The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-07
M|L|T|AMEN OFF
FOR ANNUAL CAMP
Four Local Companies and Hos
pital Corps Will Spend Week
i'll Camp at Virginia Beach.
MAJOR PRICE is PLEASED
Feared Employers Would Cause
Trouble, but Attendance
Is Gratifying.

Travelling on special train the
First Battalion. First Virginia Rcgi-
ment. composed OF four local com
pnnies. left here, yesterday morning Mt
11:4o o'clock over the Norfolk ana
Western Railway for Virginia Beach.
where IT wont into camp with the
First Brigade. Virginia Volunteers. on
tho new State camp site and rine
range. Abou. LIS enlisted men and
thirteen officers. comprising Companies
a. II. c. and +, under command or
Major Lawrence T. Price, and fifteen
members OF the battalion hospital
corps. under command of Major ].
Fulmer Bright. form the Richmond
contingent
No trouble IVES experienced in max
ing the start. Long before assembly
was blown at the temporary armory
at Twelfth and Capitol Streets. the
men had gathered and completed their
preparations for the trip. Adjutants
call was sounded At II A. NJ, and the
battalion, in heavy marching order,
moved through Capitol Square prompt
~ at 11:15 a. NJ. Although not &C
companied by n band. the lone Humpe-
ter worked cnersetically. and the SOL
der boys quickly caught the cadence
and in perfect formation stepped
sharply down Eighth Street to the
Byrd Street Station, wnere they en-
trained The baggage had been sent
to the train in wagons, and. wonder
flu as II may seem. the Journey began
on schedule time-a remarkable per-
Torrance for a militia outfit
Many Failed to Go.
Major Price was greatly elatcd at
tho number OF men who made the
trip. Considerable trouble was en-
countercd by the refusal of many en-
ployers to let their men off for the
limo OF tho encampment. and In q
large numb. OF cases. 1t was ncces-
Sary for him to make n personal ap-
peal before tho permission was grant
ed. The attendance ut camp is COM
pulsory. sickness being the only ex-
cuse accepted, and Major Price feared
Tor time that II would be necessary
10 order court-martial on the re-
turn from Virginia Beach That this
Will hardly be the case now Ia a great
source Of qualification to him. Fully
"a per cent Of the organization an
swer d roll call yesterday
This Will be the first militia camp
on the new site. Thirty-two com
panies. comprising the First. Second
and Fourth Regiments. together with
reGimental bands and hospital corps.
Will be in attendance at the encamp-
mcnt for seven days. BriEadler- Gen
eral c. c. Vaughan Is In command
The grounGs have been laid out
within the past year. and are In cx-
cellent condition. Captain WaverIy
w. La Prade. adjutant OF the First
Battalion. Field Artillery. Is the en-
gineer In charge and Major Winfree,
of the Engineer Corps. has been de-
tailed for the past month is perfect
ing the ARRANGEMENTS. Captain f. X.
T. Warrick. surgeon OF the First Bat
talon. Field Artillery, was sent to the
camp site one month ago to SEQ TO
the sanitary conditions. Nothing has
been left undone that will safeguard
tho health of tho troops participating
In the manoeuvrcs
To Return Sunday.
The local troops will return homo
next Sunday afternoon. Camp will DE
broken nj MD day. but 1t is expected
that there Will be some delay In get
ting off. The train yesterday was
made up OF Ave passenger coaches,
three baggage cars and one Pullman.
Additional coaches bearing other com
panicS were attached at PETERSBURG
Several hundred persons were at tho
station to see the First Regiment Off
The scene as the train pulled out re-
sembled the start for war, except that
1ollity. instead OF sadness. marked
the occasion. The boys had shed
their blanket rolls and settled them
selves comfortably for the hot and
dusty trip, and. rs tho train pulled
out Of the yards, the windows Of the
coaches were damned with those eager
to catch another sight Of the friends
of the feminine persuasion
who had come 10 bid them good-b by