Smyrna times., 1917-08-22
DOVER SMYRNA SOLDIERS
TO Be GIVEN FAREWELL
DOVER CITIZENS PLAN BANQUET
TO COMPANIES G AND
Next Tuesday Night, August 28SFixed
for Event-MoVe to Admission Awaits
Construction of Cantonments

for Event-Move to Admission Awaits
Construction of Cantonments
DESTROYS of rendering to the two
companies of Delaware militia Com
panies and l. now at the State
Armory at Dover, some expression of
Dover's kindly feeling and good cheer,
a meeting of citizens was held, Satur-
day evening, in the new Odd Fellows
Temple on Loockerman street. State
Senator Charles Nj. Wharton was
chairman and H. c. Taylor, secretary.
Town Councilman Lewis j. Hayes,
suggested the illumination of Dover
Green. with banquet, served in the
open. together with music, vocal and
instrumental. Former Mayor Harry
Mayer indorsed the suggestion of a
banquet. Captain John P. LeFevre
of G Company said the dance was first
proposed and out of the 200 soldiers,
only II favored it. AS to banquet.
the entire two hundred consented.
Chairman Wharton appointed the fol-
lowing general committee on arrange
ments for the entertainment. Lewis
J. Hayes. Harry Mayer, w. H.
Baker, J. Hall Anderson and DIR. Ca
hall Sipple. The committee met i'm
medately after the public meeting
end organized by the selection of L.
j. Hayes, chairman and Harry
Mayer. secretary and treasurer. The
following chairmen were named for
subcommittee, they to select their
workers: Finance, DR.. Cahall Sipple
music. !. Hall Anderson; decorations.
chairs and tables, W. H. Baker; food
and service. Mrs. H. l. Beers; speak
ers, L. J. Hayes; publicity, H. o.
Taylor and George T. Maxwell. Tues
day night next, August 2Sth, on
Dover Green, has been selected as the
date and place.
Camp Hardly Ready for the Troops
The movement of the Dover Smyrna
boys and the full Delaware Regiment
to Anniston, Ala, seems to chang in
the balance" Company D which left
Wilmington last week arrived safely
but when the other companies will be
ordered south is not definitely fixed.
The difficulty in the construction of
the cantonment at Admission seems to
centre around the water supply sys-
TEN, which is delaying the completion
of the camp. That the water supply
system is the main obstacle in the
camp work was stated Monday morn
ing at the armory, on the authority of
men closely connected with the gov
eminent quarters in touch with the
construction of the training camps. 1t
is understood that the single COM
panies selected from each regiment of
the provisional brigade of which Del
aware is unit to 90 to Admission will
be utilized to hasten the completion
Of the camp in order to move the re-
mainder of the troops. When asked
whether the regiment will be moved
by single companies, similar to the
departure of last week, Colonel Reed
stated that the probabilities are that
the remainder of the regiment will be
moved at one time. He was uncer-
tain, however, whether the regiment
will wait until the completion of the
camp or whether an earlier order will
m
such may be the case was testified to
by the fact that when the troops went
to Deming, N. M, there were no
camps there at all and the Delaware
troops had to construct camps not
only for themselves, but for other
regiments as well.
Likely to go Before Camp is Complete
1t is therefore likely that the regi-
ment will move before the camp is
completed. When that order for NOV
ing will be given is veiled with un-
certainty, as it depends entirely on
headquarters outside of Wilmington.
1t was stated at the armory, however,
that should such orders come the
regiment will be allowed several days
IN which to get the unit together from
the lower part of the State. Major
". Z. Lank of the First Battalion,
with headquarters at Dover, conferred
with Colonel Reed Monday morning.
That the Delaware troops will be
ready at very short notice to leave
is evident from the fact that all the
men who were on guard duty in the
various strategic places in and around
Wilmington have been recalled to the
armOry and put in readiness for the
call. The guarding posts, however,
are being taken care of by troops from
the Forty-seventh regiment of New
York.
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