New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-15
Biggest Officers Training
Camp in the World Opens
This Morning
81 Army Officers
Assigned to Posts
First Provisional Regiment,
the New Workers, Headed
by Major E. T. Collins


Plsttsburg, May l4.-Tsps sounded
at Plattsburg barracks at 9:45 to-
night, and the largest training camp
for army officers in the world awaits
only the notes Of to-morrow's reveille.
Five thousand men, the pick Of the
East. are in their army cots, having
gone 90 sleep civilians to wake up sol
dicrs.
Performing miracles. Lieutenant Colo
mel Paul 4. Wolf and his staff have the
cantonment in shape 10 begin the three
months schedule on time. There will
be a few discomforts during the first
days-the shower baths are not ready
and the blankets on hand are only half
the specified size and weight, and no
stoves are in the barrscks-but the
first complaint among the 5000 is yet
10 be heard Twelve thousand addi-
tionai blankets are on the way.
The second contingent Of $500 men
came M on eight special trains early
to-day. and were absorbed so cXpertly
into the life Of the camp that their ar
rival was almost unnoticed. They were
mustered IN and given their clothing
equipment. while the first lot, who ar
rived Saturday, drew their rifles and
sidearms.
Measles and Mumps Appear
Two student officers were taken TO
the camp hospital with mumps, after
which an inspection of the entire camp
was ordered to prevent contagion. -Four
men are down with measles.
Colonel Wolf completed the roster
OF the regular army officers detailed
TO the post and to the various com
panies Of cadets. The camp and post
officers assisting Colonel Wolf are:
Captain Joseph A. Baer. I'd Cavalry.
post sdjutant; First Lieutenant l..
". Miller. engineers, assistant post
ndjutant; Major ". N. Whitman, Q.
~ c.. quartermaster; Captain /. ).
Long, c. a. c.; Captain i. L. Doyle,
Q. NJ. c., and Captain c. L. y. How
ard, @. H. c., assistant quarter
masters; Lieutenant Colonel i. Reyn-
olds, VI. c., camp and post surgeon;
Major c. l.. Koerper, VI. c.; Major 5.
A. DelofFre, VI. c.; Captain L. A.
Tobin. r. o. VI. c.. and First Lieu
tenant l.. l.. Chamberlain. L. o. NJ. c.,
assistant surgeons; Captain j, W..
Walling. infantry, mess officer; First
lieutenant J. !. Waterman, I'd Cav
airy. provost officer and post exchange
officer: First Lieutenant L. +. Brady,
infantry. retired. ordnance officer, and
Second Lieutenant X. McCatty, I'd
Cavalry, duty with Troop | and
police officer.
Major L. T. Collins commands the
1st Provisional Regiment, the New
Yorers. The regular army instruct
ors assigned as company command
CTS arc: First Lieutenant J. 7. Barnes,
+. A.. 1st Company; Captain p. i.
Weeks. infantry. Cd Company;
Captain 7. c. Galleher, infantry, Sd
Company; Captain &. S. Simonds, in
fantry, 4th Company; Captain II. W.
Fleet. infantry. 9th Company; Captain
G. ". Ewell, infantry, 9th Company;
Captain d. II. Scott, cavalry, 18th Com
pany; First Lieutenant V. Meyer, +.
A.. sth Company; Captain ?. w. Ar
mold, cavalry, 9th Company; Captain
]. j. Carr, infantry, 10th Company;
Captain P. Hurst. infantry, 18th Com
pany; First Lieutenant II. L. Marsh
burn, infantry, 18th Company; Cap
tain ". II. Dcdds. jr.. !. A., 14th
Company. and Captain W. II. Sage, jrp
18TH Company.
Other Commanders En- Route
The 18Th and 10th companies will be
commanded by Captain G. c. Shaw and
Captain J. Goethe. who are enroute.
First Lieutenant W w. Hess, jr, is
assigned to camp duty at the LIST Regi;
ment barracks.
Major General Bell. who visited the
camp Sunday. took with him when he
left a detail memorandum of the
Plattsburg camp organization, which
will be used as a text for organizing
the other camps in the Eastern De-
partment.