Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15
'rlMP DIX TURNED
INTO SEA OF MUD
.,r;es Excused From Drill
and Many Obtain Week.
End Liberty
lean SPORT FOR MEN
...hor;ties Determined to Keep
out Vice and Make Good
"A Soldiers

nty wrightstown, y. j., Sept, To-.
CAN'T ~, owoke this morning to find it.
Capp 10 IN the misery of its weekly con-
sell ,n,o n sea of mud. Consequently
vrson. ,he rockies drilled. The only event
noi. 'a,,,sd today was inspection OF barracks
s aIothing. At IL the men obtained lib
ano ~. .n,, drawing passes which Will allow
dty n stav out until o'clock Sunday
mem " A. a result. the jitney men were de-
nIn.a m,ith the opportunity of taking men
nsp.s sso,,nt Holly and other points where
rains leave for nome
,,.. the men who stay here there will be
-s.r,alnments and church services In the
~u r. A. tonight and tomorrow. Anna
10 J.. ~ VA mart of her company will be the
s,n attraction tomorrow. The principal
Intact of thought just now before all the
s..n authorities Is to lay out program OF
s,.an amusement for the men over the week.
ga "a. The authorities are determined that
csrn Dix shall be free from vice and
ssn.s The camp authorities and citizens
- ,urroundng towns that border on the
srs.mile limit are alive to the fact that
.ow il the time to repel the forces of vice
~, always mobilize where troops are quar-
tered
New Egypt, which is just outside the fve-
upe limit, and would be the most logical
place for vicious characters to assemble,
has requested General Kennedy to send a
representative to cooperate with the local
eonmittees on the ways and means OF
tsepine the town clean and yet at the same
sIme OF furnishing entertainments and good
times for the men from the cantonmcnt.
Major Edward w. Dayton. of the Fif-
s.enth New York National Guard, has been
detailed as General Kennedy's representa-
five temporarily in this matter. Major
ravton has been n war correspondent and
has intimate knowledge of what develops
around army camps for he has been at
tached to the armies in France, England,
Russia, Turkey and Germany.
One Of the subterfuges of liquor dealers
is to rent civilian clothes TO soldiers and
then sell them liquor. AnSther stunt is
to hire out jitneys at low price and sell
very high-priced liquor en- route. The
hxness of municipal authorities toward
these violations has always been the lesson
Of the past which has encouraged rather
than prevented vice. Major Dayton today
said:
I'VE are going to make the best army
here In the very shortest time, and to do
that we have got to create a clean, whole
some atmosphere, not only in camp, but
IN all the surrounding towns and cities. We
can't all be soldiers. and 1t Is the patriotic
duty Of every citizen to see that he is doing
his Bit through his club. lodge church and
home, to provide a good environment for
these men.
In accordance with the Presidents
PROCLAMATION. il is very probable that
wrightstown and all other villages In the
hye.ne limit will soon be closed.
Another ,problem that is developing here
is the seriousness OF the road problem The
heavy hauling of the last few months has
made all the roads entering Camp Dix look
like plowed fields and heavy rain makes
them almost impossible General Goethals
who is now Road Commissioner for New
Jersey. visited the camp. 1t is expected
that new roads will be built and others re-
paired SO that there will be no breakdown
In the heavy auto transportation between
the camp and surrounding shipping points