Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-01
BRITISH TANK
At CAMP DIX
Soldiers to be Given Demonstra.
ton of Huge Engine
Of War.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, N. j., Feb. ].
AS demonstration Of its power the
British tank Britannia, due here early
next week, will plow its way through one
of the old farm houses remaining on the
cantonment reservation Major DAVIS
IN charge Of the tank work here has asked
that IL possible brick building be used
In the demonstration to make the test
more strenuous and messengers from
division headquarters began yesterday
afternoon scouting around for such
structure. There are several inside the
camp that are TO be razed and officers
figure the tank offers quicker way to
accomplish the task than turning the
rob over TO n contractor.
The tank will remain in camp at least
i week. during which time 1t Will creep
over the trenches, barbed-wire entangle-
rnents and dugouts on ''Marne HUI,
followed by battalions of infantry Brit
,sh and American instructors will tell
the .'doughboys" just how to handle
themselves in going lover the top" In
the wake OF the steel monster.
While sctuh figures for the days
sotaI are not yet available, the division
insurance office announces that with q
total subscription Of over SI9l 600 900,
more than 90 per cent OF the men IN
r-sunp have taken out WAY risk policies,
che great majority of them for the max
frnum amounts Of $4,000. One regl-
rnent haa only 3 dozen men not insured.
There are - organizations IN camp IN
,shich every member has taken out a
Government policy. 4 big dnve was
sAayted todsy among the Delaware
rpen Of the new Pioneer regiment, recently
though. in from Camp Mcclellan There
.sre rtirl about 500 uninsured men IN this
unit =.
Rahbi n. S. Davidouits. formally OF
che B'nai Jeshurum Temple, Philadel-
uhiA. IL the first Jewish chaplain assigned
10 Camp Dix. He has the rank OF lieu
1..nant and will cooperate with Cyrus
x hanover secretary of the Y oung Men's s
Hebrew Association here.
GERMAN MEASLES Aprxu.
Nndcc for the iokesrnith and fhe
-snstes! Camp Dix will no longer recog-
,ise the disease known As German
measles II was wiped of the sanitary
department records today and hereafter
.ho~e soldiers 50 unfortunate az to con-
tract the lighter form OF the malady that
hns brought about the quarantine OF the
cantonment Will be listed "a III with
liberty measles.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w SAs ~ $NoeDcs'f
assistant chief OF staff announced the
c..mouaagine Of the disease yesterday
afternoon. About so per cent of the
measles patients have had the German
tyre and the convslesccnts have tired OF
being made the subject OF Iibcs about con-
tracing an illness with such an I'm
patriotic name Someone suggested re-
naming the trouble Liberty measles,
and the idea was approved by the medical
staff and the ''materis medica' altered
accordingly.
The Improvement in the measles record
indicates an early lifting Of the quaran-
tine Yesterday wss the eighteenth day
The regulations have been In effect, the
minimum period for camp quarantine.
10 announcement " as made SIS 10 3 lift
ns of the ban. bat soldiers and officers
..,,ticira+c such an order before another
0cth ends The measles score today Is the
cv,st since the quarantine became
elective. showing: genuine measles, l9i
,crty measles, 81.
STUDY HEAVY TRUCK DBIvTr no
Officers who will later instruct men OF
tic 30qth Heavy Field Artillery in the
science Of driving the powerful tractors
that will take their big guns into action
viii visit Newark today to study education
al methods at the automobile school
established by II. 4. Townsend, camp
education director for the Army \. NJ.
G. A. here. Colonel f. 0. Sarratt and
officers representing each battery OF his
regiment will make the inspection tour
Al the invitation of Director Town
send They will study especially the or
xsnization Of classes and system OF teach
ing students the motor parts uses and re-
pairs The regiment will later organize q
school along similar lines, and the tractor
drivers, picked from the ranks Of the ar
rilieryrnen, will be given course as
thorough az that prescribed for the gun
u.-s-
Another school organized yesterday
vii provide technical education for sew
<rzl hundred men In horseshoeing and
packing and as teamsters. 1t viii have it's
nnAduuarters ST the remount depot, and
rSnnentsl commanders were today asked
70 assiSn 70 the classes there all men who
may have had experience In these occupa-