The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-27

With the exception OF the Rich
Hond Light Infantry Blues, ali of the
military commands or Virginia will
leave Thursday night for the summe r
manoeuvres of national EuardsnNn
and regulars at Gettysburg. The call
to arms has been sounded. Enthusi-
asm among the citizen soldiers has
ncw about reached climax Prepa-
rauons are being pushed to compile
ton for the big encampment. which
VIII last for ten days. near the spot
where the tide OF the Civil War was
turned.
The four companies here of the
first Virginia Regiment are in readf-
ness to entrain Thursday night. About
O'Clock. under command of Major
Lawrence T. Price, the battalion will
march from their army to Elba sta
ton, where special train of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac railway will be boarded This
train viii be followed by others bear
ing troops from Norfolk, Franklin
Petersburg. Portsmouth and other
cities in the southeastern part of the
State. The route Will be through
Washington to Harrisburg. Here the
Western Maryland will transport the
soldiers to Gettysburg and over spur
tracks direct 10 the camp.
1t is expected to reach Gettysburg
early on the morning OF July /. The
war game will be played from start
70 finish The ten days which the
Virginia troops Will spend in the
mimic campaign promise to be the
most strenuous in which they have
participated since the Spanish-Ameri-
can War.
Blues Are Gloomy.
Tor ID fxJ,,
Monday. Especially are the officers
OF this famous organization disap-
pointed that they will not join the
practice, which promises to be OF
great benefit to all infantrymen and
field artillerymen.
Major E. w. Bowles announced
Monday morning that Governor Mann
has excused the Blues from the en-
campment. This was made necessary
on account of the attitude OF the en-
ployers of many OF the members OF
Richmond's crack military command.
The period of the encampment being
the end of the fiscal year with many
business houses. II is a busy season
| and for clerks, bookkeepers and varf-
| Gus employees to leave would hinder
work. For this reason many of the
| Blues were denied permission to leave.
| Foreseeing this last winter, Adiu-
| tant-General William Wilson Sale and
| General G. c. Vaughan, commando
the Virginia brigade. made efforts TO
| have the war department change the
| date OF the encampment, But t,TIs
| would have interfered with the plans
| of the troops of all of the Middle At
| lantic States. Governor Mann also
took steps in this direction.
/! OF course, the Blues could have
| been ordered to go by the Governor
and would have had to obey willy
nilly, but following conference with
! Major Bowles, the States chief execu-
tive decided to excuse the battalion.
Their Outfit Ready.
All of the field pieces, caisSons
commissary wagons and other equip
| ment OF the HowitZers Is now in splen-
| did shape. ready to be shipped to the
camping ground. The horses which
| will be used by the artillerymen VII,
be supplied by Uncle Sam after the
| arrival OF the battery 1
The Howitzers are now awaitine
| the order to entrain. They Will leave
| Thursday night by way OF the Chesa-
| peake and Ohio railway. going 10
| Basic, thence to Hagerstown, and then
| by the Western Maryland to the camp
| site.
At least one hundred artillerymen
will go from Richmond. They will
be Joined here Thursday afternoon
by the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
| and Grimes Battery. Of Portsmouth.
composing virginias field artillery
| battalion. Major r. NJ. Workman will
! be In command.