The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-29
Militia AT Sea Cir

Is ternoon, after a weeks training a
70 Camp Runyon, Sea Girt, with tn
Of Second Battalion, under command c
1t Major Harry P. Moorhead, of Trenton
g The Fourth Battalion, commanded b.
Major Herbert NJ. Dawley, and tn
II second separate company, colored, 0
e jersey City, were also in camp las
o week. With the exception of tw,
il rainy days, the work ofintensive train
ing of the men was carried on success
d fluffy.
e Target practice occupied the atten
&. ton of the company on Monday anC
l part OF Friday, but all the men did moi
complete this work Among those
2 who finished on the various ranges
? First Sergeant Roscoe c. Gale qualifi.
: ed as sharp shooter, and Lieut.. John
ID. Johnson, Jr., got rating as marks
man.
J Captain Winfield S. Gale, the senior
captain in the battalion, was officer OF
the day on Sunday. Lieutenant Mi
cajah K. Matlack was commander OF
the guard on Thursday, the big dav
for visitors, and demonstrated his eff
ficiency in that position. Lieut.. John.
son was junior officer of the guard on
Wednesday, and twice was acting ad-
Jutant when the battalion was on re-
view
Mess Sergeant John w Disbrow
again demonstrated his efficiency, and
was conceded to be the best in camp
The kitchen of his company was
model for cleanliness, and was inspect
ed by numerous visitors. The meals
prepared under his direction by the
cooks, Corporal Benjamin H. Delete
and Private Johh g. Austin, were en-
tirely satisfactory to the members of
Company b.
Captain. Gales headquarters were
popular among the military and civil
ian visitors, judging by the large num-
Der who appeared there. Among the
Burlington county civilians who called
to pay their respects to the Captain
and his lieutenants were Sheriff
Haines, ex-Sheriff Worrell, Mrs. w. S.
Gale, Joseph c. Kingdom and wife,
Harvey Darnell, George N. Winner
Mayor E. H. Flagg, Henry p. Thorn,
Postmaster Francis Fl. Reed, v. Claude
Palmer, Benjamin NJ. Haines, Henry
B. Wright, Clois w. Snyder, w. Pariel
Assay, Thomas r. Finley, George w.
Rogers, Albert C. Worrell, Robert T. /
Evans, Edward P. Hullings, Joseph r.
Sisom, County Clerk Mingin, Deputy
Clerk Harris, Charles Williams, E. w.
Esham, j. Aquila Jones.
An airpIane stationed on the parade
ground did thriving business in
carrying passengers on short trips to
the clouds. Among those who receiv-
ed their initial experience in travelling
in the air were Corporal Charles E.
Yerger and Privates Russell M. Gale. |
Norris S. Snyder and Samuel C. Stan
ton, of Company b, and Miss Lydia
d. Evans, Edward p. Hullings and
J. Aquila Jones. all of Mount Holly. |
They all expressed themselves as much !
pleased with this method of transport
tation, and are willing to renew the ex-
perience, particularly after the rates of |
fare are reduced to popular prices.
Corporal Harry c: Morris, Jr., was
taken i'll soon after his arrival in camp |
on Sunday and the next day he was
taken to the camp hospital. Later in
the week, through the efforts of the
battalion surgeon, Captain Joseph D.
Lawrence, Morris was removed to the
hospital at Spring Lake, by order of
Adjutant General Gilkyson, where he
was placed in private room and is be-
ing given the best attention possible. |
He is suffering either with malaria or
typhoid fever. The result of the blood |
test had not been received when the
company left camp.
About three quarters of an hour after
taps, on Friday night, when all the
men'in camp were presumed to have
retired, the camp was startled by the |
bugle call ITO Arms" followed by the
long roll alarm of the drums. In an
instant there was the greatest activity
that had been shown during the week.
The call is given to repel an attack by
the enemy, and evidently was ordered
by headquarters to ascertain how soon
the battalions could be gotten ready
for action.
The shouts of the officers and ser
geants running up and down their re-
spective company streets, urgiug their
men to get equipped and report for
formation; the hurried orders issutd
from battalion headquarters and the
playing of the bands, was all verv
thrilling and exciting. What appear
ed to be chaotic condition in tie
utter darkness, all the camp lights
having been extinguished at taps,
soon disappeared, however, as COM
pany after company began forming on
their respective streets and as soon as
formed were marched to their positions |
in battalion formation on the |
parade ground.
About half the men in camp partici- |
pated in the call to arms, the Others
being out on passes until one o'clock. |
Company b, the senior command in
the battalion, had the right of line in
the formation, and also had the honor
of being the first company to report as
being in readiness on the parade
ground.