New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
Plattsburg Men
Forced to Resign
For lneGciency|
Twenty Student Office,
Sent Home and $50 Nor.
Will Follow
Order Startles Camp
Young Brooklyn Soldier Dr.,
of Pneumonis, with
Mother at Bedside
Order Startles Camp
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lFrom = stan Correspondsni O, The nth.,.,
Plattsburg. n. Y. June 4.-The a..
fell to-day, and before the end o. y.
next week ZOO Plattsburg student A
GERS will be out OF khaki and baeL !.
civilian life. Twenty men sumno,.I
before the Board OF Officers to-S,,
were given the choice of resgnins :,
taking an examination which, 4 ~,
made clear. would he only snO,h.,
means Of eliminating them. All 70.
signed.
. This is the beginning Of NhOleul,
wedding process, TO strip the can,
down to A No. material by June Il
when the entire cantonment will be 70.
organized. After the sitting and shi,
ing is through there will be nine CON.
panies of infantry, three batteries Of
artillery, troop of cavalry and con
pany of engineers left Of each Of Ii,
provisional infantry regiments.
The artillery will be concentrated A
Syracuse, and the engineers will 70 10
Belvoir, Va. The infantry and cayalry
will remain at Plattsburg.
News Of the "heavy firing" in the d.
rection of headquarters came as a dis.
tinct shock TO men. who for three week,
have lived life that has been one sur
prise after another. There have beer
rumors and rumbings about the bar.
racks for days, but none took the mat.
ter seriously until this morning, when
ten men from the Sth New York Con.
pany and ten from the 18th New Eng
land, a National Guard unit, wen
called before the board. They returned
with their designations and story tia,
thrilled the camp.
The report OF the dismissals TO come
put the men on their toes as never be.
fore. The drills went like clockwork.
every man putting forth the best that
was in him TO keep his name Of the
roster of those marked for interviews
with Major II. II. Tibbetts, head Of the
officers board. II was hard day, for
most of the work was done under full
kit.
were charged with small offences
against discipline. such as talking in
ranks, inattention at classs, unsoldier-
~ bearing, failure to salute, and 50 on.
These charges were adopted a. handy
expedients for eliminating men who
after three weeks of caret full obseTa
ton. did not measure up as ofticer'
Soldier stuff just wasn't in them. an
Lieutenant Colonel Paul a. Wolf, N
who is already hand
capped by a lack Of instructors, woul
rot have them II the way
There is great speculation aoou
camp as to the identity % others o
the fatal lists. but no one except ih
regular army officers know, and me
won't tell. Estimates run az higE a
fftv men 20 a company Hany OF VI
smaller men in the camp, however. az
noadlcsslv exercised. While satu'
* something in a mans favor. 10 IS mol
everything; some of the bantams az
putting it all over the big Fellows.
After it had been explained 70 ~
men summoned before the Board O.
Officers that their cases were hopeless
blanks bearing the following wen
placed before them:
Because Of personal and official rea
sons which will prevent me from sue
cessfully completing the work Of h
camp. 7 request that be pcrmltte
10 withdraw
The names Of those retired to-da
we're not given out
The camp lost its second member q
death when Student Officer Charlie
Burnell Willard, Of Brooklyn. died o
pneumonia at the post hospital NJ
mother. Mrs. Frank willard, was az ~
young soldiers bedside when the en-
came. Death was due 20 exposure on
practice march last week IN drenchln
rain.
Willard record is excellent. Tire
comrades Of the 9th New York Com
pany formed a guard Of honor and IS
corted the body 10 the train, and cap
tain Spooner accompanied the hoy
mother 10 New York.
Major General Clarence tdward'
commander Of the Northeastern DC
partment, arrived az the post tonga
from Boston. He viii confer VII
Colonel Wolf and conduct an unoiheia
inspection Of the camp. The men wi
take an eight-mile hike tomorrow .
heavy marching order.
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