Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-30
DELAWARE TROOPS
HAVE WAR GARDEN
Is An Object Lesson IN Thrift to
Visitors at Camp
Dix.

Camp Dix, Wrghtstown, \. j., April
3O.-The camp has it's first war garden.
In n little patch of ground in the rear
of the headquarters office of the 59th
Pioneers radishes, lettuce bcets and a
half dozen other kinds of summer vegc-
tables are pushing their seeding leaves
above ground at the invitation of the
warm April sun. Lieutenant Howard
Davis. chaplain of the Delaware boys,
Is chief gardener, but every rcgimental
officer. from Colonel Reed down, has a
personal part and interest in the sue
cess of the venture.
Chaplain Davis thinks the little gar
den ought to be a fine example of thrift
10 interest camp visitors in establishing
GA rdens of their own at home. If officers
who put in twice as much time nj their
desks rs the average business man can
get the opportunity TO do a little garden
work on the side rs a matter ot rciaNa-
ton from drill and office routine So much
more reason, he figures, for the men IN
civil life to help add to the country 5 food
products The ground in which the
Delaware Officers have laid out thclr
garden is a part of what was formerly
one.of the most fertile farms IN this see
ton, and there is every reason to believe
that the soldier-gardeners, If they stay
tables and at the same time save money
on the officers mess
Several hundred men from Rhode Island
reached camp Sunday night and have
been attached for quarters To the 3loth
Infantry, commanded by ColOne! " O.
Babcock New York States hIg quota
began arriving yesterday, the mann de
tachments, however, coming on trans
due at Camp Dix late last night
START BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS
Under conditions very similar to those
they might find on a section IN the rear
of ArraS at the present time men oi IN"
:303d Engineers Yesterday began inc
construction Of their long-contcmpiated
railroad bridge. planned aS one oi the
most imposing of their practice opera
tions under their training schedule here
Thirty feet high and go feet long. the
span will represent bridge section
such as might lie required hurrledlN 70
span stream or throw across new rali-
road line 10 supply front line trenches
The bridge is being erected IN the rear
Of the big gun batteries N the artillery
range. with timhcrs cut from the nearby
pine woods French AMI English engineers
are comforting with the officers Of Col
onel NArkhams 5 regiment ON the plans
As soon as the bridge Is completed hy
certain companies. other companies will
quickly attack il, plant and connect
bombs and destroy the usefulness Of the
structure Close on the trail Of tho
bomhcrs Will come reconstruction com
panies. who will seek 70 quickly repair
the damage wrought by the explosions
Although there Is no attempt ~ =
drive to sell the third Liberty Loan bonds
to soldiers in camp, enlisted men had
subscribed to the extent Of SOL $50
through the army allotment system up
to Saturday night. In addition many
are believed 10 have placed subscrlp-
tions in their home towns
South Jersey boys. in camp two days.
got their first thrill Of fire call YES
terday afternoon when the bugles sud
denly called the seth Pioneers to their
stations for fire drill Most Of the Ter
sev rockies" have been attached q this
regiment They turned ont Of barracks
in answer to the alarm and were in line
ready for duty only a second or TWO be-
hind the veterans" Of the regiment