New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-18
Canaan Found Near Basin
Arrested Following Re-
mort of Poison Attempt
Cavalry Keeps Mounts
First Regiment Arrives With
Horses Despite Official Dis
mounting Announcement
rSfa~ -espcn dencel

camp WADSWORTH, s. c., Sept. H.
o,e hundred guards to-day were
.,,5 81 the reservoir and pumping
..,;on which supplies this camp with
r.,,r Others we're stationed at inter
i. slonc the seven miles of twelve
n main which carries the 100000
r,uons required. Information anony-
rously supplied TO the military author
;,;,s 70 the effect that an attempt was
-. 10 made 20 poison the water, in
,rired the order.
The first squad to reach the rescr-
.,;- IN searching the woods bordering
=. huge basin, discovered gray
,.;,s5 German who could not explain
u. nresence there. He is under sur
veillsree.
Farmers in the neighborhood of the
-,.srvoir told the military authorities
hat the district near the waterworks
l,s been infested with mysterious
..-ancers ever since the pipe line to
..s camp was laid month ago. The
cus-ds have been ordered to Fire on
sigst" st any providers found near the
-ss.rvoir or pumping station and the
E,,-jc, has been placarGed with warn
iprs that approaching the water course
invites death.
ut would be an easy matter to poison
the camps water supply" said II. J.
E;rchie, chief engineer in charge Of
the wa;erworks to-day, Poison
dropped in the fore basin would pass
through the alters and render the sup
p.7 deadly We have had trouble since
me camp was established and we know
Germsn agents have been active in the
reighborhood Of me reservoir. Only a
heavy guard can keep the supply pure"
Labor Agents" Active
Recent activities Of labor agents
who have been clogging camp construc-
ton work by ,rtimidating the negro
workers with stories Of impending race
riots and reyiva. Of "Noudooism
stirred I'D the resentment Of the local
eaptairs Of industry, but the news to-
day that the water supply was threat
cred has driven Spartanburg spy
crazy" The water is being boiled in
every house, and any stranger, bearing
the slightest resemblance 10 the pOpu-
lar conception Of q German is eyed
ssksnce.
The lst Squadron of the lst Cavalry,
500 strong, arrived here to-day in com
mand Of Colonel Charles !. De Bevoise.
Contrary 10 the general expectation,
the cavalrynen brought their mounts
with them. IL had been officially an
nounced that the lst Cavalry is to be
transformed into machine-gun compa-
MES. The men have no inkling Of
what is before them, but the general
understanding is that they will have
10 give up their mounts.
The 7th to-day began the real work
Of training. Before the sun could be
seen over the treetops this morning
they were hard at work on the intrica-
Ces Of close order drill They will
repeat the performance tomorrow. but
on Wednesday they are to 90 cover
the top" Of the practice trenches, which
have been constructed BY the 22d En-
gneers. There they will be introduced
10 barbed wire entanglements and as
many other manufactured annoyances
as can be devised.
Reorganization plans and palaver
continued to-day II is now believed
hat the 2d, Sd, 7th and 18th infantries
sre 10 form the nuclei of the four en-
lsreed regiments which will constitute
The divisional infantry under the new
arrangement, Men drawn from the
ether FIVE regiments will be used to
supplement- the present strength Of
'sse regiments, according to the pro-
lonents Of this view.
18th Breaks Record
The 18th, which arrived yesterday,
already has made more progress in the
Work Of getting its camp into ship
shape order than any other organiza-
ton here. Its company streets are the
most attractive in camp and its daily
menus the most alluring. While The
IN, rife shot away, was tightening
us belts over beans, bread and jam
THIS noon, the 18th was luxuriating on
spareribs and cabbage, potatoes, string
beans, several kinds Of pie, after-d!n-
Ier minis and goosequill toothpicks.
Colonel Reginald L. Fosters appetite
vas impaired by a New York news
paper reference 10 the 18th as a poly
giot outfit" He pointed out twenty of
MS officers who are members Of the
Ohion Club, eighteen Harvard grad
yates, eight Yale men, three from
fLneeton, ten from Columbia and
oIhers who had gained honors at Col
gate and Brown. The officers roster,
Sprnkled with De Peysters, Van Cort-
,,ssndts, Rhinelanders, Schiefelins, De-
Nays, Trasks and Ellimans, resembles
the social register