The sun., 1917-09-14
Khaki Will Appear When the
Medical ReexaminatiOns
Are Finished.
MUCH HEADWAY IN DRILL
Conscripts Making Far Better
Headway Than Recruits
Officers Are Delighted.
Special Despatcn TO TIE suS.

have had a new honor heaped on them.
Suddenly and quite unsolicited. the
status of the organization here has been
jumped 10 that Of an "expeditionary
force" and rule Of the press instruc-
tions was clamped down tight Here
after there is to be printed no "inforna-
ton tending to disclose the names OF
line officers in expeditionary forces and
reference to individual units OF these
forces" Only names OF staff officers
are to be used.
No formal censorship. however. has
been imposed, and each correspondent
has been left more or less to his own
ideas of what Is right and patriotic.
Capt. J. S. s. Richardson, u. S. r.. a
former New York newspaper man. has
been pade camp censor. but most Of
his work as intelligence officer will be
to help supply official news from head
quarters.
To-day saw another 1000 hopefuls
passed through their final physical ex-
animation and mustered into the service.
BY 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the
surgeons expect to have the last OF the
1900 men examined and "shot" and this
part Of their job finished until the big
batch arrives next Wednesday. The 3
per cent. reflections was found to be an
accurate estimate Of the unfit, who will
be sent back to New York with ex-
emption slips in their pockets.
Men Are Well Mothered.
The folks back home who are wonder
ing how their boys are being cared for
may quit worrying hero and now. Be-
sides being fed by French chefs, every
morning at o'clock they are indi-
vidually examined and looked over by
the army surgeons. This daily medical
inspection will be the rule for the first
twenty days Of camp life. Then to-day
as fast as the companies could be
marched to one Of the fat turtle shaped
pine Quartermasters' warehouses, the
men were issued an additional army
blanket each. So the nights tan snap
and bite their durndest now and nary
a soldier will even bother to turn over.
A few Of the companies are still shy on
spring cots and are sleeping on their
hay mattresses on the floor. but soon
this bit OF discomfort will be abolished.
Father Time has been doing some
great little levelling out here the past
two or three days. Although muft is
still worn in lieu Of the democratic
khaki, this multi has been reduced to
a common level. George w. Perkins,
Jr y. SSO suit IoohS LOT All tHe WORTH
as IL 1t came right down from the same
shelf that sealiy did hold Lee Hor's
take me home for SIS. BY the same
token s1S bench made SHOES, touched
with the dust and CRIME OF the camp
look like sister pairs to First avenue
SO brogans. Silk shirts that once were
topped by pure lilly white collars and
flowing ties now look like 60 cent sale
odd sizes.
Men Mostly Collariess.
For the most part the men do Ihe,r
feeding, drilling and playing in shoes
trousers and shirts-collars, hats and
coats having been laid aside and for
gotten. And three days OF camping
out make all trousers and shoes and
shirts that have not fiirted with
pressers tailors or laundry one and
the same; also the men inside them
seem to be full brothers in the well
known human race.
In day or two more. when the eX'
animation and mastering in service has
been finished and the permanent organi'
cation assignments made the men will
receive their uniforms and shoes. I'm
til this is done they will hardly fee
like regular soldiers. even II they have
already begun to- march and drill like
them. The drilling, by the way. is still
the absolute wonder OF every officer IL
camp, regular. reserve and non-com
To-day an old time top sergeant who
served ten years in the Eleventh Cav
airy stopped drilling a platoon Ions
enough to babble like child about the
marvellous way the men under him hat
taken hold OF the school OF the soldier
and the school OF the squad.
"I've been drilling regular army re-
, cruits for years" he went on. land these
men are starting out 20 per cent. bet
ter than any new men ] have ever seen
Most OF them have brains, and they
catch this military stun as fast as
can give II to them Give me these
fellows in preference to the rockies
any old time"
Clash with Negro Soldiers.
Although New York selected men and
the members OF the negro battalion who
are guarding the camp here have had
lots OF city sport "spoofing' each other
some OF the white workmen and specia
policemen about the camp either have
taken their own jobs or that of the
negro soldiers n little too seriously ant
bad feeling has resulted. As n result
a comic opera race riot broke out early
| this morning between a couple of wei
! ginned negroes and a pair of white cops
When the smoke from three shots fired
| had cleared away it was discovered
| that the casualties for the whites wer,
two in the hospital and for the blacks
| two captured and placed In the guart
| house.
Returning from leave Of absenc,
! in Sayvilc the two negro soldiers hat
/ rambled into n camp restaurant for /:
bite Finding the coffee cold they
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