Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-10
CAMP DIX MEN
IN SHAM BATTLE
Other Regiments Look On While
Picked Men Stage Spec
tacular Show.

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, n. j., Aug 10.
Using the newest developments In
American, French and British tactics in
exactly the same manner that Yankee
soldiers are employing them at present on
the western front, the famous model
battalion, composed of ''shock troops of
the S1th Division, yesterday Afternoon
captured sector on "Marnc Hill, II
the most spectacular battle ever fought
over the trenches there The affair was
gwen as practical demonstration for the
troops of the l74th Infantry Brigade,
who viewed il from an adjoining hill,
this system Of making an actual presen-
tation of maneuvcrs having been found
to excel even the movies IN training
instruction
The attack was planned by Major
John j. Mahonev, who commanded the
troops in action The 345tb, 346th,
347th and 34Sth Regiments each fur
nished a picked company, chiefly of non
CONS" for the attacking party. The
attack was launched from the woods
in the rear of the water tanks, the in
fantry advancing in five waves under
protection of simulated barragc to the
edge of the creek at the foot of "Marne
Hill" Here there was halt while
u
Lieutenant John Fl. Cooter went forward,
mined and blew up the enemy WIRE en-
tanglcments and launched live grenade
attack, using some of the new American
explosives So strenuous was this feature
that the pioneers crept back covered
with dirt hurled over them by the nearness
of the explosions
4 rocket signal announced the opening
of the way through the wire and at the
same moment the enemy launched a
gas attack, simulated with yellow smoke
bombs With a yell the first skirmh
line of 'Ianks" broke cover. and with
fixed bayoncts and blazing rifles rushed
the trench. four successive waves following
them The stirring wlnd-up of the
scrap came when the pioneers blew
up an ammunition dump and n platoon
rushed in and occupied the crater
formed.
Little Miss Sunonne Simonettc. II
years old. of Massey Marine.
France. is now officially the daughter
Of Company /. Saith Infantry, here
and Master Andre ROLAND. 10. is the
companys son The manner in which
these French war orphans have been
adopted by the men Of the company is
story crcditahlc OF the hig-hearted
iberalitv Of the American soldier Not
only has the company. Of which Captain
Hollie L. Mason IS commander. formally
accepted the responsibility Of contributing
the specified financial aid for the children
but the men have raised special fund OF
$50, which will be exchanged for French
money and sent TO the children in France
On the company bulletin boards ycster-
day appeared the Interpretation of a
letter Of appreciation which little Miss
Simonctte wrote 10 the company telling
how proud she is TO be their daughter
A photograph shows her TO be pretty
little bluc-eycd blonde She tells how
her father, a banker, was killed while
on a secret mission Typical Of the
spirit Of the Frecnh in their great crisis,
her letter adds 10 the account of her
fathers death " | wept very much,
but promised myself not 10 do so, since
my weeping only added, to the sorrow
Of my mother. | 90 to school and do
my best also help mother in the
business she has taken up since the death
of father