Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-20
DELAWARE "bOyS"
At CAMP DIX KEPT
BUSY HALF A YEAR
Have Completed Sewer Construc-
ton and Other Hard Work and
Now Perform Lighter
Duties.
AREN'T TALKING POLITICS

,,ar Correspondence OF Every Evening
Camp Dix. Wrightstown. y. J. July 20.
The 500 Dclawarcans composing the
ioth Pioneer Infantry have been here
six months. having arrived January lb
Their health generally, IS good The
,lluoss percentage Of the lighting reg
irnept''I that is title bestowed upon
them is the lowest i'll the camp
Most of the sewers that drain Camp
Dix's 100 acres were constructed hy the
Delaware boys Such work kept them
busy four months Now they have
lighter employment, performing guard
duty instructing rockies and "awk-
wartis" and participating in other camp
routine. Lawns and boardwalks put in
the Delaware zone by the 59th Pioneers
arc highly commended, and other areas
arr following the example. \ pebble
sidewalk is the latest Improvement IN
the Delaware zone. The DclawareanS
also have large war garden, contain
mig all kinds of Vegetables, which daily
supply the needs of Colonel J Warner
Reed and his regiment.
Last week the members Of he 5ath had
l6-uiile hike" this week they 'hlkcd
% miles. The long marches had I'll effect
ON but few men.
An officers training school Is n now
feature at Camp Dix. The members 81
the 59th Infantry are highly trained. and
$50 of the most efficient l'clawareans
have formed n demonstration company,
Sixteen non-CoDunIssIonCd officers 0t
the 5oth went from Camp Dix TO Camp
Ieo virginia. Thursday to qualify Mt
the Central Officers Training School for
commissions The party was composed
Of John r.. Magee, scrgeant-malor.
Samuel NJ. Norton. Alfred B- Thomas,
Reinhar,lt G.. Bamhcrger and Michael
Mack, first scrgeants and Armstrong
Il Cullen. Clarence Il Syphcrd Leon !.
Tarburton. William X Brown, Wilson
Z. Buckson, Albert Mag. .Ir.. Donald
Laprinec Ransom. Charles II Thornton
John C. HAY, Harry Hickman and jos
eph NJ Gohcen, sergeants.
Private Oswald F. Mosclev has sue
cocded Private Harry 4. Warner as
bugler
The 5ath Pioneer Rand, under the
leadership Of Lieutenant J y. Robinson.
is becoming a fine musical organization
Its membership, now s., soon will ho m
creased TO 100 Tt will participate in a
Red Cross concert At Allentown \ J +,
next Thursday, and Lieutenant Robinson
hopes Wilmington viii invite il TO that
CITY during the community sing or
park seasons The famous French In
iantry Band touring the United States
will spend three days Of ueNt week
Monday, Tuesday and "Wednesday
Il Camp Dix as guest ot th" 19th
rneer Band.
Delaware politics ore not lothornf
oawarcans here The soldiers mat
Il little interest in the senatorial ano
her political contests ~ arrange
entS have been made for balluting h
mp Din
Tho camp IS . scene of continuou
*jvit, flyo thousand mrn arrtv'
4 wcck amt The population now n'un
r, - 600
~icu quarantiucd keep ont
ractS much attention aud mprc-~r
mn visitors With tho belief that th'
.cn having contagious diseases }u
tbr building 50 marked arc not hospitals
They arc barracks Tor soldiers who hay,
11aiitied for overseas. and rrivatcs thur
ittcd are quarantlncd 70 prevon
'ducking by those who do not want Z
20 over there