Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-13
PROMOTE QUAKER
At CAMP DIX
Man Who Objected to Khaki
Making Good in Auxiliary
Position.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, \. j.. March
II. Although he came into camp as a
conscientious objcctor. Private Benjamin
,>attcrwaitc, of Trenton, a member OF
Headquarters Company of tho 3lIth,
was Yesterday one of three members
promoted q corporals. 1t Is said to bc the
first ease since the war opened of an
"objcctor" being advanced Satterwaltc
Is n Quaker, aud, when drafted, asked to
hc excused from bearing arms. He cN-
pressed - Willingness to do any other
work assigned To him, and was detailed
as n mail orderly IN the South Jersey
regiment llc has been doing his work
- efficiently that Colonel Stokes recon-
mcndcd hiS promotion. Harold I. Ma
han al-n ol Trenton. and lfoydt Henry.
of Nncland. are other members of the
Same company to-day receiving thcIr
warrants rs CorporalS.
\ school for intelligence officers has
hccu organized al the camp. with Lieu
tenant Colonel G. II. White rs senior
instructor. and Captain John Nanamakcr.
.Ir nf rhlladeluhla and Lieutenant W
! Wright. oi the British army, rs assistant
instructors Officers and "non-Cums
from each brigade and regiment IN camp
will make up the personnel of the school
FAvoRs CIRCULATING LIBRARY.
In order that soldiers who are too
busy during the day 10 visit the central
library md too tired at night. Librarian
Howard Hughes has organized n circu-
hating library About 80 books ipcludlng
tctlon and scientific works. will Toe placed
M the barracks uf several companies to
try ont the wisdom of the plan The
-rlcntIfc books selected will hc of a type
that VIII appeal to the men IN that
parilcular branch of the service. Men
,an borrow books from tho circulating
library through company sergeant 81
an, time assistant Camp Librarian
! Harold Rrlhham Is ~ charge oi the
distribution of the first of the circulating
srt4
oHic,rs assigned from Ncv Jersey
infantry regiments this ucoh iul SpcrlaI
o,air-c Fl Tort SlI are Lieutenant
n Nunvort 81 tho ]ilth who will s. udy
advanced u,ld tnrtlhcation work. aud
lleutcn,nt 4 J kuapp. of the 3l2th,
y 49, takes course in havonet work
The old It'll New Jersey Band which
has boon NJ Camp Met .lclau ~ \nnlston
With tho New Iers"v National t''lard
r.rtm,ut4 ha- arrived ~ Camp Dix
lh. organization has boon attached e.
tf. p,lu,, l,uga,i, h,,rc. wh,ch has been
" 4
ut,nt IS prf ,.i auw,uncci.
\ .qaad IT clght Camp ptZ soldiers
lu,,u th, sensation ~ hclng under Ing gun
Hrr no pNppucurr caue to them late
,,-t,r.l.> when tor : l3lf hour thcy hld
n dugeut~ and d"ep treurhr~ ~ N4mo
UtH White + hattrIN 81 trench uortar~
operated =, 4 ,ampan, from tho DIVISION
$. b,,ol ii \rm. va~ -hollIng the area with
ara,, lowh, Thor presence was nm
kuevn tl the mortar crews until ono
tt,sn tuerc ,rnfurrsnmc than the others
pakrd lis head oVcr Z hC top Oi tho trench
al spc Il an, morn bombs vcrO coming
IN ofIccr directing tho hrc ~ tho mortare
observed tho orjcct IN tho trench through
q hrld glass I,-t as she'll was about to
d, p1..tcd In that vrr, salient
lbo ofhr,r shouted x varnng Just
NON conn Was about ~ drop =
.bou 1uta th" n1nrtar Lieutenant CnI-
..uti d, n White directing the mortar
Irsrtf,r. .l-a made ONT the figure ~
IS trru,h 1ud Uurl, oricrrd th" waiting
-4I,a br,d rutg 4 nrar-h, hCld srvcral
hundred 3rd- f-om The orcupfrd trenches
Noting the hfusr ~ tho immature
larIagr. uEut men scrambled ont Of tho
trench and luto W Man land
Thr ldrnttt, "a the mcnhCrs of tho
II
lrarpcd although olhcrrs VIII make
thorough investigation ot their presence
lu the trenches against orders Tho
llttCr1 was FIRING tFrrc-Inch shells
ar, one ot which striking m their trench
might haNr wiped out Tho squad
SHOWS sTLENDID TBoGRU~~
ASIDE from ITS thrilling climax, thr
target work with the mortarS Indicated
thst AmcTlcan 'doughhoVs arc making
~nlcudld progress ~ banding these new
WrspanS Tho mortars were fired from
drcp trenches English officers aiding in
setting thcm up and sighting. \ gale
madc aiming more dlihcut rs tho shell
10 tins gun scars m high arc over No
Man Land and tho wind can swing it
several degrees from IT., COURSE The
hr~t shell foil short tut every Other bomt
exploited among the haIh-vIrc cntanglc-.
mruts. Zach explosion tore out several
posts and snapped the wires II was
demonstration oi what these weapons can
da to wire dcicnsCs ON a real battlefield
The mortar practice viii hr an almost daily
occurrence hereafter