The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
Military Affairs

Military Affairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powell have re
ceived word that their son, Stacy, ha
arrived safely overseas.
Philip s. Irons, Jr., has made appli
cation to enter one of the officers
training camps soon to be opened by
the U. S. war department.
Robert Peacock has been appointed
first lieutenant on the staff of the
adjutant general of New Jersey He
has made application for entrance into
one of the United States officers
training schools.
Notices stating that Camp Dix is a
Government reservation that will be
used in the future as a game preserve,
have been posted on the limits of the
cantonment and gunners are warned
that hunting is strictly prohibited
This is: the latest conundrum from
Camp Dix:
Question - What would you rather
be than colonel with an eagle on his
shoulder?
Answer = A private with chicken
on his knee.
Norman w. Harker reported for
duty at the Wissahickon Barracks,
Cape May, last week, where he enlisted
in the navy. He received word that
he had passed his examination before
the state board of examiners for his de-
gree as counsellor at law.
The French Military Band arrived
at Camp Dix yesterday afternoon for
series of concerts. To night they will
be at the outdoor Y. M. c. A, near the
Tenth Battalion; Wednesday afternoon
at the base hospital, and in the even
ing again at the Y. Nj. auditorium.
During the week beginning July 20,
three drafted men will be sent from the
first registry district of Burlington
county for guard and fire service at
points of embarkation. These men
will report at Syracuse, N. Y, and are
the first special service men to be call
ed from this district.
Francis E. Brannan, who volunteer
ed for military service some months
ago and was sent to the State College
at Kingston, r. l., for special training,
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
his home in Mount Holly. Upon COM
pleting an electrical course at Kings !
ION, he was assigned to the ordnance
department. and is now stationed at
Camp Raritan, Metuchen.
Many men who have been rejected !
BY the local boards during the week
Ind in previous examinations, will be
'ecalled to undergo an additional test
md be indicted into the government
Iervice. This step will be taken because
II another change in the regulations.
N the future men 60 inches in height |
ind weighing ITO pounds will be &C
'epted. According to information re-
;eived previously by the local boards
q inches was the height required and
20 pounds the weight.
The reults of the examinations held
It the court house on Thursday we're
Is follows:
Physically Qualified for General Military
Service.
Joseph Malena Dobbins
Percy Kay, Smithville.
Walter b. Stevens, Rancocas
Frederick C. Dunstan, Mount Holly.
John B. White, Pemberton.
Llewellyn knighton, Mount Holly.
Andrew Anderson, New Lisbon.
Earl Joslin, Pemberton.
Charles Grover, Pemberton.
Joseph Simcoe, Pemberton.
Louis Greenwald, Lumberton
Amos Content Ingling. Columbus.
Joseph N. Burr, Pemberton.
Louis Eckhardt, Centreton.
William J. North. Rancocas.
Harold c. Shreve, Dobbins.
Joseph Davis. Columbus.
Clarence Hargrove, Mount Holly
Ralph Anderson, Moorestown.
George Clark, Marlton.
Horace Albright, Hainesport.
Lewis D. Hopkins, Browns Mills
w. Grant Berry, Marion.
Walter H Lamb. Mount Holly I
Lewis A. Wills, Burlington.
Edwin Sibbett, Mount Holly
Edgar G. Colkitt, Vincentown.
Hobart MacFarland, Mount Holly.
Sylvanus Warner, Mount Holly.
Philip S. Irons, Jr., Mount Holly
Angelomchelo Marcone, Mount Holly
Ellsworth Danley, Columbus
Chauncey Depew Cox, Columbus
George Klein, Columbus.
Trick Ritzendollar, Chatsworth
Frank Cawley, Bordentown.
Harry G. Phillips, Masonvile.
hysically Fit for Limited or Special Service, ,
William G. Everham, Jr, Lumberton.
Ralph H. Hulick, Browns Mills L.
Joseph Giles, Mount Holly.
Henry w. Simmerman, Medford
Melcour r. Lippincott, Mount Holly. /
Webster s. Mick, Jenkins.
Carlton W. Davis, Mount Holly 1917 Reg
istrant.
Rudolph H. Trusty, Mount Holly, transferred {.
from another Board here for examination.
Physically Deficient and Not Physically
Qualified for Any Service
Charles M. Shinn. Mount Holly. Ia
Thomas South, Browns Mills.
Turkle Jones, Medford
Joseph Carey, Moorestown.
eferred to the Medical Advisory Board for
Further Examination {
William Ireland Coles, Mount Holly.
Harvey Leek, Chatsworth.
John N. Reeve, Medford