Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-07-06
First Virginia Regiment
Entrains at Early
Hour Today
SIX TRAIN SECTIONS
Thousands Visit Camp in Richmond
Last Night to Bid Soldier Boys
Good Bye

Richmond, July 6,--Under orders
from the Department of the East,
the troops of the Virginia National
Guard, about 1000 men and officers,
began movement from Camp Henry
Carter Stuart, to the border this
| morning at o'clock. The First
Regiment entrained first. he Second
Regiment entraincd first. The Second
the afternoon al o'clock. Each re-
giment will move in three sections,
each section to be under command
of a commissioned officer. The bor-
der will be reached about Monday.
The First Regiment struck camp
this morning at o'clock. being al
lowed four hours in which to load
equipment and entrain. The Second
Battalion, Major J. Fulmer Bright,
| commanding, will have the honor Of
moving first. Major Bright being
the senior major in the regiment.
The second section, caryne the
First Battalion, Major Peyton, CON-
manding entraincd at 7:10 o'clock.
The third section was taken out at
7:3O o'clocK, carrying uegtme!tal
headquarters and the third battalion,
all under Colonel w. j. Perry.
The Second Regiment, will begin
movement this afternoon at o'clock,
The Second Battalion, commanded
! by Major Benjamin Z. Harrison Will
proceed on the first section. The
First Battalion, Major Leech COM
manding, will travel on the second
section, and the Third Battalion and
the zregimenta headquarters staff
will travel on the third section, which
will be under the personal command
Of Colonel Robert F. Leedy.
The First Regiment will be moved
over the Seaboard Air Line and will
travel via Atlanta. Montgomery and
New Orleans, to Brownsville, The
Second Regiment will be moved over
the Southern Railway, travelling via
Birmingham, Shreveport, Dallas and
Houston to Brownsville. The journey
may take from three to five days,
and, in view of the delay that may
be incurred, Major Allen Potts. camp
! uuartermaster, issued ten days ra-
tions, which will care for the troops
en- route and give them sustcnance
! for the first few days in camp on the
! border. Colonel Charles II. Con-
solvo, paymaster, will issue u cents
day to every man sent forward.
the money to he used for the prr-
chase of liquid coffee
Brigade headquarters was under
orders to he ready to move the Mill
! tamen to FL Paso, San Antonio or
Brownsville. and four routes we're
mapped out by the War Department
| The first Regiment will run upon
Route 3, passing through Atlanta.
and the Second Regiment will be op-
Grated over Route 4, going through
Birmingham. The First Regiment
will be transported in forty eight
cars, sixteen to a section. and the
Second Regiment will be moved in
fftv-one cars, seventeen to see
| tion.
News that the movement forward
was finally 70 begin travelled fast
through camp and city. More than
5000 people visited the concentra-
tion point yesterday afternoon to bid
their last adieus. More than thous-
and men spent the afternoon in writ
ing home from the I. NJ. {. A.
building.
The whole camp was solemn. A
Young mountaineer who had never
left his hills before collapsed in his
mothers arms. Another who had
spent his life on the water broke
down when his sweetheart came for
her farewell. But bottle gathered
themselves together and managed
to smile through their tears.
Physically rejected men, recruits,
and others, numbering 500, who for
one cause or another have not been
mustered into the service of the
United States, will be left in camp
hv the company commander, An .