Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
DELAWARE MEN FOR
FIELD ARTILLERY
Men Going to Camp Dix Today
Will Not be Merged With
Pioneer Regiment.

CAMP DIX ,WRIGHrsTowN, \. j., April |.
Delightful weather made Easter thus
wear. n religious festival long to be re-
membered.
The weather brought <thc seasons
record crowd of visitors and military
police were kept busy all day directing
the apparently endless line of auto
traffic. While the fact that the men had to
stand at pay muster Saturday, kept many
soldiers in camp over the weekend, several
organization commanders arranged to
hold the muster in the morning SO that Il
third of their men got the usual leave.
Hundreds of those remaining in camp were
visited hv friends. most of whom brought
some seasonablc gift. The camp posts
office. too, had rush in delivering late
parcel post packages, chiefly of candy eggs
and home made cakes.
The plan of distribution of recruits
among organizations without regard to
localities adopted for the 1000 Jersey
men received here month ago, Will
be followed for the thousands of ''rook-
les from New Jersey. New York and
Delaware, due during this week. Not
only will no effort be made TO follow the
original plan to concentrate all OF the
.IerSevmen in the 3llth and 3i2th In
fantry and the 30Sth Field Artillery
and New Workers In the 309th and
3l0th Infantry and the 307th and 309th
Field Artillery, but the assignment for
quarters puts numerous small quotas
from each State in the organizations,
boys from Cape May, for instance, rub
bing elbows with barracks mates from
Niagara Falls.
While there was much in favor OF
holding men to State units as far as
possible. many officers believing II was
productive of n better morale, the new
plan has the chief advantage of making
it difficult for an enemy 10 learn the
identity of an organization on the battle
line through the recognition of prisoners
as men from certain locality. Most
of the trench raiding at the front is for
the purpose of capturing prisoners from
whom TO seek such information.
The 800 recruits Delaware Is to send
here this week will not, as expected
be assigned to the 59th Pioneer Regi-
ment, composed entirely of Delaware
men, chiefly of the old National Guard
regiment which was transferred from
Camp Mcclellan. Delaware's new quota
will be lodged with the 30Sth Field Ar
tillery Camden county men will be at
tached to the 3l2th Infantry; Burhng
ton county to the 303d Sanitary Train;
Trenton and Cape May county to the
3O9th Field Artillery; Camden city.
Gloucester and Ocean counties to the
307th Field Artillery; Atlantic and Sa-
lem counties to the 31lth Infantry; At
lantic City. Hunterdon and Mercer coun-
ties to the 309th Infantry.
About 1000 Of the last quota Of Jer-
seymen reporting here were transferred
during the last week 10 various special
units. The balance of 5000, it is expected,
will be permanently assigned tomorrow
to the organizations to which they have
been attached for training and quarters
during the last month.
The army adopted the daylight-saving
plan yesterday. and officers and men are
so well pleased with the innovation that
they are wondering why it was never
done before The only men in camp TO
complain over the new rule are the
cooks. They declare the men Of their
companies ate only two-thirds Of the
usual amount Of food at noon mes, and
predict it will take week before the
stomachs OF soldiers get accustomed 10
the change and begin to crave food be-
fore the standard noon hour.