The sun., 1917-08-25
$50 MEN OF 18TH
GO TO JOIN GOTH
Pelted With Flowers and
Cheers rs They Depart for
Hampstead Camp.
TWO INJURED on WAY
Feet Crushed as Train Passes
Through Cut-Brooklyn
Men Go To-day.

To the tune of Hail. Hail. the Gangs
All Here" $50 picked men from the
Twelfth Regiment, selected to bring the
ranks OF the iG5th, the old Sixty ninth.
10 full war strength. were escorted from
Hampstead station TO Camp Mills by
their new comrades in arms. The con-
tingent from The Twelfth left New York
in the morning amid scenes almost as
impressive as those which attended the
departure of the entire fighting Irish unit
last Monday
Cheers and tears mingled once more
as the men marched from Central Park
to the East Thirty-fourth street ferry.
Women waved flags and handkerchiefs
and shouted farewells. and in not few
instances children threw flowers In front
Of the soldiers as they moved down Fifth
avenue At the wharf. where nearly
5000 relatives and friends had gathered
for a final word. II required active efforts
OF mounted police to keep them from
going aboard the ferryboat Southampton.
Men From 14th Go To-day.
Col. Reginald Foster and the remain
ing 1.S00 men OF his regiment escorted
the detachment from the park to Thirty
fifth street, where the troops who stayed
here stood at attention as the departing
members filed through the lines.
On the train bound for the camp ].
Reilly and Richard Balde OF the Twelfth
were seriously injured Both were rid
ing on a freight car with their feet
hanging over the edge. As the train
passed through cut their feet were
crushed against the stone coping.
With tine arrival to-day OF the quota
from the Fourteenth Regiment of
Brooklyn the l65th will have its fGl
new strength OF 1906 enlisted men.
Then the period OF intensified training
will begin in earnest.
Aside from learning the tricks OF
modern warfare the officers are at pres
ent taking a rapid fire course in mill
tary French under the tutelage OF s. NJ
Clark. formerly a reporter for THE SrN
Later on this same instruction will be
given the non-coms and privates.
Soon after the arrival of the mem
bers of the Twelfth the new company
formations were announced by Col
Charles Hine, an announcement that
| had been awaited with some eagerness
Hereafter each company will contain
$50 and Elk commissioned officers. a
| Captain. three First Lieutenants and
two Second Lieutenants
Four PlatOOns In Company.
There will be four platoons. the frs,
and fourth commanded by First I.ieuten.
ants The extra First Lieutenant will
| remain with his Captain and take COM
! mand in the event that the Captain Is
! disa bed
The four platoons In turn will be
subdivided into four sections. each in
charge OF sergeant Each platoon
will have a section OF hand and rife
, grenadiers. while some Of the remain.
ing sections devote themselves TO ma.
| china Run battljpc
n-commissioned officers include q
| first sergeant. a mess sergeant, twelve
| duty sergeants and thirty-three cor.
porals. The rest Of the company com
prises four cooks. two buglers. four
mechanics. sixty-four first class pri
Yates and 1cS privates
! Realizing the strain OF modern war.
fare, Major william Donovan. com.
manding the first battalion. has in
! auSurated a system OF training de-
! signed TO get his men in perfect physi-
| cal trim. II includes boxing. wrestling
| and running-all done in spare mo.
| ments.