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I VOL> OXXXII?No. 155
I FRENCH CLOSE
| TO PERONNE
& Drive South of Somme
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firings ineiri to iuvyuo
Outskirts
KAISER IN COMMAND
British -Army Making Steady Progress
Between Ancre and Somme?Germans
Preparing
t nnrirm .T.Tnlv fi.?*The Kaiser is
(reported to have arrived on the Somme
front accompanied by members
of his general staff, who will direct
' the defense of the German lines in
the great allied offensive. (
An Amsterdam dispatch today re- 1
ported the Kaiser's arrival and said I
he had established headquarters near 1
the front and not far from Cambrai S
. -nd opposite the Brit'-^i l'ront.
* i>aris, Julv 6?The French have ?
carried q? assault the second Ger- '
man lines on a front of two kilometres
(about one ar\d a quarter
milesj) from the Clery-Maricourt j
road to the River Somme, They have
also captured the village. Hem in the!
same district, according to the official
statement issued by the French
War Office last night.
The French hav(? captured all the
German second positions Isouth ,of
the Somme on a front of about 10
kilometres). They have also completed
the occupation of the village
of Estrees, where 200 Germans surrendered.
, The full force of the French offensive
is again being exerted both
north and -south of the Somme, but
t principally southward. In this direction
the French are now in the
(outskirts of Poronne, the great railway
centre, which is their first ob'
jective in their effort to cut the German
communications.
Sermont Farm, taken by the French I
is onlv two miles from Peronne and
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adjoins its suburban nouses, me t
importance which the Germans at- (
tach to this point !s shown in thefr j
fierce counter attacks Tuesday night, (
' when they rushed the French lines ^
back to the village of Belloy-en SanXcrre,
which they momentarily held.
This village lies between Asseveilers
and Estrees, both 'held :by the ^
French, so that the German rush tern- t
porarily made a dent in the French f
advance. This dent was quickly ^
? straightened out when fierce hand to t
hand fighting placed the town again ^
in French hands. 1
The number of German prisoners
taken is now close to 10,000, while j
the extent of the munitions captured j
is shown in the fact that' GO guns ^
were taken by a single army'corps, j
Meantime the movement north of the (
Somme is necessarily retarded In ortier
that the French left wing may
I act simultaneously with the British ,
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right wing. (
1 The British have been facing an (
extremely heavy resistance and large ,
.German reinforcements were hurried ^
forward all day - Tuesday by the ,
Cologne Cambrai Railway, which runs t
to the very centre of. the1 German
. front attacked by the British. The
stubborn resistance all along this
front has prevented the British from
keeping pace with the French advance
to the south,
t The tenacity with which the Ger- <
mans are holding to their positions in .
the face of the British attack, particularly
around Da Boisselle, while *
the French menace of Peronne is
AAtnnoixifixuiKf i-w.1 ,w) lan/lc* frt flip I ^
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belief of the military authorities that
the Germans are chiefly concerned i? ^
breaking the offensive even at the
sacrifice of some ground to the south.
The French have now, in some
places pushed through the third and
last line of the German defenses as
they existed before the attack began.
The Germans are hastily constructing
a new line, but are manifestly
unable to make it as strong as the
three lines perfected after 2d months'
labor.
London, July 6?The Reuter correspondent
under date of July 4 sends
the following from the Press Camp,
^ -British Army in France:
"While the battle of the Somme
has already assumed the proportions
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LETTER FROM SOLDIER:
Members of Alexandria Light In
fantry Spend Fourth in Mobilization
Camp in Richmond
(Special to the Gazette)
Richmond, July 4?Independence
Day passed without incident at Camp
Stuart, save for the routine ot camp
life and preparations for active service.
