The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-17
INTENSIVE TRAINING
BEGINS At CAMP TODAY
Recruiting Officers to Report For En-
animation and Assignment
to Duty.
NEW MEN ARE TO BE
SENT TO FORT MYER
Engineer Corps to BE Inspected Mt
Once and Mustered Into the Service.
Health Conditions ut Camp Stuart
Considered Remarkably High.

Tents have been erected at Camp
Henry Carter Stuart for the use of
the ten recruiting officers who will to-
day report to Adjuta Will
liam Wilson Sale for duty. These Of
fcers. who have been appointed for
every branch of the National Guard
of Virginia, will Immediately start
their recruiting campaign to bring all
of the commands Of the State up TO
war strength. They will be sent TO
sections OF Virginia where the like
hhood for enlistments Is most favor
able, but these will not be made
known until>after they have been re-
ported to the War Department as
ready for duty.
The officers who will report here
today are as follows: Major A B.
Percy. OF LynChburg. for the First In
fantry: Major W. r. Johnson, OF Suf-
folk. for the Second Infantry; Captain
r, e. Wilkins. OF Newport News, for
the First Infantry; Captain j. V. Bid
good. of Norfolk for the Second In
fantry. Captain G. W. Burns, of
Portsmouth. for the First Infantry:
First Lieutenant Blair Wilson. of Nor
folk. for the Field Artillery; First
Lieutenant Robert c. Kent, of Nor
folk for the Richmond Blues; First
Lieutenant F II, Bondurant, of Nor
folk for the Field Hospital Corps:
Captain ]. l. Mitchell OF Norfolk. for
the Second Infantry; First Lieutenant
Charles c. Moss, Of Norfolk. for the
Signal Corps,
All From the Fourth.
All of the above officers are mem
bers OF the Fourth Regiment. They
will each bring with them a recruit
ing squad OF one sergeant, one cor
poral and a private,
Immediately on their arrival here
they will be subjected to the usual
physical examinations of the United
| States Army. After their final in
spection by Captain a. n, Starke.
United States Army. they Will be re-
/ ported to the War Department as be-
ing ready for muster, and on advices
from that department, Captain A. NJ.
! Shipp. mastering in officer at the
camp will have the officers subscribe
| to the oath, and take them into the
Federal service.
| Just where the recruiting details
will be sent for duty will be an
nounced in few days. All of the re-
cruits that may be received will be
mustered Immediately into the State
and Federal service, but when the
troops are demobilized the men will
| return to their homes as members OF
the National Guard of Virginia.
i All applicants who are accepted
will be considered members of the
military organization of the town
| from which they are recruited, al
! though they may not be connected
with that company until the troops
return home.
Recruits to Fort Myer.
Unless the command in which they
enlist at the mobilization camp here
all recruits that may be received by
the recruiting details will be sent TO
/ the military rendezvous for the State
| of Virginia at Fort Myer
In the case OF the Virginia troops.
that will mean that only enlsters in
the First and Second Infantries will
be sent TO Fort Myer, since all of the
other organization are at Camp Stu
art and Sherwood Park.
The first United States inspection
of the Engineer Corps will be made
today by Captain a. NJ. Shipp, who
will look over. the men. and report
to Captain A. n, Starke, medical ex-
aminer, as ready for his attention.
This completed. the mastering in pro-
cess will shortly follow.
Three men were added to the En-
gineer Corps yesterday. Bringing the
Ifotal up to sixty-six men. But a few
more are needed. and they will be up
TO the required number OF the Federal
authorities for muster. A number of
prospective recruits are in sight, suf-
ncient to raise the total to the seventy
two men required and take care OF
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