Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-07
TWO OREG|MENTS
ARE SENT FORWARD
First and Second Virginia Now
on Their Way to Texas
Border.
FEW TO WITNESS DEPARTURE
Official Denial That Fourth
Regiment Has Been Ordered
to Mobilize.
FEW TO WITNESS DEPARTURE

Within the passing of few hours
two regiments of Virginia troops were
entraincd yesterday and sent forward
20 the Mexican border. Bugles blasted
revcille at o'clock. The First Rcgi-
camp. In four hours the Second Bat
TALON. under command of Major Pey-
ton. OF Charlottesville, was upon its
way. Followed the Richmond Grays.
OF the First, i'm command Of Major j.
Fulmcr Bright The Grays carried col
men and fourteen officers. The third
section, in charge OF Colonel William
J. Perry, carried the Third Battalion,
Major Stanley w. Martin. of Lynch
burg. commanding.
Movement of the Second Regiment.
Colonel Il. F. Leedy commanding. was
begun in the afternoon at | o'clock.
The troops were on time and were po-
sitioned before the trains. Delay oc-
CURED. however. and it was not until
night that entrainment began.
Camp Henry c. Stuart is occupied
now only by the Field Artillery, the
Field Hospital Corps. the Signal Corps,
the First Squadron OF the First Vir-
Einia Cavalry and company OF engi-
neers. The vast field encIrcled by the
race track was divested OF tent equip
age and deserted. But the grounds
had been so thoroughly pollced before
the movement that a sparrow could
not find a straw for her nest nor a
crumh for her brood. Camp fires
burned over refuge and garbage De-
tails on fatigue duty remained for the
final cleaning. When. the last battalion
of the Second Regiment moved from
Its quarters, silence settled upon the
camp. Cows returned to their pasture
and field larks whistlcd mournfullv in
their flight.
FEW PEOPLE CAME OUT TO
BID SOLDIERS GooD-DY
There were few to bid the soldiers
good-by. There was no sound of mar
tial music. but the men themselves
sang 'Tipperary" as they hiked to the
trains. Richmond slept while her sons
were being sent forward. Traditional
hospitality was forgotten. While other
cities In which State troops have been
mustered into service have sped their
men to the front. Richmond has been
inhospitably idle. Boys from the
beaches of the Eastern Shore and from
the iowgrounds of the Northern Neck
and from the blue mountains of the
Southwest have hungcrcd for n cheer
ing word and n smile. But the Rich
mond people, so the soldiers themselves
lament have been hostile rather than
hospitable. SO the men were glad to
move. More than 1000 men. in the
two regiments. were entrained They
carried with them rations for ten DAYS:
but there were few individual sand
wiches packed for them The people
of the city forgot the youngsters who
were carrying arms for the first time
and were answering the Presidents
call.
NO ORDER FOR FURTHER
MOBILIZATION OF TROOPS
Adjutant-Gencral w w Sale last
night definitely denied reports pub
lished In the afternoon to the effect
that the War Department had au
thorized the mobilization OF the Fourth
virginia Regiment. Colonel L. l.. Good
wyn. Ever since the first call for
troops. the Virginia officials have heen
anxious to have the Fourth Regiment
included. not only for its own sake.
but that Virginia might furnish COM
plete brigade. In the event of its call.
1t was pointed out, the brigade head
quarters. under Brigadier General Ce-
Gil G. Vaughan. Jr.. would also be
called into service.
General Sale said last night that the
report OF orders for the mobilization
or the Fourth Regiment had probably
been due to the fact that the regiment
VIII shortly go into it's summer camp,
In fact, it had been expected before
the call for militia for Mexican ser.
vice that the entire Virginia Brigade
would go into camp this summer. Au-
gust having been set as a tentative
hate. With two of the three regiments
already on the way 10 Mexico. General
sale has suggested to the War Depart-
ment that the Fourth Regiment be
brought into summer camp in Rich
Inond for two weeks or more, in which
case it would he Immediately In posi-
non to move forward should the ex-
pected orders come for it's being mus
tered into the Federal service
Under the circumstances IL was
stated. no other location than Rich
mond VIII be considered for encamp.
'nent purposes this summer. as the
mastering officers are here. the artil-
lery and cavalry are here. and for some
time to come the Fair Grounds en-
campment will he n recruiting and
drill grounds for Virginia militia.
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS
MAY BE ORDERED OUT
If the Third Regiment be mustered
INTO service ii is likely that Brigadier-
ieneral Cecil V. Vaughan. Jr. will be
In and be made n brigade
commander. 1t is said that a West
virginia Regiment. which was to have
been thrown with tho Virginia con-
tingent, has failed to come up to re-
quirements, which will mean that n
brigade will BIO made OF the Virginia
Volunteers. II General Vaughan Is
In he Will be accompanied hy
his adtutant. Major G. i. Wright; Ma
1or ,1unius IL, Lynch. surgeon general;
Major Allen Potts, camp ouartermas-