Rain Hampers
Work of Providing Accommodations

IRON o. .sfar Core,rond'rt o. The Tribune
Plattsburg. y y, Nav ll.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Paul A. Wolf and his stan
worked until midnight completing prep
arations for the reception Of the first
- 500 Of the $500 student officers who
will be mustered into the training
CAMPS beginning at s o'clock in the
morning. Half OF this contingent
comes from New York City and Sali
from New England.
Although the camp Is not ready IN
all particulars. ample sleeping and mess
quarters have been provided for the
FIRST arrivals. Continuous rain for two
days has hampcred operations, but with
an army Of carpenters and plumbers
working overtime it is hoped to have
everything in shipshape for the arrival
Of The second half Of the candidates on
Monday.
Members Of the Officers Reserve
Corps tomorrow will receive a taste
Of the army administration problems
they will get later in large doses. when
they Will act as mastering officers 20
the first camp Corners The senior re-
serve officer of each company will
check in the mor Of his respective com
mand. and assist the burdened regular
officers in the issuance of equipment.
These appointp Cnts Will be for the day
only. The special trains carrying the
student officers will be halted on the
Delaware & Hudson tracks. which skirt
Lake Champlain near the camps
Will First BE Checked In
The men will report at the barracks
Of their respective companies, where
they will be checked in. and then
marched 20 the ness shelters for
breakfast. After the first camp meal
will begin the ISSUANCE Of property. all
Of which sounds simple enough. but in
reality this is an operation ciuttorcd
with endless fCrmalities and admins
tratjve minuti@. II Will be an all-day
task
The Manhattan camp viii be carried
on the army rolls as the "a Provi-
sional Training Regiment. The regu-
lar army officers iu charge will be
Major f. G. Collins. commander, and
Captain II. J. Brces. adjutant. The
New England camp. which will be
styled the Isl Provisional Regiment,
VIII be under the command of Major
VI. Il. Stewart, with Captain J. VI.
Wainwright as adjutant.
Colonel Wolf tonight announced his
selection of the faculty of regular of
iiccrS who will act as tutors to the
candidates for commissions. and who
will be charged with observing and
recording the progress OF each cadet
from day to day For The second regi-
n.ont these men are:
Captains !. j. Carr. 7. W. Arnold. G..
:. Simonds. %. Latrobe. jr., ?. Hurst,
?. &. Gallcher, c. c. Shaw. J. Goethe.
W. II. Sage. jr.. W. II. Dodds. ir, d. H..
Scott, son of the chief of staff; c. W.
Ewoll. R. l.. Weeks. and First Lieuten-
ants J. +. Barns. '. Aver, W. w. Haas,
jr., and II. +. Marshburn.
Camp Is Changed
1t will be changed Plattsburg that
salutes the gaze of veterans of camps
Of other years on Lake Champlain who
chance to be with the expedition which
arrives in the morning. Instead of the
accurate lines Of tan Sibley tents, ris-
ing row on row from the lake shore
and stretching back to the fringe of
pines, there stand mile to the north