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VIII De only seventeen men snort.
The detail Of men in the lower part !
of the State did not meet with much !
success. The detail was under Lieu
tenant Chesser and returned to camp
yesterday.
Harry Kimball, who joined the mil
tia yesterday, was a member of the
militia for nine years, having served
one enlistment in Company d and two
enlistments with the medical corps.
! He made ready to enlist when the cry
/ for recruits came. George Duffy came
here from Baltimore to enlist and two
Russians have made application for
enlistment
Officers and men are indignant at
/ the suggestion that man serving a
/ sentence in the Kent County Jail for
a minor offense be pardoned If he
/ would enlist, and his offer was not
even considered by the officers. They
declared that the Delaware militia is
not a refuge for convicts and they
called attention TO the military laws
of the State and Nation. which require
all recruits to be of good moral char
acter
General /. Pusey Wickersham Wis
tied Major General Albert |. Mills,
Chief Of the Militia Bureau in Wash
ington yesterday TO adjust a matter in
connection with the mastering into the
United States service of the hospital
detachment of the state militia. Cen
eral Wickersham said that the result
Of the interview was satisfactory. On
his return he visited the recruiting
station in this city in company with
Major Reed and Colonel Stover.
The main topic and thought there
last night was the fact that only q
men we're needed and it was passed
with smile from officers TO men and
certainly will act like a tonic to make
them put new energy into their work
of trying to remove the stigma of
Stacker from the state.
That the field in the lower part Of
the State for recruits is exhausted is
attested TO by the poor success met
with by the detail Of recruiting Off
GERS under Lieutenant Chesser. who
toured the towns in the lower part
OF the State in an automobile. They
were ordered back to camp and ar
rived yesterday afternoon.
In case not enough men are Sc
cured TO fill the ranks. the men win
have a problem to face unless they
are willing to remain in camp with
out seeing service on the border.
There has been some talk OF follow
ing out the methods resorted to dur
ing the Spanish American war. That
is to send detail TO Philadelphia to
secure the required number of re-
cruits for Delaware.
Hear of Report TO Move.
Reports of breaking camp are still
going the rounds The latest report
to reach the ears of the militiamen
Is that they will break camp tomor-
row and leave Immediately for the
border whether the two battalions
are complete or not. This report
has been denied by officers. The
rumor is we'll defined, however, and
is that the troops will go by way OF
Philadelphia. Harrisburg. Pittsburgh
and westward to Fort Sam Houston
Texas. This report caused comment
among the men. as all are anxious
/ to get away from the monotony OF
camp life.
Should the men move TO the bor-
der. the boys hope they will parade
through the Wilmington streets be-
fore entraining.
Everything is now ready. Suficien
travelling rations to last five days
arrived in camp yesterday Th'
rations include hard tack" canned
goods, corned beef. and other pre-
pared foods. The purchase of thes'
rations gives foundation to the hope
OF the men for moving to the border
Ammunition and the automatic re
volvers for the officers have also beel
received. There are only few o
the troops in the country who vii
carry their ammunition. and Della
ware is one Of them. The consign
ment yesterday. which was take
from the Armory in this city to tn
= camp in automobile trucks, consiste
r of $4,000 rounds of rife ammunition
u The as calibre automatic revolver
we're issued to the officers, member
y of the non-commissioned staff, tn
:. first sergeants and musicians Wit
- each was issued two extra clips eac
N holding seven cartridges, so that tn
IL officers may carry 21 rounds OF am
ly munition.
Of Each man has been supplied with
le "house wife," that is. packet
III needles, thread. buttons, safety PIN
scissors and other articles essentis
Id in keeping the uniforms OF the me
n in good condition. Some hospita
id equipment also has arrived
III The second incubation Of ant
typhoid germs was started yesterda.
D.. and is expected TO be concluded som
no time today. After this injection, n
Of men will have one more to take te
nd days hence. Five hundred millio
AZ. germs are injected into the men
20 the first inoculation, and in the SCI
ep ond and third. injections of one hi
er lion more germs are injected. VIII
re the men do not enjoy the injection
er- they are prepared to take it.
Sixty mules will be required by n
militia. but these will not be receive
until after arriving at the border. TT
I'd / battalions have fourteen transpo
-thl wagons and one ambulance. each "
mn hicle requiring four mules.
mr. The camping-out life and the han
he, drills are building up the men VOL
mo derfully. The food that is served u
,er men is wholesome and plentiful
ndl There is consumed each day 81
led pounds of meat and 500 pounds
his bread.
il Another "lhoken head" is bein
or nursed in camp. One Of the member
of the medical corps yesterday b
came stubborn and refused to OBJ
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