Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-26
Delaware TROOPS
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MiIitiamen in Fine Condi-
tion, But Are NowAnxiouS
TO Get Home
CAPTAIN ELLISON
PRAISES SOLDIERS

Captain J Austin Ellison, OF Com
pany c Organized Militia of Della
ware. who returned home from Dem
ing, y. NJ, last Saturday TO spend the
Christmas holidays, was busy today
calling on friends and business as
sociates. Captain Ellison left El
Paso, Texas, at 8 o'clock last Tues
day morning, arriving in Wilmington
at o'clock Saturday morning. The
trip was MADE over the Rock Island
railroad TO Kansas City and Chicago.
He will return TO his company about
the middle OF January.
Captain Ellison, when seen by a
representative OF THE EVENING
JOURNAL today, stated that when he
left Deming the Delaware troops were
in fine condition and were. looked on
as one OF the best militia outfits on
the border The Delaware boys have
been commended time after time by
the regular army officers for the fine
showing they have been making. Cap
tain Ellison states that everything the
Delaware troops do they do in a
consequently make a special effort 10
spirit of doing it for Delaware and
do It right
When Captain Ellison left Deming
the health, he states, of the two Della
ware battaliOns was fine. The tents
were being boarded up and stoves in
stalled for the winter. which will give
the soldiers much more comfort. While
they suffered TO some extent from the
extreme cold OF nights, the Delaware
troops did not complain, and stood
this discomfort much better than the
militiamen from other States The
two Arkansas regiments In the Dem
ing camp have lost ten men with
pneumonia, the after effects of the
measles. There has not been a death
in the Delaware battalions, and fortu-
nately there were few cases of
measles when that disease was preva-
lent among the soldiers.
The men. Captain Ellison says, have
stood the long hikes iine. The loca-
tiOn of the camp il ideal as 10 sani-
tary conditions and there is good
water. The site OF the camp is far su-
perior 20 the one at El Paso.
Major ". L. Iank, Of the Second
Battalion. who was injured last Sep
tember by fall from a horse and who
has been in the hospital ever since,
was Just able to walk little when
/ Captain Ellison left Deming. lie is
slowly recovering and will be able,
probably. to assume his duties in a
short time.
The Delaware troops we're agreeably
surprised about two weeks ago when
/ former Captain and Mrs. Chauncey p.
Holcomb paid them a visit. Mr.. Hol-
! comb is now United states District At
torney at Shanghai. China, and is at
his home. in New Castle, on a leave
of absence. On his way across the
country from San Francisco. Mr.. Hol-
comb came by way OF Deming and
spent several days with the soldiers.
The Delaware troops are now anx
ious to get home. While their healtf
is good and they are being well taker
care of yet they feel that now that
the government is returning many
troops, they should be sent home also
Il has been a great sacrifice OF time
and money for many of them and they
are still ready and willing to serve
their country II wanted. but feel they
have earned their early return tC
Delaware.
Many Of the men we're disappointed
that the Delaware troops were not in
cluded In the recall of 1900 militia
men by the government some days
ago.