The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-02-05
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Ine quarantine is still on at Gam,
DIX, and SO far no intimation has
oeen made by the division surgeon as
10 when it will be raised. There are
sun number of cases of measles in
camp, the total remaining around 70.
Forty-five officers, mainly, second
lleutenants from the 15Sd Depot Bri-
gade, have been assigned to various
regiments in order that they may get
the necessary experience.
The war risk insurance campaign is
sui being continued here and it is ex-
pected that before the week is ended
that fully 80 per cent. of the personnel
VIII be insured. Twenty-Five organiza-
tions have insured every man in the
command for the limit, which is
$4,000.
According to recent division order
all officers must hereafter sleep in
camp. This will mean that those who
nave been making their homes in
nearby towns will have to STAY here.
although commanding officers have
permission to grant passes occasionally
to officers and men to spend the even
ing away from camp.
The disheartening effect of continual
transfers of officers from division to
division upon the spirit and work of
various commands frequently has been
observed in the division at Camp Dix.
so many have seen the transfers of en-
listed men from the camp that months
ago the soldiers nicknamed it 1.-THE
-Four Winds Division" In this mat
ter OF transfers, the score of officers is
about tied with that OF the men.
Snow and more snow. Just about
the time the roads are cleared it begins
to storm again and the work has to be
done over again. Training schedules
have been seriously interfered with
and many of the commands have had
to be content with indoor drills all
week. Nearly all the regiments. how
ever, had practice hikes, despite the
snow and the men are getting in ex-
cellent shape to tackle any kind of
weather.
so that captains may get more time
to devote to the training of their men,
an order has been issued from Diyis-
ion Headquarters requesting that every
effort be made to cut down the amount
OF paper work in each company. This
has been increasing greatly and now a
first sergeant is really chair filler, for
he gets little time for drill. Lately
second lieutenants have been taking
the place of the company clerks, in
order that they, too, might become
familiar with the work. Division
Headquarters plans to take over
great deal of the detail work.
With the agitation to change names
that seem to be of Teutonic origin
spreading all over the country, Camp |
Dix is falling in line and there is con-
talk of having the medical
men change the name of light attack
of measles SO that it will no longer be
known as German measles, but
rather Liberty" measles, SO that men
who are suffering from the disease can |
rest in comfort with the knowledge
that they are confined to the hospital
with purely American disease. So it
will not be surprising if any day now
the division surgeon, instead of report |
ing SO many true and SO many German |
cases of measles, will report SO many |
true and SO many Liberty cases.
The newest type of recruit here is the |
volunteer conscript' He is arriving
in continually increasing numbers. |
He represents class of young men |
who have tired Of waiting for call to
the colors and have sought the per-
of their home exemption |
boards to go into service without fur |
ther delay. There will probably be
hundreds of these volunteers" in |
camp before the formal call is issued |
for the thousands of men expected |
from New York, New Jersey and Della
ware. With the dearth of men due to |
transfers to other divisions, !
new recruits can't come any too fast to |
suit regimental officers, and these |
early birds'', as the camp has styled |
them, have the advantage of getting
in ahead of the big rush and receiving
their uniforms, company assignments
and quarters, without any of the delay
that necessarily results in assimiliat-
ing large bodies of recruits.
Springing from field clerk to the
rank of captain, w. B. Davis of
made new record yester-
day for promotion in the National
Army. A few months ago, as visitor
in a chance conversation with Lieuten-
ant Colonel w. G. Johnson, assistant
chief of staff, he found there was need