The evening world. Newspaper, June 22, 1916, Page 3

CAMP WHITMAN BEING TRANSFORMED RAPIDLY TO TENTED CI TY THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1916. CAMP WHITMAN, TO HOLD 2,000, RISES LIKE MAGIC commie Men of the 69th and the 22d Engineers Perform Some Marvellous Feats. DO WORK OF HORSES. Hand-Haul Great Loads in Mud and “Camp Will Be Ready, Uncle Sam.” Gpecial from 4 Biel dent of The Brening World CAMP WHITMAN, Beekman, N. Y., June 22.—Reveille this morning roused an army of aching and stiffened cltizen-soldiers to the most gigantic task they have ever been called on to perform. After building their camp in a downpour of rain and per- forming th usually assigned to horses and the 900 mombers of the “Fighting Sixty-ninth” lay down to rest late last night in a fleld of rivulets and poola, and morning dawned seemingly before the night had well begun. After indulging in setting-up exer- cises to take thy. kinks out of thelr weary limbs, the Sixty-ninth braak- fasted and began its herculean task (pon this regiment, aided by the Twenty-second Engineers, devolves task of making Camp Whitman a tented home for 20,000 men. duties The inaccessibility of the camp hay made it dificult to bring in sup- plies, but somehow or other the task must be performed, and tha Sixty- ninth, the Twenty-second Engineers, Signal and Hospital Corps members and @ detail from the Fourteenth In- fantry of Brooklyn have been select to perform the work ‘ The soldiers have started to lay water mains throughout the 800 acres, and until these pipes have been con- cted up it is not Ikely that fur- ther troops will be brought here. Col, Lucas, in charge of the En- aineers, is working like a Trojan to get the camp ready for the future arrivals, and hopes by the end of the week to be able to report all in readt ness. PREPARED TO WORK AND THEY GET IT. The men of the Sixty-ninth and) the Twenty-second are not afraid of hard work, and they are getting their fill, Trenches are being dug, tents erected, fleld bakeries installed, and scores of other tasks undertaken. | Recause the field bakeries are not in operation the commissary is purchas- ing bread in Poughkeepsie and sur- rounding towns. By to-night, how- ever, It is expected that the camp bakeries will be in operation ‘The spirit of the men in wonderful. ‘They all realize that they are not attending a_ picnic the arrival of the Sixty-ninth terday afternoon they discovered that the contractors had failed to have horses on hand, and there was noth- ing left for the infantrymen to do but take the places of the missing animals, The heavy army wagons, loaded high with ranges, tentage, poles and other supplies, were dragged from the flat s into the rainsoaked road, and ther, with long ropes attached,’ the men and, yelling like Comanches, they hauled the cumbersome vehicles over a mile along molasses like roads to the grounds. There was not a shirker in the outfit; rather, were glad of an opportunity to dem- onstrate their masculinity and their love of army life. Beveral exciting races developed | among the wagon-haulers. the teams, led by Mel Sheppard,, the great middle distance runner and champion of the Olympic Games, dragged one of the big wagons along that slippery and mud-covered road at a speed that would have made the famous twenty-mule team bray in humiliation. “And catching the spirit of the thing the Engineers of the ‘Twenty-second demonstrated their stalwartness and rolled wagons through the mud and up to camp with whoops and how! 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TENT CITY RISES AND FOOD is PLENTIFUL, And while the wagons were being} hand hauled and horses dragged through the mile of mire the balance of the Sixty-ninth was “making camp.” Partially protected by ponchos the lads pounded tent pegs home with lusty shouts and raised the rain} soaked canvas to their poles, Cook shacks arose like mushrooms and ‘anges began to blaze. No time was lost in drawing supplies, for the} young giants pidly developed appe- tites that would have made the folks back home exclaim in wonder, The feeding of the Sixty-nigth in itself is a big item. Commissary Sergt. Flannery, armed with requisi- presented himself at the depot early and drew enough food to feed village of considerable size, The one day's ration of meat drawn amounted to 1,125 pounds, The rest of the ra- tions were drawn for three days and included the following items: 900 pounds of bacon, 1,126 loaves of bread, 150 pounds ‘of beans, 300 pounds of coffee, 350 pounds of