Evening journal., 1921-08-10
CAMP DOLLS
UP FOR VISIT
OF BULLARD
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citfzen-soldiers since announcement
OF his proposed visit was made by
Adjutant General j. A. Ellison. More
pep" than ever Is being shown by
the men during instruction and drill
periods and they are determined to
he at their best before General Bull
! lard.
The visit OF General Bullard win
be a special pleasure to those mem
bers OF the regiment who served in
the seth Pioneer Regiment in
/ France. General Bullard is now
commanding officer of the Second
Army Corps Area. located at Cover
nor's Island. N. Y, and during the
war he was in command OF the Sec
ond Army in France, OF which the
5sth Pioneers were a part.
General Buliard has notified Gem
eral Ellison by telegram that accom-
panied by an aide he expects to ar
rive at French street station, VIII
mington. at o'clock Friday after
noon. General Ellison and detail
OF officers and Lieutenant-Gover
J. Danforth Bush and members of
the Governors stafr, will meet the
/ general at the station in Wilmington.
They will come to the camp by auto
mobile from Wilmington.
In accord with army regulations.
no salute is fired to greet General
Bullard. His arrival at camp will
be announced by the sentry at the
post where the General and his
party enter the military reservation.
The guard will be drawn up and
present arms as the General passes.
During the review. as General Bull
lard passes the regimental band
will sound three ruffies for him.
In addition to General Bullard
there will also be a number OF other
distinguished visitors. Among
them will be Major General George
c. Richards. chief OF the Militia Bu-
reau Of the War Department Sem
ator L. Heisler Ball and Congress-
man c. r.. Layton. will come up from
Washington for the occasion. Sena-
tor James w. Wadsworth, chair
man Of the Senate military affairs
committee will also accompany Sem
ator Ball II he can possibly arrange
to spare the time from Washington
Former United States Senator
Henry A. DUPONT, is expected to be
another visitor. Officers and men
Of the regiment are especially anx-
ious that former Senator dupont
visit the camp on this occasion, he
being a Delawarean with a distin-
guished military record during the
Civil War. He was later distinguished
by being named chairman OF the
Senate Military Affairs Committee.
All State, county and city officials
OF Wilmington have been personally
, invited to visit the camp on Friday
and a large majority OF them are
expected to attend. -Four former
1 Governors, HUM, Pennewin, Miller
and Townsend and a number Of
members of the Legislature are ex-
pected to be visitors.
Adjutant-G eneral Ellison and other
officers at the camp today commend
ed the work that is being accom-
plished by the men and the excelleni
condition the camp is in.
This is the largest military out
ht that Delaware has ever had dur
peace times and consequently rhe
! officers are anxious that as many
. citizens as possible visit the camp TO
see first handed just what is being
done. 1t is especially requested by
those in charge of the camp that as
many citizens as possible from now
until the close visit Camp Chandler
One officer In commenting on this
said. the people are paying the bill
and we arc anxious that they come
here and see that they are getting
value received"
The regiment was divided in units
this morning for instruction. One
section was put through another
/ course OF instruction in offensive
and defensive uses OF various gases.
Squads, companies. platoons and
hattalions we're given a three-hour
drill this morning In rifle handling
and tactics
The first real instruction in ex-
emplihed army maneuvers was given
yesterday, when Lieutenant Colonel
John p. LeFevre, assisted by Lieu
tenant Mccormick, Of Fort DUPONT,
took the machine gun battalion in
search OF an imaginary enemy, sup
posedly at Middletown. On reach
ing Rogers Corner. a scouting party
was sent out as an advance guard
In a half hour the advance detail
returned with information that the
rear guard OF the enemy had beer
surprised and captured. When the
captured guard was questioned Il
was learned the imaginary enem,
was in full retreat The battalion
was then ordered back to camp.
On returning to camp, the bat
TALON was separated into units. on.
section was placed under instruction
in gas mask and gas manipulations
by Captain Charles W. Walton. o
the Chemical Warfare Service. An
other given short drill in the hand
ling OF the rife and obeying com
mands. Another section was turn
ed over TO Lieutenant Mccormick
who with tho aid OF several officer
dismounted the heavy Browning ma
chine gun, separating ii into its 81
parts and then reassembling II 10
use.
During the afternoon sewers
squads OF machine gunners wer
given an illustrated lecture in pre-
lection and laying Of smoke screeni
by the use OF the candle, the han
and rifle grenades and rocket shoot
ing. Ii has been decided to give
demonstration OF an attack on a
imaginary enemy, under smok
screens on Friday. The men are
lay the screens personally under N
euncrvision ~ Canfaip Walton mn