Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-17
RETURNED TROOPS
ABANDON ROUTINE
Three Hundred Guardsmen
Answer Rollcall and Then
Mingle With Friends
"FURLoUGH SQUAD" BUSY
Men Who Got Away Ahead of
Comrades Pay by Unload
ing Equipment

For the FIRST time In six mouths military
routine was abandoned today while the
500 city troopers, comprising the First
Squadron Of the First Pennsylvania cav
airy just home from the Mexican border.
enjoyed their first day at home with friends
and relatives
The troopers armorles were not occupied
long this morning. The men had to report
for o'clock rocal but not Ave minutes
after the top sergeants had shouted dis
missed was there a trooper In the build
ings As soon as they were released the
guardsmeu went or with waiting friends
and relatives Announcement was made
that the men will hae to report each morn
ing in uniform until the troops are mus
tered out OF the Federal service II is not
expected that this will be accomplished
for a week or ten days
When they arrived last night at Twenty
ninth and Market streets the Second city
Troop known as Troop D and Troops A
and G. proceeded Immediately to the new
cavalry and engineers armury at Thirty
second street and Lancaster avenue. The
First City Troop went to its armory on
Twenty-third street below Market. There
was no official greeting from the munich
pal authorities. in accordance with the re-
quest Of the troops, but there was warm
welcome from friends and "others" who
bravcd the biting winds for hours until
the arrival of the train
the laugh on the "furough squad" today.
The squad is doing all the unloading for the
troop. Before the troop left E Paso sew
eral of the men obtained furtoughs and
arrived home two weeks ahead of their
fellows. When the question Of unloading
came up Captain j. Franklin McFadden
thought ii was only fair 10 assign the men
who had seen their relatives and friends
to unload the cars.
Consequently there is a lone gang"
Lea
ninth and Market streets today The detail
under the charge of Sergean. Benjamin
Frazier, includes Ned" and Rod" Page
Bob" Mclean Lincoln Godfrey Ned"
Law, Jack Groome, Stockton Whitley and
mick" b ddle.
Members of the troop gave interesting
accounts OF their polo victories on the
border. The team, representing the entire
First PennsylvariI Cavalry. vanqushed
several of the regulars crack teams. in
cludng the Seventeenth Cavalry, the Free
hooters and citizens teams. They worked
hard on the ponies assigned to them and
had them trained into fairly good polo
stock at the time they left.
They We're defeated in Mexico by a team
representing Pershlng's column. one OF
the reasons was that their team was un-
able to take its own mounts with II, but
the troopers. in n good sporting attitude
declared that the regulars were better play
ers. Four members of the troop became
attached to their horses and brought them
home after having bought them from the
Government.
Th0re were several cases of pinlS-eye in
the fNur troops. hut the affection did not
reac any serious stage The troops re-
turned in excellent physical condition.
Every guardsman said he was in the best
condition Of his life.
Two members of the First City Troop
were left in the El Paso Hospital They
were Robert Toland suffering from jaun-
dice. and KeatinE Wilcox, suffering from
eve trouble.