Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-09
STATE TROOPS LEARN
ANTl.AiRcRAFT WORK
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1A&Asry \ guA cgvw. In charge Of
oeeUoAnk oeneee Hal. manned the
yuA aAA ~hke1s tAr~e dAots IN - eec-
ba1n. TAiD or0W = eouaIdsred one of
the best Ia ne regiment. Lieutenant
Samuel l1Aronsy supervised the In
Utruction.
TAe Gun ArSw from Battery q. I'M
charge q UsrgeaAt James l. Wha1ey.
reoordeA Is minutes and 50 seconds
In phoing the gun In position. pre-
pairing for action. airing four shots
and rsturning 10 . marching position.
Thsss records. according to Captain
L. A. Huds1ns. U. 8. A. Instructor, are
excellent.
During the maneuvers on the nead
ysutsrday Afternoon . test wns made
OF the rscoils oe the anti -aircraft guns.
A hve ton army tractor was used for
the test. The total pressure per square
inch Of the recodl ~ 10000 pounds
when fired. or reaching the maxi
mum pressure q 100000 pounds for
the 10 square inches Of recoil.
Review IN tAs Rain.
Parade last night at $50 o'clock was
held during = driszlinG rain. Battery
III. In command OF Captain g. Il. I.
Duncan. WA selected by Colonel Stark,
~ escort to tho colors. The review
was witnessed by moro than 100 Wis
itoru.
The effects OF the storm warning are
etlll being felt At camp. Following
cloudy day yesterday the temperature
dropped ten degrees by shutdown
~ A.
hiRh wind. which Mt times mennced
tho tentAgs and caused . rush for ex-
ira blankets and bed coverings. At
O'Clock this morning there was a
heavy rainfAll, but no damage to
equipment or company property was
reported.
0ovcrnor's Day Plans.
Tho program for Governor's Day,
Friday. has not ~ yet been completed,
according to Colonel Stark. Although
high army ofnclals from the Second
Corps Area, Governors Island, head
quarters OF tho 19sth Artillery. have
been extended an invitation by Cover
nor Denney to Attend tho review and
exercises, the command has not re-
ceived any acceptances, II was stated
Preparations arc well under way for
. field meet to bs held by members OF
tho regiment on Saturday afternoon,
The program OF events will be an
nounced either today or tomorrow.
From the health standpoint this en-
campment gives promise OF making q
new record. The health OF the men
continues to be excellent and thus far
the hospital has not handled 4 serious
case OF any kind
Major Joseph NJ Barskey of the
Medical Corps said yesterday that very
few had reported a. being Ill, and
those principally from sore muscle,
and slight colds have received the
proper treatment. Nearly every man
before entering camp this year had
been inoculated with typhus serum
Out OF the more than 500 In camp. onl,
20 had been compelled to take the in
oculation here and only one OF the &c
lost time As result OF the shot in
the arm.
No further complaint has been rexis.
tered of the food at camp. Practically
every mesa sergeant 10 living up to the
army ration quota. The eoidisrs are
being fed even better than during Ia >,
years camp.
Tho program OF training tomorrow
u as follows: 7.so to $50 a. m. Gun
Batteries b, c. d, taryet practice
bther units At infantry drill; $50 II
al.so. Gun Batteries B. c. d, target
practice; Ssarchlight Battery A
searchhght instruction; Machine Gu,
Batteries, E.. F. G. H.. machine gu,
practice. other units at drill; / to Z
m, care and protection OF materia
following firing; tryout for Res1ments
rife team.