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War - Tr ied Offieers
For State Guard
\\ ill Be Commissioned in
Rank Held Overseas, He
SayS) Tellnig the Aims
of the Reorgaiiized Foree
Major General John F. O'Rynn ^-avc
out n statement last night deaorlbing
the prel li ry plans for tha reorgan
ization oi the 27th Division tn a way
which would combine regimental tradi
tion with the history the various regl
ments helped mako in France nnd add
to the State Guard the. strength of a
vrteran expeditionary division, His
statement, in part, follows:
"Oertain offieers from each of the
former NTaiio*-a! Guard oiganlzatlons
on retuming from overseas will be
co. ned in the state forces in the
grades la-* held by them in the Fed?
eral service, irrespective of their for?
mer rarnk in tho National Guard at ihe
time it waa drafted for United States
service.
"Th" period of cnllstment ln the re
orgaruzed New York Guard will be for
three years, but credit will bo allowed
for time served in the army or navy
o4' the United States during the pres?
ent war.
. "Oi thi principle that it is impos?
sible to havo too many trained and
expericnci d offieers, not only will all
of those now ln the New York Guard
be retained, provided they aro other
wise qualified for military service, but
all offieers who have been discharged
from the Federal service ? regular
army, marine corps, national army,
national guard or reserve corps?may
apply to tho division commander for
recommis;-ion in tho grades they held
when di. charged.
"Th? energies of all concerned will
he devoted to effecting the reestabllsh
ment of the famous old units of the
StaU> Guard as the 'Gray Jackets of
tho 7th,' the 'o;:v:i:!<: Irish C>3th,' tho
'Brnnettes of tho 15th,' the 'Apple,
Knock - the ls1 aml :>d, the "icl
low Legs' '??' tho 1st Cavalry and
Squadron A, with a vicrw to the do
velopment of an .efneient, hiphly
trained and ? isciplined furce avail
able at need oi the state or nation.
"It i? expected that the reorgnniza
tion of thi? great force of some 1!5,000
offieers and mon will have been com?
pleted and necesaary equipment fur
nished for their use by ihe Federal
authorltios in time for 1ho resumption
of armory drills i'1 tho earlj fall.
"At tl " ? time t is too earlj
to aaj ? p al units, as ma?
chine !?? n h ttalions, trains, tank
corps, a ei . n bo later or?
ganized, aro future pos
sibili
"Additional armory nrcomodations
ir< d for 1 hc shelter of the
valuable goven mi nl property, and un
doubtc' '? the F< leral anpropriutions
for maintenance iment of the
citizen oldiory w I be materially in
creased "
Many Thousands of
Sokliers Pay Visit
To Victory Fleet
Some of Thrm Like Fighting
Vessels So Well They Sipjn
l"p as Sailors as Soon as
They Get Out of the Vi my
Thc victory fleet was manned by
civillans nrd aoldier* yesterday, inter
pp^rre.i with a thin spri^kling of sail?
ors. While 20,000 gobs and leather
necks were poi ..... Manhattan,
more than .10,000 vlsitors, 20 per cent
oldier:-. weve cli g up the gang
planks of ihn shipn.
Pleasure craft and the "see the
feel'' boata wound about the fighting
vessels. Or, board hundreds of girls
in their prettiast made a strange cor,
traat with the sinister guns of the
gray battloships.
Scores orf tentative sailors visited
the boata In response to tho invitation
of the floet to plc.k out any boat and
enlist to serve on it. A ponderous
member of the Wild West Division,
back in tho United States only one.
day, spproached Bos*n's Mate Thomas
Sellers aboard tl e N'orth Dakota. With
a wavi,- r.i ^ hi ray, brown hand ho in
dicated the b'i'p at lanre.
"Say, sailor, ' he said, "ig this thc
way th-s place la dolled up all of thc
time, or ia it only dressed for com?
pany?"
Sellers explained ard in ten minutes
the soldier was virtually a member of
both the ? - fighting forc?--n.
After ? ??-- from thf army and
a thi;-" ough, he wiil don the
navy blue for fo ir years.
U-Boats Will Reach
United States by May 1
"Vietory Loan Fcatures Now on
High Sea?; Liners Will Be
MaoV Ready for Troops
"?? u Tnrk Tribune
Hunkin pton Tiwca*
WASHINGTON, Apr.! 17. -To avoid
any delay in transportlng American
soldiers to this country, tho Navy Do
ptrtment * ,. altera
tions to the twelve German liner?
turned over to thia government while
*&? v" : n ln transit. The work
of adding banks, sanitary fticUitiea,
moas i ging quarters v< thr
troop transports already ha.-t. been
started, ;-. ? ! 1," no necessitv
for the vessels to be laid up in ports
way.
