Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-20
SCHOOL FOR ALIENS .
TOBEOPENED AT DIX
Those Who Cannot Read or
Write English Will
Attend

Camp Dix, Wriehtstown, y. n July 20.
The last of the 5000 negroes from New
York, New Jersey, West Virginia and
day and were at once assigned to the
Thirteenth Battalion of the Depot
Brigade. After the two weeks quar-
antine period is UP many Of them will
be transferred to the so7th Infantry
Regiment which is now being formed
here officials at Dix are preparing for
the $4,000 men expected from New York,
New Jersey and Delaware during the
coming week.
lieutenant Colonel George H. White.
now camp chief of staff. has been re-
lieved from duty with the S07th Regi-
ment ana will continue his work as
executive officer of the camp.
A large number of men have been as
signed to the United States Guards
being formed at Camp Niagara.
Judge j. Warren Davis presided yes
terday at a cession Of the Naturaliza-
ton Court held in the Liberty Theatre.
over 800 aliens were granted citizenship
papers.
School for Aliens
tHueT tHS uHcCtioI VI tHS 6Shti a
STAFF Of the army, there viii be started
next Monday school of alien soldiers
who can neither speak, write nor read
English and who. at the present time, are
members of various companies at Dix
and of no use to their commanders. Fol
some time past army officials have beer
struggling with the problem of taking
care of these men, hundreds of whom
are located in various camps and can
tonments in this country.
So serious has 1t become that Col.
onel Morrow of the general staff, fol
lowing an order of the War Department
that all aliens must be educated, held
conference here with Lieutenant Col
onel George II. White, camp chief Of
staff; Colonel Lindley of the Depot
Brigade and H. A. Townsend, education
al director Of the Y. NJ C. A. here
and out of that meeting came the plar
which will be given trial beginning
Monday and in about a month, thre,
members of the general staff will vis
the school and upon their report will
be based the decision as to whether tn,
same course of study will be installed
in every cantonment
At the present time there are GO!
men at Dix who are eligible for thi
class, which will be held daily from 7 4,
10 o:oV III tne various 1. NJ, hutg. Tn,
pupils will be given no other details II
their company
Teachers Insfucted
At conference Of teachers yesterda,
f. Galloway, of the New York State
Y. NJ c. A. committee, an expert IN
class work for aliens, addressed the
instructors. using a class of eight alien,
fod demonstration purposes, and IL tn,
results accomplished by him are an,
criterion the work will be a great sue
! cess. The work will be supervised b,
Mr. Townsend. The three chaplains O
the depot brigade, Lieutenants Murray
Mills and Blanchard, will be the chic
instructors. along with Lieutenant Nc
MILAN of the military police. Each O
the educational directors of the Y. NJ
huts will be supervisors for the distric
in which their building is located, Will
a corps of twenty-four instructors picke,
from the soldiers in camp viii hav
charge of the teaching of the Men. Tn
text books, blackboardS,. etc, will b
furnished by the war work council o
the Y. NJ. c. A.
| The school sessions viii be varied an,
the men divided in to classes A and l
| One hour will be devoted to class -worl
and one hour to physical work and tn
playing Of games under the direction o
the VARIOUS Y. N. physical directors an,
! IN this way The man will work Ara pla,
u altognate hengV. ~