Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-09-09
BATTERY RETURNS FROM
SEA GRIT ENCAMPMEHT
ScoDtinued from page II


There were over 1000 men in the
| camp belonging to the organizations,
and ali were under Col. Borden OF
| Oceanic and Lieut. Col. Ernest III.
| Bennett of Newark. The instruction
twas under foul regular army officers.
Col. Byrne, Majors Miller and Lawr-
! son and Capt. Trail, the former being
in full charge, the W majors In
! charge of the actual drilling, while
Cant. Trail, a paperwork expert,
worked on that end. These officers
spent the entire day and most of the
( venin working with the outfits, I'M
ceasingiy and untiringly, and 1t is be-.
lieved they will render q good report
to the militia bureau at washington
OF the regiment and the coast artil-
lery companies. There is a feeling
hal on the report rendered by Col.
Byrne will depend the future OF the
! regiment
The restrictions placed on the men
were most severe, with but very rev
| passes out of camp allowed with the
| establishment of their store door"
last Saturday night. These restric-.
| lions and men absent without leave,
! kept the guard house busy. and full.
| Battery + had it's turn to mount the
guard on Sunday, a week ago. Tor
twenty-four hours. That was the hrst
day that actual trouble developed in
4 IL dIiu AZ lO11A WIZ N0N1 o
mark in fine style, by having a rec
ord of allowing no one to rush the
guard lines and of taking captive all
A. w. o. l.. customers, who were
lodged In the cooler" and put to
work the next day.
During the encampment the men
stood up well under the entirely new
land exacting life. There were grumb-
lifngs at times, but on the whole the
Perth Amboy outfit showed up well In
every branch of work taken up.
Despite the short period. the men
were put through drills that are no.
usually given trial a man has had
two or three months training. Bat
TALON and regimental drills were both
taken up in addition to drill with
smaller units
The most consistent report in con-
nection with the future of h reg1-
ment is hat there will be s~tartlingly
quick action, and tina the men Will
he taken or sent shortly to a federal
tcamp. Rumors hat service was to
be seen in Mexico n on the border
Iara ~unfounded. and were terminated
lin the active minds of some OF the
bows who read OF trouble in Mexico q
short time ago.
Five men were sent home sick, n
of whom Is seriously ill at the present
time, the others being sent HON for
chronic complaints. One man is suf-
fering bruises and q black eye from q
blanket toss, which inadvertently
landed him on the ground and later
in the camp hospital. but on the
whole the health of the men Is excel
lent and their spirits are high.
There was a general feeling of re-
greet at leaving the camp last night.
not because of the rain and h sea
of mud into which the camp had been
transformed by IL. but because the
men wanted to stay there or go from
there to some other camp. to be con-
tinued In the service.
While at the camp the men were
under Captain Hanson. First Lieu
tenants Booz and Baldwin, Second
Lieutenant Burns and Acting First
Sergeant Donald A. Kennedy. Lieut.
r.. Lee Whitehead was transferred TO
1 the fourth coast artillery company
during the e-ncampment and was re-
turned to his W command yester-
day.
No tale of the battery's encamp-
ment could be complete without mem
! ton of the Y. NJ. C. A. which provid-
ed a wonderful entertainment every
night, welcomed the boys at all times,
furnished them with paper and writ
ling and reading materials n was
the mecca for the fellows of all
creeds throughout the tour OF duty.
There was little doubt that the most
popular place at the camp was the Y.
IN. C. A, although the post exchange.
operated and owned by the regiment.
was a second by no means to be de-
ispised.
Captain Hanson said last night that
the men will be paid for their period
of training tomorrow night. when
lthey will report at the headquarters
iIs1 Smith street. Personal baggage
may be secured there today and to-
morrow.