Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
DIX REMOUNT RIDERS
WILL EXHIBIT SKILL
General Scott to See Show.
Y. W. C.. A. Serves &c.
900 in Month

Camp Dix, wrightstown, n. j., Sept. 5.
In honor of Major General Hugh l..
Scott. camp commander. the men from
the Remount Station will give a demon
stration of trick riding on Friday af-
ternoon, September 49,
For some time past the men have been
appearing in various cities, but General
show, so in order that he may gain an
idea of the work Frank J. wandle. di-
rector of the knights of Columbus activ-
tiles here, has asked the camp command
cr TO be the guest of honor. 1t is eX.
pected that Brigader General J. A.
Johnston. commander of the Thirty.
fourth Division, and his staff will also
attend.
The remount men. under the command
of Captain J. A. B. Turnham. will ap.
pear as a feature of the Devon Horse
Show. which will be opened at Bryr
Mawr the latter part of September.
To Hold Competitive Drill
The men of the Thirty-fourth Division
will also have a hand in the show, and
| the sixteen machine companies will hold
n competitive drill for a cup to be Of
! fered by the knights Of Columbus. Sew
eral of the regimental bands will fur
! nish music.
More than 10000 persons were served
/ in the Y. w. C. A. cafeteria at the
| Hostess House last month, besides the
thousands of others who visited tn,
place and received other helps from Mrs
! Edward Pershing and the other secre
taries. On some Sundays as high al
| 1000 persons are served meals
The work of Miss Hortense Rosen. tn,
| Travellers Aid representative. has beer
doubly trying the last few weeks, owini
to the fact that the hour for visiting
has been changed and now all must b,
out of the camp by p. m. Many come
| just after that hour and insist on seeing
! friends. claiming that they did not know
of the change. Another order enforced
is against the carrying of cameras. n,
one Is allowed to take pictures her,
unless they have a pass. Cameras ar,
checked at the station A few brint
them in by auto. but where seen b.
| military police risk a chance of tenn
porarily losing the use of the machine
SO 1t is better to leave the camera a
home.
Dix Men Transferred
The following Dix men, nearly all o
whom are from New Jersey or New
York. have been transferred to the engi
neer replacement troops. unassigned
Camp Humphreys, Va, and will take tn,
course that will qualify them for com
missions in the engineering branch o
the army: Corporal Raymond c. Fisher
headquarters company. Depot Brigade
Private Francis S. Hueber. Compan,
Two; Private John p. Tuttle. Compan.
Thirty three: Private Vincent @. Riz
zolo. Company Thirty-nine; Privat
Norman II. Ofsthun, headquarters com
pany. 135th Infantry: Corporal +. j
Scherer, Private Eugene Keller, Jr., an
Corporal Martin Croiesant. Compan
Three; Private Harry A. johnson. Com
pany Twenty: Private Morgan Hand. Jr
Company Twenty-nine Private Burr NJ
Stark. Company Twenty-seven Privat
II. T. Loft. utilities detachment Cor
poral l.. T.. Snider, Company Thirty
seven, and Private Clifford S. Wilson
Company c, 1881 Infantry.
A record for a short stay at Dix ha
been made by Lieutenant Colonel I. .
Sutherland assistant chief of staff O
the Thirty fourth Division, who reporte
at camp in the morning only to fin
orders detailing him to duties in Wash
ington, and by noon he was again o
his way.
: Shortly after war was declared an
the soldiers began arriving overseas i
large numbers, three New York bank
established an Office where the me
could exchange American money fo
checks issued at the current rate Q
exchange and without paying commits
sions. So great has this service becom
: that at Dix alone in one day $4,000 1
checks was issued,