Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-28
PROMOTION FOR
STEPHEN CURTIS
Son of Chancellor Wins Commits
sion as Second Lieutenant
at Camp Dix.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown. \. j., May
Sergeant Stephen Curtis son oi
Chancellor Curtis of Wilmington mem-
her of the 5Qth Pioneers. was yesterday
commissioned a second lieutenant IN
the same regiment Three pioneers be
came hridegrooms during the week end,
the ceremony in cnCh instance being
performed by Lieutenant Howard Davis,
regimental chaplain. Private leanc \.
Kent. of Delaware, married Miss Anna
+. Haas. of 23G0 Allegheny avenue,
Philadelphia; Private Edward NJ Henry,
of Delaware. took MS his bride Miss Ruth
] Chilson. of Hornell, y Y. and Private
Charles II. Grove welded Miss Florence
r. Grubt, of Birdshoro, Ia
An actunl test of tho new heavy
Prowning machine guns on the target
range here has convinced Major General
Scott. Lieutenant Colonel G ). White,
chiCf-of-stalf. and other staff officers
that these new weapons will meet every
expectation of the Ordnance Depart
mcnt There was not the least lndico-
tion of jamming when thousands ot rounds
of cartridges were fired nj top speed,
while the uuickncss with which the guns
could be taken apart and rcGssc 'hicd
particularly impressed the Observers
The accuracy and easy control of the iire
also couvinccs officers here of the great
value Of the new PrownlnE III held work
An officer from the Ordnance Depart
mcnt nj Washington is in charge of the
six prownings sent 10 Camp PIX lie "a
iustr1Icting ordnance officers IN their use
and the guns soon Will he put IN uso by
machine gun organizations on tho na'h
Tange
Major General Scott has granted the
requests of several Now lcrscN towns
that have asked 90 have their hoNe ~
Camp pix como home for the Memorial
DAY celebrations
From shortly after midnight Yesterday
morning until near midnight last night a
continuous line ~ recruits marched from
tho ilroad station to the headquarters
n tic 1891 Depot RrGndc The, rep
resented tho latost contribution of New
Jersey md New York toward the uphulld-
ing If tho second section of the National
ARMY Officers who looked thom over rs
they marched IN figured frn1n tho manner
M which the details handled Themselves
that as high as - pcr cent If some Of the
quotas have hecn doing preliminary train
lue ~ home in anticipation ot the call -
scrvlco
In recognition Of their Willingness ~
sacrifice their lives # need he for the
country If thor adoption l42 foreign
born soldiers Of Camp Dix have beon
honorpd NV gift of immediate citizenship
The ceremony VI tho}r induction into the
rights ot full-Acdgrd Americans was
conducted bv Federal Judge J Warren
DAVIS. Examinations for another eve
larger class are being conducted by Jacob
Il CHASER Of Phladolph,a, naturalization
inspector The majority of tho new
citizcue are Italians and lrlshmon Ar
parcntlv among he most cnthusod oi the
new Americans were ono German and ono
Turk Ahamans. Swcdes. Russ'ans
Danes and No wcglaus were also rcprc-
sented
Firms supplying meats for The use of
soldiers training NJ Camp DEN were
Yesterday gwen 2 clean hill of health by
DIVISION officers. who said they were
convinced that none ~ the rotten beef
which il is alleged has been supplied -
some camps had reached here Rigid
inspection is made Of all meats received
by the Quartcrmaster Department here
and the shipments have been found up ~
standard Occasionally shoulder would
be found that might have spoiled through
exposure during shipment hut officers
here believe camp has enJoyed 2 meat
supply that equals that sent 10 tho best
markets.