New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-20
Student Soldiers Thrilled
by Announcement from
Colonel Wolf
More Aviators Needed
Two Hundred from Each Reg
iment Wanted for Quarter
masters Corps
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Plattsburg, June 19.-"It looks as II
every man who satisfactorily completes
the course at this camp will be placed
in active service Immediately following
the termination of the camp the middle
of August said Lieutenant Colonel
Paul A. Wolf, commandant of the Of
fcers' Training Camp to-day. Il con-
slider this one of the most gratifying
announcements | have been privileged
to make since the camp opened. These
men came here thirsting for action.
They are going to get it,"
Colonel Wolf was commenting on an
order he has just received through
Governors Island from the adjutant
general, directing him to name 200 men
from each regiment for officers OF the
Quartermaster's Corps, an indefinite
number of men for the Flying Corps
and ten ordnance experts.
The Q. NJ. c. attaches will be picked
mt the close of camp after the forty
five best men of every company have
been selected to constitute Plattsburg's
quota Of the First Ten Thousand" Of
ficers, who, in the words of Adjutant
General Mccain, are TO be 1.-THE best
natural leaders the country affords.
The aviators will be designated from
time TO time, a detachment leaving each
week for the ground school at Cam
bridge. Five ordnance officers from
each regiment will be selected to-mor-
row and sent at once to the Springfield,
Mass, arsenal for special training:
These men must be expert mechanical
engineers.
News Thrills the Camp
Lieutenant Colonel VOLTS announce
ment sent a thrill through the canton
ment. 1t is the first bona fide promise
Of active service without long walt
that the men have received, and came
a. refreshing note on the heels OF the
gloomy reports of last week that whole
sale eliminations would mark the
second period Of the camp. Even then
i. looked as if only forty-iiye men from
each company Of those remaining
would receive their commissions i'm
mediately on the breaking up OF camp.
The others faced the unwelcome pros
pect of being returned 10 civilian life
for an indefinite time TO await the un-
certain chances of being called TO &C
tive duty later.
The hardships Of such course would
seem niggardly recompense for the
patriotism and self-sacrifice displayed
by the men who entered this camp.
Many men of moderate fortune came
here largely on speculation, leaving de-
pendent families behind. Under the
first flush Of the spell Of the call TO
arms they joined the camp, FORGETTING
their civilian jobs on the strength Of a
shadowy promise Of a commission If
they made good.
Many Wanted Release
Colonel Wolf was being deluged with
please for releases by student officers
whose families needed bread winners
at home. The colonel counselled no
man to neglect his family 10 serve his
country. He gave the men what as
surances he could and asked them to
the situation might change. This is
why INC NONlHldHudUl DtdHltu dS Ht
scanned the order which came to-day
and characterized it as "veritable
god-send."
at will put new life into the camp"
he said, "and ease the minds of many
patriotic men who have been sorely
tried"
The call for quartermaster men is a
lifesaver for many. There are many
men in camp who possess no great ap-
titude for leading troops, but whose
services with the supply division would
be Of the highest order.
1t was learned to-day that Major
Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and Cd Lieu
tenant Archibald b. Roosevelt received
their releases from the Cd Training
Regiment on Saturday and left that
night for New York. They will report
TO Major General Bell at Governors
Island, where they will receive conf