Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-06
CAMP DIX MEN
WIN COMMISSIONS
Hundreds of Se1ectiVe Service Men
There Will Have the
Opportunity.

Camp Dix. July 6-Iundreds If draft =
ed soldiers who show the proper initiative
and qualifications viii have an opporiun-
i.y In win commissions IN training camps,tf
was announced today, the candidates
having choice Of three branches Of the
service infantry, machine glnnerv nr
artillery. Organization commanders are
beginning 10 comb their units for prOspec-
tive candidates General Scott has ordered
that care be taken to recommend and list
only the best qualified men as available
for transfer 10 the training camps Re
ports must be filed bv each organization
by July TO- and the training camps will
open on July >. II ls likely that infantry
candidates will be sent TO Camp Gordon
Ga machine eunncrs 10 Camp Hancock,
Ga, and artilcrymen 10 Camp Taylor,
XIV Vacancies in the waiting list Of can
dldates will be filled by new selections
made each month
Weekend visitors. especially those
entering from the Pointvillc side of the
cantonment, will scarcely recognize the
camp which now Is covering nearly double
its former area, since more than 10000
soldiers in the l53d Depot Brigade have
been shifted into tents A fringe Of canvas
extends around almost the entire canton
ment. while south of the parade ground
great tented CITY has been constructed
to shelter five battalions The population
of the camu, we'll beyond the 10000
mark. is the largest body Of men trained
here at one time, and arrangements arc
being made for the reception OF 5000
more recruits this month
Officers and enlisted ncn If the Depot
Brigade seem delighted to get INTO tents
40.
their men from the beginning Of their
military trimming 10 be thoroughly ac-
ouainted with actual field conditions
framing work in the battaIions il being
pushed at the fastest schedule vet at
tempted and rs rapidly as they can he
assirnilated thousands Of men are beng
assigned TO tho S7th Division, which IS
occupying the training barracks Of the
cantonfnent.
The first women n win American
citizenship under the new law grant
ing immediate naturalization to army
nurses. two pretty Canadians, Miss
Laura Master and Mss leola Colguo-
houn. natives Of Ontario, received heir
papers Yesterday afternoon with a class Of
noariv 900 foreigners called into tho
American army The ceremony WIS
conducted in the Liberty Theatre by
Federal Judge DAVIS
You've got big Job ahead Of you
Judge Davis told the nurses, waving
his hand toward tho soldiers If they
fight like they cheer, good many Of them
are going 70 need your attention The
government Is granting you tins honor
because Americans believe there Is no
more noble work than that IN which vou
and vour associates are engaged. We are
glad that yol are going 70 do this work
under the Stars and Stripes and as Ameri-
cans
Italians formed nearly one-half Of the
big class yesterday, with British subjects
second There were several Austrlans
and two Polish subjects Of Germany.
The latter apDIauded Judge DAVIS when
he congratulated them upon their good
sense in rellnquishing allegiance 70 the
only uncivifzed nation with representa-
tives IN this gathering