The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-23


Ground was broken Saturday for the
Hostess House of the National Young
Women's Christian Association. The
building is on the edge of Wrights-
town.
A portrait of General Dix, after whom
the camp is named, now hangs in the
, Office of Major General Kennedy. 1t
was presented by Miss Reina Andrade
Lawrence, of Lawrenceville, a grand
niece of General Dix.
Harry Lauder and his Scotch pipers
were at the camp on Saturday and en-
tertained large audience in the Y. NJ.
c. A. auditorium. The affair was
greatly appreciated and received much
applause from the audience.
The main building erected by the
Knights of Columbus is centre of at
traction in the camp. Some excellent
entertainments are constantly being
given for the benefit Of the soldiers. A
smaller building in another location
has just been completed, and third is
expected to be finished in short time.
Surveys of lands and roads within
radius of ten miles of Camp Dix are
being made for the information of the
military authorities. Maps wills be
made for use in sending troops on
hikes and for other purposes. The
making Of these surveys gave rise to
reports that considerable more land
was to be taken over by the govern
ment, but these stories are not true.
The first quota of the 5000 men to
go from here to southern camps left on
Sunday, when trainload of engineers
was sent away. Every regiment fur
nished some of the men to go into the
number to be transported south. One
thousand men from the depot brigade
have been assigned to the National
Guard Division at Admission, Ala, and
5000 more will go to complete the
division at Atlanta, Ga. Picked men
from the 2lst and 35th engineers are
| going 10 hOckIOrd, Ill.
In uniforms less than one month,
South JERSEYS regiment, the 311th In
fantry, has reached the top-notch of
skilful work and on Saturday night APP
peared on the parade ground at ire
treat" in the new regimental formation
of Zine OF mass" instead Of column
OF mass" The regiment also adopted
the staff and flag raised by a fund
from eantonmsnt workmsn in this
section Of the camp. and ~ the band
played the Star spanglsd Banner a
color squad went through the impress
siye ceremony Of lowering the colors.
Instead Of parading of in column of
fours after the mass formation, each
captain marched his command at COM
pany front in review before Colonel
Stokes and the regimental staff-a for
NAL close Of the days activities that
will be followed hereafter during the
Jersey boys life in the training camp.
The large Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium
located near division headquarters was
dedicated on Sunday with appropriate
exercises. 1t will seat over 1900 per-
sons.
The building was presented by Jo-
seph T. Alling, of Rochester. N. Y,
member Of the War Work Council and
associate at this camp of Chief Secre-
tary Herbert P. LsnsdaIe. The accept
ance of the building was made by
Major General C. w. Kennedy. He
said that the Young Mems Christian
Association in its war camp work will
be one Of the greatest assets of the
government, not only in preserving the
highest spirit of loyalty among the
men in training, but in preserving the
clean young manhood Of America,
An address was delivered by Rt. Rev.
Lucien L. Kinsolving, bishop of Brazil,
in which he fiayed the pacifists OF the
country. Two of the bishops sons are
now fighting in the allied armies on
the western front, and he expressed the
hope that he might be called to join
them in what he declared is "the
noblest cause that has moved men
since the Crusades.
| A stirring feature Of the dedicatory
service was the singing of several
hymns under the leadership OF Charles
Alexander, the singing evangelist The
dedicatory prayer was made by the
Rev. DR.. Robert Wells Veach, OF Phil
adelphia, now director of religious
work at the camp.