New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-10
Yaphank Becomes
City To-day When
Soldiers Arrive
Camp Upton Ready for
New York's First
Quota
Bell Inspects Camp
Commander Marshal Crowder
and Conkling Will
Confer To-day
tst,r Cn--e.ronaenctl

into thrlNlnS Hiii'"''
ror,Iation Of 1880 souls is the throw
ing open Of the gates tomorrow 10
Now Works first contribution TO the
new National Army.
This simple ceremony will take place
under the supervision of Provost Mar
shall General Crowder, who has ioI-
lowed the fortune of the drafted men
from the moment he drew the hrst
number in the CONSUMPTION lottery IN
Washington, and Deputy Attorney
General Roscoe S. Conkling, who has
been in complete charge of the han
ding Of the draft machinery IN New
York City.
One minute after noon the Provost
Marshal will utter the words that VIII
make this hitherto unheard OF spot IN
Long Islands pine woods the hfty-Sec-
ond city. in point of population, IN the
United States. And if it continues at
its present breskneck pace 1t VIII be
the nations first city for industry.
Every man who arrives tomorrow Will
find that a place has been allotted TO
him in the new machine, and VIII I'M
mediately take up the new duties dc
volving upon him.
Put on Finishing Touches
Tonight such finishing touches as
are REQUIRED arc being applied 20 the
barracks i'm which the privates are 70
spend the first few months of their
new military careers. Fresh hay IS
being placed in the bed ticks, and
good news for the man who wishes 10
retain the smooth-Shaven appearance
of former days-safety razors have
been placed beside each bunk IN the
barracks. As consequence OF this
act Of a thoughtful government, the
man who returns to his home adorned
with a trench beard will have no
ready-made alibi to protect him from
family protests.
Major General J. Franklin Bell spent
the greater part Of the day IN tramp
over the entire camp. II any detail OF
the embryonic city escaped his eye II
must have been a minor one. ne re-
fused TO discuss the results OF MS IN
srection when he returned to DIVISION
Headquarters late in the afternoon, put
il is understood that he will report ms
findings to Provost Marshal Cro"der
when that official arrives here.
With the provost marshal VIII come
Deputv Attorney General Roscoe ).
Conkling General Bell and the two Of
fcials will discuss. first Of all, the wei
fare Of the men who are leaving city
homes 10 serve their country. After
these details have been disposed of 1t
/. probable that the military features
80 10, 4.L
With the opening of the camp here
IL il expected that much Of the con
fusion that has sent Plattsburg gradu-
ates scurrying from one part Of the
country to another on conflicting orders
will be brought 10 an end. Nearly one
thousand Of the young officers VIII re.
main or duty here in the capacity oil
instructors. Once their duties have
begun il will be impossible for Jealous
officials at Washington TO draft them
into service elsewhere.
Officer NEARLY" Promoted
Clerical errors and the confusion in
c,dont 10 examining several years
work into a few months have resulted
i'm mistakes that have not been alto
gether 10 tho disadvantage of the OF
. fcers involved. There is certain
/ youth who. for the purpose Of this &C
/ count. NAV be called John Jones, "h'
! came so close TO an undeserved promo
/ ton that he still thinks OF himself as
possible occupant of the coveted DerIh
A clerk was ordered TO telegraph u
John J. Jones informing him that NJ
| had been placed in a staff position
( greatly desired by the majority OF th'
/ Plattsburg graduates, but the econom
| ical clerk who took the order decided
| not 10 waste time writing down middle
/ initials, As a consequence, the orde'
that was to have gone to q certain in
dustrious and deserving John j. Jone'
as n reward Of merit went to the Jones
1 who possessed no middle initial O
particular merit in military tasks
1 When the recipient of the message ar
rived at Headquarters to accept his pro
/ motion. however, the error was quick!
rectifed and he discovered that there
was no royal road to success ever
when the army organization IS IN III
present chaotic state.
One problem that remains for INT
builders of the Upton encampment Z
. solve concerns the heating of the bar
racks Officers quarters were to have
/ been warmed with electricity, while tht
! domiciles of the privates were TO have
/ been fitted with huge stoves Of the va
riety that cast red glow over room
when lights have been eXtingulshed
but. with cold weather rapidly APP
preaching, the electric heaters and the
coal heaters alike are missing. Nobody
knows Just when they may materiallze
II was predicted by those conversant
with labor conditions here that car
penters and engineers will abandon
their highly paid jobs with the first
cold snap when they find that they
must sleep in unheated quarters.
Thousands Visit Camp
There was an endless stream OF
crowded automobiles that flowed III and
out Of the camp to-day. But they were
not the gay visitors seen about other
encampments. There were few women
in the visiting cars, and those who
came were on business errands which
when accomplished, admitted of theiI
immediate departure.
This camp is too far from the city
for the average Joy rider and camp
hanger-on. Also, it has been TOO busy
TO permit the various privileges en-
loved elsewhere. General Bell intends
to keep it so, with the result that, with
out working any hardship upon its oc-
cupants, the student-soldier here will
learn more about military affairs while
here than Of the ways Of women
Another discouraging feature of this
camp, from the standpoint of the Wis
itor, is that the present barracks are
more than two miles from the entrance
to the camp and the tiny depot at
which the Long Island Road deposits
lis passengers here. The road is in a
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