Evening journal., 1913-07-23
Militia on Guard Duty After Hike

rItN'o. IN lut inoInluH inc ttHlo dl'
rolled up so that tne bedding can be
aired
The mon at the camp sleep under
mesquite netting, but fever Of the
right birds" as they are called by the
soldiers. arc present than usual. The
hospital and sanitary conditions of the
camp arc In charge of Major William
MarEhail chief surgeon; Major Mere
diih I. Samuel, regimental surgeon,
and Captain George 5. McEliatrick.
Motor 1rip from Dover.
Mr. Dora Warrington, Harry War
riuyton, Mis- Ella Pennington and MIS-.
Nngium Pennington. lll nf Dover, came
10 ulnip vc-irrdny in an automobile to
visit ir'otc Van Warrington, ct Com
punN g..
Miss Bessie Day, Miss frpucs Conner,
Russell Boyd aud John Yong visited
Corporal llnrkiut and Sergeant Nc
laughlin lhcY brought WITH them
some rl'oicc cdibc.
Sergeant Louis Haywood ot Company
A. ON" Of tlc most efficient Of tho non.
commissioned officers. has the honor OF
bring the governor orderly ipr the
Wcck
llio band had forty pounds of chicken
and five gllltn. oi ice cream Yesterday
ioridinncrr 'Ihc irod va, purchased ont
IF thqii pccia fund
Mis-. Mary lewis and Howard lewis
visited Frank Lows Yesterday.
Nv. George " Rose visited Mr. Rose
of the bqnd yesterday and was delighted
with the camp.
Company G Of Dover has not had a
sick man 80 far
"Billy' Leach manager of Ralph Ray
mnnd and Harry Baker ~ expected TO
be visitor on Governors Day.
This afteruoon baseball game he
tween the two battnlion8 will hc played
under CAPTAIN lamcR a. Ellison aud
Lieutenant Howard , Ennis. A sack
race and l0O-yard dash Ia also ON the
program Chaplain Stephenson, the rec.
roation olliccr will have charge OF all
events.
Delays on Railways.
General complaint Is made of the
railway service TO camp. Near,y every
body who comes here by trolley has
something to say of long delays and
/ hold-upH at switches on the way. The
complaints have been voiced to Gov
e-nor Miller aud Admtant- General
/ Wickorsham and others. hnt thoy
! did all they could when thoy had ar
raneemonts made for cars TO run from
Fourth aud Market streets. by way Of
South Wilmington. as we'll as from
! Front and Market streets, direct to
icamp
Yesterday afternoon one of the stor-
age battery cars on the New Cast 70
I 1nl .
enough power TO get over a bill near
/ Red Lion south OF Camp Macdonough.
II was the 3 o'clock car from Della
ware City The six passengers and
the crew pushed the car over the hill
with an cight-man-powcr shove. The
car ran along smoothly until the hill
north Of Camp was reached when the
eight men got out ana perspired and
pushed the car over the grade. Finally
they arrived at Dobbinsyillc. They
paid their fare, too. Ono of the pas
scngcrs was George A. Laws, of the
Ogden Howard Company
One OF the militiamen started to tell
a reporter about the incident You
ought to have sccn them showing on,
of the nreicss cookers on the =. I.
said with some enthusiasm.
The reporter -yas siumped "Shoy,
q iirelcss cooker over The hill asked
the scribe.
Yes" said tho soldier, Don't you
know what the freloss cooker is. lt's
one Oi those storage battery cars
That's what We call them"
We'll, what's this y. l.. and y. e.
line stun you're handing out asked
the reporter.
"Oh. that's the new namo for the
New Castle and Delaware City Rail
way" returned the soldier "P. l.
and II. y. megns Pat. Leonard and
Billy Ball Thcy have a powerhousc
lat each opd az the line
Quick Run with Auto.
Ofiucr- aud moniu camp are still talk
ing nf the specify run made from vii
lmmgton by lpuys lnrting;uu. manage
ot the G0mpry schwartz Company. in
ilimlson antomohiicon Monday, TO tak,
llicutcunnt Scusenan 60 hospital
Astc It 'NHsflcarnrd the Phoenix amau
lance would not come to camp. Captain
Dillon tclcphoncd 60 Mr. purtmg;on an'
explained tho situation to him. Nh
rmtnaton readily offered to respond III
was assured that. masmuch q, he was ol
. official military duty. any trouble oNe
exceeding speed limits would hc locke
r after by the mihtis officers ln fc,
; mWtc.. u sccmcd. Mr.. nartington', ma
chine dashed IN the camp vHf'oeurc 4
+ the amaycmont of the uifccss. who di
3 not cNnctt him until az lcast hftecn min
ute. lotci. Mr.. par'ington Also made
quick RIM tu the Delaware Eo,pnal wit
. Maior McEiatrice Captain Dillon an