Infrequent booming- of the three
inch field pieces being1 tried out by
the Howitzers furnished the only
semblance to celebration of a nationnal
holiday that ir|?t the ears of the
"regulars" or those of the visitors
from Richmond who went out to see
the State's militia, mobilize on the
Fair Grounds and waiting hourly orJers
to leave for the Mexican border
The guardsmen's part in the city's
celebration of the Fourth was omit;ed
entirely, none of the khaki clad
:roops making their appearance in
;he city yesterday. A truly military
carade by at least one and probably
u>th of the regiments mobilized at
^amp Stuart had been announced as
he big attraction of the day. InP
inVimnnrlars wKn wished tO
tfttU, ---
eview the troops had to make the
rip to the Fair Grounds hv street
ar, and be satisfied with watching
rom the grandstand the squad and
ompany drills performed on the dusty
ace course as part of an ordinary
lay's routine.
Company G. of the First Regiment
?better knfcnvn to readers of the
Jazette as the Alexandria Light Inantry
spent most of the day in
luarters. Except for a few shrills of
he first sergeant's whiltle, calling
he men into ranks for the issuing
f u nderclothes and hats, or shoes
o the few men not fully equipped,
he mess calls alone disturbed the
nen's leisure.
One detail of twenty privates and
ion-commissioned officers marched
vol- tn the field hosnital and were
accinated against smallpox. The
lalanee of those who are not satisactorily
vaccinated will be treated
vith the serum at the next detail,
>robably on Wednesday.
The whole company has beefl inloeulated
for typhoid and must unlergo
two further injections of the
same serum, at the camp here if
hey are held that long:, or at any
)ther point where their new duties
ake them.
' The Richmond papers this morning
announced that only railway congestion
incident to holiday traffic presented
the First Regiment from enraining
for the border today, as oririnally
ordered. They spoke with cer
ainty of the movement of the troops
southward tomorrow, with BrownsMile,
Texas, as the destination.
Regular foot-movements squad, and
*ifle drill will be resumed tomorrow
jy those of the men not incapacitaled
>y any of the series of innoculations
;hey are undergoing?this of course
n the absence of actual movement
)f the Virginia troops south. Two
md one half hours of drill following
ness at G:30 a. m.f and anther two
md one half hours after lunch, is thu
:trmp routine. The men are picking
jp the drill movements rapidly and
several squads have been commeiided
>y the officers for the readiness with
ivhich they have adapted themselves
:o a soldier's life.
Private. Co. O.
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Marshall Hall, Friday A family
excursion.
>f the biggest battle on th ewestern
'ront, the maximum strength of the
:onflict has certainly not yet been
reached. The Germans are throwing
nen into their resistance as fas as
their means of transport will permit
and, while many of these troops are
reserves in the strict meaning of the
term, the mass of them have beer
hurried from other theatres of the
war. but not a single soldier from the
90 mile British front.
"Judging from the prisoners taker
the enemy seems to have arrived at
the stage when he is obliged to buih
lip his defenses with the very dregs
of his human resources."
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NEGOTIATIONS
I itWnr\fc? Qofio-Fontrvrv
IVICAHJU YY CW1VO UttUOiUtvw j
Solution of Issues
With U.S.
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| MILITIA ON BORDER
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American Soldiers Encounter Dust j
Sforni, High .Winds Sending Clouds
Into Their Eyes
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Mexico City, July G.?Gen. Carranza
received first word from a
United Press cablegram that Secretary
Lansing, after studying the
Mexican reply, expressed a willingness
to continue the negotiations.
the message, which reached the
foreign office before the arrival of
Minister Arredondo's official advices,
was received with undisguised sat.
isfaction by , Foreign Secretary Ag..;w
I "The Mexican government," said]
! Aguilar, "invited the Government of.
j the United States to continue the inj
ternational negotiations in a spirit'
j of frank cordiality to reach a satisI
factory solution.
"It seems that the Government of
the United States has accepted the
proposition, animated l>y the same
good will and desires as the Mexi.
can government." i
j Columbus, N. M., July f>.?A por.
I tion of the Massachusetts and New
| Mexico militia stationed, here may
j be sent into Mexico today as guards
for motor truck trains to General
' Pershing's base camp near Colonia
I Dublan.
