Evening journal., 1917-09-20
NO ORDER YET
TO DISMEMBER
1ST. Delaware
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event. Delaware would then retain It's
Identity, its officers would remain in
tact except possibly for one major and
This battalion stan who would be as
lslgned either to the machine gun d.
vision or the depot brigade.
II the separate battalion is not OBJ
tanned from New Jersey or the District
OF Columbia, il is understood II will
be made up Of men from the new army
draft; that is, complete battalion Of
National Army men to be drawn from
the Delaware contingent at Camp Dix,
practically all OF the men who went
away yesterday and others stu 10 fol-
low from Delaware. This latter plan
Is the one most favored by the Della
ware officers and men, for II would
then give the entire command officers
from Delaware as well as all Delaware
men In the all-Delaware regiment.
However, the entire situation is up
In the air" so far as the officers and
men here are concerned. They are
awaiting orders and are ready 10 fol-
low any orders that may be given them
regardless Of what they may mean,
but they are hoping for the best and
trusting that an all wise government
Twill see ut TO send them away together.
They as officers and soldiers can do
nothing for themselves Ia this effort
to retain the regiment intact, but they
are hoping their friends, the friends OF
the regiment and the influential resi-
dents OF the State will exert whatever
power they may have TO induce the
War Department to keep the command
together.
With the program OF reorganization
90 meet the requirements> OF the new
National Army now we'll under way,
ali the units Of the Twenty-ninth d.
vision, Delaware being one OF them,
are centerlng their attention on the
definite assignment Of commissioned Of
flcers and the fate Of the outfits not al
ready named by Major General Charles
@. Morton, the commanding officer at
Camp Mcclellan, Admission, Alabama,
the headquarters OF this division, to
compose new cOntlngents. Thus Tar,
according to the plans as. announced,
Delaware's soldiers have been distrib-
uted, four companies to the Fifty
seventh battalion, ten officers and 200
men TO the artillery and the remainder
to the depot brigade.
But the probable distribution Of the
commissioned officers is what is trou-
bling the Delaware men the most and
there are certain to be some surprises
handed by General Morton. Few pro-
motions are anticipated, but II is prob
able that infantrymen will find them
selves thrown into artillery commands.
Particular attention has been paid by
General Morton in mapping out his pro-
gram 20 the length and caliber OF SER
vice and udaptability Of man and unit.
He has made publnc little OF his reor-
! ganlzatlon plans, however. The field
! artillery as he has contemplated II will
take In twenty officers and $50 enlisted
= men from the Delaware Infantry
4 Major Reed has received no orders for
: the transfer of the troops from their
camp here to Admission. II was report
ed yesterday that the soldiers would
move south the latter part Of next week
but nothing authoritative has been re
ceived on this subject, and Colonel ReeS
said today he does not know when thel
will move. He has received a copy o
the order of the day from Camp Nc
Clellan. but this came from Captain
Hirzel, commanding Company d. nov
at Admission, and not from headquarteri
there. II is practically the same a.
the order oof the day Colonel Reed hai
established here. He also received som'
orders relative to sanitary work which
are all about the same as his own or.
ders issued here.
The men Of the State who cam,
TO Camp Townsend last Saturday ar
making surprising progress IN thei
work Of training. Already big differ
ence Is seen in their work. The ap
pearance of the platoon that went t
Wilmington yesterday to escort tn
drafted men to the railroad station mad
n great IMPRESSION in that city, yet thes
troopers were not picked and were Sc
lected almost at random for the work
All the soldiers here are beginning t
=, look like real fighting men, and they ar
|, taking a keen interest in their work
= Today the usual program of drilling
and instruction was followed. Thi
? evening at $50 o'clock there will be
regimental review, and it is expects
: there will be a crowd Of visitors here T.
q see this ceremony.
d The health OF the men Is good
8 there is no one in the hospital and
d there have been no serious accident:
o to date. An hour is set aside eacf
/ afternoon for the instruction of tbs
men on camp sanitation, persona
p hygiene and first rid, that they may
q, know how to properly take care o
o themselves in camp and when Aur
o either accidently or ON the battle
n field.
General Order No. has been is
= sued by order OF Colonel Reed ant
a will be strictly enforced. The orde
X dealt with the officers. responsible,
n for the cleanliness OF their com
Is mands; the policing Of the CAM
u every morning to put It In
~ Thoroughly sanitary state; the destruc
ton OF flies, proper drainage. tho ex
posing to the sun OF all bedding an
~ tentage for at least two hours daily
81 the Importance of using only tn
sn water supply that has been approve
u. after thorough inspection; kitcmol
y cleanliness. personal cleanliness, tn
al necessity for frequent bathing OF tn
on body.
er other subjects covered by the or
mn der were: The care OF the feet, tn
ID, importanc Of using only such food
al as are passed through the regula