Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-29
.ONE PIECE SUIT FOR
FRENCH FIGHTERS
SUGGESTS Warfare as Carried on
by Cave Men in Pre-
historic Times.

Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, July ~. ~
Warfare as carried ON by the cave men
will bc suggested by the orthopcdlc
squad of the development battalion when
this squad gets it's new togs from the
Red Cross Ladies of nearby cities are
making the uniforms. the scnntlcst ever
worn in training camp The garment
it will he onc-picce suit VIII not
bc much bigger than tig leaf. MAJOR
Howard ID tarhuslcr will command the
detachment There was a rule IN the
camp last winter that whenever an oil
ficcr ordered his men to drill without
ovCrcoats he was supposed To lac also
without an ovcrcoat. Bv that same r'it-
ing the major would have great deal
To take off before standing forth clad
as his men.
Casualty lists have served rs calls
To the service To- many mcr below and
above the draft age who are here as
recruits Of the 18th Infantry, which was
doing guard duty in Springfield Ar
scnal before being sent here 10 tram
and to help handle the hundreds OF rc-
crIlts recently sent Ia this unit These
recruits are distinct from men of draft
age who are inducted into the service
in advance Of calls or for special duties.
Joseph palastra. one ot the hundreds
nf lads in this regiment, had two chums
in an orphan asylum IN Brooklyn who
went INTO the army almost the very daN
war was declared The two BOYS only
Is wears old. took turns IN writing let
ters 10 Jcc. and told how great the
army life was after the old life IN the
school
The regiment is enjoying the strenu-
ous training program after the tedious
period Of guard duty Men who speak
almost every language and who havc
been subject Of many Of the kings and
rulers of countries uf both hemisphcrcs
viii make patriotic plgrmage to
Washington to become citizens of tins
nation. for which they arc soon to tight
They are under instruction here and will
learn enough If the language to enable
them to renuuncc IN thcir own words
thcir former allegiance and to declare
thcir LOYALTY 10 America Those foreign
soldiers numbering hundreds from
MARYLAND. Pennsylvania, New ork and
| Rhode island. and some from the APT
! tal itself. count themselves fortunate 10
| he ahlr "a 90 to Washington to get their
| cltlzrnship Heretofore foreigners were
| naturshzcd IN camp hv Judge John {
| Rose. of Baltimore Nv the now method
| thcy got trip tn W. shinRton and many
| viii grasn tho Importance of tho corc-
F! mony All thc more \ court held m =
y NJ &. \ bungalow docs net mean th'
| same Ia them
Tho announcement from Nalor-6en
| cral March that the 10th DIVISION. r.
Gently arrived in France from tins camp
IS to hc a part Of the 9th Army 'orps
was received with interest here. n thu
throws some further light upon what th
former Meade men are DONG now. TIN
division included ono Baltimore regiment
the 3l3th. one Distinct Of Columbia unli
3I2th Machine Cum Battalion, tour aiI
Philadelphia units. tho 3l5th. 3lbth II
fantrN ard tho 3Oith Engineers and IN
3l2th ticld Artillery M the othc
units of the division were made up most
IL If Pennsvlvamans and containe
many Fhiladclphlans. Major Gcncr'
, Omar Bundv, who was named temporar
commander of this corps. was q chiet-o
staff oi the late MaIor-t icnCrai funstol
M san Antonio, Texas, NJ the time
thu Ncxlran border trouble He ls OF
| Of the most popular generals in the army