Evening journal., 1917-09-05
camp DIX READY FOR
FIRST DRAFTAD men
Eirst Contingent of National
Army Arrives in Wrights-
town Today
DRILL TO START
IN CAMP AT ONCE

CAMP DIX. Wrightstown. n. J.,
Sept 5-Camp Dix officially an 8
aounced its readiness last night for
he reception tomorrow OF the FRS
pf the drafted men from Delaware
| New Jersey and New York ass gned
10 the Seventy-eighth Division, Ma
tional Army. Approximately 400
hen are expected today. representing
l(per cent OF the total draft, and II
sSreported this evening that several
II tho recruits are already Quartered
or the night on the outskirts OF the
ramp. each seeking the honor OF be
Ing the frs. to report for duty To-
day.
The main delegations will come in
this evening. Under direction OF
Lieutenant Colonel Collins. chief OF
staff thew will be met at the station
nv the officers Of the commands 10
which they have been assigned ana
conducted first TO the medical eX-
smining office. Upon cdnpletion OF
ne medical examination the new men
will then be marched TO their regl-
mental headquarters.
Tho schedule announced provides |
FOR an elgnt-hour day. with half |
holiday each week from the men IN /
GOOD standing. There will be no de- 1
iav in starting the training work, as
he men TO arrive today will be called
nut for their first drill thursday
morning
Joseph r. Alling. a Rochester mead
of a paper industry with mills III
Rochester. Pittsburgh and Buhalo,
who sacrificed a $4,000 position 10
40 mis- hit" heads the association
I.
re Rev. DR.. Cornelius F. WOiikil'
nastor Of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church New York C. ", which Jonn
n Rockefeller attends, is another
member arriving today. He an
nounced that he had left all clerical
fitles al home and comes here as p am
.Af~ Wolflxin. association secretary.
Herman I HaughtOn director or
nbvsical education OF the Rochester
nnblfc schools: Charles ?. ngs ey'
New York City business man.
nrclninent Yale graduate and son OF
Wimmial N. Kingsley. Of the United
states Tl.ust Company. Charles a.
Newman. r-t.ca lawyer former har-
ara athlete and son OF Judge T.
Newman. and W. Stanley hawkins
director OF community singing COM
plete the general san
Association headquarters nave an
nounced that Harper Sibley, preslaen'
Of the Rochester, Chamber Oh Oom-
nerce. has offered 20 lead a delegation
of thirty Of thac city.s most pronln1en' l1'sl
business men TO Wrightstown as Yolun'
,eor s..,retaries. and his offer has beer
accented Each OF the ten "huts' a.
tbe csntonment will have genera
se,retarv and FIVE assistants, the latte
?, charge. respectively, Of religious
,ducafion. recreational. social and busi
,ess 6epartments These general seTe
,srias were announced as follows
frederick +. Bugbee general secretar
-. Xafertown. y. y; s. Bruce Wilson
General secretary at Ithaca, \. y; \
n Granger general secretary at Irol
\ ~. A. y. Greeley. New York STAT
secretary: Henry r. Johnson. Mont
clair attorney; Ivan p Flood, genera
state secretary OF the New Jersey bal
list Young Peoples Union; H. fA Far'
er general secretary, Passalc; oii
Gates. Elizabeth. at present attaenee
20 the general staff as construction
rector: II. r. Tucker general secretar
of colored work.
1ne quotas of drafted men from ea'
State will retain their local identiul
10 large extent through the assig
mnmf OF TeZlINNNAhA NA A-attAhttt
'nounced from General Kennedy's hea
quarters as the final move in q
nreparation for the official reception
tbe first 1 per cent of recruits tomo
row New York gets two regiments
infantry. one regiment OF heavy art
lerv and one Of light artillery; NJ
Jersey. two Of infantry. ore OF artillcr
Delaware. two signal battaions and
machine gun battalion. In additic
under orders from the division cor
mander. New York will have battah
Of engineers and a field signal co
many ana New Jersey n trench mot
battery and one company each OF NJ
signal and machine gun battalions.
The general assignment for {
rantonment BY localities includes:
NEW JERSEY.
HEADQUARTERS detachment 156
Brigade and 5O9th Machine Gun Bi
talon TO be organized by the briga
commrnder from suitable men sele'
ed from the area assigned TO rel
ments OF the 156th Brigade.
Three Hundred and Eleventh lnfa
,ry First Bsttalion Union Monmoui
Ocean Counties Elizabeth and Pei
Amhov cities: Second Batiali'
y Trenton city. HunterdOn Middles
Mercer and Somerset Counties; TIL
Baticlion, BURLINGTON, Glouc7st
Camden. Atlantic Salem, Cumherlnl
Cane May Counties and Atlantic e
= and Camden cities.
Three Hundred and Twelfth inf
try. First Battalion. Nevcrk: Seco
Battalion. Jersey CITY and Bavon'
Third Battalion Essex and Hud'
= Counties Orange. East Orang,,
boken and West Hoboken cities.
Three HurT~ed and Eighth Ar
lery. First Fcitaiion. BERGEN Cour
Passaic and Patterson cities: Sec
Battalion. Warren. Sussex, Pass
and Morris Counties
DELAWARE.
l. Headquarters G0Sd Field Signal T
ielion and outpost company. sig
III battalion: Sussex County headqi
ters 307th Machine Gun Batta
Cdivisionl and Company A and
q Wilmington city. New Cestle and 4
Counties.