Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-10-15
CAMP DIX BOYS VISIT
HOME LOOKING FIT"
Many Spent Sunday With
Relatives After Getting
First Pay
TO OPEN RECREATION
CLUB FOR SOLDIERS

special to TIE EVENING JOURNAL
CAMP DIX. Wrlghtsiown, n. j., oct.
t5-Nilh their FIRST months pay drawn
from The government in their pockets,
many Of the Delaware boys left camp
saturday afternoon on Official fur
loushs to hurry back TO their native
state to visit friends and relatives for
a brief stay, their passes being good
from Saturday noon until reveille this
morning. Because OF the poor tram
service. however. an of them had to
come back last night TO be IN camp at
reVeille this morning.
IL was the nrst chance many OF the
men had to get away from camp since
coming here last month. An of them
We're anxious to get back home not alone
to see their friends, but also TO dis
play their new uniforms and the big
overcoais which have been issued TO
them There was great primping and
fissing up Saturday morning as the
soldiers pressed their clothes and
made other preparations for looking
nt' when they reached Delaware.
All soldiers were I'm camp at roll
call today and their officers are much
pleased with the manner IN which
they respect their parole. Good be-
havior alohg this line and promptness
In returning 10 camp before the ex-
piration OF their leave of abs wee
assures the men of other opportuni
ties 10 get away when they wish IL.
The leave Of absence is granted TO
half a company one week and the
other half the next week
Their initial work in bayonet man
uai compile I'D. the brave lads OF
Camp Dix Will go "over the top this
week for practice amid the she'll
craters. wire enttaglements. pits
and obstacles Of "No Mans Land as
reconstructed on the drill grounds
By officers who have seen the real
thing in Europe Just 70 secods II
hrs taken regimental officers under
directions Of an instructor to cover
HE distahce from their own trenches
10 the ridge and pit that mark the
enemy's Ines
These battle rushes now form the
most spectacular work witnessed at
the cantonment The officers charge
with blood-curdllng yells. which will
he Intensified a hundred-fold when
their men take up this training. All
along the course are @orn-stalk dunn
sizes, some standing others movable
stlll others PROSTATE in shell holes and
trenches The order is 20 "clean up as
YOU go" and every form gets n savag,
bayonet thrust The first OF the deep
nrst-llne trenches are now being con
siructed. They have the notched form
with firing bays, traverses and commu
tncailng trenches or "bayous' as tn
Frenchmen call them.
MAKE the Hun Hear Itl' reads a bin
sign at the top Of a 30-foot thermome
ter which will mark The progress o
Liberty Bond subscriptions at CAM
Dix during the campaign. Several regi
monts have increased their totals bu
complete figures were not available al
headquarters.
A Recreation Club for the use Of
Camp Dix soldiers during their abb
sence from camp and as q meeting
place for mothers, wives or friends,
VIII be opened this week on the bor-
Her Of the environment near Wrights-
Town, under the auspices Of the New
Jersey Womon's Suffrage Association.
Furnishings for the house have been
donated by suffrage leaders from many
parts Of the State. The association has
organized a holding company, with a
capital stock OF $4,000, fully sub
lcrlbed, to conduct The work here.
Side by side with the American,
French and English flags in Hut No
B. Of the South Jersey regiment. now
flies a new Italian standard. 1t was
presented by a bright-eyed youth from
sunny Italy, drafted into the new
American army from Camden. but
who didn't even leave his name when
he handed the banenr TO Secretary
Ivan p. Flood.
me no Ikea that" he had exclaim-
ed a few nights before when the sec
reiary explained that the absence OF
the Italian flag was due to the fact
that a committee had been unable TO
purchase one.
zen Young Italian appeared again
last night with a bundle under his
ann. broke the seal OF the package
snd waved his country's emblem be-
TORE the secretary. ssPutta that nm
pele. ne said. italia. sha AN the
olssa push. nowin he said lie ,vaitod
nnul the nag had been hung in nIaco
then saluted it gravely, turned ana
saluted tho Stars and stripes ana
walked out. anu