Evening journal., 1918-08-16
CURB ON JOY riding
DECLARED At DIX.
Men in Uniform Are Ad-
vised They Are Not I'm
mune from Prosecution
NEGROES TO WIN
RIGHT TO COMMAND

CAMP DIX, N. j., Aug. i6.-Dix will
send candidates from the various Ne
gro units here 10 the officers training
school which are under way in three
camps. The infantry candidates Will
go to Camp Pike. Ark, the artillery to
Camp Taylor, ky., and the machine
gunners TO Camp Hancock, Ga. Each
month a list Of recommended students
will be sent to headquarters, and from
them will be picked enough men TO in
sure enough attendants at the schools
for the graduation monthly Of enough
men qualified for commissions TO pro-
vide a number not TO exceed 2 per cent
Of the total number Of cOmbatsnt col
ored officers i'm the army at that time.
The automobile school IS now To-
Gated in a new building back Of the
barracks Of the headquarters troops
and here sessions In repairing are be-
ing conducted each day for the men Of
the s7th Division. A lot Of new equip
ment has been received lately and Is
being installed so that the school Is
now able 10 give thorough instruc-
ilon IN automobile mechanics. Lieu
tenant Smith is In charge OF the
school.
Joy-riding and speeding by soldiers
will be tolerated no longer by the mill
tary authorities, who are working in
conjunction with the state Automo-
bile Department In an effort to prevent
as far as possible infractlons Of the
law by men In uniform. Unit COM
manders have been instructed by
Major General Scott 20 bring before
the drivers Of automobiles. trucks and
motorcycles the fact that they must
not think themselves immune from
arrest simply because they are in the
military service, for the State author
titles will proceed against violators OF
irafilc in the military service as they
would against any other persons.
Regulations have been announced
regarding the speed for driving within
the reservation. Automobiles will be
allowed to travel 20 miles an hour on
clear roads and motorcycles likewise
light trucks. equipped with pneumatic
tires, 70 miles an hour, and heavy
trucks. both light and loaded, 10 miles
per hour. outside the reservation tho
State laws Will govern. This allows
a speed Of % miles an hour in the
country and 70 miles in cities except
when on sharp curves or when turn
Ing corners, the speed then being one
mile in seven minutes. and the in
tersection of a prominent cross road
one mile In four minutes.
Military policemen are cautioned 90
report TO headquarters any violations
OF the speed law and TO take steps to
prevent speeding outside the reserva-
tion It has been reported that auto
and trucks have been used for
joy-riding and Investigation has shown
that the drivers have taken the ma
chimes from the garage without per-
mission. Commanders are to see that
this order is not violated and that
motorcycles are used for Official bust
ness only and rarely outside the reser- |
vation.
Ten years az hard labor az the dis |
ciplinary barracks at Fort Jay. n. v, |
10 be followed by dishonorable dis
charge from the army, was the SEN
ience meted out by the court-martial
board that tried Private Charles Puck
ett. Company E, 3i2th Ammunition
Train. who was absent without leave
when his division arrived here from
Camp Pike. Ark. puckett was charged
With deserting the train at Camp Pike
,bout March 1 and remaining away
until he was apprehended at Buena
Vista, Cal, about July rs and also with
breaking liberty after having been re-
'tricted 10 the reglmental area and go
ng TO Little Rock. He pleaded guilty
10 both charges and the findings OF
he court were approved by Major
General Sturgis.
The first letter via aeroplane was re-
,eived in camp yesterday. Il did not
come all the way through the air. but
only from New York TO Philadelphia.
From the latter city 10 was sent by
train here and the knights OF Colum-
bus completed the circuit by seeing
that IL was promptly delivered to Prl-
Vate s. II. Peel, OF the 9th Battalion.
II was mailed in New York at , p. m.
Wednesday and arrived at Dix shortly
after yesterday morning.
James w. Fitzpatrick, president OF
the White Rats Association Of New
York. who has been assisting Frank
Wsndle. director Of knights OF COlum-
bus activities here, left yesterday Toy
bis home and will sail in few days
overseas TO continue work as a X. Of c.
He was here for about five
months and obtained valuable exper-
ience that will prove in good stead
when he begins HIS duties in France.