Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
WILL ERECT BUILDING
At STATE RIFLE RANGE
In Office of Governor
Stuart.
MEDICAL OFFICERS AT CAMP
Permission Given New York Troops
to Enter Virginia Fully Armed for
Encampment Purposes-Open Bids
for Troop Transportation To-Day.

At the meeting of the State Military
Board this afternoon at 1870 o'clock
! In the office of Governor Stuart, plans
VIII DO discussed for the erection Of n
new administration building at tho
state Rifle Range. Virginia Beach, and
the organization OF field hospital
| corps. The State already has the
equipment for the hospital organiza-
ton, and the War Department has
ordered the proper armory facilities DO
provided for storing the same.
| The military funds now on hand win
not permit Of the state making an out
lay to take care OF the hospital equip
| ment but it is hoped that arrange
| ments may be made with the city au-
thorities of Richmond, whereby ample
ganization perfected. In the event Of
active service for the Virginia Vol
unteers. the field hospital would be
necessary, and even when detachments
are called out TO assist the civil au-
thorities the equipment would be in
valuable.
An expenditure Of $4,000 or $4,000 for
the erection Of an administration build
ing ut the rifle range is contempla ted
if means can be found to provide the
necessary funds. This building will
take the place OF the structure de-
stroyed by frc some time ago. num-
her Of routine matters will be disposed
of
All members Of the military board
are expected to be present at the meet
ing. Governor Stuart. Adjutant- GEN
eral Sale, Secretary Of tho Common
wealth B. o. James, Brigadier-Gcneral
G. c. Vaughan. Jr., OF Franklin, and
Northumberland 10 Lane Stern are
the members. Captain Joseph lie Ma
surfer Is secretary OF the board.
The Medical Corps of Virginia Vol
untccrs was we'll represented at the
medical officers camp of instruction,
held at Tobyhanna, Pa. June 21-26.
and all who attended report the school
the most progressive the War Depart
mcnt has yet arranged for the mcdi-
cal men of the organized militia. The
Virginia officers who attended were
Major 4. T. Finch. Chase City; Major
Israel Brown. Norfolk; Major j. Fulmer
Bright, Richmond; Captain Francis K.
It. Warwick. Richmond: Captain Giles
Cook, Richmond; Captain A. A. Marse-
tcllar. Richmond: Captain Edward C. s.
| Taliaferro. Norfolk; First Lieutenant
il. Fitzhugh White, Baskerville: First
Lieutenant Charles G. Smith, Norfolk,
and First Lieutenant j. G. Bowman,
East Radford. The general OF
! Virginia Volunteers, Colonel
Junius f. Lynch. of Norfolk. and Cap
tain II. Norton Mason, of Richmond
| were excused from attending the camp.
Commissions were issued by the Adj
1utant Generals Office yesterday as fol-
| lows:
| William NJ King. captain. Company
G. First REGIMENT. Alexandria.
Frank a. Shufeldt, captain OF engi-
neers. assistant professor. Virginia
military Institute, Lexington.
j. c. Bowman. first lieutenant. med
ical corps, East Radford; transferred
from infantry branch.
Warren NJ Goddard, late second lieu
tenant, Company Il, Richmond Blues,
retired list. with same rank.
Colonel Robert F. Leedy, command
ing the Second Regiment. has been di-
| rccted to order an election to be held
to select a captain for NJ Company
| Second Regiment, stationed at Radford,
fer OF Capt. j. c. Bowman to the med
! ical corps, and any other vacancies
which may result
| On the application OF the adjutant
general OF New York State. permits
sion was yesterday granted to the
| troops of the Twenty-second Corps of
| Engineers New York National Guard
| to enter the State Of Virginia fully
| equipped to attend the joint encamp-
| ment at Belvoir Tract Virginia. The
6-17, and the second battalion, July 90
| 81.
Reports on bids by railroad COM
panies for the transportation Of the
three regiments OF Virginia infantry to
| the State Rife Range, Virginia Beach
| for the rife camps of instruction, be-
! ginning July 49, will he submitted to
the state Military Board at It's meeting