The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-21

t@nap stuart is NsrEinE on state
of instruction.
The reign Of Colonel Salon onslfv
Is rapidly developing a situation OF
grave dissatisfaction.
Enlisted men say there is an I'M
dercurrent OF unrest--nota because OF
the food, not because OF the sanitary
arrangements not because OF the So
cIal environment; not because OF ply
steal inactivity.
B3i because Of unreasonable and
unnecessary restrictions
From one end OF Camp Stuart
from the dusty roads leading across
the race track 10 the headquarters OF
the men in charge of everything in
connection with the encampment.
where typewriters tick monotonously.
on TO the guardhouse. at the entrance
into Hermitage Road there is un-
rest
Even Major Potts, whose tempera-
ment is of the best. and Colonel 10
Lane Stern. and Captain Rowe. are
verging upon nervous prostratton.
They do not show it TO the casual
visitor. and II was noticeable Yesterday
that there were few casual visitors
But the inactivity OF the occasion
CRATES upon the nerves of these men.
They want activity.
fait oNNf lamp.
: A Pail has settled over thu camp.
The smoke from the refuse slides into
oblivion in sort of half-ashamed
way. There is no display az en-
The enlisted men do not hesitate
10 express themselves. The officers.
like the boy who stood on the burning
deck. say they arc commanded 10 DO
this and that, and as patriots and sol
diers, they do this and that
Getting down to lacks and away
from the Victor Hugo stuff, the SOL
dters at Camp Stuart are tired of the
arbitrary rulings now In vogue.
They are tired OF the daily grind
of seven to ten hours, with nothing
to look forward 70 in the oftlng. There
are no enemies in sight There is
nobody to lick---except possibly the
hootblack who comes around TO shine
shoes which are immediately busted
up in a lahorious march around the
fair grounds and up and down Her
mitage Road
Therefore. Colonel Salomonsky is
blamed.
Bues Ia ashland
That is rroba bly, one reason why
the Blues are TO take hike on Mon
day to Ashland, BY going to Ash
land, and staying three days. the men
of the Blues-the enlisted men--feel
they will be away from arbitrary
rulings for time at least.
1t was stated yesterday afternoon
by not less than thirt yenlisted men,
that the rulings promulgated at Camp
Stuart were far and away ahead of
the rules and regulations Of the regu-
lar army.
The rules are these: Twenty-Five
per cent of each command gets a day
off daily That day embraces the
hours between 6 o'clock in the after
noon to 10:4s that night In the
running. one man gets about six
hours off to visit his sweetheart. his
wife. his children, or perhaps his old
sick mother, once in more than a
week.
Twelve hours In eight days. AL
most as bad as the City Hall janitors.
who work twelve hours every day in
the year, rain OF shine.
Colonel Starkc to Leave.
They are asking, what does Colo
mel Salomonsky do during those aw-
full. hot. tiresome, listless % twenty
four hours?"
It seems that most of the good Sa-
maritans at the camp get promotions
or something and go elsewhere.
There was General vaughan. one OF
the good old stalwarts. Now Colonel
Starke, chief medical officer, whom
everyone likes. is to be shipped"
Yesterday afternoon a long distance
telephone message was received by
Colonel Starke, announcing that he
had been ordered to Ell Paso, Tex.
He was disappointed. He preferred
to stay here. But, as the officers in
Camp Stuart say We are told to
do this and that and we do 1t. and
he is compelled to go. He will leave
this morning for Old Point, where
he will make arrangements for his
trip to Texas.
Ninety-five per cent OF the soldiers
at Camp Stuart envy Colonel Starke.
Major Wright yesterday afternoon
issued a typewriter statement con-
corning the situation. He voiced the
sentiments of Colonel Salomonsky, an
he states In his statement that the
camp is the best on earth. and that
the people OF Richmond. including
the Administrative Board have per-
formed Inarvels In placing the camp