Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
MANY MEN REQUIRED
BY VIRGINIA MILITIA
Will Take o,1S3 Recruits to Bring
Commands to Full War
Strength.
REGIMENTS IN GREATEST NEED
Were Accepted on Peace Basis, and
Must Now Nearly Double Their Eli
listed StrcnGth-BIucs Also Lack
Men for Full Squadron.

To bring all the Virginia military
full war strength. 2.lS3 men will he
required. according to the schedule re-
cc!ved yesterday from the Eastern De-
partment by Major y b Percy. of
LSnchhure. senior officer of the re
cru!tinS detail now waiting orders at
! camp stuart 1t is thought that di-
rec'ions to 60 20 their stations Will
reach the recruiting officers almost i'm :
mediately
The most serious deficiency in men
is in the First and Second Regiments.
now on the Mexican border Each of
these organizations is short more tina
600 men OF having full war strength.
When mustered into the Federal SER
vice. the two regiments were just about
at peace strength.
The deficiencies among State mill
tary bodies are divided up as follows:
First Regiment. 9i7: Second Regiment,
ssS; First Squadron. Cavalry. l2l; Bat
terry G. Field Artillery. So: First Bat
talon, Field Artillery. l6 First Com
pany, Signal Corps. 3: Field Hospital |.
-. The forty members OF the Fourth
Regiment intrusted with recruiting for
the other State militia companies have
the difficult task of filling these vacan-
cies in the shortest possible time.
NOW SIXTY-SIX OFFICERS
AND 1,o:O MEN AT CAMP STUART
Camp Stuart now has under its tents
siXty-siX officers and l,02O men. as
shown in the lists Of the Adjutant
Generals office. exclusive Of the en-
sineer company. which consists of
The whole count of soldiers in camp
comes 70 over l.l5o. The number viii
he decreased by thirty-hvc within the
next few days by the removal Of the
recruiting details to their stations, but
II should be increased gradually after
that by new men sent in TO join the
ranks.
Ihe distribution of officers and men
among the various sections Of the camp
Is as follows: headquarters. three Of
hcerS; quartermas department. five
oihc"rS, nine men; Signal Company.
three officers. seventy men: First Bat :
TALON. Field Artillery. including the
unattached Battery G, OF Portsmouth
twenty-one officers. 59l men; First
Squadron, Cavalry (Richmond Blues).
sixteen officers. pa men: Field Hos
pital. six officers. thirty-nine men:
medical department. cavalry. one Of
iicer. two men; field artillery. one Of
hcer, ten men; recruiting detail, ten
officers, twenty-five men.
Pay day will come within about two
weeks, according to reports afloat
around headquarters yesterday. Lieu
nhnt-Colonel Consolvo, State disburs-
ing officer. will he expected TO visit
camp stuart between August l and ).
Company pay rolls will he ready on
time, it Is said; for several of the
officers are already at work figuring
out each mans share of the money
SIGNAL CORPS SENDS
MESSAGES FROM TALL. BUILDINGS
Members of the Signal Corps we're
busy yesterday on several tail build :
inSs OF the downtown section of Rich
mond receiving and sending messages.
Wigwagging. signaling with hello
graph and semaphore and telegraphy,
both wire and wireless, are included
In the repertoire Of this versatile com :
mand. Some of the men are getting
so they can talk on their fingers, and
the sign language OF both Indians and
hobos Is plain as day to them
Great Improvement Is resulting from
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