New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-24
Regiment Will Be at Full
War Strength by
Saturday
More Soldiers Arrive
Men in Perfect Health; Sani-
tary Conditions at Camp
Mills Ideal
fspecih correspondencel


Camp Mills, L. l.. Aug. 23.-Colonel
Hine, of the ls5th Infantry. the old
69th, Of New York. issued an order
this afternoon permitting visitors to
have the freedom of the camp from 2
until 5 on next. and every succeeding
Sunday. the regiment may be here.
There will be an inspection of the
regiment by Colonel Hine Sunday
morning.
The action of Colonel Hine will be
appreciated by thousands of friends
and relatives of the. men in the regi-
ment. and, II the day is fair. it is
more than likely that the greatest
crowd that ever gathered in this sec
ton Of Long Island will swarm into
the camp.
Need Of Training Evident
But Colonel Hine likewise made it
plain to-day that Camp Mills is not
to be run for reception purposes. 1--WE
want to be courteous TO the kin OF the
men, but this camp" he says. "pri-
msrily is being run to whip the men
into shape. The need of training is
very manifest" he asserts. "and we've
got to give it to them"
Three hundred and fifty picked men
from the list Infantry of New York
came into camp this afternoon sing
ing "Tipperary," which. they insist. is
going TO be their marching song. Col
onel Hine was waiting for them. He
swept a calculating eye over the ranks
and announced he was pleased with
the men.
Then they made a Decline for the
tents assigned to them on the edge OF
the camp, and tomorrow they will be
cogs in the camp machinery. Every
one of them is veteran OF the Next
can border, who, since late in April.
has been doing patrol duty up state.
They are all aching to get into fight,
and so they will fit right into the 69th.
The 14th Infantry detachment comes
here tomorrow. Saturday will see
$50 men from the 18th Infantry in
Camp. This, according to Colonel
Hine, will bring the 165th Infantry up
to its full war strength. 1t will be the
first unit of its kind to have its new
formation completed in this country.
Major Graham is having work
rushed on the erection of the General
w. A. Mann's headquarters. Brig
adler General Lenihan announced to-
day that the commander Of the First
Rainbow Division will probably arrive
in camp next week.
His headquarters and the tents OF
his staff are being pitched on Hemp
stead Plains some 500 yards from the
main body of the camp. Lnemen were
extending the camp telephone wires
TO the tent the General is TO occupy
to-day.
Sanitary Conditions Ideal
Major David S. Fairchild. chief sani-
tary inspector of the AID Division, said
to-day the site of Camp Mills was
ideal
"WeW have no trouble keeping the
men in perfect health here" he said.
81 am taking every precaution possible
against the outbreak of disease. The
officials Of Mineola and Hampstead are
cooperating with US in keeping the
streets around the camp clean. Wen
lookout for the inside. Every bit OF
refuse will be burned in oil in the in
cinerators nightly. We have good sub
soil under the camp and strike fine
Gravel about four feet down.
at isn't going TO be necessary 10 put
a sewage system into the camp. twill
drain itself. We will see that flies and
ether breeders of disease don't thrive
in camp The mosquitoes haven't
bothered us as yet, but when they get
bad the men will get their mosquito
bars. We are going to analyze the
water here tomorrow, though it seems
TO be all right.
There's not a chance that disease
carriers will be permitted 10 enter
camp. Every incoming unit and the
Guardsmen from Virginia, the District
of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, when they begin
moving on the camp Saturday night,
will be carefully scrutinized."
Men Inoculated
All the men we're inoculated against
typhoid. para-typhoid and smallpox be-
fore they left their home depots. Major
Fairchild announced, however, that it
may be necessary to give the entire
division the three shots" again before
they leave for France. Individual
cases, where incubation seems advis-
able, are being handled right along.
Colonel Hine has passed the word
along the line that every ounce Of food
must be conserved. Look at this,
said a company cook as he held up a