Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-22
BIG ARMY FOR
DIX TOMORROW
Ten Thousand Men on Hand
for Soldier
Training
5000 MORE IN A WEEK
Rockies" Get Liberal Education.
Much Red Tape for
New Man

CAMP DIN Wrightstowu, n. d., sept, 20
Every hour makes Camp Dix less Of an
industrial city and more of a military estab-
llshment. Two weeks ago the workmen ami
laborers overwhelmed the soldiers in mum
bcrs. IL was like mining town. The
only men in khaki were the brownies" OF
the Fifteenth New York Regiment, who
we're doing guard duty. Then there were
little groups Of three or four men In 'ctts'
drilling in odd corners of the regmental
streets and on the parade ground
These grew until there were groups Of
twenty-five and thirty. Then they stopped
growing, and gradually these little groups
changed from variety Of weird-looktng
civilian clothes to the common khaki.
The jump in the size Of the squads in the
last three days has been startling. Now at
retreat when the companies line up in this
most impressive of armv ceremonies, The
companies average moro than l5O men. BY
tomorrow night there will be approximately
10000 men i'm training hore And there
Will he 5000 more next week. They have
been coming in without creating any excite
W'ut. once or twice a day large body OF
rockies" come marching down the road
from the station. with some small groups
continuously dribbing in
The camp is beginning to get used TO the
sight or men coming In, and they do not
create the impression that they used to- 1t
Is getting TO he mere routine business, Curl
our bystanders no longer stand by the road
side and ponder on the dramatic sight OF
men marching off into their great adventure
instead, il is getting TO be n study in
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SO ,lal ",' tt" pas ,,,.onN" q III,
whole process.
Inside Of three hours a man entering the
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Following This tn, men are taken in
| groups Of ten back 70 the mastering office
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! roe,it,i ,-hcro rro,bor ryon,inatinn 10
| given Then nc takes thcso napery proucrlv
| dued out 20 the odiutont,q where half n
/ dozen records are taken The mans fun
record and history, his education, his
! particular talents and specialized knowledge
/ are all recorded
Copies of these records go to divisional
hcudquarters to tho company offices, to
| tho regmcntal Offices and to the personnel
| office, where all this information Is studied
! with a view to placing each man in an
! organization where he will be fitted.
! When he IS through with this he Is ready
| for the actual training of the soldier and,
| with the exception of the time when he will
| receive his clothing allowance, is through
! with the red tape Of administration
| His first plunge into army life is sort of
! a shock, for the average rookie" for the
| first time I'm his life. feels the iron rod of
discipline strike him from the very first.
! He cannot stop on his job and take a smoke.
| lie cannot throw cigarette butts wherever
! he happens to be- He cannot throw paper
around indiscrimiuatcIy. lie cannot drink
| eXcept out OF his own cup lie learns that
the germ is more deadly than the German