The trip across the border will be
' trying for the civilian soldiers. The
j smothering alkali dust kicked up by j
\ the trucks, the jolting: over the rutty
j trail, and the (Insert sun--has wilted
; the most hardened regulars on the.
I first trip.
j Yesterday the eastern militiamen
got their first taste of a border dust
I storm. A high wind swept blinding
1 clouds of the alkali dust through
their camp throughout most of the
day, filling the eyes of the men and
causing them considerable suffering,
j Without goggles they could not leave
their tents.
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AUSTRIA WILL YIELD
Intimation That Satisfaction Will Be
Given for Attack on Tanker
Washington, July fi?The State
j Department has received intimations
j from Vienna that the Austrian government
will comply in full, but not
j promptly, with the demands made In
: the American rejoinder to the Austrian
note in the Petrolite case.
The rejoinder to Austria, demanding
an apology, punishment of the
submarine commander who attacked
the Standard Oil Tanker in the Mediterranean
on December 5. last, and
the payment of suitable- reparation
/V.,. A/.wfieflnfi'An r\f ertr*r\]Jf>c nn tllP
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American vessel, was made public
by the State Department last week.
The Austrian commander's version
was at complete variance with that
of the American captain. The latter
reported that he surrendered his
boat's provisions, which were inadequate
f?r his own ship to avoid furth-1
er violence on the part of the submarine
commander.
It is believed at the State Department.
the belief bein<r based on intimations
from Vienna, that the Am,
erican note will be referred to the
Marine Department for a new in vesication
of the Petrolite case.
; It is not believed by the administra-i
tion that the note will strain the re,
Iations between the two covernmens,
, and the State Department is confii
dent that Austria will disavow the
. attack, declaring any injury done to
, the Americans or their property was
unitentional; punish the submarine
( commander and pay an indemity.
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I HARD SHELL CRABS NOW ON
. SALE AT RAMMELS CAFE
GAZETTE One Month 43c
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LANDRIA, VIRGINIA. 1
I LOCAL BREVITIES
{ Charles C. Carlin, Jr., is spendinc
'the summer at Berryville. Va.
There will be a crab pick at th(
Columbia Engine House tomorrow
night.. I ".vt.'-rf.
I Luvena Adams, 7 months old, died
loj. homo of her narents Mr. and
C4t WI1C UVillV w- 4
Mrs. Luckett W. Adams, at 213
Princp street vesterdav morning.
The funeral of Thomas K. Ale,
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
B. Ale, took place yesterday afternoon
at 320 north Pitt street.
Mr. James H. Adams, has returned
from his home in Fredericksburg,
where he spent the Fourth.
Spanish mackerel, rock fish, sea
bass, croakers, Jersey trout, clams
loc dozen, crab meat. Phone 321-J.
On sale the balance of the week at
O.eo. E. Price and Co.
Thomas C. Hoy, the fourteen year
old son of Mr. Thomas Hoy, died at
his home in this city this afternoon.
The deceased has been a sufferer from
typhoid-meningitis.
Miss Marie Gasson and Miss Ann
Lawson, who has been her guest at
her home in north Washington street,
left this morning for Fredericksburg,
where they will spend several weeks.
M iss Hortense E. Cans who was
the house guest of .Miss Hilda E.
Wolf in King street, for over the
Fourth has returned to her home in
Baltimore.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie
Allen, who died early yesterday morning
at the Alexandria Hospital, took
place this morn in# ar 10 o'clock
from her late home in St. Elmo,
being conducted by the Rev. J. W.
Duffey, pastor of M. E. Church
South, this city.
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Emmett R. Dunn, sop of city Engineer
and Mrs. Emmett C. Dunn,
who returned recently from Haverford
College, Pa., where he is an instructor
in biology, is now on an extended
trip through North Carolina
with an associate biological instruc-*
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cor ill naveriuru. c?uiii are tunvwiing
specimens for the Museum of
Natural History Association, of NewYork.