? German linen
hav* i . ? : < ????'. ov< r to thc
Um*.' ? ment and are now
ln thc transport service. The four re.
mainir.g, Including the big Ilner, th?
Imperator, will be m American poeses
rion by May 1, Acting Secretary
Booseveit sala to-day. Mr. Roosevelt
said tbe ?hips w<-r<; ln good r<-r>i^r
meehanicaliy, hut, required consider
?ble ??? Increasing the slceplng
qaarter* foi I e l roopt.
'? -.' ? ? ot r '??'! that
i ? ' ? ii otted to
? ?'.? et] r',ut<
to th;-' ???-? ild docV tl
we<-k ? ?
boat* will be sent "? various parts ot
the country ?? Victory fx?an nt'rar
tion)* and w'.'l latet b" st th" dispos/J
oi. oaval cRgineet <<!./,
i
Welcome Home
Vo the Editor of The Tribune.
^?IIt: One day u medium height, slen- j
der, brown sklnnod man applied '.o j
us for a position. His iutelligent fa ?, i
thoiiRhtful eyes and gentlomanly be?'
havior wero indlcations of his good I
breedlng and training. He had finished j
the public schools, college and medical
course, In fact, ho had practlsed medl
cino a short while prior to our entrance
in tho world war. Then ho was drafte !
nnd compelled to go to tho canto::
ments. For woeks ho walked about af?
tcr ho was discharged in search of
work. Finally, he heard about tho
negro division of the State Employ
ment Bureau. So he had come lo us
foremploymont.
"If you could even give mo a job
as a porter or olovator operator, 1
would approciate your kindnes?," he
said,
Thero are others in the same cir?
cumstances. Colored men who aro col
lopo jrraduatcs, professional men and
tradesmen, are out of funds and Iucra
tivo employment. If you wish to help
these heroes from oversaas, soldiers
from the cantonments, and workers
from the war industries, kindly call
Audubon 5ti60 and givo us some jobs.
PRINCE L. KDWOODS, Superinten
dent.
New York Raiiibow
Troops Sail From
Brest; Due April 27
North Carolina, Wilh 362
Men, to Dock Here; Min
nesota and Prinress Ma
toika to Newport News
WASHINGTON, April 17. New
Yorkers attachcd to units ef tho 42d
Rainbow Division nre en route homo on
troopships due to dock at New York
and Newport News April '21, the War
Department nnnounced to-day.
Tho crulser North Cnrollnn, which
left Brest April 15 for New York, has
the 167th Infantry Regiment of the
Rainbow Division aboard, with f? offi?
eers and :i3f) men, wbo aro to ho di:<
chargod at Camp DIx, A ?*Tew York
rasual company, of 2 offlcera and 12
men, also in nhoard.
The 83d Infantry Brigade hoadquar
ters and more units of tho 167th ln !
fnntry Regiment are aboard tho cruisor
Montana, duo in New York April 27.
No New York troops aro attached to
these organizations. however.
Tho battleship Mlnnesota, routed for
Newport News, carrlea 4 offieers nnd Sl i
Now York men of the 151st Machine
Gun Battalion of t.ho Rainbow Divi?
sion and a New York ordnance casual
company of 113 offlcers and men. Thi?
vessel also will dock April 21, as will
the battleship South Carohna, which ?
carries 8 offlcers and 60 men of tho !
117th Fiold Signal Battalion, anothor
Rainbow unit, for domobilization at
Camp Dix. The South Carolina also is
routed for Newport News.
The other New York troops en route
home include 13 offieers and 475 men
of medical corps units which are
aboard tho Princess Matoika, routed
from St. Nazaire to Newport News.
Plan s Completed
For Fifth Avenue
Parade of 332fl
Last Tavo (lomnaiiics of Rep
ment to Reach Port From
Italy To-day; News From
77th Division Experted
Major Carl F. McKinney, of the ad
vance detaehment of the 332nd Infan
i try, announced yesterday that the last
two companies of the regiment would
reach port on tho Danto Alighlerl to?
day. Their arrival, he. said, will re
move all doubt as to the. plan3 for their
parade and enterlainment on .Monday.
