Evening journal., 1917-10-01
Thousands VISIT
Delaware own
At rifle RANCE
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ley cars that were waiting on the
side-track, to come TO Wilmington,
After parade late in the afternoon
there was a rush Of Automobiles from
The camp and serious congestion OF
traflc resulted. Cars became damned
An the roadway, some trying to get up
state and others trying TO get start
ed down State.
Constable "Bnr" Tmsman and his
wife had driven over from Richardson
Park In their trusty Ford TO view tne
soldiers. but when Constable Bill OBJ
served the chaos caused by conflict
Ine autos In the road. he jumped IN
lko a regular traffic ofllcer with lash
ing star Of authority, and proceeded
lo strairhten out the Jam. For half
+ an hour Tinsman stood and yelled ana
directed. until he had the autos pro-
ceedina In an orderly way north and
south. A party OF Wilmington bankers
and several others congratulated Tins
man on his efforts to keep the road
wav clear. At times flfty autos were
In line waiting their turn TO proceed.
Constable Tinsman suggests that
hereafter cars from down state PARK
facinr southwark and cars from north
of Rine Range park facing north, so
that an can leave IN an orderly way
without turning round.
Everything IN the camp was OF IN
terest to the visitors and little escaped
their attention from the 6eedlng OF the
mules AZ the east end OF the camp 20
the guard house on the west side,
which contained twenty-three prison
ers today, some Of the boys having
overstayed their time in town on Sat-
urday night.
MANY of the friends visiting camp
brought either q basket or box loaded
with something extra for the boys, and
many dinner parties were noticed at
various tents
The officer OF the day was Captain
James w. Cannon, Of Company B, the
oflcer OF the guard First Lieutenant
n. n. Wilkinson. For today the officer
OF the day is Captain William Berl,
Of Company +. and the offlcor OF the
guard. First Lieutenant James A Davis
Of Company A.
Dress parade as usual held the large
crowd. several thousand people lined
,lp across the parade ground standing
Tor an hour witnessing the marching
Of the regiment to It's place and finally
stood with barred heads, witnessing the
always impressive sight Of the lower
ing OF the nag.
While the day was full Of events
and every one was kept on the move
for fear OF missing something, lhe
event which probably proved inc most
interesting to the malroity was the
circus.
As the boys were dismissed from
starting for home the loud cries OF a
s'barker' announced the opening Of
.sthe greatest show on earth" The
crowd was In the humor for circus
and at once gathered around the en-
closure roped off for the perform
ance. First came the band con-
cert. which had been prepared TOT
the occasion by Bandmaster j. NOT
ris Robinson, as follows;
Overture ............."O rpheus
Your Country Needs You Now"
Billy Fagar
Vocal solo.
There's a Long. Long Trail"
Billy Fagar
Hawaiian Patrol ........ 'Kilauea'
Miss Viola Sheehey, OF Chester
Pa. assisted in the singing, adding
greatly 70 the program.
the concert was good but then
came the circus. Drum Major Harry
Dawson. when his services are ended
with the First Delaware Regiment
can feel assured of a job with any
nrst class show on the road.
First came the grand entry Of The
menageries, led by the MARCHING
elephants" 20 the accompaniment Of
tho usual blare OF horns, with an oc
casional roar OF the animals.
The war dance by q real, honest-to
goodness Indian Chief, sometimes
known to his friends by the name o
George Rose, was we'll worth seeing
His yells were blood curdling ant
the wild waving Of his tomahawk wa
enough to make one hold on to hit
scalp for fear OF losing It.
Then came the high dive. A ladde
sixty-five feet high, according TO tn
manager Of the show. had been erect
ed and IL had been planned to have ;
man leap from the top Of the ladde
Into two feet of water, but when tn
diver climbed to the platform an,
gazed on such a large quantity o
water below his heart failed him, AM
he resigned
"The wild. death daring ride dowl
hundred foot wire" by Private
Hill Of Headquarters Company
suspended by the hair" was
thriller.
When Chaplain Davis wants any
thing he goes after IT, and most Of IN