Fort DuPont Activities 1912 September 100 years ago.

FORT DUPONT

2 SEPTEMBER 1912

What the Officers and Enlisted Men were doing 100 Years Ago

Delaware City, Delaware September 2, 1912 :

Captain William Forse is back in command now after recovery of an illness of a week or so. During this period Lieutenant E. A. Stockton, Jr., was acting adjutant .

Six soldiers of the 81^st Company, Coast Artillery Corps, are confined to the Fort DuPont guard house as a result of a shooting at Dobbinsville near New Castle.

The 139^th Company of the Mining Corps of Fort DuPont will leave September 3

for Fort Teerey New York where they will engage in target practice.

Captain Lewis S. Ryan, post ordinance officer, left Friday for Ft. Monroe , Virginia and First Lieutenant Adelino Gibson take over his command.

The 55^th and 81^st Companies Coast Artillery Corps who have been stationed at the Small Arms Firing Range have returned to Ft. DuPont.

The 13^th Coast Artillery Corps Band and the 45^th, 55^th and 81^st Companies will travel to Atlantic City to participate in the parade of Spanish American War Veterans September

10 on a special train and return that night.

Lieutenant Edgar Craft who has been stationed with the 29^th Infantry at Mount Gretna has returned to Ft. DuPont. Captain Harry Purnell of the Madison Barracks is to report to Fort DuPont at an early date. First Lieutenant Pierre Kieffer is to report to Fort Monroe, in

Virginia in December for Coast Artillery School.

Commissary Sergeant Frang Gortz has retired after 30 years active service and he and his wife have just returned from a trip to Germany, Switzerland and Italy.

Lieutenant Frederick H. Foucar of the Fort DuPont Medical Corps is to report to the

Hot Springs, Arkansas Army & Navy General Hospital at and early date. Major

Eugene Hartnett of DuPont Medical Corps will report to Fort Robinson, Nebraska upon

being relieved.

The 36^th Company of Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Mott New Jersey will return from Fort Monroe, Virginia target practice.

Lt. Foucar , Sgt. Sliney, and Pvts Yale and Swickert on field maneuvers with

the 15^th Cavalry at Bolinor Heights, Harpers Ferry, Virginia have returned to Ft. DuPont.

The 13^th Coast Artillery Corps Band and the 112^th Company Coast Artillery Corps

of Fort DuPont will leave on September 23 for Altoona, Pennsylvania to partake in

the 15^th Anniversary of Loyal Governors Conference on September 24, 25 and 26.

The 13^th Coast Artillery Corps Band and members of the non commissioned staff

are all set to engage in revolver practice at Fort DuPont at an early date.

The Cavalry stables at Fort DuPont have been completed.

Abstract:; September 4, 2018, by Harrison H. from Mondays, September 2, 1912,

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