The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-11
NINETY OFFICERS
!. To SEE WAR GAME
Half of All the Commissioned
Officers in Virginia Mill
! tia Designated
WILL BE AWAY
ABOUT THREE WEEKS
|Adjutant General Sale and
Commanding Militia OFF,
GERS Hold Important
Meeting

Ninety commissioned officers Of
the Virginia Volunteers are to be
spectators of Uncle Sans big war
game in Mexico. This was decided
saturday afternoon at meeting OF
the militia commanders In the Of
nee Of Governor Mann.
These ninety oficers will leave for
the scene OF activities near the Mex
lcan border AZ soon as possible anu
IT is planned to have the other
ninety oricers In the Virginia Vol
unteers 20 to Mexico at a later date.
fhis plan. however, is only tentative.
Ii il probable that the ninety al
ready chosen will remain In Texas
ior about three weeks. In fling theis
applications for participation in the
activities the officers specified tina,
they were willing to so At any time
and remain as long as they were
wanted.
All Wanee<i To 60.
Every commissioned officer In the
state expressed willingness to 20 TO
Mexico or any other place desired
If 50 ordered but only about halt
Of them can take the projected trip
TO the South In the next few days
The meeting Of the militia comman-
ders began at noon and lasted for two
hours. Every phase OF the situation
was discussed. The vorious COM
handing officers presented lists OF
officers in their commands who wish.
ed to go. From these lists the nine
ty officers were designated. The re-
vised list will be forwarded by Ad-
5utant-General Sale to the war de-
partment at once.
1t ts likely that o few names will
be stricken out by the war depart
ment II too many wish to witness the
'maneuvers'' near san Antonio. the
date of departure for the South has
not been announced.
Those Chosen.
Following fs a list Of the officers
chosen to 60 to Texas:
Brigade headQuarters--Gene c.
e Vaughan. Lieutenant Colonel 10
Lane Stern. Major c. l.. Wright, Ma
jor Alfred B. Percy. Major Allen
PITTS. Major Thomas w Shelton.
observation-disclosures General w.
W Sale. Lieutenant Colonel Junius F..
Lynchburg. Lieutenant Colonel Chas.
~. Consolvo.
First Regiment-Colonel w. J.
Perry. Lieutenant Colonel X. e.
Craighiil. Major Stanley w. Martin,
Major j. Z. King. Captains Charles
Nj. East. William e. Tribbet. C. n.
Wallace. w. f. Herbert. w. A. Stack.
III. III. wayt.
Leutsnants S. A. Howard, Charles
ID. Snead. A. s. Burnham. A. b. Cous-
ms. c. X. Duay. Z. v. Peace. l.. r..
Matthews.
Captains H. W. Reams, w. H. GIL.
Leutenants John Krauss. r 8.
Phifer .. T. Luck. c. d. Montague,
'G. w Fretwsil. ~----.---- aDa hney.. g.. "
Harrison. J. Cleveland Hail. Captain
II. II. Hunt, Lieutenant H. X. Blsn-
ton.
Second Aforementioned Robert
Leedy. Lieutenant Colonel g. r.
Miller. Major G.. o. I.eech.
Captains J. B. Beverley. II. w. De-
want Robert Gillian, A. A. Grove.
ii, l. Opie. Z. L. Slaughter. 8. G.
Waller, l. NJ. Green
Lientanants Mark Turner, Kfiby.
Wampier. Bernstein. Dinges, Moore.
Fourth Northumberland r. J.
nottingham. Major B. w, Salomnsky.
Major A. G. Epea Major Z. E. GOOD
win.
Captains w. H. Church. d. s. Elm.
stein. H. c. Robbie, w. G. Parker. W.
T. Drewry. F. l. Curdts, w. X. King,
w. N. Manifold.
Lieutenants Jones. Murdin. Higgtn-
botham. Curdts. Busby. Macon. Nil
chell. Hudgins. Hecht, Bondurant.
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Major Z. w. Bowies. Captains p. Nom
tague, T. b. Mcdowell. First Lieuten-
ant J. L. Masurier. Second Lieutenant
r. n. Bidgood. Surgeon J. T. Bright
Field Artiilery-Major T. M. Wor-
than. Captain J. c. Wise, Lieutenant
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