The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-30
VIRGINIA TROOPS
ORDERED TO CAMP
First Virginia Brigade Goes to
Virginia Beach Next Sunday
for Week of Manoeuvres.
LOCAL COMMAND GOING, TOO
Four Companies Notified by
Major Price That Attendance
Will Be Compulsory.

Virginia Beach will see the mobiliza-
ton of miniature army next Sunday
afternoon. when thirty-two companies
nf Infantry. bands and medical corps.
composing three regiments of the
First Brigade. Virginia Volunteers, Will
arrive for the annual manoeuvrcs All
OF the Quits are up to the standard
OF enlistment and nearly 1000 men and
officers will form the first encampment
to be held on the now State camp site
and rifle range.
Orders have been issued by Major
Lawrence 7. Price, comma nding the
-FOUR local companies, for his men to
assemble at the home station at 9 A.
vi. Sunday morning in service uni
FORM They Will entrain at Byrd Street
station at IL a. NJ. and Will make the
Trip In special train over the Nor
ioik and Western Railway. AT Peters-
burg additional coaches, containing
one company each from Petersburg.
Lynchburg and Danville. will be at
tached to the train. The camp site
Will BIO reached at p. NJ
The rest of tho First Regiment will
come In another section. Colonel Will
liam j. Perry. with tho regimentaI
band and stafr officers will leave
stanton with the Charlottesville and
stanton companies. This section will
be met ut boswell by companies from
Leesville, Alexandria and Fredericks-
burg. The train Will leave the Rich
mond. fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad at Acca, and will go over the
Belt Line to the connecting point with
the main line OF the Norfolk and West
ern Railway. This section is due at
camp shortly after the local boys. The
Fourth and Second Regiments. which
form the brigade. will arrive in camp
n Z NJ u
To Accept No Excuses.
Compulsory attendance at the ma
noeuvres will be enforced this year.
Major Price has notified his command
that no excuse except illness will be
accepted. The threadbare plea OF an
obdurate employer refusing permission
to attend the encampment will not be
blindly received. Each and every case
VIII get personal investigation at the
hands OF the commanding officer. I'm
less IL is plainly seen that n man with
n dependent family will risk his po-
sttion by going. the order will be strict
~ and rightly complied with. 1t Is
the experience of local officers, how
ever. that few such employers exist in
this city, 1t being recognized by the
large manufacturing concerns and
other corporations that an efficient mi
litia Is of extreme Importance. and may
become a necessity at any moment
General c. c. Vaughan will be in
command of the encampment The
tents and other camp equipaGe will
be shipped direct from Richmond and
VIII be distributed before the arrival
OF the troops. Major Winfree. Of the
Engineer Corps. has laid OF the com
pany streets, OF which, there will be
thirty three and all necessary equip
ment Will be placed mt the head Of
each in readiness for tho men to begin
operations Immediately upon arrival
The grounds are located two miles
from Virginia Beach. near Cape Henry,
and ne-half mile from the shores The
site was laid off by Captain w. W.
La Prade. who has spent nearly twelve
months at Virginia Beach superintend-
ing the work. The parade grounds
have been plowed up and grass seed
planted All convenences of a mod
ern camp have been installed.
Safeguarding Health.
Nothing has been left undone TO sa fe-
guard the health of the troops. Colonel
Junius r Lynch. senior medical off,
Ger, has charge of this end. Under him
is Captain F. X. r. Warrick. of the
First Battalion of Field Artillery, who
was detailed one month ago to look
after the sanitary and hygienic condi-
ton of the site.
Upon the arrival OF the brigade.
every health precaution Will be taken.
1ncinerators will be burned out daily
by civilian employees or tho quarter
masters department. Scrupulous
cleanliness OF everything pertaining to
the mess will be maintained. Food will
be protected from flies by screens,
while the garbage cans will be thor
oughly cleansed and whitewashed
whenever emptied. No water is to be
used for drinking purposes unless
bearing a placard attestlng Its purity
Tho local troops to participate in
the manoeuvres are Companies y. p. c.
and F. under command of Major Price.
1t Is expected that go enlisted mon
will make the trip. in addition To
twenty members of the Medical Corps
under the command OF Major j. Fulmer
Bright.