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MOOSE OUTING TOMORROW
Virginia Lodge oT Moose Completing
Plans for Biggest Excursion
of the Year
Plans for what they expect to be
the largest excursion of the season
are being rapidly completed by Virginia
Lodge of Moose, of this city.
The annual outing is to be given at
Marshall Hall tomorrow and a number
of athletic events for men, women
and children are being arranged, the
iuuusu planning xo maixe me ouung a
unique family affair.
Announcement is made that n
diamond ring will be awarded to the
mos popular young lady directly after
the arrival of the last boat at
Marshall Hall tomorrow night. The
contest will be decided by votes
which will he turned in just after the
last boat's arrival.
All the attractions of the popular
resort will feature the outing. The
steamer MacAlester will make three
trips from the Mutual Ice Company
wharf.
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Potomac Fish ..Company. 100 N.
Royal street will have on sale today
and tomorrow butter fish, rock,
white perch, baston mackerel, Perscy
trout, and crab meat. Both Phones
10S.
WANTED
LABORERS TO
Assist
REICING FRUIT CARS
M. T. PENN. Supt.
MUTUAL ICE COMPANY
Potomac Yards
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THURSDAY. JULY 6, 1 alt
{RUSSIANS GUT
. LEMBERG LINE
i Block Principal Railway
1 Route of Defending;
Teutons
ROUT ENEMY ON RIVER
Report Capture of One Thousand
Prisoners?Berlin Minimizes German
Losses
Petrograd, July (3?The Russians
have cut the Delatyn.- Korosmeze
railway, the principal line of communications
for the Austro-German
forces defending: Lemberg, and have,
.routed the enemy on the rignt bank
of the Dniester, according to an of- j
ficial statement issued by the War!
Office.
Berlin, July (3?Russian troops are!
again attacking the German line from
Zirin to the region southeast of
Baronovichi, in Lithuania, says the;
German official statement given out j
yesterday. Very stubborn nana ro |
hand fighting is in progress, the anj
nouncement adds, and the Russians,
have either been repulsed or driven!
back from the place where they had j
broken into the German lines. The!
heaviest losses, it is added, were
sustained by the Russians.
Petrograd, July u?A total of J5S
Russian ofiiccrs and 2:J, 125 men were |
taken prisoners during the month of;
June along the line to the south ofi
the Pripet where the Russians were;
pushing their offensive, according to'
the Austro-Hnugarian statement of j
:July 1, received here from Vienna. '
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PULVERIZED TRENCHES. I
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Hundreds of Germans Relieved to'
Have Been Buried Alive.
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Press Camp British Headquarters;
i in Prance, July d?It is beyond the j
i power of words to give a picture of
the German trenches over the battle-!
field of Montauban, where we now 1
hold a line through the wood and j
beyond. !
Before Saturday it was a wide andfarreaching
network of trenches, j
with many communication ways j
strong traverses*, and redoubts, so
that one would shiver at their j
strength, if he were to see them, on j
a map.
No mass of infantry, however j
great, would have dared assault i
such a position with bombs and rifles
It was a great underground fortress'
which any body of men could have!
held against any other, for all time.'
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heavy artillery.
Now, however, it is the most fright- j
ful convulsion of earth that the eyes.1
of man could see. The bombardment
has tossed all these earthworks into
vast rubbish heaps. It has made the
ground one vast series of shell craters,
so deep and so broad that it is
like a field of extinct volcanoes.
The British must have hurled Hun-1
dreds if not thousands, of shells from !
their heaviest Howitzers and longj
range guns into this stretch of fields,;
until the bombardment had annihil-j
atcd the German position.
Many of the dug.outs, going 30- j
feet below the surface of the earth, j
and strongly timbered and cemented, j
have been choked with masses of!
earth so tha perhaps hundreds were!
buried there alive.
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Stephen Dolby, of White Haven,
Md.. and his wife's sister were
probably fatally injured late Tues-j
day night when the automobile in
which they were riding wa^ demol-j
ished by an express train of the
New York. Philadelphia and Norfolk
Railroad.
