Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-29

| to organize othcr cavalry units. sine,
they will not be accepted.
! The soldiers arc still short OF cQuip
mcnt Every company has recruits fol
whom there Is neither uniform nor gun
! Promises have comc from Washing tor
that supplies would bc forthcoming i'm.
! mediatcly. but the need has not yc
been nllcd. Some OF the mon meet
blankets: others need shoes: other.
need everything. Captain Shipp said
that no man who was not fun,
equipped would be sent to the border
Batteries II, & ana u. Of tho Field
Artillery, Major r NJ Workman COM
mandiug. are encampcd in Sherwood
Park. Battery Is has lS5 men, Battery
C.. 1873. and Battery II. lsI. Tho Rich
mond HowitzcrS. OF the Field Artillery
will move into camp this morning. The
artillery NOW has twcnty-thrce officer.
in the field.
CAMP PROVIDES EVERYTHING
DEMANDED ny MII.TTI 4
The camp is ideally situated. Major
Workman has seen that every comfort
demanded by military life has been pro-
rided TOR his men. The mess halls arc
screened and arc kept spotlessly clean.
The battery from Hampton faces OH
Sherwood Park proper Along its front
stretches picket line for a full COM
plement Of horses, and just beyond
stand the grim field cannon, gun cais-
sons behind. ready for duty
The infantry camp. on account OF the
heavy rain of Monday night. and be-
cause OF the fact that the sewers arc
not complete. was in only fair condi-
ton. Major &. t. Wright. camp adj
lutant speaking for headquarters. said
that the city was doing It's part well.
IN spite of the suddenness OF the call
and the delay caused by bad weather.
The present condition OF the camp, no
said. is not unexpected and not unrea-
sonahle.
Governor Stuart was assured by Com
missioner Henry P. Beck, OF the .Id-
Board, who was called to
inc Governors Office for conference
on me camp situation, that all possible
speed would be used in pcrfecting
arrangements at the concentration
camp.
Is SATISFIED
WITH CAMP CONDirHoNS
haVc made 4 personal inspection
of the camp" said tho Governor /, tho
afternoon. and I find that conditions
arc as good as could bc expected under
the circumstances. There is some neccs-
sary work yet to he done. Mr. Rec,s
assured me that this would be finished
as soon as possible. City and military
authorities are cooperating effectively
TO make the camp both sanitary and
Commissioner Beck said thar IN. c;,,
MAD rushed the work with All rossil,Io
speed. and he pointed out that within
" week more than three miles OF sewers
ana more than two miles of water
mains have been laid. and that an acre
""o quarter of roofs had been
,net,eu, Iwo hundred poles for cleo
tric nights have been put in, and lights
nave been furnished 10 every officers
tent and TO all the mess halls In adj
aition, hundreds Of loads Of gravel and
cinderS have been la id on the roadways
y large force from the Street C'lcaninc
viii he kept on the
grounds until all necessary wnrk j.;
finished
ohiccrS arc looking after their men
hrSt shower baths for the comnapics
were installed yesterday The oti,,rs
st'Il lack that necessity. Colonel .Io
"a ne stern, assistant nspector-general
stated that he had visited every uuar
Ger OF the camp, and that the work
tor ITS completion was progressing
We'll
'oN9l EST DESIGNATED
CAPTAIN OF Signal CORPS
Cfdcrs we're issued yesterday by the
A"Jutant-Gencral assigning Canaan \
roster King, OF stanton, as adiu,an,
u 'he FIRST infantry. in place of Can
'a'h stewart Howard, detached for
Spctia! duty; Lieutenant John ~ Wells.
OF charlottesville. as second lieutenant
OF company -, First Infantry and Can
'"h T.. !. Conquest, commandment Of
me John Marshall High School Cadc,
a"fhS' ,S captain of the Signal curps.
type - Captain r. Earle Lutz be
comes first lieutenant of the last com,
mand, which he himself organized H..
"c'''"ed !" accept the captaincy. The
"SSlS nmcntS become effective at once
Alter reduction Of 20 per cent of
~" original eulistments, the First
squadron. First Virginia Cavalry (T;ich-
mona Hlnes) has the following men
sworn III: Troop \. %; Troop e. 81;
Troop :. 81. and Troop u, 6s
Through The efforts of Captain Frank
> Splatt ana Il. 6. Pratt. OF Richmond.
ana II. r. trihith. consulting eupi-
necf' o! Norfolk, about eighty-five men
nave been recruited for the Engineer
ING "rps of Virginia, which will make
application a the end of the week to
ne mustered into the volunteer army
Tor duty on the Mexican border
Inc recruiting station in Richmond
was opened Monday morning at the
ohices OF Bolton, Clark and Pratt, 73s
Fast Main Street, and since that time
lorty-tWo men have been accented in
me corps. No definite figures have
come from Norfolk where the recruit
ing stations IS In charge Of p. f.. Grit
hth. but ii is thought the total will
easily reach eighty-flNe. The War De-
rartmrnt requires minimum strength
OF siNty-hre and maximum strength
Of iit.
ne corps VII, need civil and cleo
'rlCai engineers. carpenters. mocha mics
electricians, railroad construction men
ana men OF allied trades. Several good
COOKS ais" arc wanted. The organizers
eNpcct |" hc in camp by the end OF the
week,
CnDMIAIH HAtIAI nv