Morning Oregonian., June 28, 1916, Page 6, Image 6

THE aiORMXG OKEGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JXJTiE 28, 1910.
THIRD BATTALION IS
ON WAY ID BORDER
SCENES AT CAMP WITHYCOMBE, 12 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN OREGON NATIONAL GUARD, SWORN IN AS FEDERAL SOLDIERS.
- LEFT FOR THE MEXICAN BORDER.
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WITHOUT COST
Oregon Infantry Is Entrained
Week After Mobilization of
"i i Militia Is Ordered.
Southern Pacific Paying for
Land Grant Given by Con
gress Years Ago.
CROWD CHEERS SOLDIERS
TRACKS ARE CLEARED
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Chasta Locomotive Fulls Long Train
That Will Have Right of "Way
Over All Other Traffic on
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cf the troops were at the station to
pheer them on their way.
By Thursday night the last troops
will have left Camp Withycombe for
the border-, Captain Kenneth P.
Williams, Federal mustering officer
(or Oregon, announced tonight.
Battery A, field artillery, 5 officers
and 171 men, under Captain Charles
W. Helme, will entrain at 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning for Calexico, Cal.
The Second Battalion, comprising
companies E, F and H, of Portland,
and Company G, of Oregon City, un
der Lieutenant-Colonel John L. May,
will leave camp by 6 o'clock tomorrow
night in another troop train.
Captain White leads Troop.
Troop A, Captain George A. 'White,
commanding, will leave tomorrow
night with the Second Battalion.
Major Moshberger "Will Join the bat
talion at Woodburn.
The destination of the Second Bat
talion, like that of the Third, will be
Can Diego.
The First Battalion, comprising Com
panies A, of McMinnville, and B, C and
T, of Portland, under Major L. A. Bow
man, and the machine gun company
of the Third Infantry, Captain Frank
lin P. Tebbetts, will move Thursday,
completing the movement of Oregon
-troops to the border.
Colonel Clervard McLaughlin and
headquarters of the Third Infantry also
(Will go with this battalion.
The destination of the First Bat
talion and headquarters had not been
learned tonight by Captain Williams,
though he expects information soon. It
Is not believed that the First Battalion
Will go to San Diego, however.
,T000 WELCOME COMPANY M
Families Say Goodbye and Gifts Are
Made to Soldiers.
SALEM. Or., June 27. (Special.
Every member of Company M got a re
ception and a farewell from about 7000
people, including his own folks, when
the train carrying the Third Battalion
stopped here at 7:50 for 10 minutes to
night. They got not only greetings and
handshakes, but about a ton of good
things to eat, two big truckloads of
baskets and boxes fixed up by mothers
and sisters, and the boys without any
mothers got fully as much as the other
fellows.
Governor Withycombe had been asked
to make a speech, but declined, saying
the boys didn't want to listen to him
with only a few minutes to talk to their
own families.
There was little cheering. The people
Inside the block-long space roped off
for relatives struggled in the jam to
get nearer the particular head and
shoulders they were looking for in car
windows and the crowd outside the
ropes was tense at "the dramatic force
of the scene.
A heavy shower discouraged no one.
Besides the individual offerings there
were 150 baskets of Royal Ann cher
ries, one for each member of Company
M, from the Cherrians.
A touching incident occurred when
Major Carle Abrams, battalion com
mander, got off the train to find his
wife and baby boy, and wept as he
kissed the child and said goodbye to
his wife.
The wife of Lieutenant L. H. Comp
ton. Major Abrams' aide, waited at the
depot from 6 o'clock, but was unable
to find her husband until jus.t before
the train pulled out.
ATjBAXY TTJ11XS OUT JN FORCE
Coast Artillery Company at Atten
tion as Train. Readies City.
ALBANY. Or., June 27. (Special.)
Half the population of Albany, to
gether with 250 automobile loads of
Corvallis residents, greeted the troop
train bearing the First Oregon militia
men to entrain for the border when
It arrived here at 9:15 tonight.
The Albany delegation was headed
by the Municipal band, while the Span
ish War Veteran drum corps, of Cor
vallis, led the visitors. The Fifth Com
pany, Coast Artillery, of this city, was
also out In full uniform and stood at
attention as the long train pulled into
the station.
