Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-17
DELAWARE MEN
SEEK COMMISSIONS
Closing Exercises of Camp Dix
School TO be Held on Friday
Afternoon.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, y. j.. April
11.-lloSing exercises ol the DIVISION
Training School will be held Friday
afternoon at 30 O'Clock and il Is expected
that hundreds OF friends of the New J Ork ,
New Jersey and Delaware boys who are
striving for commissions will attend.
Major General Scott viii address the
graduates That there may hc no cm-
barrssSmcnt for the men who failed 10
make the required percentage. the ccrtl-
tcatcs for each company VIII hc presented
To the honor man of the unit and not until
the companies are back IN their barracks
viii any know who have bCcn successful
4 battalion review o( the student soldiers
VIII hc held Thursday morning and the
school will hold a reception thursday
afternoon in the Red Triangle Auditorium
After q month experience with mcdi-
ocrr PLAYS, chiefly musical comedies. tor
which the War Department COMMISSION
ON Training Camp Activities contracted
with New Norl> bookIug-housc the camp
got refreshing surprise last night when
= east organized by thc COMMISSION ltscl
presented Her, Comes the Bridc,
with Rov ttwcll 9s the leading man
The play was the best seen here since the
opening oi the Liberty Theatre. Louise
Homer. daughter oi the Metropolitan
Opera star sang for q large audience ~
,hc Rcd Triangle NudItornm Nh"
was assisted hV Miss MARY Homcat
ccils, Miss Mildred Dillng harpi-t
MIS- Catherine swift accompanlSt
Meningitis caused tie death Ia the base
hospital Yesterday ni Private Herbert
X Hodc~un. ot planiield. a member ot
4 Company 81 the %llth lnt9ntrv tlls
death WAS one q. the first N several weeks
II thi~ regiment Private llodS-on came
to Camp Din 1@ Il rtrrml ~ February.
4 detall from his company accompanied
the body t. hl- late home for military
funeral.
Troop train affcr troop tram pulled
into Camp Drx station Yesterday attcr-
noon unload,ns @ictachmen' infantry
1arn and u4acnnr ganncr- transferred
from Caup ptou - f3ll gaps in the '>th
DIVISION here lhr New Workers are
hong quartrrcd with the 151th and the
liGth Infantry Ergadc~ and With the
machine gun organizations connected
with these brigade and probably vii
he permanently assigned thcrc 3e
lra nrttv arc seasoned tv severed wCtN
fr.talue and are ready to rHch nto the
I.;on~J>e trHun4 schedule uaN IN or-
Grafton for aIi Camp ni\ troops
~purrrd 10y ne promise 9. danger aia!
thrJl~ 200 al he hc~1 college and ~chna'
Lol athletes among The soldiers "a tram
ing az Camp p> have volunteered fo-
tho 'AIcrrutz squads an organization
ut the I4I>~ou Department. "a winch >o-
dlcr~ ram baeh the messages from II
front line trenches to dvl~tnr hcadquir
tcr~ The running + geucrai4N acres
Shell and ShrapncI-~vcpt hattchpld- hut
the hazard has hecn IAN incentive 10 the
f,tt
which begins neNf week
This training viIl probably 5n thc
most unusual ever gwen athletes l.
Will be under charge Of Sol Nctzcef
camp athletic director and former traces
and football coach Of the University q
PENNSYLVANIA and other colleges Ihcrc
Will he no straicht-awav daShc> g thc
tanc. bat every race Will hc over rouCh
roads. trenches the shcii cratcr> IN No
Mans Land and wherever lhe had 20
ing IS similar TO conditions on the bat
tlcncid
Announcement of his promotion Is
Brigadlcr-gcncrai brought = shower Fl
CONGRATULATIONS fo 1oonc. Edward I
Donncis last evcuHL tulon". Don
uclIr has been III command ot tEC %i1th
iIcld Artillery since - organization
here
,!Ioovcrzc b the 1crr ia>, man .s II
efcc, the nov order l~>acd h> Malor
General Scott ealing f1r i ft.uC ~ q
aH loose cna- III th. food conservation
campaign among the soldiers a' amp
Din Months ago the slogan ~ -the
clean patter ua~ adopted and + oI-
forccd witt q hearts gnoa-UIi. II THE
mon thnuS t5v,~ VINO dlnchil tc4ch a
ny recruit tna. ht must TAKE no mos
food oU his p.#ff .t TpeS~fE!0c fh4n ha
can eat The 14ea has alreadl saved ton-
ot food rom tha garbage ralis bgf div
son officials arc convinced ftat there Is
stlIl avorai,e waste hecaf!-e mess scr
2canrs prepare meals for f4il company !
strength on days whcn many ii the man
arc absent on pas In order that / ir
mess ~cre.anrs II the future may gauge
tho meals according q tie mouths they
have 10 till, they must gct a report daily
from the company sergeant as 70 tie
exact number If men to be fed