Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-09
CAMP MEADE MEN
WEAR GAS MASKS
Are Being Trained to Use Protect
ors While Operating
Field Artillery.

Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, July 3. p
| Artlllcrymen am taking thcr gas tTrat
mcnt now. They sccm 10 find the dip
enjoyable, too, because of the perfect
action uf the masks, which foil the
! Huns, The men behind tho guns OF
the 3l0th and 3llth and those behind
! the ''hcavics' of the 3t2th Artillery are
So skilled now in handling their masks
/ that thCy will be able To deliver shell Tor
| shell 10 tho Huns, even # ii rs necessary
| so war the masks while operating tho
i gums. \ dcluRc ol gas Is one oi the
| means the Germans employ "a handicap
| a battery that IL dong too mulch damage.
| So will have thcsar Pennsylvania artil-
] lervmen managed the gas drills that It ~
| likely that their skill and speed viii BE-
! only slightly, Il at all affected 10y
| shower of gus shells from tho enemy.
| 'Fhcsr same artillrrymcn haNr built hcrc
/ gun pits that win he admiration ut all
who have been ahlc 10 fud them Tho
| faihIrr Of OF hers to find them Is ono of
| the finest compliments. Visitors have
| often passed within few hundred feet
| Of the pits without noting ANYTHING TO
| Indicate thcir existence
The lth Field ARTILLERY has u new
| commander. Colonel Charles g. Morti-
| mcr = Washington neln, who has been
acting commander as lieutenant colonel
fnr several months Hts promotion
comes III recognition Of srrVlccs we'll
performed IN spite Of handicaps The
rhIcf handicap has been the slow ARRIVAL
Of guns. ut he COURSE Of training here
proved that a chance 10 tire "a gun Is not
thr first thing for artlllcrymrn 90 learn
MAJOR Herbert - Hayden was promoted
to lieutenant -suloncl lie - a West
Point graiuatr
] he 81 Training RattalIon Of the i5ith
Depot Brigade has rrclvtd word that
four of It's members have paid the supreme
p1iCt- in the fighting in France The names
are rot officially rsnr'icd, bmt are remem-
bCTrsi bv the staff officer, that are N com
uaud Of u is battalion. They are Michael
Du,la. Of bridegroom, Pa, }. I, Foley, Of
Scranton Pa. and Daniel Council and
William WasS.ic. % NsrtInoke, I'm. Ser
vice in n training battalion is OF course.
PRELIMINARY to service IN some other unit
10 whirh = man i,e4nmcs more fondly at
tarhe1 but All who pass through IT arr re-
min,ied that the organization has it, his
tory and that II docs not forget those who
make the supreme Sacri Icr.
The following transfers and asslgn-
meuts were announced Yesterday MAJOR
II H. Hayden SIith Held Artillery. r.
Gently Innmotci az lieutenant colonel.
to remain with his regiment FIRST Lieu
tenant NJ H. French Ia IT, assistant
conservation sid lcSlamstlon officer
Lieutenant Coleman Brown ]l5th IN
fantTv. ppomot"i to captalr ard placpd
~ charu, 81 rcg1mcntaI personnel ilru-
tenants Frederick Nct llntock and Frank
4 Van Horn % 3I5th Infantry. promoted
10 captain. t'orTornls RaurTnap Buckley
Fitzgerald IiInis,n- Jaoolps. f,zrll Pat
ter >.,n. Rnsemsn. Brown Murphy apj
Nc4 'rrary 20 i've aergrsnts IN the 3I5th
Infantry, Private Herman \ Hood. l54th
depot Brigsdc g,s>s Il aviation section 81
Signal Corps. 81 paHI. Corporal Fn~i-
crlck Noy l5tth Depot II7gpie. {" 3Ilth
Field Artillery