Most of the Corvallis people who
Were here were bidding good-by to a
ton, brother and in some cases a father
numbered among the company from
that city.
An aged couple whose eon 1 a mem
ber of the Corvallis company -arrived
In the city on the "noon train and re
mained at the depot from that time
until the train arrived, in order to
make sure they would, get to see him.
The soldiers were showered with
shifts. Including articles of clothing
and delicacies. The train cleared for
the south at 9:30.
Xew Jersey Infantry Leaves.
BEA GIRT, N. J., June 27. The First
Kew Jersey Infantry got away today
over the Pennsylvania Railroad for El
Paso.
DRINK HABIT
MAKES PAUPZRS
OF CAPABLE MEN
A Life Wasted Drinking; Means a De
. tcndent. Unhappy Old Age.
Tf you are a drinking man, look Into
your past life and note the many good
opportunities for success you have
missed because you were under the in
fluence of liquor at the time you should
have been strictly sober. Compare the
success of your business life with that
of the sober man. , When you realize the
habit of drinking means failure, go to
the Neal Institute, corner Broadway
and College. Portland, Oregon, or take
the Neal Home Treatment and have
the craving and necessity for drink re
moved. It Is safe and sure. Painful,
dangerous hypodermic injections are
never used. Reliable and Permanent
and fully guaranteed. Call and inves
tigate, or write or phone for book of
Information. Phone Marshall 2400. All
drug; habits treated. Automobile sent
patients day or nignt. . -
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fl) Tklrd Battalion, Third
Infantry, Marching; to the
Train. (2) Loading the
Tents nnd Equipment (3)
Arms fctavked. (4) Stores
and Equipment G o I n s
Aboard. S) Entralnlas;.
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Recruiting Records Broken and
Five More to Enlist.
TWO CITIES ARE YET AHEAD
Increases Ordered In Navy Are Be
lieved to Be Responsible for
Applications Three Will
Try for Annanolis.
All records for the local recruiting
office of the United States Navy were
broken yesterday when 14 recruits were
examined and admitted to the service.
In fact yesterday's record beats by one
recruit the former record for any week
since the local office has been In oper
ation. Two weeks ago the enlistments from
Portland for seven days were exceeded
only by the New York and Boston of
fices. This week bids fair, says Lieu
tenant John Blackburn,- recruiting of
ficer, to eclipse the records set up by
those cities. Beside the 14 who were
added yesterday, five more are ex
pcted to be added today, the physical
examination having been given yester
day. Lieutenant Blackburn attributes, in
part, the large number of recruits to
the fact that the Navy, increase, that
represents more than a 40 per cent in
crease, will offer a correspondingly
large per cent of coveted ratings that
may be acquired by the enlisted man
through a term of faithful service.
Three of the recruits added yester
day were graduates of The Dalles High
School. They are Lewis Gunning, Al
fred Bayley and Frank Tyler. They
passed both the mental and the physical
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tests high. They intend to take the
competitive examinations for Annapo
lis appointments. One other young
man of The Dalles will also enlist as
soon as he can be relieved of his pres
ent position. He is J. Sturtevant,
Because of the increase that the Navy
will soon receive in its number of men
and officers. Lieutenant Blackburn has
been laying the groundwork for get
ting the most and best recruits pos
sible. He returned Monday from Med
ford, where he will soon open a branch
of the local recruiting office.
C'latskanie Men Will Serve.
CLATSKANIE, Or June 27. (Spe
cial.). A mass meeting was held Satur
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day-evening to ascertain the feeling of
the able-bodied men toward the present
crisis. G. F. Piezy. a Spanish War
veteran, presided. One of the most
stirring speeches of the evening was
made by Enoch W. Conyers. one of the
few remaining veterans of the Mexican
War. Much enthusiasium was shown
and several expressed their willing
ness to enlist if the call cornea
WOODBTJKX CKOWI IS SILENT
Gifts Are Sent to Soldiers and Rela-
' tives Bid Farewell.
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Third Battalion from Camp Withy
combe to San Diego pulled in here at
7:1$ tonight it was met by an immense
throng of people, who came to bid fare
well to the members of Company I, of
Woodburn, and also to Woodburn boys
who had been transferred to Compa
nies L and K. Soldiers base farewell
to relatives during the 14-mlnute stop.
