Newark post., 1910-08-10
Company E Returns Home
ritten for THE. POST

Company e, Organized Militia Of
Delaware, returned to Newark from
two weeks tour of duty on Saturday,
August g. at p. m.
From July % to 80, the Company
was encamped at Rehoboth, Del, as a
part of the First Delaware Infantry.
On July 30, Company E, with detach-
ments from Companies A, c. d and
+, of Wilmington, G., of Dover and H,
OF New Castle. with total of Io3 en-
lister men and three officers proceed
ed by special train to Fort Dupont,
Delaware City, arriving at IL o'clock
noon. Tor weeks tour OF duty, acting
as Coast Artillery Reserves. Camp
was made in short order. BY the time
mess call sounded at S o'clock p. m.,
the company street had the appearance
OF a permanent camp.
Routine work began on Sunday
morning, with a list of calls similar to
army regulations.
On Monday the militiamen received
their first instructions in artilley.- prac-
tice, the regulars manning the posi-
tons IN the pits and in the tower, plot
ting and observation towers, while the
milltlamen looked on. Monday at
7:45 p. m. there was night drill for
about an hour. In this drill the tar
get. the steamer General Howe, a
| government tug. was picked up on
the river by the four search lights
one at Fort Mott, N J., one at Fort
| Delaware, and two at Fort Dupont.
By aid of the lights the steamer was
readily tracked" by means of the
! nO,Ncrft,1 70 Al
| secondary stations
! On Tuesday the miltiamen took the
positions assigned them in the pits and
III the tower. and proceeded to work
out their own salvation.
Sub-calibre practice began on Wed
nesday and continued on Thursday and
Friday On account of the recent ac-
cident at Fortress Monroe in which
ten artillerymen lost their lives, NO
service charges are permit to be
fired from either mortars or rifles ir
any artillery Posts until the pieces
have been inspected by the Ordinance
Department of War
The target shot at by the milit:amer
was moving target, towed BY the
General Howe.
| The record for the three days prac
tice was slightly over 50 per cent O
hits. the shots fired and lost beins
counted as missed This is yer,
creditable showing. Owing to the fac
that the river was very rough, the
splash" OF quite few shots free
were not gotten. These were counted
as missed"
Friday evening at about 1890, tn,
call to arms sounded. In two minute
the guns and tower positions wer,
manned and ready for action. Th
was excellent time. and the officers an,
men were commended very highly 70
the showing. One can we'll appreciate
what this means when one consider
that on the first note of the call it /
every mans express duty to beat it
for his position, in extra double-quic
time.
On Wednesday morning Capt. Barr
OF the goth Company {. A. c.. detail
ed for instruction to the Coast Artil
lery Reserves had the militiame
! mount separate guard at the sam
time as the regular mount. First Lieu
tenant McKeon was Officer of tn
Day; Second Lieutenant Corkran wa
/, acting as Adjutant; Sergeant Tam
worth was acting as Sergeant Major
Sergeant Manion was acting as Office
of the Guard The guard was mount
ed SO well that Capt. Barry commend
ed all concerned for the splendi
showing, and the mlitiamen ddn'
mount guard again during the tour {
', duty.
!, Everyone seemed to think Saturda
about p. m, that though it was goo
to do duty for a week or so, reall
= there was no place like home.
War Correspondent
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