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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TITUItSDAT, JUNE 22, 1916. GOVERNOR -VISITS WITH OREGON'S CITIZEN SOLDIERS AT CAMP WITHYCOMBE. iiiiiiiii iiiiiiiii - m? WmiYGOMR Executive Pleased by Rapid Mobilization of Guard and Work Under Way. SITES FOR CAMPS CLEARED Line of Mothers, Sisters and Sweet hearts Flows Through Grounds All Day, but Militiamen Are Too Busy to Note Them. CAMP WITHYCOMBE, Or.. June 21. (Bpeclal.) With virtually the entire strength of the Oregon National Guard on the field, the state rifle range at Clackamas today presented a warlike appearance. Bustle was in evidence everywhere, and. the state's citizen soldiers were proving themselves adept at meeting all the different problems that arose. Governor Withycombe arrived at the mobilization camp late in the day, com ing out on a train of 15 cars from Portland that brought, besides the state's chief executive. Companies A, C, D and H, of the Third Oregon Infantry; Troop A, of the state cavalry, and Bat tery A, of the artillery. Neither the cavalry nor artillery had their mounts with them, but the horses are expected tomorrow morning. Governor Pleased by Mobilization. While looking ovev the mobilization camp Governor Withycombe expressed himself as much pleased at the quick assembly of the various units of the National Guard, and the willingness with which they entered into the work of encampment. It was at first be lieved that late in the day the soldiers would be paraded for review by the Governor, but this plan was given up when it was seen that many of the organizations that were Just arriving could not get their camps ready before dark if an assembly was held. Just before 4 o'clock Governor Withycombe left the mobilization camp for Salem, but It is planned to have him return Thursday and address the state troops then. "The most essential thing for the present is for the men to learn to care for themselves," said the Governor, "and this, I believe, they will speedily do at camp here. There is every indi cation that the 'boys already feel thor oughly at home in tents and under field conditions." Each Company Clears Site No effort was made to clear the camp Bites for the different units of the Guard, this duty devolving on the com panies when they arrived. A sur veyor's post driven into the ground signified the position each unit was to occupy. On arrival at the field some of the companies found their positions filled with stumps and piles of rubbish, and before tents could be pitched these obstructions had to be cleared away. In using a stump-puller men of I Com pany broke the chain of the mechanism several times. Company A, on its arrival, found that some kindly disposed members of another company had tossed all their rubbish onto A Company's site, and all the men had to fall to at first removing underbrush, plies of saplings and twigs and toga before they could line up their tents. M Company Camps on Daisies. The company with the largest quota of men M Company, of Salem, which turned up with 18 squads was fortu nate In finding a perfectly clear camp site staked out in the meadow at the western end of the range grounds. Save for a storm-torn fir that towers aoove -heir line of tents, the camp of M Com pany is a field of green grass and daisies. Other companies, however, Which appeared at the range with barely the eight squads required by the minimum number of men, had to wrestle with timber, stumps and all sorts of problems. As soon as camps were made active drilling commenced. Rest t is a word that has no part in the mobilization camp vocabulary. No tactics were at tempted today, but men who were not engaged in clearing up camp sites were kept busy going through the manual of arms and practicing firing evolutions. Villa's "Grave" Discovered. Yet, in spite of this, members of F Company found time to Inject a little grim playfulness into camp routine. At the head of their row of tents Is what appears to be a new-made grave, decorated with a bunch of sweet peas and three cigarette stubs. And on this grave is a post and a placard bearing me loilowing: Tula's Ghost. God help him ; we can't. Earth 1b earth. Dust to dust; If Carranza "Won't shoot yott P Company must. This "grave" attracted considerable attention, and a constant throng of visitors stood about it. Visitors at the mobilization camp are Plentiful. The road outside the range was lined all day with automobiles none but official cars being allowed within the confines of camp and a steady stream of fond mammas, sis ters and sweethearts poured through the gates to seek out loved ones in khaki within. But the boys had little time for social pleasantries, and, for the most part, the visitors simply watcned the citizen-soldiers at work. Read The Orfsonian classified ads. 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Ask for "TOUR" lit erature and the cost of a jour ney "back home." Union Pacific is the popular route to Yellowstone National Park Include a visit with your East ern trip. Through Sleeping car Service direct to the Park CITY TICKET OFFICE, Washington at Third Street. Broadway 4500, A 6121. IIIIIIIII ROUND TRIP FARES Denver $55.00 Omaha ...... 60.00 Kansas City.. 60.00 St. Louis .... 