Camp Dix Pictorial Review - Content - 20 February 1918

Front Cover, Camp Dix Pictorial Review, Volume 1, Number 2, 20 February 1918.

Front Cover, Camp Dix Pictorial Review, Volume 1, Number 2, 20 February 1918. GGA Image ID # 18ce15b63b

The second issue of the Camp Dix Pictorial Review for 20 February 1918 covers tanks, officers with brief biographies, life at camp, group photos of many units at the camp, poems, and more.

The Tank "Britannia" Going Through a Barn.

The Tank "Britannia" Going Through a Barn. Photo by Roshon. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID # 19e642c3ec

Capt. Haig and a Group in Front of the Tank "Britannia."

Capt. Haig and a Group in Front of the Tank "Britannia." Photo by Roshon. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID # 19e646693e

The Interior of the Barn after the Tank "Britannia" Had Passed Through.

The Interior of the Barn after the Tank "Britannia" Had Passed Through. Photo by Roshon. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID # 19e680dea5

Lieut. Col. Henry N. Cootes - Chief of Staff, Camp Dix.

Lieut. Col. Henry N. Cootes - Chief of Staff, Camp Dix - a Popular Officer, Who Rose from the Ranks. He Joined the Colors at the Start of the Spanish-American War, Liked the Army, and Remained with It until Selected by General Scott to Be His Chief of Staff. the Army Evidently Liked Him, as He Has Been Assigned to a Number of Duties Calling for Real Military Ability, Tact and Diplomacy. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID # 19e6bca0ae

Major General Hugh L. Scott - Commander of 78th Division, Camp Dix

Major General Hugh L. Scott - Commander of 78th Division, Camp Dix - on January 2, 1918, General Scott Became Commander of This Camp. Former Chief of Staff, Member of the Root Commission to Russia, Indian Fighter and Blessed with an All-around Military Experience That Places Him in the Forefront of American Commanders. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID # 19e6d789bd

LIEUT. COL. WAIT C. JOHNSON - Assistant Chief of Staff, Camp Dix - An officer who left college in the call of the Spanish-American War, became a sergeant, was commissioned a second lieutenant, decided to remain in the service continuously, and has risen from one higher rank to another. He knows everybody, never forgets anything—not even to a smile. Coupled with his duties as Assistant Chief of Staff, he is Division Athletic Officer. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Officers of the Camp Dix Military Police—Colonel Battle, Commanding Officer, in the Center. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

CAMP DIX SNOW-CLAD AND ICE-CLAD. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

  • 1—A Branch YMCA
  • 2—The Red Cross Building.
  • 3—Where Camp and Farm Meet.
  • 4—The Hostess House.
  • 5—The Liberty Theatre.
  • 6—303d Engineers’ House.
  • 7, 8 and 9—Speak, for themselves

CLUB LIFE IN CAMP DIX - Interior of a YMCA Branch Building. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

PERSHING

While training under Generals Kennedy and Scott and spending their hours of recreation in one of the many places of amusement and relaxation, “Jack” Pershing’s “Division” is the one the boys eagerly await. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

MAJOR GENERAL CHASE W. KENNEDY - First Commander of Camp Dix - On August 23rd, 1917, Major General Kennedy arrived at Division Headquarters and formally assumed command of Camp Dix. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

The construction period was then at its height, and nearly seven thousand workmen were busy on barracks and another contractors’ work. Not a single member of the National Army was in Camp, the only soldiers being those of Company C, First Battalion of New Jersey Engineers, the 66th Motortruck Company and the Third Battalion, 15th New York Infantry.

It was the commander of the latter, Major Dayton, who received General Kennedy and his staff. Workmen were all around, and every picture taken by the photographers present had workmen, unfinished buildings and piles of lumber either in the background or the foreground.

On September 5th, the first contingent of the National Army arrived, and were mustered in where the 311th Infantry is now quartered. The headquarters building of the 311th was used by the examining officers as their headquarters. Many sets of papers were examined by officers outdoors, using a pile of lumber for desk and chair.

MARCHING THROUGH LONDON. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

CO. I, 309th INFANTRY. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

CO. B. 307 MACHINE GUN BATTALION. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Comic Strip: Listening to a Mexican Athlete Throw the Ball to the Boys at the Camp. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

