Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-03-12
DIX RECRUITS
STUDY RIFLES
Quarantine Over, Men Work
With Army Enfield Guns
at Camp.

CAMP DIX, March f2:-Marking
time. pending the arrival of definite
assignment orders from the War De-
partment, the 1000 New Jersey re-
cruits, most of whom have completed
their period of quarantine, continued
their military training today by be-
coming acquainted with the army
Enfield rife. 1t had been expected
that assignment orders would reach
division headquarters before the Sc
gregation period expired today. Divi-
sion officers expect their arrival at
lany hour. Meanwhile, the training
schedule will go on without Interrupt
ton
With full uniforms, and rifles and
permission to mix with the older
men, announced today, the new men
begin to feel as though they really
belonged to the Seventy eighth Divi-
sion. No longer are they barred from
1.-THE regimental exchanges and Y. NJ.
c. A. and X. of c. huts when the old
er men are there. Orders restricting
them to barracks passed out of exist
ence today and after retreat at
o'clock they are at liberty to visit any
part of the cantonment or nearby
| towns.
| The National Army veterans
those who have been here since last
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new mems work. In the two weeks
| that they have been drilling the new
comers have learned the fundament-
ais of the army game to such good
effect that the older men admit they
would have to go some to beat the
performance which the rockies put
up Saturday at practice review.
Lacking only the guns, these rockies
went out on the big parade ground,
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Of the 312th Infantry band, marched
past the reviewing officers for what
the latter term the best review of
two-week men they had ever seen.
| No Leave For New Men Yet.
! There were more visitors to the new
men Sunday than to the older ones
The visitors were not allowed in the
| barracks of the new men, but the
rockies were permitted to walk about
the grounds with them. Leaves of alb.
| sence- for the new soldiers must be
held in abeyance at least until they
! are permanently assigned, for it is
their company and regimental com
manders who issue these passes. A,
present the men are officially desig-
mated as attached to the division depot
| brigade, but when they are sent to
regiments, it is understood, they will
| be given passes in the same ratio
that the other men have been receiv-
! ing them.
Among the soldiers who formerly
were members of various newspaper
staffs there has been formed the
Moonlight Press Club. There were
fifteen of them present at the organ
ization meeting in the Office of the
Camp Dix Times. Editor Barnes
bought the boys a coffee percolator
and some pillow cushions and smok-
ing materials for their quarters. They
selected r. H. Dunlap. formerly of the
1 Seattle Observation-Disclosures staff as their
president. He is a sergeant in the
312th Ambulance Company. Sergeant
! L. Buck, Company X, 309th Infantry
is vice president; E. G. Jackson, Com
pany c, 30Sd Field Signal Battalion
is secretary, and E. c. Reising of the
i 311th Ambulance Company assistant
secretary. Only men who have had
reportorial experience can quafifr a,
regular members Of the club, al
though about 200 soldiers, weekly
contributors to Mr.. Barnes paper
will lie known as honorary members