The New York Times/1918/11/11/Could Not Enter Upton
COULD NOT ENTER UPTON.
Visitors Had Been Warned Before Leaving of Influenza Rule.
Special to The New York Times.
CAMP UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 10.—One thousand persons who tried to enter Camp Upton today in spite of repeated warnings that quarantine restrictions were still in force were compelled to spend the afternoon in an open field or at the railroad station. They were warned at the ticket offices in New York, and again by military police passing through trains between New York and Jamaica. No persons without a special pass were permitted to enter camp, and the crowd arriving on the 1 o'clock train was kept in the open for fear of the reintroduction of influenza here.
Saying that the victory of democracy is due to two small armies, the Americans at Château-Thierry and the British at Mons, Major Charles Gordon, "Ralph Connor," chaplain of the Gordon Highlanders, spoke here this afternoon. He was cheered heartily for the statement that the Kaiser's abdication was the downfall of the greatest tyranny the world has ever known. Major Gordon stated his confidence that the leaders who are dictating the armistice know that Germany can understand only what is thrust upon them by the bayonet. He said his appearance was in recognition of the opening here tomorrow of a camp effort in behalf of the welfare drive, the first of its kind in Upton since the First Liberty Loan.
Other speeches were made by Mrs. August Belmont, recently returned from France with the red Cross, and the McAllister sisters, who have been in this country only a few days since their return from France. As members of the Salvation Army they served American shock troops in the front line trenches.