Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-25
COLORED DRAFTEES
co TO CAMP DIX
Young Negro Soldiers Given a
Hearty SendoH Here
Today.

A contingent of oolorcd draftees left
Delaware today for Camp Dix, n. j.
Those from Wilmington were given n
great sondolf as they marched down Mar
kct street and at the Pennsylvania sta
tion, where they were joined by those
from down the State.
At the draft board headquarters n
procession was formed, with band lead
ing, and ON the march the members OF
the boards headed the line tolorcd or
CARNATIONS were also represented f1re
engines along Market street rang bells,
blew whistles and otherwise contributed
tu the greeting Owing to tram delay,
tho party scheduled TO leave at u 20
O o'clock. was delayed about an hour IN
getting oil
LOCAL DEMONSTRATION.
Wilmington's contingent of 63 colored
solcctive service men left, with the other
Delaware men, making Id all told, ON
a special train, which left Washington
early this morning This train had ON
board colorcd draft from the District
of Columbia and is due to arrive at
Camp Dix about the middle of the
afternoon
Fortv-one men from New Castle
County boarded the train At Newark
and Ia from Kent County and 20 from
Sussex. who had arrived here ut II 90.
also cntraned
The Wilmington lads began Ia gather
n the headquarters of tho Local Boards
hv 1890. each accompanied bv friends
and weil-wlshCrs Of both ecXcs ~
the old Court House Frank T. Xebley,
OF Local Board No 4, took a group
photograph of that boards contingent.
ia add to his collection, which he has
kept adding ~. since the frat one went
away
Roscoe Givena was tho captain Of
No 4. quota and marshfJed them
vcrv effectively. putting them through
several cvulutious while awaiting the
arrival of the men from the other three
boards nj Sixteenth and French streets
These were lcd by the Odd Fellows
Rand and squad of the culored Hon g
Guard organization
Navur Laws and other ctv officials
fell IN hchind the police cacort, At the
Public building and the men INTO
whose ranks many Rrls and women took
thcr places holding hands and locking
arms, proceeded M Tenth and down
Market streets, WHORE the customary
crowds filed the sidewalks and the
trc laddics footed thor toosIn night
mcrrilv Of course there was a wcltcrng
lamminF mass n the station but the
mon hlcd through u somehow and on
to the island platform and were finally
bestowed upon tho tram
Comfort kte were distributed At
the statlon i, the Rod Croes women,
" ho had thc assistance ot the colorcd
chapter
Tho party leaving today 'nrluded the
following
From DIVISION ~ ! RAYMOND '
Wood NiIham | cunningham, Richard
\ CauIk Garland Manuel
DIVISION NJ Edward Watson.
Rohcrt i T,ldon Charles Bower.
lIaekcr Burrcl, William Parsons. VII
lam Rice. John " Savage, John RIch
arlson. Paul Henderson Nchh George
lrancl~ Na,lcs. lambert Wright loroy
Hollis. Patrick LOWS, Thomas Ellison,
Oldcn Thomas. William Colbert. Row
Coston. \ihcrt Gllhcij Charles Henry
Money. Lebanon Celyuan. julius Rcck-
with Henry Nclvn William Thomas
Richardson. Ntlhcrt Brown, William Gil
bort Duman Howard Folk llhert i,
Hopkins Willie Stewart
DIVISION NJ James I " Gard
ncr. John 1aIbcr, Charles Henry Lint.
John tullcr. George Townsend harlcs
Edwards. ~ilas I tIvcns lanes Tucker
Edward jackson ldWard I|en
Homes. James NJ Scrlhner Sllae Carey.
Wade Hun Idear " Irclns Norman Hicks.
lIcnr, Rutlcr. lmor1 Townsend. George
4 Grave Charles " Colburn. Charlcs
W Thompson. Nllam Howard Frps
Robert Warren lc~sly Williams. trch,e
Holland. WllIiam II Dcshiclis Frank
Hopkins Charles Harris. tunstor Nlney.
Victor Howard Cole lous Ice HARRISON.
John Watson Robert y Jackson. Fran
cls + Wilson. James \ LQckctt, Fred
Dcshiclds Albort stewart Harry John
,on Os ar Harm hari,s Nhtaty