The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
TROOPS DEPART
FOR CAMP TODAY
About 200 Men From Richmond
to Attend Virginia Beach
Encampment.
EMPLOYERS GIVE TROUBLE
Major Price Reports Great Diff
flculty in Getting Men off
From Work.

FROM w DIRK.
The First Battalion. First Virginia
Regiment, comprising Companies A. y.
and +, under command OF Major
lawrence T. Price. will leave over the
Norfolk and Western Railway for the
State camp site near Virginia Beach
been issued by the company com
mander 20 report at the armory at 8
A. NJ. The adjutant's call for bat
TALON formation will be at II A. NJ !;
the line Will move from the temper
airy armory at Twelfth and Capitol
Streets. at 1875 a. NJ. and the train
VIII leave Byrd street Station at ll:4o
y. NJ AN additional coach VIII be
placed on this section at Petersburg
containing Company Z. or Lynchburg
Major Price stated last night that
MS command would carry 2l5 out OF
total OF 2G0 enlisted men; thirteen out
of fifteen officers. and twenty out OF
the twenty-four members OF the regi-
mental hospital corps.
The cncanipmcn will last one week.
the troops 10 break camp next sun
day, and return 10 Richmond on sun
day night.
Thomas V chalkely was promoted
yesterday from sergeant major 10 bat
talon quartermastcr and commissa
with rank of second lieutenant. He
VIII report TO the +, g!mcntal commits
sary during the encampment.
Truin Orders.
General orders issued yesterday by
Colonel ". J. Perry. OF the First In
fantry, Of which the four Richmond
Companies compose the First Bat
talon, give the following as the hnal
train schedules:
kcg!mental headquarters band, Com
panies l and *. to entrain at Staun-
ton on train leaving at A NJ to-
day, arriving at Charlottesville AT 1920
\. NJ. where coach VIII be attached
for Company d. Company II will leave
Lcesburg on special car over tho
Washington and Old Dominion line
for Alexandria, ut an hour TO be fixed
by the railway officials In time to
transfer ~ Alexandria TO the train
leaving there for Richmond this morn
ing at 1880 o'clock Headquarters
Second Battalion, with Companies {;
and II. viii move on a special train
leaving Alexandria at 7:20 \. NJ. over
the Richmond Frcdericksburg and
Potomac. Company l. Will cntrain at
Fredericksburg In coach attached
to this special. The Alexandria sec
ton VIII be consolidated with the
stanton section at boswell, and will
proceed as a solid train to Virginia
Beach by way Of Richmond, Peters
burg and Norfolk. The First Battalion
and Hospital Detachment will move
on special train leaving Richmond at
l;47 a NJ, arriving 1T Petersburg
AT 1880 +. VI. Company Will move
from Lynchburg on a special coach
with baggage car. leaving Lynchburg
as $50 a NJ. arriving in Petersburg
at 1880 +. NJ there to be attached
10 the section from Richmond Com
pany NJ Will entrain on special at
Danville. leaving over the Southern
Railway at 1880 a NJ. one Pullman,
one cooch and baggage car to DO made
part OF the Fourth Regiment special
Commanding officers Will be held re-
sponsiblc for strict discipline.
Cars must be. Kept clean ana
thoroughly policed No weapon other
than regulation arms. no ball car
tidgcs or other ammunition, and no
lntoX!cants are TO be carried By either
oihccrs or men. Company commanders
are instructed 10 make personal in
spection before leaving the home sta
ton 20 see that this is carried out.
Employers Give Trouble.
MAJOR I!lcc stated yesterday that
he had encountered considerable
trouble with employers who were UNI
willing to let their men off for the
time of the militia encampment Large
corporations such as the street rail
way company and locomotive WORKS
realize the Importance OF the militia,
and gave every aid. but much trouble
was experienced with automobile
garages, plumbing concerns and other
employers OF mechanics of all grades.
and in many instances IL was only by
personal appeal on the part of Major
Price that such employers would con
sent 10 let men off for the encamp-
ment.
AS the first militia camp on the new
state rifle range and camp site, the
undertaking is looked on as something
OF an experiment AdJutant- General
w w. Sale Will go TO Virginia Beach
this morning in order TO he in close
touch with the situation, as the vari-
Gus commands arrive on the ground
Quartermaster and commissary OF
hcers have been at the camp for the
past week, and officers of the medical
corps have been making preparations
for months in order that every sani-
tary precaution might be taken.