Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-20
last DRILL TODAY
ATM0UNT GRETNA
TAPS Sound Tonight and PhiIa-
delphla ouardsmen Start
Home Tomorrow
GEN. PRICE c0MMENDs MEN
Bv a star Correspondent

BIZ star Correspondent
Camp Fctzr, Mt. Gretna, Aug. 20.
Taps will be sounded for the last time
tonight over the khaki tented city where
975 Philadelphia douehboysa have been
quartered the last two weeks for mill.
tary instruction. Within the next
bomeward bound.
Arrangements were completed today
for transportation home. The first
r,,ardsmen to leave will be the Second
Battalion under command of Major
John G. Croft, comprising the West
Chester, Media and Philadelphia troops
Of the Sixth Infantry. They will en-
train at Colebrook station, more than
three miles below here, tomorrow morn
ing and will depart in special train
shortly after 10 o'clock via Conewago.
The first battalion Of the Second Pro-
visional Regiment guardsmcn Of the
First Infantry, commanded by Major
John M. Gentner, are to leave in the
second section at II 80. They will
travel via Lebanon and the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railway.
Third VIII Leave
The Third Battalion. commanded by
Major George Blair, Companies A, F
and G, of the Third Regiment. will
leave with the men of the second sep;
arate battalion Of Easton. The special
uled to arrive at their home stations
within FIVE hours running time.
As this was the last day on the field
for the guardsmen their commanders
made the work as light as possible. In
the two weeks they have been here the
men have been given rudimentary in
struction in varied phases of military
activity and today's lessons were in the
nature Of a review of the work done.
Late yesterday noon Major General
William G.. Price, division commander,
and Adjutant General Frank D. Beary,
reviewed the 1900 guardsmen still In
camp. The soldiers, most of them in
experienced in military training two
weeks ago, made a splendid showing as
they marched in platoon formation past
the reviewing officers.
The Philadelphia guardsmen compris-
ing a major part of the Second Provi-
sional Regiment, under the command Of
Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Haller,
were headed by the Philadelphia Police
Band under the direction Of Lieutenant
Joseph KEEPER. The Quaker City
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Provisional Regiment, commanded by
Colonel w. r. Dunlap and headed by
the Eighth Regiment Band.
March splendidly
Pride shone from the countenance of
the division commander as the youthful
soldiers swung by with step measured to
martial music. One week ago the re-
cruits had not been considered expert
enced enough to participate in the Gov
ernor,s review, but today they marched
splendidly. "A most remarkable ex-
ample of the development Of new men,"
was General Prices comment.
Men about the camp were pleased to
learn of the award Of the silver loving
cup late yesterday afternoon to Com
pany r, Of the Eighteenth Regiment,
commanded by Captain Roy II. Uhl-
niger, of Pittsburgh, his company hav-
ing secured the highest average in the
competition in military training open to
companies of the Eighteenth Regiment.
The cup was offered by Lieutenant
Colonel Eric F. Wood, of the Eighteenth
Infantry, to stimulate the guardsmen' s
enthusiasm in their military training.
Company Il won the cup with a score Of
800 out Of a possible 500 points. The
branches Of military training upon
which the competition was based were
military courtesy, rife practice, manual
Of arms, drilling and company inspec-
ton, neatness Of company street and
kitchen. Captain Uhlinger's men hail