New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-06
Supply Trains, Military Po-
lice and Ambulance
Corps Included
1000 Men to Entrain
No Formal Parade, but Rela-
tives Will Say Farewell
at Trains

The march on Spartanburg will he
resumed to-day BY the men OF the 27th
Division. composed Of the Federalized
New York National Guard. Major Ed
ward Olmsted. in charge Of the move
ment Of troops. yesterday received or
ders TO send south the ammunition and
supply trains, the military police sta
toned here, the lat Ambulance Com
pany in Binghamton, the I'd In Roch-
ester, the Sd in New York City, the
4th in Syracuse. the 1st field hospital
in Manhattan. the ID in Pelham Bay
Park, the Sd in Brooklyn, and the 4th
in Van Cortlandt Park, and the field
bakery at Peekskill.
The contingent ordered yesterday 70
Spartanburg comprises about 2,oOO
men. most Of whom will entrain this
afternoon in Jersey City and Com
munipsw.
Colonel Charles !. De Bevoise, COM
handing the fst New York Cavalry,
which in all probability will be dis
mounted was appointed 10 take admin
istrative command Of the ammunition
and supply trains and the military
police for the purpose Of transporta-
ton. II is uncertain, however, whether
he will 90 to Spartanburg With his
temporary command.
No Formal Parade
There will be no formal parade, but
the soldiers will have part of the fore
noon 10 say goodby to their families.
The relatives Of the men will also have
the opportunity TO see them at the fer
ries and AT the terminals in Jersey
City and Communipaw. Moreover,
there will likely be plenty Of time for
, leavetakngs at Jersey stations, since
the entrening, which begins early in
the afternoon, will take several hours.
The ammunition train. consisting Of
the artillery and small arms sections,
under the command Of Lieutenant Colo
mel Cleveland e. lansing located in
Pelham Bay Park. will embark on
barges AZ the City Island docks At noon
for Communipaw. With the ammuni-
tion train in Pelham Bay Park is the
second field hospital. under the com
mand of Major Louis II. Gaus, and the
supply train. composed Of about three
hundred officers and enlisted men. com
manded by Captain George II. Robert
son.
The artillery section of the ammuni-
ton train, commanded by Major Lans-
ford F. Sherry, and the small arms
section, under Major Walter l.. Bell.
comprise 702 officers and enlisted men.
Military Police 329 Strong
The Military Police, consisting of two
companies Of 32s officers and enlisted
men. commanded by Major T. II. Shan
ton, stationed in the old Sth Coast
Defence Command Armory, At Ninety
fourth Street and Park Avenue, will
march 10 the Third Avenue az and go
by rail as far as Twenty-third Street.
by ferry thence to Communipaw.
The ambulance and field hospital
units. stationed in armories and en-
campments in greater New York. will
90 BY elevated and subway trains 10
the nearest point 20 the Twenty-third
and Liberty street ferries and entrain
during the afternoon.
Major Olmstead said yesterday that
he and Major James T. Loree had eX-
pericnced no difficulty in securing
prompt attention from the railroad
companies for special trains He said
some Of the units ordered South would
probably be left over till Friday morn
ing.
A few Of the units of the field hos
pital and ambulance commands sta
TONED at upstate points will leave d.
rect for Spartanburg. Others wi.
come 10 New York City and entrair
IN specials AZ tho Jersey terminals.