Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-15
ENGINEERS TO
BUILD BRIDGE
Camp Dix Men to Throw Struc-
turc Across Ravine in IL
Hours of Work.

Camp Dix. Wrightstown. y. j.. Aug.
l5.-Since the 3I2th Engineers, under
command of Colonel Slattery, arrived here
some months ago. they have accomplished
a great deal in improving conditions about
the camp, especially rs far rs bridges
are concerned Every company has had
a chance to demonstrate It's ability at
erecting a 50-foot bridge and today n
detail from the regiment, under the dI-
rect supervision # Captain h. j. Boyd
will start work on Il lOO-tOot bridge
across a big ravine at the loot OF New
Jersey avenue with the expectation OF
completing the work within II hours
The bridges already erected by the on
ginecrs have withstood all sorts of tests.
especially after the heavy ralntalls o1
the past few days. Although built IN re-
markablv short time the structures are
solid and in no danger of caving IN at
any time in the near future
The Hostess House has been the scene
of n number of weddings, but the first
christening in the camp took place there
when the infant daughter OF Captain
and Mrs Lawrence Keith. the former
commander of battery in the 335th
Field Artillery, was baptized by Chap
lain Gartner and at once adopted by
the colonel and officers of the regiment is
the Daughter OF the 335th Regiment.
Although the Hostess House was not
built To serve for this purpose, Yet Mrs.
Edward Pershing the house secretary,
and the various hosteSSes provided all
necessary essentials and there were
quite number of guests present at the
ceremony. Little Miss Keith was born
near Camp Pike some three weeks ago
and the mother brought the baby here So
that the father could sec her before he
sailed overseas and also nc present at
the christening. for Il was Impossible Tor
him 10 travel 10 the west for the occa-
ion
Tho announcement of tho successful
candidates from Camp Dix 10 attend the
central machine gun officers training
school. which will open IN few days
N Camp Han~ock. Ga contains the
names u many New Jerscymen and New
Iorher> The list j. aS follows
Headquarters Company. Depot Bri-
cadc. PrivateS Edward ID WadTon and
Harold r. IIitchings Headquarters De
taehment, Depot Brigade; Private Carl
+. Brown, Sergeant ID I Nclivalnc; +;
First Battalion: Privatcs John r. Mon
taeiIe. Charles W Hovt. f. | Freeman
Robert Ratzcr. l.. NJ Wood and Joseph
e Perkins and Corporal Glenn Stewart !;
Secord Battalion privates Jasper Wight
and T. f. Garner: Third Battalion: Ser
geant Charles ] Hill, Corporal W. G.
O'Brien. Corporal ii l.. Hunter, Privates
John Il kcnnerlv. Edward +. ONeill
W. : Reilev and Harry 6 Smalley.
Fourth Battalion Sergeant Walter H.
Weigand, Sergeant " II Mcclure
Sergeant William II Cook, Privates Er-
nest Bush. Y J. Dill and " Il Garwood
Fifth Battalion: Pnvatcs W A Wall
: II Ross + F. Lee and 4 ] Taylor
Sergeant ". NJ Mcdowell; sixth Bat
talon Private Thomas b. Boyd; Seventh
Battalion: Sergeant A + Smith Eighth
Battalion: Sergeant d w Leavtt Cor
poral f. B King, Corporal O. + Ralston
Jr., Sergeant C. J. Robinson. Privatcs
W. r. White, p II Williams. p T. Mohr
d NJ Davidson, John ;. Welsh Richard
Wagner and Corporal Richard King:
Ninth Battalion Private Abramowitz and
Sergeant T. r. Chappcll; Tenth Battalion
Sergeant +. A. kemp, Corporal Irving
Williams. Jr. Privates :. G. Simpson,
+. r. Cougevan. " H. Ashbcrry and A.
J Christensen; Eleventh Battalion: Ser
geant Joseph Inanen: Twelfth BattaI-
ION Privates Frederick Fix and :.
kozusko. Sergeant l. Paskow; Base Hos
pital; Private c. T Donovan: camp mcdi-
cal detachment: Corporal W B. Neazle