New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-10
Will Go, as Far as Practics-
bic, to Branch of Ser
vice They Prefer
Aero Corps Popular
plattsburgers Learn Goose
Step for Use Inter
den Linden
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st,- Correspondent ~ To Tr.tunel
pi.,.sburr. y. Y. June 9.-Members
,.he oncers' training camp here Will
r;yen p voice in the selection Of the
- Of the service TO which they are
:. he assigned in the national army,
The personal preference Of each man
N be consulted before the canton
v.,t is divided, next Saturday, into IN
.,.tr. cavalry. field and coast artil-
~ and, engineers. As far as practi-
.,bls the student officers will be as
ned TO the branch in which they elect
% serve.
This news brought JOY to the camp
...6sy. The understanding that the d.
..,;on was TO be made arbitrarily had
,,omp,ed some adverse criticism.
This plan, however, does not assure
earn man hem az serve with the arm
5, chooses. A poll of the New Eng
,,nd camp. completed to-day, showed
"a cavalry, coast artillery and enG-
,.srs heavily oversubscribed. The field
artillery went begging. The element Of
,bspce. therefore, fingers in sufficient
,r,ntitv 70 make the final week Of the
SIS. period Of the camp an interval OF
suspense.
Tbs New York poll will probably be
.sk.n Monday. In the first regiment
ral men chose the cavalry 235 en-
rirssrs. 286 coast artillery, 5o7 field ar
iillsry and 1719 infantry.
Many Men To Be Released
The REORGANIZATION calls for one
,-oop Of $50 cayalrymen, one company
d 100 coast artillerymen, one company
al5O engineers, three batteries Of $50
sg artillervmen and nine companies
s,,bout 1900 infantry The disparity
.s;zeen the first and second sets Of
fgures gives some idea or the numoer
.! men who will be eliminated by re-
lease from camp during the week
The most popular branch OF the ser
vice Is the aviation corps. A request
for ten volunteers for this branch from
the New England camp and nine from
the New York brought hundreds OF ap-
The fortunate candidates. whose
names will be announced later, will be
sent 70 a government ground school
a, the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology for preliminary training. The
coast artillerymcn VIII 60 70 Fortress
Monroe. Syracuse was named as the
field artillery camp, but the order has
been revoked temporarily.
DO NOT think" one o. the officers
told his men. before the elective poll
was taken, that by choosing certain
arm Of service you are going to get to
France sooner than the other fellow, or
that maybe you will not go abroad.
You Will all see active service on the
other side, no matter what branch you
choose"
The report that the coast artillery
would not 60 overseas was disputed by
The calling Of Captain Philip Mathews
one Of the New England instructors, e
Cover or's Island 10 receive conhden
tai orders. Captain Mathews's mission
Is said 10 concern the dismounting OF
sone Of our coast guns for shipment (
France.
Plsttsburgers Learn Goose Step
To fnish OF their month Of infantry
training the Plattsburgers are being
taught the goose step.
What's that for, anyway cuerled
civilian observer watching the 6th New
York high-stepping II across the parade
Toupd.
"Oh. Just 10 make the Kaiser feel :
little better when we 20 prancing dowr
Inter den Linden" remarked q march
sr, who straightway drew reprimanC
from The left guide for talking in ranks
Twenty-eight men received discharge
to-day. Eleven were New Workers.