The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26

nesday. was defeated by Company
! In ball game. won tho second
engagement on Thursday. Tho first
game ended In six inning ito.
Company X, First Infantry. OF. staun-
| ton, is the largest single company in
tho Joint camp OF instruction. Captain
| w q. Smiley reported the presence of
siNty-four enlisted mon ana three Of
fcers.
Major Stanley Martin, commander of
the Third Battalion. First Infantry,
who was excused from attendance at
the camp. will arrive here tomorrow
/ afternoon. He Will be met by tho four
companies of his battalion. and the
Richmond Grays will also turn out in
special review in his honor.
Two former commissioned officers
VIII be found in tho ranks here. They
are Captain Ned Hazen, n former adj
tutant of the Richmond Light Inf;,n-
! try Blues Battalion who Is now serv-
| ing as private in Company. d, of the
Blues. and First Lieutenant w. II.
l<indcrNatcr, who is carrying n rifle
in Company b. Richmond Grays. The.
latter was the first member of his com
pany TO be mustered into service at
tho beginning of the Spanish American
War Owing to peculiar error in
hospital records he is down in the
archives of the War Department as
dead.
here to-day, heard several service calls
blown by Musician Leg Scott, OF Com
pany B. First Infantry, Richmond. who
is detailed to brigade headquarters.
turning 20 Colonel Allen Potts. Inc
general asked If the bugler was n reg.
ular army man. ON being Informed
that he was volunteer. General Wood
said that the buglcr was the equal OF
any in tho regular branch of the SER
vice Musician Scott is detailed at
Headquarters every year. and also at
tends the officers camp of instruction
to sound the various calls.
Member of the famous Stonewall,
Band OF Stanton, Will como hero to-
morrow to join the First Regiment
Band In n sacred concert to be held on
the parade grounds in front of rcgi-
mental headquarters. The band, aug
mcnted by tho stanton musicians.
will be the larger band here. and will
be one Of the best in the State.
FORMAL INSPECTION
OF MEDICAL CORPS
There Will be a formal inspection, of
the Medical Corps tomorrow morning
at o'clock. All equipment instru-
ments and supplies will he closely
scrutiniaed by Major Hutton, u. S. a.,
who was detailed by the War Depart
mcnt to aid in the sanitation Of the
camp site. The Medical Corps, with
Major y. T. Finish. Of Chase city. as its
ranking officer has nine officers and
forty enlisted men here. The First
Regiment has four officers and eighteen
men; the Second Regiment, two of
nccrs and eleven men. and the Fourth
Regiment, two officers and eleven men,
There is one officer at headquarters,
but the Blues arc without any.
Captain Cleveland Hall chaplain OF
the First Infantry, is said to be the
only West Pointer to be preaching the
gospel in the army. DIR. Hall, who is
rector of an Episcopal church In Dan
willie. has served in the Virgil militia
Tor fourteen years. He has been the
chaplain of the regiment since it's
designation as the First, having been
serving in the same capacity in the old
Seventieth regiment He is ready to
accompany his boys" TO Mexico IL they
are evor ordered into service.
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues
battalion Will hold Il battalion drill on
Monday night, Just before retreat
radc in the afternoon. and that OF tho
Blues will be tho final one as the
troops spend Tuesday night in the Open
and Will have a sham battle on We'd
ncsday.
Three military aides OF the five ap-
pointed by Governor Stuart on his per-
sonal stan. are in camp here. They
are Captain ID. j.. Porter, Colonel L. L.
Goodwin and Lieutenant Colonel S.
Ralph Mlllard. These officers acted as
this afternoon.
aides established a precedent in Viz
Einia, and Is "A step toward the goal
that of doing away with the appoint
ment or civilians on the Governors
c aiaf ca AZ H. TS rsGs Mason and
naming members of the military staff
Special Significance Is put by the
1niltiamen on tho visit OF General
- ir
Tor the ranking officer OF the army to
visit such n caipp. and is the first time
that Virginia has ever been honorcd
In such a manner, Many arc Inclined
to believe that it has something to do
with the Mexican situation. and there
is general hope that the State forces
viii eventually get into service. Prac-
tically every man here is praying that
n call TO duty Will come before the end
OF the enCampment
General Wood, in talking to officers
was particularly pleased that the regi-
mcnts have such young colonies. lie
inquired generally concerning the re
serve of the company. He appeared to
he pleased with the general appearance
of the camp.
: They are telling laughable Incl
dent on one of the post quarterma sters
This young officer went TO the COM
missary. department with an inquiry
concerning food. On being informed
hand. he innocently wanted TO know
II there would be an issue of fresh
country eggs.
The success of the canteen operated
by Captain \. Il. Cousins, of Company
+. First Infantry. for the benefit of
the new full dress uniform fund. has
lead to the decision OF Colonel w. j.
Perry. rcgimcntal commander, 10 es-
tahlish rcgimental exchange in camp
next summer. II will be run by Cap
tain Cousins on the same" plan as that
followed in regular army posts. The
mon VIII be credited and the money de-
Quoted from their pay. In this way
many of the boys who come to camp
with small amount of cash will be
tidcd over the dry spell.
NO SIIIKkING Of DUTY
AND LITTLE GRONLING
The ohiccrs, some who have been in
every Virginia camp since the Spanish
American war. assert that never in
their experience have they seen less
attempt on the part OF the men TO
shirk duty, or heard less growing
among them. This is attributed to the
manner in which The camp was pre-
pared before tho arrival OF the troops,
and the way it has been conducted
since. The work is hard. the weather
q Ic Z, ut,