Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-03
ELECTRICAL STORM
HITS CAMP SPARKS,
LEAVING MUD WAKE
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Fortunately each soldier escaped In
Jury. During the hsisht OF tho storm.
which continued for two hours. mon.
stripped entirely of their clothing,
stArted to dig trenches as a matter OF
protection. The mud In many places,
especially IN the reGimental area, was
several feet deep this morning. Unless
"oid Sol" should cooperate with the
National Guard. the program Of I'm
struction may be affected.
Colonel Harry w. Stark. senior in
command. early this morning out
lined TO Every Evenings correspon-
dent plans OF organization OF FIRE
brigade 10 be effected today. Gov
ernment property valued at nearly
800 900 u stored on tho large Eeserva-
ton.
With Lieutenant william s. Wcggen-
mann. OF Battery n. relieving Lieu
tenant John Kendall as ofnoer OF the
AAy. Lieutenant Edward A. Walsh
Of Battery A, wAs designated ofhcer OF
the guard and Lieutenant Victor Clark
was adjutant. Sergeant Major l.
Halimton Smith mounted the guard.
At $40 o'clock last night several
hundred visitors witnessed the parade
Of the gun battalions in command Of
Major Harry Il. Van Solver. The
soldiers were seemingly At their best.
Tonight the first rcgimental parade
win b. held, weather permitting.
-Four members OF the outfit are mourn
ing the loss OF q suitcase said 10 have
contained "someth.ng OF value" Last
night these soldiers. on pass TO VII
mington. purchased a suitcase with
which to carry whatever they had
to camp, thus hoping 10 avoid the
pceaibiAty OF escaping the vigilance
OF the oficsr OF the day. At Fourth
and Market streets. however. four
other soldiers. posing az a detail des.g.
aAted 10 bring tho men 20 camp, en-
countered the quartet with the suit
caee. No, 10 be outwir;ed. however
the iatter made n break for a waiting
trolley and porceedec on 20 camp-s,g
carrying tho suitcase. The other foui
came TO camp In an automobile. ar
Y.v.ng short while before the other
men. A; the gate tho first soldier.
were again haMed. THE commanding
officer has detailed us TO bring you IN.
said one OF The others. With thil
assertion and the fear Of being ar.
rested. the soldiers with the suitcas,
handed It over and proceeded insC
camp. Al the same time the Other
soldlers jumped into their waiting
au,omob.le and disappeared.
At noon todsy every member o. IN.
The new fire-fghting organization
will comprise two brigsdes. a hose
cart brigade and n chemical ex-
tinsuisher brigade. Battery r. Of NIL
ford viii be a eslgned 10 the former
command and Battery G. OF Dove,
will b. assigned TO the latter. The
f,re-fghtinG apparatus recently pur.
chased by the government for the pro-
lection of property on the State Rins
Range. oonsistt OF hye Utica typ,
modified Holloway chemical tanks
mounted Theee tanks are charged
with soda and sulphuric acid The
two hose carts are Of 4 modern typ,
and fully equipped for any emergency
More than 1.00p feet OF standard hos,
will be available IN the event OF a fir,
on the reservation, II was explained
by Colonel Stafk. The water suppl,
10 also adequate. In conjunction with
the ak plugp, there In also a larg,
water we'll near the water tower souti
of the main entfance. The water from
this well could be used by any out
eide company by pumping direct o.
by connecting With the range system
IL is planned ID hold fire drills. tn,
camp will be divided into IRE district
and other comps mics Will be desiEnatet
as guArds. Ths new organization
when perfected. will also comprise /;
sire marshal. chief. assistant chief an,
runners.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock tn,
first formal guard mount was held
guard not detailed TO special duty, 81
command Of Colonel Stark and com
pany comma ndcrs. left the camp for
l0-mile hike across country. In al
probability an imaginary line OF battl
will b. established at some near-b,
town. Primitive methods. such a
communication by runners and couri
ers VIII bs used as they were durini
real warfare.
TWnerrow's Program.
The program tomorrow is as FOL