71.20 Chicago 72.50 Detroit 83.50 .Washington ..108.50 Boston 110.00 New York ...110.70 IIIIIIIII RESULT PLEASES GOVERNOR Permission Asked of Government to liaise Another Regiment in State Camp Named for Mr. Withycombe. (Continued From Page 3. try, or such other troops as the fcecre- tary of War may indicate." With the exception of passing Fed eral inspection, the men at Camp Withycombe are ready to start at any time for the Mexican border. Federal inspection and muster will be started today. Only one small unit of 36 men of the Third Infantry remains in Portland. Those men are here to receive recruits for those companies that are not yet mustered to full war strength. Mobilization Is Complete. Otherwise the -mobilization was com pleted shortly after 6 o'clock last night. Company K, of Corvallis, was the last to arrive. In command of Captain Charles A. Murphey, 65 men strong, the men came In by train and at once went Into camp. In addition to the 12 companies of the Third Infantry in camp. Battery A, Field Artillery, and Troop A, Cavalry, are at the camp. The number of men under arms there at 7 o'clock was 1243. Of these troops. 1005 were divided among the 12 com panies of the Third Infantry, 147 were in Battery A and 91 in Troop A. Virtually every organization, how ever, had left small details at their home stations in charge oi an omcer to attend to further recruiting. So far as Captain Kenneth P. Will iams, United States Army, who has been detailed as mustering-in officer, is con cerned, he is all ready to begin muster ing the troops into the Federal serv ice this morning. Blaster BianKi Arrive. The necessary blanks and forms for this work arrived from Army head quarters at San Francisco yesterday. In fact. Captain Williams wanted tj muster in Company M, of Salem, yes terday but could not do so because not all the men were in camp. Captain Gehlhar at once sent orders for men left in Salem to Join the company. Captain Williams expects to muster in Company M, and perhaps another organization today. The mustering-in ceremony is a brief one. The men of the company line up for inspection. After a thorough in spection by Captain Williams, they will take the dual oath of allegience pre scribed in the new Army bill, and administered by him. Then each man will sign the muster roll. After the men have been mustered in, the officers will be taken into the Fed eral service. Mustering; to Be Expedited. Every effort will be made by Cap tain Williar-a to complete the muster ing of the Oregon troops into the Fed eral ser"tce with the greatest expe dition. Ao company, however, can be mustered in until all its men are on hand, including recruits, and with the enlistment records of each company completed. At best, it probably will be 10 days or two weeks before the mustering in. inspection and listing of all prop erty can be made. In the meantime, (1) A Company Detail Fllllns Straw Tick for .Mattresses. (2) Cleaning Up About Camp. (3) Governor Withycombe (Left), Corporal Georsre Palmer Putnam, of Company M (Center), Who In Civil Life la the Governor's Pri vate Secretary, and Adjutant-General George A. Watte (Riant). (4) "Villa's Ghost," aa Marked by Enthuslastl c Soldiers. (5) Bringing; lTP Snpplies. () Captain Kenneth P. William. United States Army, Who Will Master Troop Into Federal Service- drilling' each. day. They will also be glv. n plenty of ta "get practice on the rifle range, for, as the officers say, no soldiei is better than his marksman ship. Colonel Mclaughlin will he the last man to be mustered in. Although Colonel McLaughlin already is a Cap tain in the regular service, he will be mustered in as Colonel of the Third Infantry. Under the regulations, the Colonel cannot be mustered as such. however, until the entire regiment has been taken into the Federal service. Camp A anted After Governor. The state mobilization camp at Clack amas was officially named Camp Withycombe yesterday by Colonel Clenard McLaughlin, the commanding officer, following a visit to the camp by Governor Withycombe. The following shows the strength of each organization at the camp, as re ported to Captain Williams yesterday: Company M. of Salem, 12S men and two officers. Company B, of Portland. 72 men and two officers. Company F, of Portland. S3 men and one officer. Sanitary Corps, Portland, 8 men and one medical officer. Company G, Oregon City. 68 men and three officers. Company I, Woodburn. 92 men and two officers. Company A, McMinnvllle. 77 men and three officers. Company C, of Portland, 72 men and two officers. Company D, of Portland. 66 men and three officers. Company E, two officers. Company H, two officers. Company L, of Dallas. 60 men and two officers. Troop A. of Portland, 91 men and one officer. - Battery A, of Portland. 147 men and four officers. Company K. of Corvallis, which re ported late in the evening, had about two officers and about 65 men. The only unit of Oregon's quota of troops called by the President that has not asAmbled at Clackamas is the Ma chine Gun Company, of the Third In fantry, under Captain Frank P. Teb betts. This was no fault of Captain of Portland. 69 men and of Portland. 