The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-14
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ASKED BY DEPARTMENT
General Sale VIII Complete List OF
Forty From Organization nc
Camp Stuart Today.
MEN WILL BE TRAINED HERE
Advices Received From Governors
Island Indicate Mounts and Draft
Animals VIII Be Sent to Richmond.
Probable Training Stations.

Recruiting in Virginia lie to continue
despite the fact that there Is to be no
further immediate dispatch OF Virginia
troops to the Mexican border for pa
troll or other service.
This was made apparent yesterday
when Acknowledgement Sale received
from Adjutant- General Simpson, of
the Department of the East, War De-
partment the following telegram:
Under instructions War Department
you are requested to submit by tele-
graph the names of well-instructe !
national guard officers not to exceed
each separate battalion or separate
unit now in service of the United
States to be mustered In as recruit
ing officers. All officers designated
must be willing for this service. be ac-
tive members OF the national guard and
exclusive of those already mustered
into the service of the United States
as part OF the contingent under Presi-
dents call. No officer above the grade
or major will be selected. Please Sc.
lect also one sergeant, one corporal and
one private for each recruiting officer
Direct these officers and enlisted men
to report at once to mobilization camp
in your State for muster in. physical
examination and instruction.
Announce List To-day.
Pursuant to these advices General
Sale last night stated that he expected
to complete sometime today the list
of officers. non commissioned officers
and privates to be detailed TO duty at
recruiting stations. The Instructions
will mean the selection Of forty men
now in Camp Stuart for this service
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sanizations there--four troops of cav
airy, three batteries OF artillery, a feld
hospital. a signal corps and an engineer
corps. Four men will be taken from
each organization for recruiting work
an officer, a sergeant, corporal and
a private.
The only other activity in local mil
itary circles YESTERDAY other than tina
Ave hours-a day maneuver and drill
routine OF camp-life. was caused By
the receipt OF query from Cover
nor's Island asking definitely how
many horses and mules are needed to
equip the virginians who have mus
tered in and who are still In camp.
This information had previously been
asked for and given, but OH former
occasions II was understood that the
cavalrymen and the artillerymen would
NC sent W thH uOidcf dhu tHeFc FSSElNt
their mounts and draft animals.
To Array Posts, Not Border.
1t is now understood that the men
are not to be sent Immediately to the
border and that the horses and mules
will be sent to Richmond. The receipt
of the telegram asking how many ami
mails are needed will be followed with
In few days ii is anticipated. by ad-
vices that the animals have been
shipped here for use of the men VIVA
will be kept here, as stated in The
Virginian yesterday, for an indefinite
period of intensive training.
II Is also possible that the four d.
visions OF the military service repre-
sented by the men at Camp Stuart may
be sent 10 regular army posts for
further training. but this action. IL
taken al all, will not be taken for some
time.
When the regular army training
camps are designated and the various
branches assigned II IL probable that
the field artillery will go to Tobyhan-
ma, Pa, and the fleld hospital. signal
corps and cavalry. to Fort Myer. Va.
which already has been designated by
the War Department the recruiting
rendezvous for thfs district. The en-
gineer corps. now rapidly nearing full
strength may be sent to a southern
post. where an engineers school of In
struction is maintained.