A truckload of gifts from relatives
and citizens went to the Company I
car. containing lunchboxes of oranges
and tobacco. There was no cheering as
the train pulled out, the boys under
standing that they were leaving be
hind those too grief-stricken to cheer.
The officers of Company I are' prom
inent citizens of Woodburn. Captain
Qrovsr Todd, First Lieutenant P. A.
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Livesly asid Second Lieutenant Benton
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ltAIX IS DEFIED AT ECGEXE
Crowd of 1000 W'aiU for Troops to
Pass Through 3ity.
EUGENE. Or, June 27. (Special.)
At 8 o'clock tonight more than 1000
citizens, despite a heavy downpour of
rain, were at the Southern Pacific sta
tion awaiting the arrival of the special
train carrying the Third Battalion to
the Mexican border.
Southern Pacific officials announced
that the train would not arrive In Eu
gene until 10:15.
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Movement or Oregon and Washing
ton Militia Is Now Under Way.
Special Cars Are Sent to
Clackamas Camp.
TJncle Samuel Is at last in a fair way
to cash in on its land grant given to
the Oregon & California Railroad
Company so many years ago. now the
property of the Southern Pacific Com
pany. For by the terms of that grant,
the railroad company, its heirs and as
signs, must Carry soldiers, sailors, their
equipment and goods without charge
whenever the Government desires. And
some right smart hauling of troops
is in sight.
Special trains carrying soldiers will
roll southward over the Southern Pa
cific for some time. All these troop
trains will be run without any revenue
whatever to the railway from Portland
to Roseville Junction, in the vicinity
of Sacramento.
Treopa Have Rl-ht of -Vay.
Tet aI1 the troop trains will have
the right of way and all other trains,
even the crack Shasta Limited, must
wait on sidings while the soldiers
pass on their way to Mexico. It is not
expected that any new records will
be made, however, by the trains, be
cause they are mixed in character,
maue up of both passenger and freight
cars.
The first troop train got away from
Clackamas at about 6 o'clock last
night carying the Third Battalion. It
was made np of one standard, eight
tourist, two baggage, two box and two
flat cars.
A special train win carry Battery A.
leaving today. It will consist of the
following-? FIva tmii-l.t l
three box and 11 flat cars.
Washington Also Moves.
The Second Battalion will get away
on another special train today. One
standard, eight tourist, two box. two
baggage and two flat cars will carry
the troops.
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band and the First Battalion will be
rnuveu oy special train leaving Camp
Withycombe Thursday. This train will
tourist, two baggage, two box and two
This will complete the present move
ment of Oregon troops to the Mexican
border. But from American Lake, where
S074 men and 65 officers of the Wash-
s v. . ' m 1 . i . friTJA.
will come a special train, expected to
move tomorrow, carry ng 340 officers
and men. consisting of five tourist, two
888, one stoca. tnree dox and three
flat cars.
Naval Militia Awaits Call.
ABERDEEN, Wash., June J7. (Spe
cial.) The Fourth Division of Naval
Militia of this city, under the direc
tion of Lieutenant E. A. Bradner, is.
preparing for instant mobilization. The
70 members of this command are to
be vaccinated this week, and prepara
tion made to call the men together
quickly if needed.
Lieutenant Bradner said today he
was confident that the Fourth Divi
sion would be called out in a few weeks
at latest and perhaps within a few.
days. In case of a call he expects to
carry about 100 men from Aberdeen.
There are five Naval Militia divisions
in the Btate, which altogether have a
membership of about 400 men.
ASTORIA MEN PATRIOTIC
Eighty Sign for Organization of
Coast Artillery Company.
ASTORIA, Or.. June 27. (Special.)
At a meeting tonight 80 men signed
for the organization of a local com
pany of the Coast Artillery Corps.
The meeting was under the auspices
of tne Spanish War veterans and It Is
probable that fully 150 names will be
on the roll within the next few days.
This Columbia
Grafanola Only
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A beautiful, perfect In
strument. In walnut, oak
or mahogany case. Let
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home.
sarplnn Stock Sale In Progress.
Henry Jenning & Sons
Washington Street at Fifth.
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safest to nia. Sold by ail Orooexr
Haxdirar rnd Irus Stores. .
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