Evening journal., 1918-04-17
NEW YORK TROOPERS
FILL CAMP DIX CAPS
Machine GunnerS from Up
ton Transferred TO the
18th Division
MENINGITIS KILLS
ONE SOLDIER

LAMP DIN, WhlGHISIOWN, N j.,
April i7--Troop train after troop train
pulling into Camp Dix station yester-
day unloeded big detachments Of in
fantry-men and machine gunners
irasferred from Camp Upton to nh gaps
in the 18th Division here. The New
Workers are being quartcred with the
to5th and the i56th Infantry Brigadcs,
and with the machine gun organlza-
tlons connected with these brigades,
and probably viii be permanently as
signed there The majority are sea-
soned by several weeks training and
are ready 10 pitch into the intensive
training schedule now In operation for
all Camp Dix troops.
Spurred by the promise Of danger and
thrills, 700 Of the best college and
schOol-boy athletes among the soldiers
In training at Camp Dix have vOlun-
teered for the Mercury squads, an
organization OF the liasson department,
In. which soldiers run back the mes
sages from the front line trenches to
division headquarters. The running Is
generally across shell and shrapne-
swept battlenelds, but the hazard has
been an incentive TO the boys anxious
TO take up the training, which begins
next week
This training will probably be the
most unusual ever given athletes. IL
will be under charge OF Sol Metzger
camp athletic director and former track
and football coach Of the University Of
/ Pennsylvania and other colleges. There
Will be no straight-away dashes 10 Tho
/ tape, but every race Will be over rough
roads, trenches. the shell craters In nc
/ Mans Land" and wherever the bad go
Ing Is similar to conditions on the bat
| tlefeld
Announcement OF his promotion 10
/ Brig0dier General brought a shower Of
congratulations TO Colonel Edward T.
Donnelly last evening. Colonel Dom
nelly has been in command of the 30llh
Field Artillery since It's Organization
here.
"Hooverize TO the very last man" Is
Ia effect the new order issued by
Major General Scott calling for q
tying up Of all loose ends In the food
conservation campaign among The sol
ders at Camp Dix Months ago the
slogan Of "the clean platter was
adopted and is enforced with a hearty
goodwill by the men themselves, who
quickly teach a new recruit that he
must take no more food on his plate
at messilme than he can eat. The idea
has already saved tons Of food from
| the garbage pals, but division officials
are convinced that there is stlll avoid
able waste because mess sergeants pre-
pare meals for full companys strength
on days when many Of the men arc
absent on pass. In order that the mess
sergeants in the future may gauge ths
meals according TO the mouths the,
have 20 MI, they must get repor
daily from the company sergeant as v
the exact number OF men TO be fed.
Closing exercises OF the Division
Training School will be held Friday az
tarnoon at i.30 o'clock and 10 is ex
pected that hundreds Of friends Of Va
New York, New Jersey and Delawarl
boys who are striving for commission
will attend. Major General Scott WI
address the graduates That there ma!
be no embarrassment for the men whit
fail 10 make the required percentage
the certificates for each company vii
be presented 20 the honor man OF thl
unit and not until the companies ar'
back in their barracks VIII any know
who have been sucoessful. 4 battalion
review Of the student soldiers viii b'
held Thursday morning and the schoo
will hold reception Thursday after
noon in the Red Triangle Auditorium.
After a months experience with medi
ocre plays, chiefly musical comedies
for which tho War Department com
mission on Training Camp Activities
contracted with a New York booking
house. the camp got a refreshing sur
prise last night when a cast organized bl
the Commission itself presented Herr
Comes the Bride with Roy Atwell al
1.-THE leading man. The play was the bes
seen here since the opening Of the Lib
6rty Theatre. Louise Homer daughter
OF the Metropolitan Opera star, sanl
last night for a large audience at th
Red Triangle Auditorium. She was as
sisted by Miss Mary IlomeaL 'celllst
Miss Mildred Dnling, harpist' Mis-
Catherine Swift. accompanist
Meningitis caused the death in On
base hospital of Private Herbert 3
Hodgson. OF Plainneld, a member o
C. Company OF the 3iilh Infantry. III
death was one Of The first In seyera
weeks In this regiment Private Hodg
son came TO Camp Dix as a recruit d
February a detail from his compan
accompanied the body 10 his late hom
for a military funeral.
EASTERN SHORE FROST DATE.