Evening journal., 1917-08-20
FIRST Delaware
awaits Orders
Boys Hear Rumor They
May Start for Camp
Mcclellan This Week
SITE NOT READY
HERZEL DECLARES

Although no orders directing the en-
lralnment OF the remainder Of the
First Regiment. n. G. d.. have been re-
ceived by Colonel Reed, report 70
THE EVENING JOURNAL today gave
rise TO the belief that the local troops
WI be leaving for Camp Mcclellan
within a few days.
The report was to the effect That
Brlgadied-General Charles w Barber
m provisional command OF the Eighth
Division Of which Delaware Is q part
with headquarters az Sea Glrt, \. j.,
has been ordered 20 proceed with his
headquarters 10 Camp Mcclellan ana TO
report there not later than August 70.
No at,endont troop movements are
reported as ordered but there was
rumor. which appears TO be well
grounded. that all units which are not
comfortably Quartered in State on
campmonts win be entrained within
a few days.
That this possible order would az
| feet the Delaware troops first OF all
is seen in the fact that their quarters
are the most crowded OF any In the
division and tho New Jersey troops
are especially we'll Quartered az
Camp Edge. Set Grit
Colonel Reed received word from
Captain 1Iirzel, In command of ID Com
pany. which arrived &C the oantonment
az $50 A. NJ. yesterday. that Camp Nc
/ Clellnn IL now only one-third complete
Lieutenant Colonel Wilmer A. Cad.
mus. now acting chief OF staff, assumed
his duties yesterday. He succeeds
Lieutenant Colonel Marcus b. Stokes
who left Camp Edge for Wnghtstown
where he will take command Of .
national army regiment with the rnnl
of colonel.
Medical examiners. who are officers
OF the Medical Reserve Corps, have
arrived In Camp Edge and II Is ex
pected that they or a similar detnil
will arrive I'm this city soon for the
purpose OF re examining the troops In
an effort 10 detect every case OF
heart or lung trouble. Tests will
also be made to discover the pres
ence OF nervousness OF mental dis
orders. These examinations are "a
be made Il is reported, OF all the
units in the Eighth division.
It was learned yesterday that
Camp Mcclellan IS not ready to ac-
commodate the Delaware troops. the
delay being caused by the length OF
time It is taking to install a proper
water supply system.
Colonel Reed, in command Of thl
First Delaware Infantry said las
night that he had not received an,
/ report from Captain Hirzel, in cem
/ mand OF ID Company. now at N
e contonment, as that unit Ia temper
arily detached from the regiment an
3 attached TO the provisional brigao
y with which it made the 10 urnoy I
. camp. D..
e OF about fifteen mer, VINO failed |.
3D. report when the regiment was mopil
r lied. several have since reported
% The remainder arc still being carrie
D | on the regiments rolls as "absen
, without leave" in order to delay a
) long as possible the necessity
! hunting them down as deserters. de
ser,ion In war time IS a PARTICULAR
} serious offence and IS punishable D
e death but every effort Is being MAD
Z N stave of any such outcome, as
} a believed in many cases the me-
? arc not wilfully missing and INA
before long they will report uhu
3 ~ are dropped from the rolls an
branded as deserters the'l oh'"''
81 not particularly serious.