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* TOTH INFANTRY LEFT TO-DAY FOR PLEASANT BEACH.......... 1 ,ITents Occupy Vacant Space Adjoining Camp of Twenty-third. .----------‘ IIT , - |, | , ■ |-r , , INinth Gets Permission to Re-'Imain at Fair Grounds Few j Days Longer.The appearance of snowy tents for' restaurant and exhibition purposes, replacing1 the khaki of! the annjv marked the evacuation of the fedenil troops from the* fair grounds to-day.The Thirty-ninth infantry. which; hfia been lt;hio to Ionvo the Manufacturers L^tiisince .August IVilh, *\yoat out' on combat wagons with its equipment 10 the* Pleasant lieaeh - camp this morning- The Thirty-ninth has been red need to about 500 'mon and will inmall its tents In the few vacant space* nt the Twenty-Third infantry camp iti malcc way for the fair.Hy Colonel XVright's avdur to-day ■the olHcers of the Inth 'directed the irnlister or the!r baggage and papers to the cattle building and will seek living quarters in town: Colour1! Wright's phrasing was that# the o Nicer;; would have to “rustle for themselves.'*Men Must Seek New Quarters.The enlisted men of iho Ninth Infantry 'will remain In the Cattle building most of the week, after •which other quarters will be provided for them.Colonel IVrteht was in -conference •with Lieutenant Governor Schoeneck yesterday ami yobmined his consent 1o housing thtf'Xinth for a few dnya longer* In the fair butfding.It has not ’been customary for the farmers and cattle breeders to bring their animals to the fair grounds until 1 he Saturday or Sunday before the opening of fair week. Governor Sehoencck a sum] Colonel Wright ihat tho XI nth eon id remain several day a longer without hampering the fair.Saturday's investigation by Colonel Wright tn seek quarters for the Xinth In local armories and halls was nnt satisfactory. Only half of the command could be accommodated In the ! city.Xhe Thirty-ninth infantry, and the j details transferring officers* property , were the only camp activities to *dny. This afternoon the soldier camps will he opened to visitors. A legal holiday has been declared.r—---k--
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Mon, Sep 03, 1917
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