Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-25
DIX MEN UNAFRA|D
OF GERMAN ADVANCE
Say Break in British Line Was
Expected and May Mean
Little.

Camp Dix. Wrightstown Y. j..
March 25.-Cornbincd with the intense
interest with which military officers at
Camp Dix are scanning every item OF
news from the western front is SUI
premc confidence that the Germans will
he able to gain no practical advantage
from their big drive. Prominent Off
rers. who cannot be quoted directly,
declared this afternoon that the results
of the drive. as far as chronicled up tn
the present time, have been anticipated
hy war students in America and pre-
dicted that the losses sustained by the
linn armies will more than offset any
ground gaining advantage
There is no such thing rs stone
wall in the present war" said one prom
incnt officer. ANY commander who
Is willing to pay the cost in mcn and
equipment and money can drive Il
wedge in his cnemy's line and capture
prisoners and gam ground Ia certain
extent But he must he willing to pay
the price While the situation is seri-
Gus there Is nothing to he alarmed about
IN the reports of thousands of prisoners
and hundreds of guns taken hy the Mt
lacking forces The importance of these
captures cannot he Judged until the cost
of making them is definitely known"
At the same time officers here are not
sanglIine that II the kaiscrs latest move
fqis If will signal The immediate col
lapSe of the German war power They
declare the war cannot be safely ended
until IT is ended in Berlin by con
quering army, determined to forever put
an end to kaiserisrn
Camp Dix will start big drive
against time tomorrow. when the ma
jority of regiments adopt 2 training
schedule for new recruits that Is aimed
to put these 200 men into fighting trim
in the quickest time vet attempted III
training work In The 3llth Infantry
practically every veteran ot four "r
more months nf service has been de-
tailed rs an assistant instructor ~
drill. rifle and bavonet practice. trench
and gas instruction and tent pitching
Nrw crtp non snImtR-
\ bachelor club for soldiers, the first
institution of its kind operated hy men
for men. will I've opened in Nrighistown
under direction of the War Department
Commission on Training amp Activl-
tle~ The hotel property Of Brse T..
smith closed bv its owner soon after
nclc sam cut off sales from lis bar
has been taken over by the commission
and is being remodcled for its new uSe
The plans for The nov club arc IN charge
uf Director William II Jackson
With the exception of the 81 George
I l. church Club. at Pointvillc. all
81 the present soldiers clubs represent
the patriotic efforts nf wo,upu.S nrpani-
zations to bring thc bows IN the training
camp touch If the home e1Sroumont
Director Jackson praises the fine work
of these organizations. but savs there =
a big need for tho purely stag club
The director plans ~ have the now club
offer some new ideas in entert aInment of
soldiers while IN camp
NIilitarv authorities and heads Of wei
fare organizations plan 10 make tbe
Indoor Circus. scheduled foT a four-iay
r7in. April 3 70 d. an event that will
not only prove \ source Of great enter
tainment 10 the boys in camp, but that
will draw thousands of visitors. The
proceeds will I've devoted to tho Camp
Dix athletic fund All organizations
connected with camp activities are work
ING for the success oi tho affair
Lieutenant Coloncl Wait g. johnson.
assistant chief of staff and chairman
of the general committee, has appoint
pi subcommittee as follows n'l~l-
ness. Major Freeman Olof Gates & ap-
tain Moore. W r. Jackson, | " Rice,
treasurer. amuSeInents " STANLEY Iav-
kns. Lieutenant. Jack Dcveroauy
I. Stetson Humphrey J 7 McGovcrn
Leopold Lane; properties committee
Captain Tuttle. Captain Dudley Il :
Walton, Dir W. G. Stinson. Sol Met y
ger: publicity committee Captain John
Wanamakcr. CYRUS J hanover. Miss
Grace Sheppard, George ] Barncs, &.
T. Sholl. concessions committee. II
\ Townsend. Miss Alma Booth. Jo6
Smith Members of the General com
mittee arc Colonel Johnson. Olot GATES
" Stanley Hawkins. I. Stetson Ilumph-
rex. DR.. " G Stinson. James = Ne
Govern
EVERY FIGHTING Man FOR SERVICE
Physical examinations now near com
plotion 10 pick the men ia camp nov IA
condition Tor oversees service viii rc-
suit IN putting every fl man On tho iir-
ing line II the Same time this wedding
ollf process viii release every physically
capable man now holding a non-fiphting
berth for nsc IN line regiments Manv
soldiers are filing these uon-combatant
posts at present because Of technical or
mechanical knowledge In some cxccp-
tional eases. the good Of the service NAV
require that they be kept at these posts
awhile longer. but the new plan con
templates the training FOR such special
positions Of men who cannot pass the
physical tests for field service.
IS an officer pointed out TODAY Hat
feet would not interfere with :, man
making good rs u plumber, n carpen-
ter. clerk or in some other non-com-
blatant position. while il would elm
innate him a an iniantryman The new
regulation Is also resulting IN the sc-
ccptance oi many recruits who hereto
fore would have been rejected
James " Fitzpatrick. president OF the
famous White Rats Club, composed Of
New York actors. has joined tho knights
Of Columbus staff as dramatic secretary
His wide experience on the stage will
prove . valuable aid in following up She
campaign Tor organization of dramatic
work for entertainment IN the trenches
recently initiated hy James X Hackctt