sugar, 40 pounds of peppe: 50 pounds flour, 1,700 pounds of potatoes, 400 pounds of onions, 50 pounds salt and 10 cases each of tomatoes, peaches and pine- apples. No, dear folks at home, the “Fighting Sixtysninth” will not go hungry. OUTSIDE CAMP ITS LIKE A ¢ COUNTRY FAIR. Although Camp Whitman ts far from the temptations and allurements of the populated places, the soldiers will have ample opportunity to spend their money, for to-day the “Yellow arrived on the scene, ‘The “Y id,” it might be explained, hi attending military encampment most a quarter of a century and he just dotes on selling things to the| soldiers, He began his campaign by} purchasing all the available ehocolate in the neighborhood. He wishes no competition, for chocolate Is the “Yel: | low Kid's" long suit. He also has al . couple of assistants who) take tin types and every one of the lads is ’ having himself pictured for the | fit of the one back home. 1D road about the camp Is being filled with stands at which almost every In a few days the environs of the camp wi resemble a country fair, Major Gen, O'Ryan ts pushing the work of camp construction to the limit, He wants to have his division under canvas as soon as it is ph SNAKES AT CAMP aps possible, » « 9 ee aa wee in excel Isolated in Their New Sur- lent shap s far numbers an ” 1 © TI ’ equipment are concerned, and in-an| Toundings, but That Doesn’t they could be moved to few hours’ notice. however, Is entitled to a emergency the border with The Guard, Worry Them. good deal of consideration. It too] sii.) rom a Sta’ Correspondent of The | the regulars several weeks to mo- bvening World.) bilize and they recruited weeks after} CAMP WHITMAN, Beekman, N. Y. achments went to ie 4 milage, Turthermore, | JUN ure, we might as well did not come out of the shops and] Se ‘2 Mexic was the morning greet- offices. of the towns and cities, but] ing of Private Foley of the Fighting were hardened to field service. Give the New York boys a couple of vecks in the open and they will size the best the country can And when the call comes fr border they'll be ready, Unele 20,000 strong phon Sas 1,200 IRISH VOLUNTE. READY FOR FULL DUTY, Sixty-ninth after We're a night under the canvas, a million miles from nowhere.” It was Gen. O'Ryan’s {dea to have the concentration camp isolated. He far removed from the haunts men. He wanted the boys in khaki to train where they would be free from the softening influences offer the Samuel wanted i GOV. WHITMAN IS TOLD.|°t ‘ivilization, He found the place sai we He “| Peary couldn't have found it. Old Firat it was the Sixty-ninth, now] Do¢ Cool might have stumbled upon i But there will be no large crowds it's the Lrish Volunteers, 1,200 of them,|! nterfering with the of the ready now to do their “full duty.” Col. | Mterfering with | th mere Hao ‘harles J. Crowley, “ommander of soldiers whilo they are a % mp the Volunteers, he sent a telegram to| Whitman. Information at the Grand] “entra Japot co 43 a direc- | y. Whitman, informing him that] Central Depot couldn't give the dir this alltrish regiment Was his| tions; they only guessed at them, command. ‘The way to Camp Whitman is rege rondy jp. move Soy Gar siong the New York Central Road to aid Cro} “ offerl: y ; ; qaatned and completely equipped regit| Beacon. Then you switch to the Cen- ment to the service of the country.” | tral New England Road and trust to The Irish Volunteers are part and] juck, Or you can go to Poughkeepsle parcel of the fighting Irish group of Civil War times. They were one of the units that made up the famous Irish Brigade, Many of the present officers served in the Spanish-American war.! pretty near the same thing coming Gen. Miles once said of the N Paral back, But the boys of the Sixty- eH At AM ARCOEBORASSS | ninth don't care when they go back. —>— |Phey want to go to the front vu'll go to Mexico?" MANY MORE RECRUITS “Do you think 9 Asan AT 69TH'S ARMORY, | View, 3. 