71 men and Tebbetts. As -the Machine Gun Com th mm yili b put through intensive. Jpani enil IccenUx ku uu2tj, It still Is shy of equipment and for that reason Colonel McLaughlin directed that it remain at the Armory until to day or later. , Several of the companies reporting at Clackamas yesterday '-ad with them recruits who had enlisted Just before their commands entrained for Camp Withycombe. There had been no time to uniform and equip them, but they marched along with their companies in civilian dress. They will be equipped at the camp. Officers and men at the Clackamas camp were imbued with an earnest spirit yesterday. There was no sky larking, and every man seemed to real ize fully that he bad embarked on a serious enterprise. The hope was expressed on every hand that the Oregon troops would have an early opportunity to go to the border. However, it was realized that no matter how efficient the Third Regi ment may be as a National Guard or ganization, a vast deal- of hard work will be necessary before the command can be considered fit for active field service against an enemy. Typhoid Vaccine Awaited. Within the next few days Major M. B. Marcellus, chief medical officer at the camp, expects to receive a supply of typhoid vaccine with which to adminis ter the typhoid serum to the troops. Major Field, field medical officer at Vancouver Barracks, is to visit the camp today, and this and other medi cal arrangements for the care of the troops will be discussed with him. The typhoid vaccination treatment covers a period of 20 days. Three in jections of typhoid serum are made. The first injection contains 600,000,000 dead typhoid bacteria. The second In jection, made ten days later, and the third and final injection, given ten days after that, each; contain 1,000,000, 000 dead bacteria. The typhoid vaccination treatment is devoid of most of the discomforts at tending ordinary vaccination for small pox prevention. In the present European war the efficacy of the typhoid serum as a preventive of typhoid has been thoroughly demonstrated. Formerly the scourge of armies, typhoid ls now a rare disease since the universal adop tion of the compulsory typhoid vac cination. It is probable that every soldier in SMOft regsx&iasa fit 1E Ion lj; baa been since he was vaccinated, will also be reinoculated against smallpox. The three companies in camp yester day morning, M of Salem and B and F of Portland, which had arrived the day before, put in much time yesterday at drill. They all drilled between two and three hours In the morning, and in the afternoon Captain Daughorty, of Com pany B. had his men out for another hour and a half of drill. The first command to arrive at camp yesterday was Company G. of Oregon City, Captain Lowell E. Burchard. with 68 men and three officers. Its train pulled in at 11:30 A. M. and the men soon had. their tents up. Between 3 and ?:S0 P. ?f. a troop train In two sections came in from Portland with Battery A, Troop A and Companies C, D, E, H, of Portland, and A, of McMinnvllle, 633 men in all. At 3:80 Companies I. of Woodburn, and L, of Dallas, arrived from the south on the same train. The Woodburn soldiers enlivened their trip by plnglna:. At times the whole company roared out patriotic songs or Joined in swinging choruses, and the rest of the time the entertain ment was provided by four of the men. who organized an Impromptu quartet. Captain Todd expressed regret that he bad had to muster out J. F. Steel hammer, the patriotic Mayor of Wood burn, before the company started for camp. Mayor Steelhammer was stroirg In spirit, but his legs were not good enough to enable him to pass the rigid physical examination. .Yamhill Greets Troops. At Yamhill the whole town was waiting at the station for Company A, of McMinnvllle, to pass through. Ten men of the company are Yamhill boys, and the townspeople bad especially re quested that the trip to camp be made that way. As the train swung into the depot a fife and drum corps welcomed the cheering soldiers and pretty girls handed out bouquets. A whole pailful of candy and a box of cigars were , passed around through the cars by pat riotlo citizens. Every man enlisted in Company A reported for duty except for three in California, who have sent word tnat they will come aa soon aa they can raise the money. One man reported to the company in the McMinnvillo Armory at 2:30 o'clock yesterday morn ing. He had read of the mobilization order in the papers, and came all the way from a town in Washington. The whole town of McMinnvllle took a holiday to give the troops a send off, and the Elks' band escorted them to the depot. Bugle Calls Announced. The following order relative to bugle calls at Camp Withycombe was issued. Tuesday, before the arrival of Colonel McLaughlin to take command, by Lieutenant-Colonel John L. May: General Order No. 1-A. HEADQUARTERS CAMP CLACKAMAS Clackamas. Or., Juna 21. 191. Th follow tns Hat of calls Is published for tfee informs titon of all concerned: Klrst -call for reveille 5:50 A. M. Revalue 6:0O A. M. Assembly 8:15 A.M. Mess call 6:45 M- Flrst call for drill 7:45 A.M. Assemble ... S :00 A.M. Mess call 12:00 M Katlsua 1:00 P. M. Sick call ., LOOP. M. Stables first caU (iOP.JI. Assembly 4:30 P.M. Mess call f:S0 P. M. First call for retreat or parade... 6:00 P. M. Assembly 6:15 P.M. Retreat :-0 P- M. First call for formal guard mounting Im mediately after parade or retreat. Assembly five minutes later. Tspa 11:00 P. it. By order Lieutenant-Colonel May. y. M. STEST. First Lieutenant and Adjutant. Governor Withycombe paid his first visit to the camp yesterday. His call was an entirely informal one. 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