Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-10
coming Of SPROUL
| Worries CAVALRY
Horsemen at Mt. Cretna Not
Yet Trained Sufficiently
for Review by Him
ENGINEERS ARE ALSO GREEN
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Camp General Sigerfoos. Mt. Grotna.

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Camp General Sigerfoos. Mt. Gretna,
Pa, Aug. 10.-Accordins to informa-
tion given out at Division Heodduar-
ters this morning, Governor William G.
Sproul. commander- in chief OF the
Pennsylvania National Guard. will come
to camp tomorrow TO inspect the infan.
try. cavalry and engineer units OF the
guard on their fifteen DAY tour of mill
tery duty here. This will be the third
visit Of the Governor this summer.
The report of his intended visit came
ae great surprise to the commanders
OF the various organizations In camp.
Two weeks ago he was forced to review
the troops during the first week Of the
sraining period owing to important
duties the following week. At that
time his coming caught all Of the units
IN. camp of their guard, for they had
only three days Of actual training prior
to the review. II the Governor comes
tomorrow he will find the troops in an
even less developed condition, for
greater number Of the 1000 troops now
In training are virtually new at their
respective tasks. -.
Down in the cavalry camp not more
than five of the troops have trained
cavalrymen. The others have hut re-
Gently been changed from infantry units
to cavalry troops and know virtually
nothing about riding. The Philadel-
phia cavalrymen under the command OF
Colonel George c. Thayer are the most
experienced men here. Over at 80
site near the station Colonel Jackson w.
Study, of Philadelphia, is beginning
training with a new band Of over siA
hundred engineers. They are called thu
103d Engineers. These men were for
ha yrf 20
ment and know nothing about engineer
work.
Doubt II Review Is Held
For these reasons tho officials at Di-
vision Headquarters doubt very much
II review Of the troops will be held
In honor Of the Governor. It is his own
wish that the training period should
not be broken into. Major General
William g. Price. Jr.. division com
mander, is absent from camp on official
business and will not return until late
today: A conference will he held among
the division officers TO discuss the ad.
visibility Of holding a review. Mem
bers OF the cavalry camp believe that
review will be held because this is the
hrst time that complete brigade Of
cavalry has attended National Guard
encampment. However, General John
p. Woods, commander of the Fifty
second Cavalry Brigade, will be con-
tented II no interruption is made in his
drill schedule, for the program now calls
for more training than the men can
possibly master in the eleven DAYS of
actual instruction.
Colonel George G. Thayer. of Phila-
delphia, comman nder Of the 103d Cavalry
Regiment. which includes the Phila
delphia troops. ordered the instruction
speeded up this morning in view Of
possible review tomorrow The troop
commanders had their men out on the
fields adjoining the cavalry camp at an
early hour this morning. The usual
classes In the care of tho horse and
mounting and dismounting were can
celed for today and the men went
through troop and squadron drill. This
afternoon a similar schedule will DO fol-
lowed.
Colonel Ellis Pleased
Lieutenant Colonel Rowland b.
Ellis, United States Army, in charge of
the specialized regular army instructors
from Fort Riley, is highly pleased with
the progress made thus far. Today he
said: 1T is great thing TO work with
such large number Of men as there are
at this camp. Most Of them are new
men, but they are taking hold Of the
work in great style and | am confident
that they will be real CavAlrymen by
the time the training period ends The
weather has been ideal for cavalry work
and the cool mountain breeZes serve as
An impetus to the troopers"
Colonel Jackson w. Study. com.
mander, of the 103d Engineers from
Philadelphia, requested that his men
be given special instruction today in
infantry drill. The regular army in
structors are training the men IN the
block system. These guardsnen, who
were not scheduled for range work.
spent most of the morning doing com
pany formation. 1t is expected that this
will be the formation for the infantry
men in the review, although at the last
Governor 8 review the guardsmcn
marched in platoon formation.
This evening the 103d Engineers will!
give an entertainment at rsgmental
headquarters. A band concert will
follow.