New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Few Who Missed Commissions TAX.
Their Medicine Like Men-"h
Was Great Adventure" the
Universal Verdict

dred and sixty-fve entered ipm
Only ffty-four were graduated N'a
more men completed hi,
successfully than the War Dean
anticipated. We counted on ~
forty-fye men from each Gonna.
20 per cent. We got NOR. ~.
PEP cent"
ne unexpected numbe, that !,
Voc commissions has created a..
ton by which reserve officers eo-E4
stoned from officers training 80
after three months service viii
rank regulars from West Poip, =
have been years in the uniform. ~
present plan is TO assign a ,o,..
lieutenant colonel, major and fOo, 4.
tenants of regulars to each N,s,.',
Army regiment. The other officer
GLIDING two majors, will be fro-
reserve corps, 1t is figured the. AN.
1000 regular army captains will Le',
outranked.
Whether he received a commiaio,
not, no man regrets having CON,
this camp. 1t has been a great .d,.,,
ure, 8 great experience. It Ia, =.
something life would have been ir,..
plets without. If the war wer, IA >,
tomorrow it has been worth Ii, D.,
the money, the energy sacrificed p
you don't believe it, ask any csssis,.
friend of yours when he geu hs-.
lie will tell you these three uo,,s,
have been worth worlds TO hin \
has given him a viewpoint and a. :,
titude of mind to be gained uSsL.,
else, it has given him qualities IN,
will stay with him through III, an
help him when he leaves the arm, )
matter what his calling. There il nsa
ing that teaches man the inyau,H
lesson of discipline and right liy,,
nothing that strengthens character n,
so reveals a man 10 himself, as d,
army. Ask the man who has been h,n
Perhaps nothing that can be es
better illustrates what Plattsburg Ia
done for the raw civilians who az,
here in May and have had the plust =
stick it through, than the mannu 4
which the losers have accepted An
lot. They took their medicine 10
gentlemen. Not complaint, ns I
whisper Of unfair treatment q :
didn't have the right chance"
How'd you come out, Tomr Cws
a candidate, passing a comrsds o. u,
parade ground.
Certain of Next Camp.
SCOT a first" replies the winre 4
senior lieutenancy. How about N
Ed?'
"Well, | didn't quite come thn.r
but I've been designated for III, ,r
camp"
"Going?'
"Sure. A couple weeks HON. b NJ
The wife and kiddies and I'm righ. Ixi
on the job. The captain told Z, Il
come through sure next time. yam
too much Office work had me al Eg
shape when came up here. lEI
bad start and couldn't quite cs.d e.
Two more men join the pair ~
wears a gold and black hat cord u
two silver bars on the shoulder d y
cotton khaki uniform. No need u "
him how he landed.
Congratulations, Andy" greeted q
and Tom-but they salute before q,
shake hands with the new captain
BILL, how did you make ou.r y
fourth man is asked.
"Out Of the little end Of the bon
admits Bill, "but I'm satisfied. 4
my best and ! know they did what VI
best for me. But they aren't gori ;
keep me out of it altogether. In r
ing up for an n. c. o. in the Nsti'a
Army and my captain says ] ought
get a sergeantcy of the jump"
And so it goes. The camp 10 "
great club, where a spirit has s'i
born that is going to demand r.unsl
and "reminiscences in the years 70 coz
One of the notable by-products o. u
camp is a book which will ,P9s
shortly, entitled Rookie Rhymes
A Symposium
It is versifed symposium 10 VIZ,
every man in the camp has been nv.
to contribute and TO which huneIsN'
have. Here is q jingle by J. L: ~ e.,
and Leonard Davidow, Of the 20 W
York Company, which may b 'u't
the air of Solomon Levi"i
Oh. Willie Jones's fond mAmms erscsa y
to Plattsburg town, -,
To see his father at tbs camp 50 naN'''
UP and down -,
And Willie grew excited as the band "
10 play, rl
And when he saw his papa mareh' Us
heard him say:
oh. look at him. mamma. sint Dc ~"
grand? ....<
See the way he holds his gun s"S
the other hand.
The captains walking up IN front i1' :"
he's calling Hep, .,-
And every one but my psps
out Of step.
Henry Amory's claim 70 na. ,,.
based on these lines, conmen0'
the Sabbath innoculations'
When you've had a shave and 'n''s
And have picked up all the news s.r,
When you've donned your SUNDAY s
And your shiny pair Of shoes 4. .r
When YOUR work for the week
And YOU think that you are thfous ..
You're wrong, my son, you're "IVA"
son,
There's something more for you
It's this needle, the needle.
The prophylaetic needle, m
There's a hungry surgeon Waiun'
And he's waiting just for you
Second Lieutenant Joseph S',:i
poet laureate Of the New ~ -,
Horseless Cavalry, will now $50
song:
Oh. Major dear. and did you hear Wv
that's going round? ~, vs d
We cavalry must simulate ul n''
he found. ,.r1ssS
We gallon and We single-trot " '
as can be. IL. ~
But On our own two feet ne fioe
yen never see. ,h,s, ~
TT, the most amazing spectacle ''
oracad TIA green k>0s