  • Liberty measles; the German brand of liberty.
  • Taps is about the easiest call for the bugler to get off his chest; reveille is the hardest to listen to.
  • “Amid the Untrodden Snow”— Wrightstown during the quarantine.
  • We have all heard babies with the colic, but have you heard a rookie bugle with the colic?
  • Philadelphia doctor says Hegel wrote his best thoughts while the battle of Jena was raging around his ears. If a chance shot had only hit the father of divine right and kultur!
  • A cantonment, a rifle range, a powder plant, a shell factory, a naval station and a National Guard camp in South Jersey. Well, who's afraid of the Jersey 'skeeter, now that the Kaiser is on the job?
  • A writer suggests calling Hog Island after the illustrious Quaker Penn Island. Why not combine the present and suggested name?
  • We have seen the Army mule kick; we have seen him laugh; we have seen him balk; and now we have seen him skate.
  • Hoover says every family should have a hog. Most families have. At least the mess sergeant says so. And that isn't squealing, either.
  • When the minority rules; during camp quarantine—fifty-six men all in bed.
  • Captain of an engineer company to his first lieutenant: “Now we are equipped; we have two typewriters.''
  • Where a pedestrian may get a free shower bath: On either stone road during slushy days. Just wait a few minutes and a “baby” truck will do the job. No charge, but you must smile.
  • Waldo says he doesn't care to cross until the ice is out of the river.
  • All tanks are liable to be groggy at times.
  • Being in front of the Hostess' House the tank suddenly became bashful, is one suggested solution.
  • That Polish legion running amuck in Russia and capturing the Bolshevik commander-in-chief may yet cut a wider swath in history than Xenophon and his ten thousand. 
  • Gee! But ancient history will be tame reading from now on.
  • Six months ago, Trotsky lived in a Bronx tenement. Why doesn't he ask Murphy to send him a good adjutant? Tammany wouldn't make such a mess of things. Trotsky, however, is a good name for a nag—or, a jackass.

 

CHAS. STAMLER, Formerly of the 153rd Depot Brigade, Camp Dix. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

SAMMY CLEAVER
(With Apologies to Woodyard Kindling)

Written the morning after a canteen supper, consisting of the following menu : One can chile con carne, one hot tamale, one Armoured frankfurter, a piece of mince pie, a bottle of near-beer and one of champagne.

“What are the bugles blowin' for?” said Sour Lemonade.
“To turn you out, to turn you out,” the sergeant-major said.
“What makes you look so glad, so glad?” said Sour Lemonade.
“I'm feelin' what I've got to watch,” the sergeant-major said.
They are sendin' Sammy Cleaver, you must mark the breathin’ sigh,
For he put some German mustard in the colonel’s apple pie;
He's the engineers' disgrace—hit the canteen in the eye,
And they're sendin' Sammy Cleaver in the mornin'.
“What’s that so black ag’in the sun?” said Sour Lemonade.
“It’s Sammy smokin' 'ard for life,” the sergeant-major said.
“What's that that whimpers over’ead?” said Sour Lemonade.
“It’s Sammy’s train that’s going now,” the sergeant-major said.
For they're done with Sammy Cleaver, you can 'ear the quickstep play, The regiment's in column, an' they're marchin’ us away;
Ho! the canteen clerks are shakin’, an' they’ll want near-beer today After sendin' Sammy Cleaver in the mornin’.
“What makes ’em send him far away?” said Sour Lemonade.
“ 'E's goin' there, just “over there,” the sergeant-major said.
“What makes the front-rank man fall down,” says Sour Lemonade.
“A touch of fun, a touch of fun,” the sergeant-major said.
They are sendin’ Sammy Cleaver, they have got him wide awake;
'E’s on the job an’ Sammy knows the thing that 'e’s to make—
A slap of Yankee mustard in the Germans’ apple cake,
That's why they're sendin' Sammy in the mornin’.

MAJOR W. COLE DAVIS, Commanding Officer of Base Hospital, and Staff. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

STETSON HUMPHREY - Camp Song Leader. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

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311th Infantry Band Playing in K. of C. Main Building. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Panorama of Part of Camp Dix, Showing Several Regiments Listening to an Address. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Headquarters Troop, 78th Division. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

303rd Field Signal Battalion. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

One of the Two Branch Buildings of the Knights of Columbus. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

WHEN THE CAMP WAS YOUNG – A group of civilians watching squad drills. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Temporary Sheds on the Remount Station. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

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Interior of a Regimental Exchange—3rd and 4th Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Exterior of a Regimental Exchange. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Ruck—Truck—Stuck—Not These Four-Wheel Drive Trucks. as the Chinaman Would Say They Are Both “Pushee” and “Pullee.” Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

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The Rustic Tower on the Rifle Range. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Section 2. Where Sixty-Seven Additional Buildings Were Built in a Few Weeks. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

Camp Dix Railroad Station, Storage Houses in Foreground, Remount Station in Background. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

Yes, Girls, Some Can Cook, All Can Wash Dishes. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

in a Barrack Kitchen. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

TO HEAT THE BASE HOSPITAL: Boilers and Stacks Before Enclosure in a Building, Providing Steam to Heat 1400 Radiators and Also for Cooking and an Ample Supply of Hot Water. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

A Load of Mail at Camp Dix Post Office. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

LT. O. C. ANDERSON - Camp Dix Football Star. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

Interior of Y.M.C.A. Officers' Club Room. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

WM. P. JACKSON - Representative of the War Department Commission on Training Camp Activities. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

MISS HORTENSE ROSEN - Camp Dix Representative of the Travelers Aid Society. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

 

Main Street, Wrightstown, under a Mantle of Snow during the Recent Quarantine. Camp Dix Pictorial Review, February 1918. GGA Image ID #

Opinion Please, should we omit this page or simply display it with the caption "Back Cover Advertisements" so people aren't wondering what happened to page 16?

 

 

THE CAMP DIX PICTORIAL REVIEW
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY
I. L. COCHRANE
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