Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-22
BIG GUNS TO ROAR
At CAMP DIX
Cannonccrs After Much Drilling
to Try Luck at Invisible
Targets.

Camp Dix. Wrightstown. N. J.. March
% 2-Howitzers and big field guns will
add their thundcrous bass To the tenor
OF the trench mortars and the soprano
of the machine guns in the practicing
war chorus nj Camp Dix within the
next fortnight, on new range, suit
able for their work. which IL WAS an
nounced would be ready for the heavy
target practice by April /. Plans to
Use the same range occupied by the
infantry have been abandoned by Briga-
dier-ieneral Hearn, Of the l53d Artil-
lery Brigade, and the new range, to the
east Of the Wrightstown Pointvilo road
will permit the cannonecrs to work their
weapons without interference with the |
target work of the rifles and autospatcs
Engineers and artilerymen bexsn work |
d preparing the now range vester- |
day The gun positions will be in a |
ravine near the main highway and fir |
ing will be along line almost at right |
angles To the road.
Over the rougheat bit of roadway in |
camp Yesterday afternoon 230 wagoncfs |
piloted their numbering vehicles while |
Major~t ,eneral Scott watched the odd |
review and criticized with an eve made |
expert bv half centurys association
with army trains the manner in which
the drivers swung their four-line teams
on sharp corners. used their brakes in
the deep gtlllevs and made other usual
maneuvers The long parade was made
up of the baggage and ration wagons
that accompany every line organization.
In addition to the mule team it in
cluded - animal drawn ambulances and
II motor ambulances- Only the on
gincers had their combat train in the
H.. l. Ill ii
nf G4 mules
The. long trains Of wagons paraded
up the western boulevard of the can
tonment and the drivers were put under
the severe tests in hanhllng the reina
at the terminus Of this highway IN
the rear nf the 3l2th infantry section.
Sights directed them over tortuous
route over rpugh ground and down mar
ruw alleys between rows of stables and
thence out tn to tho main parade ground
where the teams nf each unit were
massed for inspection. first hv General
Scott. later hv reeimenia officers Nv
tho timc thev wheeled the,r teams into
the inspection line streams " persp.ta
tion were pouring down The faces of
many of the drivers Before they came
10 camp less than hall a Dozen mon IN
the outfit ever had driven a four-ne
team. fFftNlnE fp8fla on lflf ihffN W At
tached 10 city express wagons was tho
extent of their experience General
Scott was impressed Nv the showing
they made in their initial review to-day
lie especially compimented Captain
Brennan. supply officer of the 3llth.
on the appearance and handling Of the
wagons that will carry the baggage and
rations for the South Ieraey infantry
men when their route shortly leads ont
from Paris toward the H,ndenburg line
caNr CrHCra COMING
A soldier circus with attractions that |
would make Barnum envioua viii he |
staged in camp April to e. under plans |
completed by the Camp Dix Activities |
Committee. Of which Lieutenant { Colonel |
Wait g. johnson assistant chief of staff.
* chairman II will have q typical CIR
Gus program. complete from pink lemon |
ade 10 trare7e thrillerE aud the usual |
accompaniment Of side shows Tho main /
tent viii he erected inside tho h,g Rcd |
Triangle Auditorium Nany former |
stars Of similar affairs during their col
lego davs arc being selected for tho |
parts The army viii furnish all the |
talent even 10 the fat girl Assisting |
Colonel johnson on the committee "f |
arrangements arc OLAF Gates. socal |
secretary Of the ARMY J N &
James i Mc(,ovcrn general secretary |
of tho knights of Columbus. STANLEY |
W FIaw kins, camp song director; nr
W g. StIueon of tho Red Cross: Miss
Grace Sheppard aud Miss Alma Booth
of the Y, W G 4 William .lackson.
War Department commission activities
director, Stcnaon HUMPHREYS. song lead
der; b. : Walton. Jerome J Jeffords
and VIII q Wheeler. Of the War De
partment commission, CYRUS X Jan
over. of the Hebrew Welfare Associa
tion, Sol Metsgrr. athletic director; II
A. Townsend. educational director. and
Joseph r Allng. general secretary of
the Y NJ G. A.
Scores of Jewish soldiers in training
here are applying for passes 60 visit
Philadelphia and Trenton. March % to
20. where arrangements have been made
for their entertainment IN Hebrew
homes during the opening Of the Feast
of the Passover Arrangements for the
celebratton IN this form were completed
by Cyrus h. Janover, of the Hebrew
Welfare Association.