The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-27
lone COMPANY OF GRAYs
may Be MUSTERED OUT.
Company G Had Only Eighteen Men
Present at Annual State
Inspections.
OFFICERS ARE RECRUITING
Hope to Bring Command Up to Re-
quired Peace Footing Before Oil
cial Action Is Taken-NorfollS
Officers Resign.

because OF Its poor showing at the
last state inspection, Company G, Rich
mond Grays' Battalion. First Infantry,
may he dropped from tho service.
Colonel 10 Lane Stern, assistant in
spector-seneral. has recommended that
an inspection, with the view OF muster
Ing the delinquent company out be
held, steps arc now being taken. how
ever, to ward off this possibility, and
1t Is confidently believed that the com
pnny will be recruited up to the mimi
mum peace strength before drastic
measures are adopted oy the military
authorities.
The recommendation for disbandment5
is nothing new, having been made am
nually for the past four years. On
account of the lack OF arinorial facili-
ties, the company, together with others
forming the battalion, found great diff
flculty in keeping up to the standard.
Company c. which had on its rolls
large number OF medical students, was
hard hit during the summer by tho
graduation of these men, and was just
| recovering from this loss and begin
ntng to pick up when the Inspection
was held
Major Lawrence T. Price. command
ant OF the battalion, said last night: a
Company C. The recommendation Is
nothing new. and the company has al
ways managed to come up to the stand
ard In the past, and will do so now.
| D.,
ing on the proposition. and he and the
other two officers are fully equal to the
task before them. The officers are ef--
iclent, and have the hearty co-opera-
ton Of the enlisted men. While there
were only eighteen men present at the
inspection, the company now has forty
six enlisted men on Its rolls, and re-
cruiting Is brisk. With all OF the adj
vantages OF tho new armory and the
| handsome new full+dress uniforms,
| } har u,tn hA in,
| tho companies up TO the minimum In
| the future"
Captain Coulbourne has launched a.
recruiting campaign, and the mon have
entered into the competition heartily.
| 1t Ia expected that the company will.
| have the necessary lfty-eight mon
within tho next few weeks, especial
| ly AZ tho whole battalion Is co-operat-)
| Ing In building it up. The company
| was formerly known rs the Guard OF
the Commonwealth, and the veteran
| association. as well as the First yir-3
| II In it's fight tor existence.
Captain Coulbourne hna as his az
sistants. First Lieutenant Dan Conl-.,
! bourne and Second Lieutenant James
c, Sheppard The three officers are
putting In many hours in looking up
suitable mon and erlistlng them. In
spite Of the urgent need, the company
! Is maintaining It's strict entrance rules,
and nothing but the best material Is,
being accepted
| OTHER COMMANDS
HAVE THEIR TROUDIES
! While Company c. Is the only local.
company having difficulties now. two
Norfolk commands are suffering
through the resignation OF officers and
internal descriptions. The Norfolk,
, Light Artillery Blues, Battery b, First
Field Artillery. has lost two officers,
| while Company G, Fourth Infantry,
| Norfolk, has had all three OF its Of
| flcers resign from the service.
| First Lieutenant Otto Schruchm, OF
the Norfolk Blues. has asked to be
| placed on tho retired list, after tiire
| teen years service, and First Lieu
tenant Robert G. Lehman, OF the snme
| command, has rendered his resignation
| Captain Charles p. Heinemann. First
| Lieutenant Ward hIcCourt and Second
Lieutenant Roland Thorp. OF Company
|. G, has resigned from the service,
First Lieutenant Turner Chambltss
has been elected captain OF Company
NJ Fourth Infantry. Empora. seoond.
Lieutenant William j. Oliver has beeist
| advanced one grade. and Robert Nj.
Little has been elected to the second.
liautenancy of the company