Evening journal., 1917-12-15
200 Nationals
At FORT DUPONT
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Men Get Orders TO be Pre-
pared for War Service
on That Day
WILMINGTON ARRANGES
PATRIOTIC farewell

on Wednesday, December 10, this city
and State will contribute another con-
tingent Of men to the new National
Army. Two hundred men viii be sent
away on that date. and this number
will about complete the local boards
quota, at least Of the white men. called
on the first draft The men TO go on
December 10 will be sent 10 Fort Du-
Pont. where they will be iDducted into
the coast artillery instead Of going 10
Camp Dix. where the infantry are be
lng trained and where the FIRST con-
tingents from Delaware were sent.
Local Board No. 1 will send % men
No. 2. 36 men: 40. 3. % men, and No 4.
- men. Rural New Castle county will
contribute 36 men 10 this call for 200.
Kent county will give a men and Sus-
sex county will contribute 40 men.
There will be l0i in all from Whining
ION to 60 away next Wednesday. They
will travel on a special train, which
viii leave French street station 40 1920
,'clock.
The down-Staie men will come up as
'sr as Porters station on a special train
hat viii start from Georgetown 90
i54 o'clock. The train viii leave Dover
It Q 81 o'clock. and will arrive at POr-
.er's station at 1910 o'clock. There
viii wait for the Wilmington men,
md they viii proceed together TO Della
Nare City. where they win arrive at
u o'clock The soldiers will then march
% Fort DUPONT The rural New Castle
,ounty contingent viii leave Newark on
D special train at A. O6 o'clock and will
irrive at Delaware City at l2.45 o'clock.
The young soldiers will be given a
great send-off by this city. They are
10 report at the old Court House on
tuesday afternoon, when captains and
,rsistants will be named for each di-
hOn and then they VIII be permitted
20 20 TO their homes TO spend the
lieht They will have 20 report there
ieam at 80 o'clock on Wednesday
morning. when preparations Will be
made for the march 90 iho French
treet station.
There is going 10 be big escort Of
organizations and civilians and II is
hoped 20 have the Home Guards and
fhe Delaware College Cadets In line.
There viii be at least two bands to
furnish the music and Market street
merchants are asked 20 decorate their
stores for tbe occasion 70 is hoped 10
make this 6nair one of the biggest Of
the kind this city has seen, for it will
be the last of the white coniingcnis TO
80 and the last time for several months,
perhaps. that Wilmingtonians viii have
an opportunity 90 pay respects TO the
young men who are going forth TO Tight
their battles for them.
The following men are those who are
10 go from local division No. ,.
Fred. II. Gibason. Herbert Ncnable,
Willis Wright. Charles G.. Graham,
Thomas J. McGovern. Clyde y. stevens,
Guy w. Nurphey. William James Nc
Csulley, George NJ Jackson, John a.
Wall, David d. Colin. John Schrader,
Pete Sieklerda, John J. OBourke, Ben
ismin f. shepherd, stephen J. iud-
lila. James Parker. Antino Woiicchow-
icz. Charles f. Layton, Karl H. Lloyd,
Louis T. Kcsslcr, Clarence NJ. RUSSELL
Harry Segal William II. Bennshaw,
bradley b. Alexander. Howard g. MaulL
sanford IT, Cord. Charles /. Parks.
Charles A. Burns Edward w. Dale,
Ralph samuel Fisher. William Henry
Davis. Jr, John Manfredo. Emmett Rig
gin. Wesley b. Davis, William H. Hick-
man.
These are the men who will he sent
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