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FISH FISH FISH
Large Spanish mackerel, rock fish,
sea bass, steak tile fish, butter fish.
? boiling trout, medium trout and crab
5 meat 35 quart. Sanitary Fish Mar7
ket. Stall No. 2 City Market. Phone
135. No flies.. _ j j
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Total of $8,500 Involved, Amount Paid
P.y Residents of Annexed
Territory J
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-~v Ll'LUX UL VUfUUV II'IV??VU ?I1 ?*.w
test ease regarding the payment of
taxes of residents in the portions of
Alexandria and Fairfax counties annexe*!
to this city. The suit was argued
this morning in the circuit court for
the city held in the" c;Iice of Judge
J. K. M. Norton, owing to the fact
that corporation court is being held
in the city court room today by
Judge Louis C. Barley, Judge Henry
W. Holt, of Staunton, is sitting in
the test case.
The suit is styled David G. Grillbort/.er
against the city of Alexan.
dria and the actual amount involved
specifically in the suit is hut
$202.40 taxes for the fiscal year
ending May 21, 1915, which the city
of Alexandria claims should go into j
its treasury and which Grill border i
and the county authorities claim helongs
to Fairfax county. However,
by this case will be decided whether
the total of $8,500 in taxes of other
residents in att/nexed territory belongs
to the city or to the counties.
Judge J. K. M. Norton and Cor
novation .-utornev oamuei r. risneri
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represent the city in the case and j
Mr. Gillboit'/.er has for his counsel '
Attorney Thomas R. Keith, and!
Commonwealth's Attorney C. Vernon
Ford, of Fairfax county and j
Frank I,. Ball. commonwealth's at- j
torr.ey of Alexandria county.
In the corporation court today.)
Judge Barley presiding, the suit of J
Theresa Roberts against the Agri. I
cultural Insurance Company is being;
heard, the object being to recover
$2.">00 damages, $2,000 for loss by
lire ofresidences, ,200-20!? 1-2 Queen
street, and $">00 costs of litigation in
courts. Attorney Samuel G. Brent
and Robinson Moncure represent the
complainant and the law firm of j
Mumt'ord, liuntoii. Williams, ami i
Anderson the defendant.
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Body of Young Woman Found in an !
A utomnhile
Salem, Mass., July 0?The mys- j
terious movements of an automobile, j
which had sped up and down Boston |
street for half an hour early yester-j
tlay, attracted the attention 01 j
Policeman Dennis Mealy. He stop-J
ped the ear and found in it the hodyj
of Miss Margaret Ward, of Peabody j
aged years.
Seven men, including a physician.!
have boon arrested and three women j
detained as a result of the discovery, ;
Six of the men arrested were in the '
automobile with the body of the girl j
when it was found.
Medical Examiner Frank S. At-i
wood, after an autopsy reported i? i
the court that Miss Ward was a I
victim of illegal practice."
The men arrested are former State j
- /"'L..?1ad D riTnniipfi j
KeprcseiuHiive v.n.nn^ h. ~
of Peaboriy; his brother. James O'Con- I
ncll, of Lynn; George A. Bard well, a i
naval watchman; Daniel J. Dineen j
and William D. Conlin. of Salem; j
Thomas J. Sexton, of Peabody. wno ;
had driven the ear and Dr. John A. ;
Sliannahnn.
The seven men arrested were held j
for hearings James OTonnell. Bard- |
well and Dr. Shannahan were rc-j
<juired to furnish bonds of $3,000 |
each. The others were released on
bonds of $2,000 each.
The three women were detained j
in Boston in connection with the case, j
Police Sergeant C. A. P. Duffcj
sister in law. According to the po-'i
!ice. Miss Ward died after having
been placed in the machine.
BRIEF
A marriage license was issued in
Washington yesterday to Oliver C.
Oarr of Alexandria, and Maisie F..
Daniels, of Long Island N. Y.
