The sun., 1917-09-14
SEVENTH FINALLY
Can STRETCH, LEGS
Regiment Reaches Spartan
burg, Glad to Escape Irk-
some Railway Coaches.
NONE ILL; NONE INJURED
Men Go to Work With Rush
and Quickly Put Camp
in Condition.
se.cia, Des,sscA to TEE suS.


spAsrANBuRG. s. c.. Sept. 1S.-All
spar.anburg turned out this afternoon to
welcome the Seventh Infantry. the dandy
command Of the Twenty-seventh Di-
vision. The regiment arrived In three
sections, but unfortunately in reversed
srder. The hrst section to leave New
York, composed OF the regimentai staff.
tho regimental band, machine gun COM
nanies and mounts for the staff, was the
last to ret here. arriving so late in the
afternoon that all will remain in their
tsurist sleepers until morning.
Commanders Of all three sections re-
mort a tourney unattended by a single
mshap or case Of illness. Every man
was up and doing when the first two
sections rolled onto the long siding At
Camp wadsworth, and the feet of thirty
army trucks manned by the supply train
squadron was there to transport their
equipment and luggage to Camp 13. To-
Gated in the prettiest grove in the entire
reservation.
In less than an hour after reaching
the siding the troops of the first two
sections were put at work with picks
axes and shovels smoothing down COM
pany streets and erecting tents. Both
OF these sections were under canvas be-
fore mess was served at sunset and all
we're snugly bedded down In their wall
tents and ready for taps at o'clock.
The boys had perhaps the hardest after
Moons work they ever put In, excepting
days on the Mexican border.
Could Not Leave Trains.
The first section arrived shortly after
noon in twenty-six cars and was COM
posed Of Companies II. !. X, l. and NJ.
The train was in charge Of Major Ma
Jet Of the Second Battalion. The section
that followed In two hours was in charge
Of Major Schuyler and was made up of
Companies A. Il, C, d. L and F.. There
were twenty-five cars to this train. The
only complaint heard was grumble
from the men over the War DEPART
ment's order to keep the soldiers in their
coaches from the time they left New
York until they arrived at Camp Wads-
worth. There was no leaving the trains
and stretching OF limbs at stops on the
way. although at nearly all Of the towns
where pauses were made the residents
turned out to pass fruits and fried
chicken TO the men coOped In the sleep
srs.
The ceIerity and systematic manner in
unoaded and transported from railroad
siding to the camp site two miles dis
taut was due to the splendid work Of the
headquarters supply train. In charge Of
Capt. Robertson OF Vanderbilt cup fame.
Lieut.. Col Sternberger. divisional quar-.
termaster, superlntended the entire job
and there wasn't a hitch or accident to
mar the splendid work done. Lieut.
Col. Maloney, chief surgeon. and Lieut.
Col. J. Mayhcw Wainwright. Inspector
General were at the station to greet the
newcomers.
Greeted by Gen. Organ.
When Major-Gen. O'Ryan heard that
ne first section OF the Seventh was un-
loading at the camp siding he left his
headquarters and, accompanied by his
aid. Lieut. Franchot. motored out to the
station. He warmly greeted the officers
he met there. Col Willard e. Fisk will
pay his official call on Gen. Organ in
the morning.
], was far cry from FIFTH avenue to
the thorn and bramble strewn grove into
which the boys of the Seventh were led
BY the guide who met them at the sta
ton. The two mile hike was made over
roads cluttered with army trucks and
contractors mule teams and dump carts
and covered with two inches Of choking
dust. The unanimous verdict Of the
hibers upon reaching the camp site was.
Say. fellows, this beats being cooped
Up in stufry armory forty days" And
they meant it too.
Two privates in Company NJ who had
done kitchen police details on the way
down were among the first to fall to to
chop stumps from their tent site. They
worked with a will. all the while ex-
changing such CHEEKY queries as. do
We dino at Rector's or Sherry's to-
night"'
These happy but lowly privates were
Walter A. Davenport and Arthur Rob-
ertson. two of the best known newspa-
per men in New York city.
The 40 degree drop in the temperature
mere has set the entire camp to shiver-
Ing Very few Of the men now here
have received their service coats. and
those who do sentry duty at night are
suffering keenly. Many of these sem
tries walked their posts last night with
blankets draped about them. Until last
Monday the mercury frequently touched
the 80 mark at midday. Then the
change came and 1t has been as low
a A.
The First Battalion. or the Signal
corps reached Spartanburg at midnight
ana remained In its cars untff morning
Inc Twelfth Regiment 10 due here Sat
urday and its camp site, not far from
the Seventh. Is ready and waiting.