Evening journal., 1918-04-18
DIX CHIEFS SUGGEST
LOAFERS TOR roads
Urge Application OF Law TO
Remedy Conditions
on Highways
UPTON TROOPS
ARRIVE IN CAMP

CAMP DIX, WRlGHTSTOWN, n. j..
April is.-In answer TO the appeal OF
Federal authorities, soldiers here have
converted Camp Dix into the countrys .
biggest mail-order house for the sale Of .
Third Liberty Loan bonds Thousands /
Of letters are daily going out to friends
az the boys at nome, urging them TO /
buy bonds 90 equip the men who are |
going out 90 friends OF the boys at |
home urging them 10 buy bonds TO I
equip the men who arc going TO The /
front. Each enlisted man viii aim 90 I
sell the equivalent Of ten $50 bonds be I
fore the drive closes. The increase In
the parcel post, as recruits have mailed
home their civilian clothing has spur
red stamp sales to some extent but the
patriotic efforts Of the khaki-clad
writers TO boom the sale Of Liberty
Bonds is largely responsible for the
bigger postal revenues. in hut No. 3,
during the last seven days, General
Secretary Charles O. Wright and his
assistants have sold more than $1,000
worth OF stamps 90 South Jerseymen
and the northern New York recruits
now assigned TO the 3itth Infantry
sales but others have made big scores
Authorities at Mrghtst0wn are said
10 have received a tip from camp OIL
cials that the War Department would
appreciate the town cleanup cam
paign Wrighstown has been so busy
building stores and catering 90 the
wants Of soldiers and visitors that 10
has neglected 90 clear away last years
deposit Of trash and rubbish from
streets and yards, The contrast with
the cleanliness OF the camp grounds
CRATES upon The nerves OF army oill-
pials. educated 20 the importance OF
sanitation. 10 has now reached the
Stage that Wrightst0wn must clean up
or shut up.
Organization OF two new nre com
panies has extended IRE protection to
every section OF Camp Dix and will
permit the concentration Of a powerful
fghting force at any point I'm the can
tonment 10 check serious outbreak.
Practical flrernen from among The re-
cruits win be selected 20 compose The
personnel Of the new companies, one
Of which, No. 4. is at the base hos
pital. while Lieutenant Sweeney, chief
OF the camp fire department, today
selected a site for No. at the Lewis
town end Of the contonment, near the
ordinance and ammunition stores.
Importance OF fire prevention Is one
Of the FIRST features OF instruction given
the thousands OF rescruits now enter
ing the camp. In addition the fire
drills are receiving increased attention
and officers recognize that the greater
the camp population, tho greater the
nre menace.
Major George T. Adee, OF West Ches-
ter. n y. former national tennis
champion, has been assigned by Col
onel Stokes, OF the 3itth Infantry TO
command OF the Second battalion
Major Marshall Stearns. OF New Canaan,
~ ~. one Of the honor men at the
plattsburg training camp has been as
signed TO command the Third battalion
Captain Albert r. Fleschman. Of Phil
Rdelphia recently attached to this regl-
ment. is assigned and given command
Of d Company. Other assignments are .
First Lieutenant Constantine Hutchins
OF Boston, 20 L Company, and First
Lieutenant William X. Zuoker. Of
Mount Vernon, n Y, TO C Company.
In order that they may participate
IN the Liberty Loan demonstration at
,Aammonton tomorrow, Major General
Scott today ordered 2i-hour leave Of.
absence for all Atlantic county men.
Application Of the new snh-loafng
law 10 Burlington county freeholders is
suggested by Camp Dix officers as
possible method OF getting long-needed
road repairs in the vicinity Of the
centonment. Advocates Of the idea be
1ieve It would have the hearty indorse-
ment OF the thousands OF automobilists
who each week must motor over the
highways campward which, because
Of neglect, have become a nerve and
car-racking series Of holes and ridges
Streets Of Wrightstown itself offer
one OF the worst examples OF rough go
ing. The most serious menace. how
ever. is a condition that has existed on
much-traveled road beside the Re
mount Station A small bridge broke
down on this road last October The
freeholder OF the township sand one
assistant could repair Il within an
hour. But it Is slill in its wrecked
condition and in the intervening months
thousands OF teams, army trucks and
private automobiles have had TO make
a detOur by a nearby field to get
through.
Another big assignment Of troops
from Camp Upton reached the conton-
ment yesterday.
With Geld officers mounted and an
but few OF the newest recruits arm
3D. the 3iith Infantry gave a dress
parade before a big throng OF week
end visitors. Lieutenant Colonel Myer
commanding I'm the absence Of Colonel
Stokes on other duty.
Agents, commission men and bono
statesmen should study the Want Ads
for new opportunities during the com
lrg week