Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-22
DELAWARE TROOPER
MARRIED At CAMP
Robert Zeller and Mabel Cosgrove
Wed With Military
Surroundings.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, n. j., j. :,
22.-Private Robert Zeller. of the 5tl
Pioneers, and Miss Mabel Irene Coserove
of Wilmington, Del, were married yes
terday at a camp wedding, Lieuten
ant Howard Davis, chaplain of the Pho
neers, performed the ceremony
Two Wilmington BOYS listed for pro-
motions by Colonel Reed, of the Pio
neers, are Sergeant Major John j. Dugan
who Is advanced to regimcntal sergeant
major, and Sergeant William r. Kearn
who is made battalion sergeant major.
First Lieutenant Peter A. Tulip, OF
the camp headquarters, has been pro
NOTED TO captain in the adjutant-gen-
erals department.
As rapidly as $4,000 recruits due
this week from New jersey, New York
and Delaware are mustered into ser
vice and classified by the personnel de
partment according to their previous
employment, the individuals of each
class will in turn be measured as to
the proficiency they have attained in
their respective trades, so that immedi-
ately officers can ascertain which men
are at once available for duties in spe-
cial units and which need additional
training This remarkable cataloging
of human abilities WILL be accomplished
by an application of the new standard
lied trade tests adopted by the national
committee on classification of person
mel, after exhaustive experiments here
and soon TO be extended as branch of the
personnel work in all training camps
The development of this yard stick
to measure n mans mechanical skill Is
purely n result of the war American
manufacturers usually have had to ac-
cept an employee on the strength of his
declaration OF ability and give him a
trial TO test his veracltv by perform
ance These new tests do away with
the necessity of m actual trial. and
show up a candidate $ ability as ac-
curately and almost as quickly as n
thermometer shows the temperature of
water into which it is plunged Within
a few minutes after he has taken the
trade test a recruit can he positively
listed for his special trade IN one Of the
four classes novice, apprentice, Jour
neyman or Iourncyman expert.
New restrictions as To height and
weight Will govern the acceptance Of re-
cruits among the big July quota that
Will begain reporting At Camp Dix this
week. Under orders from the adjutant-
general passed TO examining boards At
the mastering stations today candidates
will be rejected for military service if
less than so inches in height. except for
lnsural Troops The same ruling makes
the minimum weight rs 40 pounds The
latter provision, however allows no loop
hole for a malinger who might attempt
10 starve himself to escape service The
boards will be expected to take into con-
sideration the general health conditions
Of the recruit and the possibility also
that his lack Of weight may be due ito
recent illness or to employment and en-
vironment of civil life which is consid-
ered remedial by camp life
Defvlng the hot wave that kept the
mercury lowering around the century
mark yesterday. thousands Of visitors
locked TO the camp for a weekend visit
With soldier friends There was a notice
lble falling of of train travel however.
iue apparently 10 increased frarcs. but a
pig jump IN auto traffic and iItney ser
nee. owing TO the opening Of improved
'oads.
DELAWARE BOYS FOR OFFICERS
Approximately 300 soldiers who entered
Camp Dix as rockies few month ago
have demonstrated by efficiency their
-ight 70 an opportunity to work their way
md have been selected as the first detail
rom the cantonnent to the new central |
'fficers training schools The list an
lounced Saturday is made up chiefly Of
nen from New Jersey, Delaware and New
ork No candidates are taken at this |
lme from the S7th Division, which is
here. The list of successful |
andidates from the Delaware regiment, |
59tb Pioneers follows
J. B. Magee, A B. Thomas, r. c. Bam-
'erger, Samuel Norton, j. NJ. Mack. c. B. |
'ypherd, L. J. Tarbuton. W r Brown, |
!. B. Cullen, " c. Buckson. Albert |
daag, Jr., D. L. Ransom, c. H. Thornton, |
I. c. Hay, Harry Hickman. j. NJ Co |
een.
The detail has been assigned to the
raining School for Infantry Officers at
amp Lee, Virginia. Later details will be |
ent to the central schools for the training |
{ artillery and machine gun officers.