Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-11
MEASLES TIES Up
CAMP DIX SOLDIERS
Case of Contagion Develops and
Men Are in Quarantine
for Is Days.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, \. J., March
Ii Several hundred Jersey rockies,
including all the recent detail frOm Bur
lingtOn and Esscv counties, lost thelr
first chance for weekend home leave
Yesterday, when a case Of measles de
vcoped in one of the barracks in which the
new men are temporarily quartcrcd with
the 309th Infantry Just as the boys
were brushing up their new uniforms and
planning to make proud display back
IN Blighty, the Sanitary Corps swo0ped
down upon their section and placed them
under an lS-day quarantine As a re-
suit il will be three weeks before these
homesick lads get the hopcd-tor passes
In other sections of the C3ntonment the
new men from tho Garden State were
more fortunate, and a large percentage
got a chance fo % home from noon sat
urdav 10 taps last night March
gales that ripped the tops from many
touring carS. combined with roads that
were almost impossible because ot Sat
urdav night storm, helped cut down the
number of visitors yesterday by scv-
cra thousand.
Major George H. Adcc is now attached
Ia the 81 lth Infantry under orders from
division headquarters. lie goes 70 the
South Jersey unit from the l53d Depot
Brigade, where nc has been an instructor
in the post graduate course for at
tachcd officers First Lieutenant ] J..
Conlan and Private Gilbert II Wild
man Of the 3O3d Sanitary Train have
been ordered to report for attached ser
vice to the mcdlC:,. detachment Of the
3l2th Infantry
Captain / Gratton II Mct afIerty
81 the Depot Brigade has been promoted
tn Major General Scott 70 the rank Of
major and viii command tho Second
Provisional Battalion, which VII! be
filled largely with South Jersey recruits.
second Lieutenant Charles ; Peck of
the 312th Infantry has been promoted
"a first lieutenant
NEW brand or SI.ACKER
Because rcclmcntal court-martlal
refused Ia recognize q brand new form
ol religion as reason for q soldier iali-
ing Ia obey orders. Chester ". Titus.
recent draftee from Newark last night
began . thrcC-month term al lard labor
I'll the guard house and for an equal
period viii bc docbed tWo-thrds al ms
pay. The ease ci Titus mas attracted
Widc attention. - the recruit refused 70
obcv any order unless he could lind war
rant for 80 dong ia the Bible sunday
work ui all kinds he refused 10 do. Even
he argument of chaplain that AmerI-
can BOYS are training for what Is really
holy cause failed ia sway hIm The
climax came when an officer ordered him
10 move a bucket OF water a week ago
Yesterday. and he refused He was Ar
rested and charged with violation Of the
65th Article Of u ar W hIrh covers cases Of
serious insubordination Titus, wfnle
ouartcred ia Provisional Company No.
5 with the 3l2th Infantry, IS officially
attached 10 the Depot Brigade His
case. however. was ordered referred 10
the summary court-martlai Of the 3l2th
presided over by MAJOR J " FIfzger-
ald In the meantime Colonel \ \. +.
Anderson commanding the regiment,
investigated the case and ordered Titus
Toe sent 10 the base hospital for obser
walton as To his mentality The mental eX-
pertS reported that his mind Was clear Of
any defects and the case was then referred
10 the court 4 verdict OF guilty was
brought in and the penalty above men
toned was recommended and was APP
proved by Colonel Anderson yesterday
afternoon