Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-02
BUSY TIMES COMING
FOR CAMP DIX MEN
Soldiers Back From Holiday
Vacations Will Get Real
Workout
NEW. SCHOOL ORGANIZED
ErcninD Ledger star Correspondent
CAMP DIX. wriglstown. Jan. ..

Evening Ledger star Correspondent
CAMP DIX. Wrglstown. Jan. ..
Divisional military work will be re-
suined now the men have returned from
their holiday furloughs, and Camp Dix
will plunge deeply into courses for
the development of specialists in various
branches of modern war
In addition to the officers school for
those trying for commissions as second
leutenants. eleven other courses haze
been mapped out for picked men who
later will act as instructors Tor others.
Two separate buildings will be set aside
for centering activities of this military
university The structures are located
near division headquarters and soldiers
assigned to them will have the advau-
'agc Of the knowledge of the experts
IN the United States army, In addition
to that brought from the hattlefronts
by foreign officers sent to this camp
by the War Department.
The rifle and pistol. the automatic rife
nnl the light machine gun. heavy ma
chine gun and trench mortar viii
Ne studied in addition to the work as
eers in the engineer department.
Organization commanders have been
instructed to detail the officers and nom
commissioned requested and none Will
he relieved from Attendance except nv
orders from headquarters. Each pupil
successfully completing the course will
receive n certificate attesting his pro-
fciency to act as instructor. With tha
exception of Sundays holidays and Sat
urday evenings classes will he held
dai beginning at S:3O o'clock in tho
morning. | 80 in the afternoon and 1850
in the evening.
In the small arms department of the
Infantry School Of Arms. covering hand
aud riff" Erenades. Lieutenant Colonel
G.. II. White, infantry, National Army.
will be senior instructor and his assist
ants will he Second Lieutenants q. r.
PurveS Of the 3l2th Infantry. and +.
g. Frpp. Of the 3l1th. Advisory in
structors will be First Lieutenant Jean
Ncslier. of tn" French army. j0th In
fantry and Adiutant Pierre Savary. of
the French army. In the bayonet sec
tior Lieutenant Colonel a. II White.
infantry. National Army. will ho tn"
senior instructor, and his assistants will
he First Lieutenant Gera Il NJ Norran.
Of the 3l0th Infantry; Second Liouteu-
y .
""d Charles j. P!ester, of the 31Oth In
fantry.
'e"tenaut Colonel q. $ Turner.
Infantry. National Army. will he senior
Instructor for rifle and pistol and auto
matte rife and light machine gun. In
the lessons covering the automatic pieces
the assistant Instructors will he First
Lieutenant II. W Sardbury. Of the 3l1th
Infantry and Second Lieu'cnants f,arl
" SNYDER Of the 307th Machine Gun
Rattalion. and Nelson Il. DE Lavan. OF
the 31Oth Infantry. Advisory instruc-
tors will be First Lieutenant r. j
RaGues. of the 14ith Machine Gun
torps of the French army. and Adiu.
tant uSene Milon. of the French army
The heavy machine gun course will
/ also be urder the direction Of Leuteuan
! t~loncl White. with First Lieutenant
1 NJ. NJ. Mitchell. of the ordnance rescrv,
corps as assistant instructor. and Cap
| tain u. ii. Petrie. of the British Army
/ Suifolks Machine Gun Battalion. an,
| Sergeant +. Tupmon. of the British
| army, advisory instructors