1 O'Flynn wan asked this morning From both places two trains a day go to Beekman, ¢ $10 in morn ing and one 4.15 in the afternoon, It's oat the so," was the answer sured the brave boys to-day that he would be their new St. Patrick and make short work of the snakes What a chance they're going to have with a lot of Irishmen, anyhow, he says. But the boya of the Sixty-ninth have more faith in the exorcising ability of Father Francis £. Duffy, the regimental chaplain. They'll leave the snakes to him, they agree, And Father Duffy is as good in a fight as he is in the faith, which ts going some. He ja a veteran, too, having been in the ranks in the little muss with Spain in 1802, Quite a number of officers of the Sixty-ninth are veterans of that war. Capt. Edward M. Dillon, who was quartermaster of the regiment, was ono of the lads who went out in the |days of '98. So was Capt. Bernard |Glynn, quartermaster of the regiment Likewise Capt. Bernard Cummings of Company G and Lieuts. Frank E Sidman rick J. Crowley Capt F McSherry of Com pany © is not only a veteran of t Spanish War, but ts nearly a pioneer. He has been with the regiment f twenty-seven years and a Cuptalr for nearly sixteen, He is the senior line Captain in the State of New York. His company 1s known as the McSherry Fusiliers, He greeted as woll as saluted Col. Conley morning and the Colonel asked r |(ue welfare of his company M'SHERRY'S FUSILIERS ARE VOUCHER FOR “They's , ed the vet evan, a company of bar What!" cried the Colonel, just little bit surprised, ure!" said Mesherry, “Hest sol- diers in the world, ‘They're used to handling shells and ducking high ball ‘Good morning,” p he might have sald said * ne Colon d night. Sixty-ninth the way they Although the 1 feel about camp, within a few hours af x s the way all the other Gana Epa RR it na] Dranel of the service now here f PREGITS YealeriAy SDRIISE HONE) Shouse it. ton) hey hope that ther for enlistment were received 1 be no turning back till th have It has left bebind a complement of 1d Opportunity to go beyond the bor- men to look after the enlistments, | der and trounce the Mexicans. Tt Was which will continue until it 1s at full | 4 wet night in camp but a "dry" one war strength {under the canvas, Not a drop to aa irink and the water isn't of the best Restenation | It's 1 condition for some of the a, | boys, but sure they'll get used to it LONDON Asquith) FATHER DUFFY'LL TAKE CARE this afterncen announced in. Contmon OF THE SNAKES. bis sacceptance of the iesignation of! Another suggestion of Mexico is Helands Lords Wimborne ofteted his, the reptile Tite in the felds, ” Rattie: snakes and cc Commissary perheads Sergeant abound. But Flannery as- resignation shortly after the Dublin re bellion, How New Yorkers May Reach Beekman Mobilization Camp|| ‘The mobilization camp of the National Guard of New seventy-two mil Poughkeepsie. Beekmantown. The best and shortest to 1each the camp is to take the New York Central over the Hudson River division, changing at Beacon for Hopewell Junction, At 7.48 A. M. and 4.03 P. M. trains leave New York City over this route, arriving at Hopewell Juncti8n at 10.44 A. M. and 6.28 P. M., respectively. Trains leave Hopewell! Junction for New York City at 4.44, 6.10 and 6.07 in the afternoon, The return trip takes a little more than two hours. The fare for one way over this route is $1.61 Another way to reach the York is from New York City and fifteen miles southeast of The place is called Beekman, sometimes known as route camp is over the Harlem division of the New York Central. Trains leave New York City at 806 A. M. and 1249 P. M, changing at Brewster and arriving at Poughquag, the nearest station to Beekman upon this route, at 10.45 in the morning and at 4.43 in the afternoon, respectively, The fare, one way, on thia route is $1.65, Iviets who and broke up the godjal ligeof Gregn> a dos There's some pipecutters in Com pany C, though, In the first battalion of the regiment there's about a hun- dred. And they got here me to do some work which it w would be done before they starte Don’t put a shovel in my pr ed ate Fol , O'Flynn. of one gives tne the shivers But they put on bo anyh and the private vowed he would gu t rd house, only they told hit as all work in the guard house. So he called for the shovel, spat on his hands and went to work im the trenches—digging for the laying the pipes Major Michael Lyne is another veteran of t Capt. Rupert Hughes ' morning with his compa pa MH, When Capt, Hughes 1 he is anauthor, He dr “movies” ina minute for th ment to Mexico, He ix the “publicity man” of the regiment, but tinues to work as hard as he y, he'll have little tr jos or anything else, much Kather news for the r Paper men on the groun he cainp Was conne p with elvilization to-day by tolep Monday 150 miles of tele; has been stretched under frectt t John A. Jamison Jr, divis ra manager of the New York Company. The wire is £ ‘ use only Lieut. Col. John J. Phelan ‘ho ar rived last night with the 4 for al 6 he requir ‘ He laugh sen withdrawn, his among ber, before knowledge f youl | granted reached him There's a scandal