Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-05
MORE MEASLES
AT CAMP DIX
Therefore the Quarantine Will Not
be Lifted as Soon as Was
Expected.
CAN'T DIX, n. j., Fen. S


Yesterday and dashed the hopes of the
entire camp that the quarantine might be
lifted this week The record stands again
at So with eight new cases Of genuine
measles and l6 Of Liberty or formerly
German measles. ThIrty-seven OF tho
cases are convalescent.
Ready for a week OF demonstrations Of
its value on the battle cid, the famous
British tank BRITANNIA reached Camp
Dix Yesterday and despite bad roads and
zero weather. the cantonmcnt is likely TO
take on something Of the air of country
fair while the great land ship Is exercising
during coming afternoons before the soi-
dIers and thOusar DIS OF visitors. Not only
will the tank be driven through building
on the cantonment but II was suggested this
afternoon that the steel monster might be
subjected to an actual rain OF shot from
light batteries Of machine guns operated
bv OF GERS taking the practical course IN
the division schools.
Major Davis and the crew operating
the steel monster have no fear Of the bull
lets penetrating the walls OF their creeping
fort. and the slight indentatlons where
bullets and shell fragments struck the tank
IN actual battle show the reason for their
willingness TO risk driving the machine
through machine gun barrage.
The tank was shipped TO the canton
ment on a reinforced nat-car. The Quar-
terrnaster Department had been wonder
ing how it would uni ad the machine, but
the tank solved the problem by aInbimg
down a steel slideway under It's own
power. " hat chiefly surprised ldlCrs
here was the speed of the tank as It pro
ceeded TO the motor truck sheds, where 1t
will be overhauled before its ! rst demon
stration test tomorrow. II will operate
in Section !. on rougn ground, near the
Division Officers Training School, tins
afternoon; on Section az the other end
of the cantonment. tomorrow afternoon.
and on Thursday will perform the spec
tacular feat OF crushing "A big building into
kindling driving through a densely wood
ed thicket and climbing the fortL-cation
on ''Marne Hill.
Jumping from field clerk 10 the rank OF
captain, South Jersei and Phlladeiphia
law CT, W B. Davis, of Aioorestown, to
dav set a new record for promotions IN the
National Army. a few months ago he
wandered into camp as visitor and III
chance conversation with Lieutenant
Colonel " c. johnson, assistant chief OF
staff. discovered there was a great need for
tlCiQ tlCihc, dIid. DCiHe d(ONC NA"A a.
but stirred bYa patriotic impulse TO do hi
bit, applied for one of the positions at a
small salary.
He was at once assigned to the division
headquarters office, where his training
rapid ly won him recognition for ability in
directing army office forces, and when a
vacancy occurred few da ago by the
promotion of Captain freeman, Of the
Adjutaut Generals department. TO the
rank of major, LAWS was recommended
for the captaincv and the recommendation
has been approved by the War depart
ment. Captain Davis had taken charge OF
the war risk insurance division in the alb
sence Of Major freeman.
Sergeant Kingdom Gould, Of the Head
quarters Troop. has won another promo
ton. having been advanced 20 the rank of
battalion sergeant major b. Major Cen
eral Scott. The young millionaire Is at
tached TO the division intelligence Office
and recently declined an appointment TO
the officers training school IN order that he
might appl, himself TO his new work
There are onl 2,7l7 men in the division
as yet uninsured, according to the lnsur-
ance bureau total up to this date 4
total of S202 ,235, 500 has been written.
The 3l0th Infantr Of New York leads the
camp with regimental total Of $3.50 o.
600 and all but 10 members Of the rcg
ment insured. The 3llth Infantry, Of
South Jersey, is second with SIS, 5,408, 500
and only 81 men uninsured North
Jerse ,nen Of the 3l2th infantry have sub
scribed TO $l4 ,9l7 900 worth Of protec-
tion and only 22 men are not included,
while the men Of the 3J8th Field Artillerl
have taken $l2, ,787 500, with IL not set
signed up. Forty-two organizations in the
camp now have every man insured
The opening Of the Liberty theatre
circuit at Camp Dix, scheduled for last
night, had to be postponed because the
camp has been quarantincd on account
Of the presence Of measles
Baby Mine had been chosen for the
opering attraction, and the soldiers at
Camp Dix had counted upon making
the Inauguration Of the first of the na-
tional army cantonnent theatres a no
tai le event But at the last minute tn,
op paring, according 10 announcement
uiadc yestt rday ~ Raymond T. osGici
Of the Army Commission on Trlnin,
Camp Activities, had TO be put off in
definitely.
IL is hoped the new date for the open
ing can be soon announced.
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