New-York tribune., 1917-08-15
Irish Regiment Leaves for
Mineola Friday for
Short Stay
To Be Known as 165th
Major Donovan, of Buffalo,
Expected To Be Its
Colonel

Members Of the Fighting seth"
were the proudest men in New York
State yesterday. The confirmation OF
the rumor that their unit had been
chosen by the War Department to be
part of the first National Guard con
tingent to 20 to France was taken as
compliment to the regiments efficiency.
The seth will 60 into camp at Min
cola on Friday. Yesterday a large
force Of men in the employ Of q con-
struction company rushed preparations
on twenty-acre camp site, about
mile south OF the Mineola aviation
field. which has already been dubbed
Camp Clinton, because il adjoins the
Clinton Road station Of the Long ISL
and Railroad.
Here the infantry regiment will be
temporarily quartered before going
overseas. While water and sanitary
arrangements have been installed, no
barracks have been built, and the reg
iment is ordered to take only shelter
tents to camp.
To Be Known as the 165th
While encamped at Mineola the seth,
to be known in the future as the 165th
Infantry, will spend all its time in the
business Of reorganization. under the
new regulations, and in receiving
equipment for foreign service. Men
from the 7th and list will be trans
ferred to il, bringing its full compile |
ment up to 1906 men and 95 officers.
Each company will be increased to |
250 men, whose captain will have Ave |
lieutenants under him.
The equipment will be as carefully !
gone over as the men, so that when the
outfit arrives in France 1t will be able |
to go into training camp such "a
Pershing's men now occupy, supplied !
with everything that il will need after
it goes into the trenches
Lietenant Colonel Latham Reed. who !
has commended the regiment since
former Colonel William n. Haskell was
detailed to regular army duties, is the !
proudest man in the regiment.
I'VE have fewer than 400 of the men
who were at the border last summer"
he said yesterday. "but we have over
1900 splendid recruits. The regiment |
is still 90 per cent Irish, and will prob |
ably remain so after the new men join /
il. Every man in it has proved his .
worth. feel sure that We are going .
abroad on recommendation made fol- !
lowing the recent inspection. and I |
know that the seth will make good"
Donovan May Command
Rumors that Major William Joseph |
Donovan, OF Buffalo, would be made 4.
colonel Of the seth grew stronger yes
terday. While no one could give an
official corroboration of the rumor, the .
fact that the men Of the regiment all
want him may have some weight in de-
termining who shall command it.
The spirit Of the seth was shown
been transferred to the 7th because his
captain believed that a recent illness
had untitled him for immediate for
eign service, was told by Lieutenant
Colonel Reed that he might rejoin the
regiment as a member of the 7th's con-
tribution to it.
Colonel" he said, "for four years
have been a member of this regiment.
wanted to go with my company, but
az long as can just go with the regi-
ment I'll be the happiest boy in the
world."-
Thousands visited Van Cortlandt
Park yesterday, where the 1st and I'd
battslions Of the 23d Infantry are en-
camped. The list, which has been do
ing guard duty over 700 miles of rail-
roads and aqueducts upstate, reached
camp yesterday afternoon. On arriv-
ing they were fed by the Yonkers Red
Cross Canteen, an organization of
thirty women, in charge of Mrs. John
c. Ten Eyck.
May Go to Camp Whitman
Adjutant General Stotesbury. who re-
turned yesterday from Washington,
where he had a conference with Pro-
vost General Crowder and Secretary
Baker, announced that the Secretary
was considering his suggestion to send
the New York division to Camp Whit
man until the camp at Spartanburg,
S. c., was ready for occupancy. Henry
S. Sternberger, division quartermaster,
on his return yesterday from an in
spection of the Spartanburg camp de-
clared that about 80 per cent Of the
work had been completed
The nomination Of Major General
Organ for the same rank in the reg
ular army was received as welcome
news by his staff. who declared that il
was not unexpected. The general re-
fused 70 comment on his advancement.
1t was learned yesterday that the
insignia which will diferentiate Off
GERS of the National Guard and Ma
tional Army from regular army officers
will be the initials n. G.. and n. A.
superimposed on the initials U. S.
Squadron A Inspected
Squadron A was inspected in the
north meadow, Central Park, yester-
day afternoon by Lieutenant COLONEL
j. Mathew Wainwright. inspector gen
eral, and by Brigsdier General Oliver
Bridgman, former commander of the
organization.
The Brooklyn troops of the lst Cav
airy will be inspected in the park this
afternoon, the Signal Corps on Thurs
day and the lst Field Hospital and the
Sd Ambulance Company on Friday.