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MOONLIGHT EXCLUSION
Given by the
Temple Sisterhood
MONDAY. JULY 10, 1916
Steamer St. John's leaves Cameron
Street Wharf at 7:30 P. M.
Adult ticket -5c
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. WEATHER REPORT ;
Fr.ir tonight and Friday: lit- j
I tie change in temperature. !
Gentle tu moderate north and j .
northeast winds. j ;
High tide 11:49 a. m.
San rose 4:42. Sun sets 7:27 ;
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PRICE 2. CENTS"
BEGIN LONG TRIP
TO MEXICAN LINE
First Virginia Regiment |
Entrains at Early |
Hour Today
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SIX TRAIN SECTIONS
Thousands Visit Camp in Richmond
Last Night to Bid Soldier Boys
Good Bve
Richmond, July <>?Under orders
from the Department of the Bast,
the troops of the Virginia National
Guard, about 2,000 men and officers,
began movement from Camp Henry
Carter Stuart, to the border this
morning at 7 o'clock. The First
Regiment entrained first, he Second
Regiment entrained first. The Second
the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Each regiment
will move in three sections,
eacn section to oe turner couuiicwiu
of a commissioned officer. The border
will be reached about Monday.
The First Regiment struck camp
this morning at 3 o'clock, being allowed
four hours in which to load
equipment and entrain. The Second
Battalion, Major J. Fulmer Bright,
commanding, will have the honor of
amoving first,. Major Bif^ht Leing
the senior major in the regiment.
The second section, c'uli'.jyfcig the
First Battalion, Major Peyton, com.
manding entrained at 7:10 o'clock.
The third section was taken out at
7:30 o'clock carrying' y1eg!mefital
headquarters and the third battalion,
all under Colonel W. J. Perry.
The Second Regiment, wdl begiu
movement this afternoon at 4 o'clock,
The Second Battalion, commanded
by Major Benjamin R. Harrison will
proceed on the first section. The
First Battalion, Major Leech commanding.
will travel on the second
section, and the Third Battalion and
fU/B .11 li/m/l,inqr1qr< cintF
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will travel on the third section, which
will he under the personal command
of Colonel Robert F. Leedv.
The First Regiment will be moved
over 1 lie Seaboard Air Line and will
travel via Atlanta. Montgomery and
New Orleans, to Brownsville. The
Socond Regiment will be moved over
the Southern Railway, traveling via
Sirmintfham, Shreveport, Dallas ar.d
Houston to Brownsville. The journey
may take from three to five days,
and, in view of the delay that may
he incurred, Major Allen Potts, camp
quartermaster, issued ten days' rations,
which will care for the troops
on route and give them sustenance
for the first few days In camp on the
border. Colonel Charles 111. Consolvo,
paymaster, -will issue 21 cents
> <in v tn everv man sent forward.
the money to lie used for the purchase
of liquid coffee.
Brigade headquarters was under
orders to lie ready to move the militiamen
to EI Paso, San Antonio or
Brownsville, and four routes were
mapped out by the War department
The first Regiment will run upon
Route 3, passing through Atlanta,
and the Second Regiment will be operated
over Route 4, going through
Birmingham. The First Regiment
will lie transported in forty.eight
I cars, sixteen to a section, and the
[ Second Regiment will be moved in
fifty-one cars, seventeen to a section.
News that the movement, forward
was finally to begin traveled fast
through camp and city. More than
5,000 people visited the concentration
point yesterday afternoon to bid
their last adieus. More than a thousand
men spent the afternoon in writing
home from the Y. M. C. A.
building.
i Thp whole camn was solemn. A
! young mountaineer who had never
j loft his hills before collapsed in his
mother's arms. Another who had
spent his life on the water brokd
down when his sweetheart came for
her farewell. Hut bothe gathered
themselves together and managed
to smile through their tears.
Physically rejected men, recruits,
and others, numbering 600, who lor
or.e cause or another have not been
mustered into the service of the
United States, will be left in camp
by the company commander.;
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