Evening journal., 1917-11-06
every PIRATE HAS
ARMY comfort KIT
Wilmington Red Cross Sees
That Boys at Camp Dix
Have Comforts
MEN ALSO GET
WARM CLOTHING
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special TO THE EVENING JOuhNAL'
CAMP DIX. Wrlghtstown, n. j.
Nov. 6.-Evcry Delaware man I'm the
3O7th Machine Gun Battalion, The
crack organization in this cantonmeni,
now has comfort kit, a big supply
having arrived at Major Becks heau-
quarters as a patriotic donation from
the Wilmington Red cross. mo
government has also been generous TO
the Delaware boys and yesterday COM
pleted the distribution OF wooden uni
forms SO that frosty mornings on the
drill grounds have lost their terr0rs
for the pirates"
Ten thousand new recruits, repre-
sentlng the FIRST section OF the balance
Of the initial draft are expected at
Camp Dix within a week, the vanguard
probably arriving within the next three
DAYS. The quartermasier's depart
ment Is rushing arrangements Tor inc
receptlon Of these men, who VIII come
from New Jersey, New York ana Dela-
ware After various delays the orders
for their movement TO the training
camp are understood TO have been
speeded up probably fortnight
through the intercession Of Governor
Edge with the War Department on be-
half of the thousands Of Jerseymen
who. under orders TO be ready TO re-
mort within "a hours notice, gave up
their positions and have been unable
TO procure other work because OF the
uncertainty.
BY the readiustment Of barracks as
slgnments begun this morning, through
which each infantry company Is TO
have one and a half buildings for its
$50 men, arrangements have been COM
pletod for the absorbing Of the great
influx OF rockies directly into their
future companies. Quarters and equip
ment for 10000 Of the new men Will be
practically ready within AZ hours.
Captain C.. j. Kalberer. OF the Bakers
and Cooks School, is prepared to man
the extra kitchens needed In feeding
the additional men and cots and bed
ding are ready for the dOrmiiOrics.
Contractors are speeding up work
on every unfinished section Of the
camp. where the building materials
specified by the War Department have
arrived Tho contractors had planned
to have the new 40 per cent. of The
cantonmcnt completed this week. but
labor troubles and lack Of building ma
terals may require another month to
finish the work
The 5000 Camp Dix men picked for
service with another National Army
division at Atlanta, Ga, whose trans
fer has been delayed for two weeks, re-
ccived notice today that they will go
South early next week. This announce
mem and The news from the western
front of an actual clash between Amer
lean and Hun troops In the trenches
stirred the zeal OF the entire camp TO.
/ day for early service over There.
| The 5000 picked for the transfer have
been considered rather as unfortunates
In that they were 10 be divorced from
! this division. from which the men havi
developed a remarkable loyalty, but II
view Of the fact that They are likel,
90 get 90 Europe several weeks ahcat
Of General kennedy's men, they are the
envy Of thousands OF their strenuous
compatriots
Arrival and distribution Of the first
assignment Of the new Enfield rifles
today added another III 10 the enthusl-
asm Of the infantry for battlefront
service. Each Of the infantry COM
panies got Go OF the new guns, suftl-
cient for them 10 use in the rifle prac-
tice (which will open on the new
division range next Monday.