New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-17
Trench Veteran
Finds Training
Camp Strenuo.
Quits Plattsburg to R..,,-
to Firing Line, Wher.
He Can "Rest"
1924 Men in Barrack,
Colonel Wolf to Study Con-,
in Canadian
Quarters
From s''r cors'ooaasr, o, n.

From 4 sfsT 'orcsDondert q r- r.
Plattsburg, Nay l6.- Lieut.n,..,
onel Paul A. Wolf, commandsut =, y, |.
officers training camp, will l.,y. -,
sbly next week, for St. Johns. ov., 49,
to inspect The Canadian army rs1'r'
ton and training camp there.
He will confer with Canada, a.
some Of whom may return wit. NJ
or at any rate are expected 10 eo.,.
later. for a general conference and .
terehsnge Of IDEAS with Colonel ~,
and his staff.
For weeks Colonel Wolf IA,
studying the schedules and reoul, II
OF the Canadian camps and h.,
porated some Of them into the eu ~,
lum here. There are other fes,S,..
the Canadian method OF ins,,s...'
which the colonel des res Ia e.
monstrated by the Canadians -.
selves. lie has several points d.s -.
~ in mind, and hopes that seer. =
Canadian system in actual ouer,.'. !.
will suggest others.
1924 Men in Cam
The complete roster showed 40,
men in the student barracks !, 49,. 80
ing report. The ID Regiment a, ~
New Workers, numbered 2.s1 AZ -
1876 hold commissions. The s,r,rs, 49, !,
the lst Regiment. from New E,,l.,S
was l42 reserve officers and e3fs :.
commissioned candidates, or 2iN -
told.
The camp lost nine members o.1,.
One New Yorker a. six New p,
landers were dismissed for cau,, -.
one was released from each rerr..
on his own request. The New Yor,,
who asked for his discharge served
the Canadian army for two YEAR /,
France and came out only few nc,.
ago with a medal, three wounds and \
ambition 10 lead troops under he Su.
and Stripes
After ten hours squad drill ,o-S,,
this veteran looked up a schedule 4
work hours for the remaining egsh
one days and decided war was no,kx
like this. When the commander u,
passed on the application for rel,s
asked the candidate why fightingrr
like him wanted To quit so early n n.
game, the eX-service man replied
II want to 20 back TO the ,reas,s
and rest" lie took the night trsia ~
Montreal. A former Canadian solder.
who was dropped from the New Erg.
land rolls for physical disability d.
to a wound in the chest, went VII.
him.
Il was interesting 20 watch the On
on the parade grounds. a rectangglS
plot Of bluegrass. as level as foo
and encompassing ninety acres Their
must have been one hundred sepsrsi'
detachments out at q time, all aets;
independently. Hour on hour khif
spots. men moved TO and fro and sx'
and forth over green. suggesting -.
shapen No. ) pool balls on a giant -
table. actuated by the prompting y
an unseen cue
Need Of Uniformity
Major +. T. Collins. senior ius!r'
tor. tonight lectured to the eonPs,l
commanders on the need for unliomi,l
II want the same men 20 be dong D
same thing az the same minute ssf
day." he said. Train the men 70
so much with an eye to obtaining ne'
lection in drill themselves as to e.
able them TO train others
There was a fresh mix up over y
mess question to-day. when the va
Department revoked its order OF Js'
terday authorizing Colonel Vol 70 y
crease the table charge 70 officer: i'o'
30 TO IS cents a day. This IS lllesi
the department discovered. Io.non0'
Colonel Wolf will ascertain what p,
centage of the men Will pay % e'''
a day to increase the mess:
The half dollar a day allowance \
man is expended as follows; ~ g.
for food and 8 cents for service. ~
year it was IS cents for food sh' q
cents for service.