Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
DIX TORECEIVE $1,000
ROCKIES THIS WEEK
New Jersey and Maryland
Men Will Form Part
of Total
REOPEN AUTO SCHOOL
More Than 10000 Worth of Parts
Used for Instruction of
Students
REOPEN AUTO SCHOOL
Camp Dix, wrirhtstown. \. J.. JuIv .

Camp Dix, Wrightstown, y. j., July %
The first Of the big white draft quota
from New York State arrived today,
and the New Jerseymen. including those
from Trenton. will reach here tomorrow
Before the end of the week about Is 900
selectires from these two States and
Delaware will be numbered among the
new rockies here.
camp Dix automobile school is again
in full swing. but the pupils who are
learning all about repairs are members
of the Eighty-seventh Division. which Is
IN framing here preparatory TO going
overseas. When Major General Samuel
u. Sturgis arrived here from Camp Pike,
Lieutenant Colonel George H. White.
camp chief of staff with the consent of
Major General Hugh l.. Scott. camp
commander, turned over to the new di-
vision the school More than $4,000
worth of auto parts have been placed
in the building, so that the pupils can,
get the advantage of practical work at
dismantling and putting parts of the
machines together
Lieutenant Colonel y. r. Hayden is in
charge of the school, with Lieutenant
Harry G. Smith, of Company 43, as Sc
NOR instructor He is being assisted by
seven enlisted men. The school was
originated by II. A Townsend educa-
t!onal director of the Y. NJ c. A. and is
patterned after the school which he
founded and is still directing at New
ark. Mr.. Townsend still directs the ac-
tivities here.
The classes are held from 100 to
1880 and 80 to O'Clock each day.
The men are divided into two sections
OF forty-fve each. one meeting Monday,
Wednesday and Friday and the other
on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
General DAWN speaks
BfigadiCr General Richmond +. DAWN.
{ Of the l62d Field Artillery Brigade. was
the speaker last evening at the Y NJ
auditorium. There was also the usual
singing and travelogue movies
\ number of men from this camp at
! tended the service flag raising yester-
day afternoon at Bordentown. one of
the regimental bands furnishing the
music
The French Military Band will arrive
here this afternoon for "A series of con-
certs. To night they will be at the Y
, NJ auditorium, tomorrow night at the
outdoor Y, NJ. c. A., near the Tenth
BattaIion Wednesday afternoon at the
base hospital, and in the evening again
at the Y. NJ. auditorium
! Notices stating that Camp Dix is a
! Government reservation that will be
used in the future as a game preserve
/ have been posted on the limits of the
Cantonment and gunners are warned
that hunting is strictly prohibited.
The trade test. which is a part OF
the personnel work of the army today
adds efficiency to the qualification rec
ords Of every man. 1t is a measurer o.
! ability and after a man is given the
test the officers know his rating in his
( profession, and he. is marked either as
! a novice. apprentice. journeyman or eX-
pert. The work has been so system
atiZcd by the committee on Classifca-
ton of personnel, of which Or Boards.
! ley Ruml ,of Newark, is the head, that
! it Is now being installed in all cam
tonments, and Dix, being one of the
! first camps to use it. is utilized as n
! school for the training of nonCommis-
stoned soldiers who afterward have
been sent to other camps to carry on
I the trade test work.
When a man enters the personnel Of
/ flee he is quzzed as to his ability along
trade lines. If he is carpenter he
is sent to the trade test section, where
an oral, pictorial and performance test
/ Is given him.
Through arrangements made by II. A.
| Townsend. of the Y. NJ G. A., Crescent
| Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Tren-
| ton, will confer degrees on a large class
! of soldiers from Dix next Thursday Y
I night. This work has. been arranged