The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-19
WrightStOWn

The lifting of the quarantine at
Camp Dix has also lifted from this
town the pail that settled over it when
the. men were forbidden to enter its
limits. Theatres and other amuse-
ment places are in full swing, and mer
chants are reopening their places of
business.
The Wrightstown Board of Trade
and the manager of the Army Theatre
have presented prizes to William p.
Jackson, of the War Department Com
mission on Community Service, for a
marathon race to be run through here
this week. The start and finish of the
race will be at the engineers auditor
ium on the main road. b. S. Walton,
camp athletic director, has charge.
A public meeting will be held in the
Office of William p. Jackson, in the
Army Theatre, on Thursday at p. M,
under the auspices of the Public Utili
ties Commission, and interest is being
taken by the residents because of the
fact that on the result of this meeting,
will depend the length of the towns
life. The sewerage question is to be
discussed as we'll as the water supply
and upon the findings of the commits
sion, will be based the order whether
or not Wrightstown is to have sewers
in the near future. If the system is
not installed, many merchants are
planning to quit, as the soldiers will
not be allowed to visit the town.
The reopening of amusement and
business places after the quarantine
was lifted has raised the question again
of keeping amusement places open on
Sundays. At the meeting of the
Wrightstown Board of Trade, Thurs,
| day, the Rev. Charles p. Roach, pas
tor of the Wrightstown and Pointville
NJ. e. Churches, and former Trenton
pastor, declared that some action should
be taken in regards to the violation of
the Jersey blue law. Merchants, how
ever, did not agree with him, claiming
that some amusement has TO be pro
vided for the soldiers, as Sunday is
one of the few days on which they are
at leisure. After much discussion, the
matter was referred to a committee
which is to confer with Camp Di,
authorities on this question.
The uses to which several nationa
environments, including Camp Dix
are now put may be completely changed
when they are vacated by troops unde
training, as result of General Stat
studies of the handling of division
: scheduled for foreign service. 1t ha
! been decided that two additional EN-
i barkation camps must be provided
/ and Camps Dix and Lee maybe select
? ed for this purpose. Under presen
embarkation arrangements, disease a
+ the concentration camp, to wbicl
e troops are sent before they go aboar
r ship, might result in quarantine and
{ complete tie up of the flow of men t
\ France. With two additional camp
$ available there would be little likel
) hood of such difficulty.
: Orders have been received by the d
:, vision officers at Camp Dix, for the r.
IS ceiving of the Jersey draft men, WI
I will begin to arrive here next Saturda,
r. There will be no assigning of all Il
g. men direct to one regiment as has bee
rs the custom formerly, but l, 200 will
es to the 309th Infantry and 200 to Il
- 3l0th Infantry, now composed of Ne
N York troops; 1000 to the 31lth Res
S ment and 1900 to the 812th Regimen
IN the Jersey regiments. The Field Art
80 lery will also get some of the men,
H. being assigned to the 307th Regimen
n 400 to the 3OSth and 500 to the 300
a Heavy Field Artillery Regiment. L
307th Machine Gun Battalion will {
800 men, the 30Sth 200 men and t
10 309th 200 men. The Signal Corps "
ad receive 100 men.