Evening journal., 1913-03-04
CHANGES AT
FORT DUPONT
10TH and 4Sth Companies to
Become Branches Of Siege
Artillery

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DELAWARE CITY. Del, March 4.
-Numerous changes are under way
at Fort DUPONT owing to the receipt
Of an order from Washington The
Hundred and Twelfth Company
Coast Artillery Corps and the Forty
Filth Company Coast Artillery Corps
which have been mortar companies
are to be changed 20 siege artillery
companies By this order many more
men viii be added to the two COM
panies About 300 horses win be
necessary under this change and an
officers viii be mounted Major
Joseph P Tracy C. A. c. Of Fort
Adams. r T. has been ordered 10
Fort Dupont 10 command The hatta-
lion OF siege artillery He win arrive
az the fort at an early date owing TO
this change numerous changes have
been made in the list OF officers Cap
tain Alfred A. Mason has been assign
cd 10 The Fourth Company from the
One-Hundrod and Twelfth Company.
Captain Rex Van Den Corrupt has been
assigned 10 the Thirty-sixth Company
from the i39th Company; Captain
Ralph NJ Mitchell has been assigned
to the 45th Company from the Fourth
Company, Captain Lewis S. Ryan of
the 5Sth Company. stationed at Fort
Monroe, Va. has been assigned to the
18TH Company Captain William
Foree of the i5th Company has been
assigned TO the lS9th Company: Cap
tain Adolph n Huguet of the Quar-
termaster corps has beeu ordered to
Fort Niagfa. N y. and will be super
seeded hN Captain William NJ Mengcs
of Fort Andrews. Mass and who is
on a three months furlourh and who
VIII report at Fort Dupont about
April 2
First Lieutenant Walter Singles. OF
the 36th Company, has been assigned
to the 10Th Company
HeiiTsi Lieutenant Donald VI. ASH
bridge Of the l39th Company has
been assigned TO the f5th Company.
First Lieutenant Allison r. Deans,
Jr. has been assigned 10 the 112th
Company from the Sist Company
First Lieutenant Edgar Craft, Of the
Medical Corps has been ordered 10
the Philippine Islands
Second Lieutenant Herman Fl. zor-
mig. OF the 18TH Company, has been
assigned 10 the 55th Company
Second Lieutenant Robert s. Oberly
OF the Fifty-ffth Company, has been
ordered TO the lt2th Company, Under
the new arrangement each OF the
siege battery companies will have one
captain, two FIRST lieutenants and one
second lieutenant.
Major Henry ID. Todd. Jr who has
been in command AZ Fort Mott, \. J
has been ordered 20 Fort Mckinley
Maine.
A party was given by Miss ClarI
Moore at her home on Thursday even
Ing Those present were Miss Emml
Mulligan Miss Clara Moore, Mis-
Pauline Tugend, Miss May Patterson
John swan. Isaac Wainor, GeOrg
Hutchlson and Ralph Mulligan.
The frsi issue of the Delaware Cit
Press. local weekly. appeared ol
Saturday The Rev J. l.. Rushbridg
Is editor and proprietor
The women of the NJ E churcl
will give a chicken supper the
chapel of the NJ. -. church tomorrow
evening
At recent services held in the Pres
byterian church the congregation
adopted a resolution favoring tn,
ten hour law for women.
Old Glory Council No. ~. Jr. o
L. A. NJ. will hold its weekly meet
ing tomorrow night
Rehearsals are under way for tn,
minstrel show 10 be given for tho
benefit Of the fire company, under
the management OF William G. Bigger
High mass was celebrated by Faith
er Heavey in ST. Paul's r. c. churcl
on Sunday The choir. consisting o.
Miss Schafer. Miss Emma Mulligan
MRS J A. Munigan Miss Maria Col
Inns, Miss Mary Cavilier. James A
Mllligan. Ralph Mullgan. l. J. Mes
sig Frank Holiday and +. Raggerio
sang. Miss Mary " Schafer is organ
ist
Fishermen have begun hanging u
their nets About 25 boats we're hsh
ing for shad from here this spring
The boat and net costs about $500
Alex Holiday and Frank Hollida,
shot four teal. three sprig and tvs
black ducks on Saturday
Harvey SlinElun OF Philadelphia
shot twelve ducks in the river nea
here on Friday.
A movement has hoe started q
organize n suffrage club
Owing 10 the recent warm woathe
TIE High School BOYS have begun q
play baseball on the school grounds
Thomas Barbeau was p Wilmingto
visitor on Saturday. and Mr.,
Andrew Arthurs. OF Philadelphia
spent the week end with friends her,
Charles y Hamilton. OF New Yor
city. r. NJ Groves. Of PHILADELPHIA,
II Fallentire. Of Washington. ID. c
and Wallace Comfy. o. Wilmington
were recent guests al the Delawai
City Hotel Captain Rogers. OF Ne
Castle was a visitor here on Satu'
day.-Miss MARY Jewel has been visi
ing hr and Mrs William p Stanle
Mr. and Mrs Charles Waldron
Philadelphia. spent The week er
here with friends. Alexander Holl
day. Of New Castle. spent the wee
end here with his rother HarvC
SliDgluH Of Philadelphia. was q n
cent visitor here.-Honry Torheri
gisvinr here now after be ava
frou here several months.