Tho preparations for their welcome
by the Italian colony here, in conjunc
tion with the. Mayor's Committee, were
said by Major McKinney now to he
completed. The whole regiment, 3,500
I men, tha only American unit to serve
on tho Italian front, will assemblo at
Washington Square at 9:30 a. m. on
Monday. The parade will begin at 10
o'clock, with the line. of march up Fifth
Avenue to 102nd Street. At 81st Street
they will bo reviewed hy city officials
and other notablea.
At 102nd Street tho Hne will tuvn
into North Meadows, Central Park,
where Italian Consul Tritoni will pre
si nl tho regiment with a medal. Ad
dresses will he made by General Gug
lielmotti, Italian Military Attachn t0
the United States, who will speak in
behalf of tho Italian Army. A response
will be made by Colonel William Wal
; lace. of the 332nd.
Ihe m"n will then proceed to the
69th Regiment Armory, where they will
he given a luncheon by tho Mayor'?
Committee of Welcome, after v.'l,;
they will return to Camp Merritt.
At the 77th headquarters in the Hall
of Records it. was officially announci i
that a cable was expected "to-day stat
Ing what units of the 77th had sailed
from Brest and namos of tho ship,
bearlng them.
It was decided to designate the day
before the parade as Now York's Day,
when the Mayor's Committee will carry
out tts programme for thi entortain
ment of the division. It was also bur
;: that the 31,000 men fall in foi
the parade aa a complete unit at Wafh
ington Square, instead of her.. ., ,
there along the line of march To r<
move all nosaibility of confusion Lh?
pubhe will be asked not to distribi ??
clgarettea or gifta of food to the m
while on the marrh. Mr?. Will,,,,,, y
yandsTbllt, jr it waa announced ,,'
offered three theatrea for the ontertai,
ment pf the boy, for one night,
ba de?id?d upon later. '
Putnams2W-45thst?N
Beckett Pleads Guilty
To Killing His Wife
Coal Burge Captain Says He
Shot Her "to Save Her
Front Herself"
Georpe Beckett, twenty-three, a coal
bargo captain, when arralgned yester?
day before Justico Davls in the Su
preme Court, charged with the murder
of his wife, Annie, on March 8 last,
with tear.? streaming down his cheeks
declared he had shot her to .-ave her
from herpclf.
"We had be.cn married three years,"
he said. "She tired of barge life and
I established an apartment for her at ]
645 West Thirty-ninth Street. During
my absence she permitt.ed attentions
from other men and refuscd to live
with me. I went to .Tersey City and
boue;ht h revolver. T plcaded with in r
to give up her old life, saying I loved
her hetter than my life, and if I
couldn't havo her no one could. She
rl hc loved another. Thia enraged
o 1 lost my head and shot her.
, ) knows 1 am lorry."
Ju tice Da pei ttcd Beckett to
; | | ?:!'?? to murder in the second
degr on rccommei dat ion r>'t" Assist
. ? ! i tricl At toi ? ? ? Joab H. Banton.
. lonment for not
than tv ? . vcars
$508,095 Bid for Camps
That Cost $50,000,000
New York Tribwn*
Wnshinpton Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 17.?Thirtcen
army camps, the original cost of which
e.eeeded ?50,000,000, will bring about
1 per cent of this cost if the Tonstruc
tion Division of the Army accepts the
highcst bids presented on the proper?
ties at a public sale here Tuesday.
The aggregate of the highest bids on
the thirtcen camps, most of which were
national guard camps in Southern
states, was $508,095.09. The highest
bids on the individual camps were as
follows:
Camp Bowie. Fort Worth, Tex.,
SM.OOO; Camp Hancock. Augusta, Ga.,
$42,000; Camp Colt, Gettvsburg pPnn
$18,300; Camp Beauregard, Ale*??!"?
La., $34,175.96; Camp Kendrld- ?llU?
hurst, N. J.. $22,000; Canm S?
Houston, Tcx.. $68,000; CaL P^'
Raleigh. N. C, $8,000; Cam? Zl*'
Greenville, S. C, $45,100: SKortl, (-,*'?
Jackson, Columbia, S. C. $17 09ri- n ^
Shelby, Hatttesburg Mi..!, %CJ??
Camp Shendan, Montgomerv a. *
$15,300; Camp Wadsworth S'n,^
burg. S. C.s $46,000; Camp \vl\ fn"
Macon, Ga., $67,500. P *"eler,
NsCsinnsslian With Any 01her Esfablishment ia fhe Warld
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