Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-03
IRON DIVISION HITS
TRAINING STRIDES
National Cuardsmen Quick to
Fall Into Spirit Of Wartime
as Routine Begins
"ALL'S WELL" IS REPORT
Bp a star corrrspoudent

Camp Fetzer. Mt. Gretnn. Pa, Aug
8.--Tbe Iron Division rs rapidly work
ing OF any rust It may have accumu-
lated since II flashed up Broad street
In full war strength more than year
ago.
All th. infantry, cavalry and ma
chine gun nnits are working out in the
cool sunshine OF the rolling fields of
the camp. ReRimental bands are warm
ing up their best marches in odd cor
ners of the brown canvas city. Regu.
lar army sergeants are one two three
Touring straw hated young men into
soldier shapes.
Cavalry lieutenants are smacking
shining puttees with their ridinS s~vas
aud captains stand in the doorways of
their tents. deep in some military med.
uation. Majors are smoking fat cigars
and are dashing about on slim horses.
General Price sits in council with
ms staff in the shade Of his tent and
smiles the smile Of the good soldier
when everything is under control. and
and the smoke goes up the mess stone
chimney just the same.
Specially drilled regular army officers
and noncoms are whipping the boots"
synonym for recruits-into shape in
double time. The spirit and sense Of
leadership in the sergeants and cor.
porals of the "old Twenty eighth" has
already been caught by the new guards.
Keep Alive Old Traditions
II Is a camp Of real work for officers
ma men; but II Is cheerful activity
oecause the y. q. 2. is working to a
new and shining purpose, to keep alive
tue traditions of the Keystone Division.
After spending a half -horsed" day
yesterday, the three troops of Phila
dolphin cavalry are now fully mounted
and busy with maneuvers. The horse
manship and drill Of Captain Thomas
Cadwalader's First City Troop Is brill
liant with the snap that expert riders
and veteran soldiers can put into their
work. Ihe troop, to a man, look like
insignia.
The Second City Troop. and Troop
A are half filed with recruits who are
learning a lot about horses and the Law
OF the land out Fountain Head Hill
way.
From the number of fights, sprails
and spills registered today IL was q lit
tie hard to tell whether the rockies were
training to be cavalrymen or aviators.
The weather yesterday was so clear
that a panorama of the parade ground.
moving with khaki against the clear
outline of the green hills and the blue
and white above. looked like one Of
those calendar Autographs of Life in
the Army" with the American flag
floating from the headquarters flag pole
over the colorful field The picture was
more striking than any army enlistment
poster that ever lured an impressionable
young man into signing on the dotted
line.
Even Old Jokes Reappear
The men OF the old and new Twenty
eighth make a fine study In contrast.
The hundreds of heroes of the Ar
gonne' are good naturedly bored with
the recruits they are working so strenu-
ously to make into soldiers Of the di-
vision.
Last night round eyed "rook"
strolled to a bulletin board and read
80 :00-Tattoo.
"Gosh." he said, do we all git ia
tooed tonight"
''Sure do. ;" said three battle starred
corporal as he barred decorated fore
arm. The new soldier was not pleased.
but game, and said brightly, "Well. I
guess they got the idea from the navy /"
were tossed in blankets and sent on
battling errands for hundreds of yards
of skirmish line, keys to the parade
ground and other military" appliances.
Twenty seven Civil War veterans
from the Old Soldiers Home at Tyrone.
Pa, arrived today for a three days
visit to the encampment. They are being
taken on tours Of inspection by the
young soldiers and are greatly inter-
ested in the new type of army life.