New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
cola Wav Station for New Yor Fighting 65h Way to the From
Proximity of the Firing Line Changes Boys Of
Week Ago Into Mature, Determined
Soldiers, Still Capable, However,
of Enjoying Good Time
Bv Joseph n. THURMAN

vp MILLS. Ions Island, Aug. 20
v;us ses OF little brown tents
~ IN 8 plain of yellowish green
Dust one week old tomorrow.
ID 81 the week will find this baby
. - me cantOnments Of the country ,ly
~ on the low. Nat green OF Hemp
~ plains, settled down to the grim
,,..s OF whipping the young men
m. FIRST Rainbow Division INTO
% for France and the war
rss last six days have seen ORDER
-. from seemingly hopeless
- vvrisd drab tents have sprung
= cra7v patches with unbelievable
L. aver the four huEdred-odd
'Ws of Long Island ground which the
=, embraces. Company streets are
io,gsr wavwsrd, crooked things.
H. have taken on definite FORM and
-. -sirs OF the last few days win
.h,sousnt bakings in the not sum
-, made them hard and firm. huge
- ,backs. that belle their ephem-
- .rpesrsnce and can weather ram
"a .,orm and wind. have risen mere
"a ,bsre TO house tine various head
..uartsrs
Life Runs Smoothly
t.,- trains Of brick red freight cars
n. nm and down the sidings and
so frisked Of their precious supplies
-. Mood and iron Of fghtine ma
~. With amazing expedition, The
-...,rirs Of camn life are well es-
stitched and the wheels of the camp
,.srics+ed with the oil of we'll
..-,,onsd efficiency. are whirr'ng
smoothly. ,ooo
ro-niqbt. though only some 4'ooo
,oyre men sleep under the canvas OF
c,mr Nills-most of them members OF
-, 1sstb Infantry, U. S. A, the old
s,,h NJ New York. famous as the
s.,,irr Irish unit-the camp is ready
!. ,a,s,vs q 900 other young men who
iii como here shortly and bring the
aol Division up to les full complement
NJ men and equipment
These men. like the seth, will be the
..l # the National Guardsmen Of
DEW respective states. They will come
.,o, the East and from The West, and
,,,s welded into compact fghtins
mai, thew will form . division that
an IN rs bit in blasting route TO
g.,,,r and MASKING William the
Ned ss they lovingly call the Kaiser
rt here.
Little Training in Sigh'
W. for long will The hoys of the "a
,,,. - fret and fums against the COM
',,n,iva lnactivities OF camp NE
r.,,s viii he little intensive training
-. Camp Mile has ~ limitations
~ the surrounding country oHeT"
fttla facility for trench warfare IRAN.
NJ The men will have 70 get Una. a.
the front Some day soon me %o.u
uiU be passed along the line the oCEs
81 the 42d will work Ike. demons la
into the night. and when the gooa PEG,
RE OF Hampstead and Freeport ana
Nrsola come 20 camp the next morn
ing they will find IL empty, quite, de.
ssrted. The boys will have started O.:
on their Jump 70 France.
This conviction that orders may come
AZ any moment that will start them OF
n var has had IFS effect on the men
slrssdv here II has made them in
FritsIv more mature, sober and quiet.
Nof that they have lost any OF their
,,sor for the frsv. But the members
~ the seth came to Camp Mills happy,
ssrefres, reckless. laughing boys. A
week in camp and 2 realization that
thsir Journey to Hampstead RAMS
Insignificant in itself, has drawn them
svsst. irrevoc1ble step nearer the car
rare over the waters have made mature
rsn o. them.
Face Destiny Calamity
They still sing and laugh and ban
Mwith all their old time bravado. But
breath II all runs deeper undercur-
mt a realization, consciousness that
tr,rct and new chapters Of history
nsoon 20 be written into their lives.
fy many Of them the war will be the
hr radiant chapter of hfe-France
bar destiny. Over there many Of these
hsys will complete the cycle Of their
fF.,-snd die gloriously on the fields
q France.
And thew know it, too. They are
rinF 10 see this thing through with
asir ewes opeE. The burden these boys
n week since carry does not rest
lightly on their shoulders. They be
rsy the current Of their thoughts m
1 loos. q glance, wistful smile. an
consciously eloquent gesture, ban
'sring word.
The seth and the detachments from
nhsr New York Guard units who have
,sns here % join them are sailing into
,irgs mere with a spirit that bodies no
tod for the apostles Of Kultur. Up In
ts morning at $3.50, they are put
.;oueh q stiff three-hour drill, the Of
scsrs swapping their commands and the
ssn responding with a wonderful spirit.
itsn mess and rest until 3 o'clock, FOL
sssd by three hours more Of drill.
Aviators on Move Early
One foretaste Of the front has come
= he men in the activities Of the air
ssn-,he "pilots Of the purple twi-
a7al' Early in the morning, in that
tfprsssiye darkness that comes Just
N'ore dawn. they spread their magic
hlli, rise from the aviation station at
s1so.A. only a stones throw distant
hsn the camp, and take the air.
The high-keved dronin0 Of 'hN'r
sectors wakes the men before reveills.
AZ day long they hover over camp,
ssi delicate planes glistening in the
'.ahzht a. they fgtter in graceful cir
ts', descending, rising, then darling
sty into the blue like frightened