Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-22
RICHMOND BLUES
JOIN COLORS AS
CAVALRY TROOP
Crack Infantry Regiment
Begins MobiliZing for On
coming Conflict.
GENERAL MILLS AcCEDES
TO URGENT PETITION
Battalion Will Be Attached to
Mounted Forces Of the
Seventh Division.
FAIR GROUNDS TO BE CAMP
Military and Civil Authorities Reach
satisfactory Agreement and
Work Is Rushed.

The Richmond Light Infantry Blues.
omitted IN tho War Departments first
call for Virginia militia because they
we're not attached 10 either of the two
regiments designated by Adiutant-Gcn-
@raI sale, viii go 70 the front az part
ot a cavalry regiment from. the Seventh
Militia Division.
Acceding 20 thc urpon, reques. Of
the Adjutant- General that the Blues Ne
attached % the cavalry. General y. l..
Mills. chic: of the Diysiou of Militia
.hNai!a acting by authority ot Secre-
ta-y ot War Baker. yesterday author
i:cd the conversion OF the battalion into
Houatel troop ana directed i'umedi-
ate mobilization.
Major T.. " Bowlos, conmander OF
ne battalion a. once issued tho 1nnbi!-
ration order, and the touv companies
spes- last night At their aimory.
Eefore INC official announcement OF
the Blues transfcr.uce there came 20
tho o:hce of the Governor ard 20 ,he
Adtutant- -Gencrai messages from the
t'"o sons Of former Senator John ".
Parsons, cf GrLyson County. with The
urgent request that they be ailoweG
- raise from that section y troop "f
cavslrS for scrv:ce on the Men dean
10 Lane stern, who had just returned
from An inspection ;rip 10 Roanoke,
brought The Information that Captain
Dorsey Cullen. ot tn. First United
states Cavalry. now on recruiting duty
81 Roanoke. and !. Ken. Spiller. who
vae formerly "a ii-st lieutenant ~ tho
CnitsG States Army, had been re-
lgssted by number ot officers and men
q southwest Virginia 10 assist them
IN organizing troops ct cavalry
nLUES LOSE 40 TINE
IN GOi>G TO \HMoHN
Enl!s,menc papers wrr" sent also
daring the day 60 a cavalry company
recently organized in Frcderlcksburg.
with The notice that. ii they are propcr-
ly allied Out Assistant inspector-Gcn-
cr.l ia Lan,. Stern viii 90 TO that city
on Monday night to inspect and muster
the command into service. Paul ana y.
i'arsons We're to!d 10 so ahead with
organization, and assured that ali
necessary stems would b. taken TO have
;he,r tsoop iocoGm!Eed by the War ne-
uartrncnt
Concentration began las, night At
tie Blues Armory. S0or after The re-
caipt by General Salc OF rhe ,teitgrnm
from the Division OF Militia Affairs.
Major L. ". Bowics ISSUED call 10
assemble At O'Clock. From that hour
the men have bean busily engaged III
all work incident 10 active mob:liza
i!on The battalion is composed Of
fou. compaliica with an approximate
strength OF $50 men.
Following conference yesterday
morning between Major Alien Potts,
camp ouartermasIcr for the First
Brigade Virginia Volunteers, and
Henry =. Seek. OF the Administers
tive Board. announcement was made
that the military authorities have been
assured by the board that Camp Henry
carter stuart situated on the State
Fair Grounds, viii bc ready for oc-
cupancy by the concentrated Virginia
troops not later than June IS. and that,
with this assurance. There is no danger
or having the camp taken elsewhere.
Workmen were busy yesterday with
tygo trench machines preparing for the
iaying Of pipe necessary for connect
ing water and sewer lines. and coll
stIuctiom men. supplemented by the
force of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, worked with
might and main installing lights and
telephones. Water connections in Ker-
shaw Park, just opposite the Fair
Grounds, where the artillery, under
command of Major n. NJ Wortham
viii cncamp. were completed. and
lighting apparatus for both sites is
practically complete.
clri Will. PUSH
WORK WITH ALI. SPEED
Mr. Beck assured Major Potts that
the work would be pushed with the
utmost expedition. and that the camp
would he ready for partial occupa ncy
tomorrow or Saturday, when the first
sections of State troops arc expected
20 arrive Every unit of the Virginia
volunteers included in the mobiiza,
ton orders of Juno Is. will be under
tentage at the Fair Grounds by We'd
nesday or Thursday OF next week
Tents ordered from the State rifle
range at Virginia Beach arrived in
iitchmond yesterday, and tho work Of
putting some of these in place for the
first arrivals probably will begin to-
morrow. No more were sent from the
range than ware needed TO supplement
the tentage already On hand.
Military operations in Richmond were
given impetus by the entry Of :he
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