in the 'Sergt. Joe H. Tucker of the ‘Tw second engineers grabbed th et which drove the first stake camp for a souvenir. He put i! care fully away in bis tent, and when he went to exhibit it last night the precious keepstake had been nippy A lamplight search was made f last night but without result. Some of the soldiers hinted that the con- went back to Sing Sing and up on the slopes came the sounds | of college songs of old New York and then there were songs just of home. | And somewhere drifted the music of the fife to the delightful air of good old “Garryowen,” ‘They sang Wearing of the Green and Rocky Road to Dublin." They told stories by the cookstove fires and in | the shelter of their tents, and with Jone accord xpressed the hope that the be no disappoint. mont in the fervent desire of every- THe GOWN haven might 1 Tucker The r ve taken it, think so, rday afternoon and tin of yes! t nig damp ground failed to dampen t dor of the 2,000 men un- der canva: Most ae nh worked hard during the d nd the Sixty- the last to ar had their up before night. And whea Amps | ter me music of old body t Lex someth “Daw eanos.” REGIMENT'S FIRST DAY OPENS WITH MASS. The first day of the Sixty-ninth in camp was opened with a mass by Dr. Praneis Patrick Duffy, the reg mental chaplain, Mass was said i he open soon after reveille, whieh unded at 7 ind Lieut k Hurl witar boy nen Ine and shiv ered in the e¢ cold and windy but the fighters proy as soldiers of th OMcers knelt The an to twinkle eo euinp Ww weren't lis to sit I imen gath ks and like stars af. us filled with camptires vround, but red around turned their} battlet tents down in the swale hat the troops be headed for Then through the camp was song that begun and ended ing like this in, damn, damn those Mext but Sergt. | Within ale tailed, Ganeand fohin a 1 ! in i TR Daly of st. Det Poushkeer ft [a well an ' r Duffy. He was for hap- | Lin of the re for f Sac rame ut About 96 neluding © officer 12TH DRILLS NEW MEN ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE 1 ff Twelfth Regi t king hard t to its full Ke ure being add ed rapidly at the armory Colum bus Avenue, Jay drill wer. | igh the elemen unit ruits, ak » Dridle f River Drive comm to see the men | r rans as well ag ree going through drills in half lifferent places on the Drive, began the to 880 men 1,200. There we listment in morning men up he reg and 0. The tho work line at the Tw to to-day nt, one thousand strong, 0 Extraordinary Clearance Sale Friday Women’s House Dresses For House, Porch, Bungalow and Garden Wear. Attractive dresses of Lawn, Madras, Pique, Tissue Voile _ and Novelty materials trimmed in various combinations. LADS OF 69TH AND 22D LEAVING TRAINS AT CAMP REI MENT MARGHING TO CAMP a short time after recruiting ‘Tweifth grow It now bas more than 50 applicants for en-| armory P| of weeding} out those unfit for service was begun | th has recruited Featuring Women's Kimonos and House Dresses (Friday.) PPENHEIM, CLLINS & G Women’s Kimonos. srecia vaiues 1.00 from this ‘sixty-seventh Street ts one of me ing all moais in the armory. Follow- | most popular gathering places in New ing are the promotions announced {n York, hundreds desiring to see thé the Twelfth to-day celebrities of the crack regiment im Privates John 8. ¢ lahan and | khaki Reginald Durant of ( pany Bad in drilling three times a day and tak vanced to Second Lieutenants; Regi- | mental Sergt, Major Ralph Tennant First Lieutenant; First Dowling, Company F, ond Ldeutenant; Supply James Campton made Second tenant; Quartermaster Sergt A. McCluskey, Company K, made! Recond L ant and Quartermas ter, and George Rewiin Quart termuaster 47TH TAKES IN 200; RANKS NEARLY FILLED! More ed to the Forty-seventh Hrooklyn, which had expe for camp to-day. ( directed Jonn | than 200 recruits have heen tegiment Sydney G to-! we night at the armory, Sumner and Jef ferson Avenues, for inspection. | The regiment in a short time will be has his men to report TOW when Boas are so ular both in town and att seashore resorts—remember that we are hoa headquarters. London Boas, 82.95 to 835.00 are the best though not the most ex- lose men. to tts full war strength, 1,450 a 7TH IS READY TO MOVE; EXPECTS TO GO SUNDAY. ‘The Seventh Is adding recruits as rapidly as the clerical work can be done, It is ready to move at any time and expects tobe at Camp Whitman by Sunday morning. It will b to have It at war strength in weeks, at the most, + Its armory at P | George Berar @. 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