Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-03
DELAWARE BOYS
SAFE At CAMP
Are Grateful to Local Citizens
for Send-off Accorded
Them.

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3.-Delawarc draftees who came to this
camp ON Monday are highly pleased with
the send-off given them IN Wilmington
and enroute They are grateful to the
members of three departments of the du
pont Company, who contributed enough
to defrav the expense OF n band; 10
S,nes and Wclch, who provided the ca rna-
lions which the men wore on their parade
and to camp. and To the Red Cross OF
Wilmington. Philadelphia, and Camden
who furnished the boys with various
articles of equipment for personal comfort
Vaudeville audiences the world over
have marvelcd at his physical strength
and agility as the top-notch thriller IN
the most famous troupe oil japanese
acrohats on the modern stage. "hef
America entered the war and pun the
draft in operation. the troupe WAS playing
in New York and he registered IN dopokeh.
\ month ago he was called for the training
camp and he is now Private llaltaltch
kitam,lra. attached to the 309th Infantry
Al the preliminary examination ot the
rccruits. rcgimcntal surgeons marVeled
~ kitamuras display of muscle and
pronounced him one oi the hncSt specimens
nf nhysical manhood examined by their
,ornS II was Major Upton, brigade
.,diutant and famous old West Point
football star. who. IN looking Tor material
for the Camp Dix Circus, discovered the
it'll hans real identity Iic rushed his
..6nd'' IL "RincmaSter' Stanley HAWKINS
snd the famous kitamura Will do some
OF hrs daredevil acrobauc stunts ana
iiu-iItSu Spccialtics As n hcadilner IN the
cirrus. which opens its four-day run TO-DAY
\ genuine circus parade, neaded oy
military police. WITH real elephant 4
i .RssF.a trf
IN hands hundreds of clowns and a
'aIl;onr nj the tailcnd, Will preccde the
oneninr of the big show, The parade
,,,n start NJ noon and the first show at
! 30 o'clock James 7. Mctiovern. gen
rraI secretary Of the knights OF Columbus
vrork AZ The cantonmcnt, will be grand
marshal. The main tent Will bc the
y NJ. c. 4 auditorium. The prohts
viii co into the division athletic fund.
March. true to its standards IN civil
l;fe nrnyed the most unhealthy month
Since the opening Of the camp. accoTdlng
!, The record filed bv the sanitary ofhce
az l3 deaths, II were due 70 pcnumonla;
.,nc to ncntal exhaustion and a drafted
,,on Who committed suicide IN New
Work i also credited To the camp. There
we're 40 cases each Of pneumonia ana
scarlet fever. four Of meningitis, ~ OF
nnrrups. 81 of tuberculosis, two OF diph-
liberia and - Of measles.
BIC GUN PRACTICE.
RIG Gun target practice has opened for
art3Ilerytnen of Camp Dix on the new
rancc three miles III the rear OF the base
bnsnitsl with Brigadier General - q
JIoa-n firing the first hoWltzer and other
t;n1d ofFiccrs of the l53d Artillery Brigade
fnllou-ino with A great Salvo OF shells from
MIA n3eces that soon will be helping the
.,ll,rs blast a path 10 Berlin and world
nrace The first shells were merely range
finders. observers perched on platform
built astride the peaked root OF oarn
spotting the positions IN which they leu
about two miles away Some unanu-
ciDated excitement was stlTred up when
the bursting shells started seVeTal small
fres in the drv pine underbrush, which
onlv the oruck work OF the cannOneerS
dcnIoved as fire-fghters prevented from
dcvalopInr INTO s real condagratlon.
The battery positions are on slight
elevation well back from the MAN road
Cannoneers have adopted the name Of
sVjn1v Ridge. following the idea OF
naming scenes Of field operations about
the cantnnment after famous battlefcldS
of the war. The field fortlhcatlons 10
the west az the camp have become famous
as sNarne Hill" and the rltie range. where
..doughboys expend thousands OF rounds
of ammunition daily in bat:erng away
Al imitation Huns. Is called ipres with lts
full Quota Of pronunciatons. he l53d
Field Artillery. first 10 use the blg gun
range. Is made up OF the 307th. 30sth
and 30Qth artillery regiments. The latter
organization has the heavy guns, which
will be motorized Their guns will seek
out unseen targets every day for the next
few weeks Student batteries OF the
division officers reserve training school
viii also have a chance 10 use the artillery
pieces in technical and practical studies
The cannon viii have a range up TO three
miles
Even should ne lose his gun In a charge,
a Yankee soldier will be q ferocious
antagonist for Hun al close quarters if
there IS a wide adoption Of the training
plan outlined and demonstrated by j.
Leonard Mason, OF Philadelphia, assisted
bv John Smith, AT hui No. last night,
on Methods 81 Self-Defense Without
Weapons" Mason showed how certain
boxing blows. wrestling holds and especially
liu-Jitsu could be Of great advantage to
q man In tight place IN the trenches
Another big detail Of recruits from
New York and New Jersey counties
reached the camp yesterday.