The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-01

lea city OF more than three thousand
people that has come Into being al
most over night These men must
have the same sanitary conditions
I that the city orders for West Frank
\ lin Street or any part Of the city o.
I Richmond"
/ Worked In Bcfsmrcly Manner.
J But instead of going ut the work
with all possible speed. " was said that
the city did the work In . leisurelv
manner, seemingly unappreciative of
the absolute necessity for different
action. Many more men could have
been easily sent to the camp. II was
said, when only a comparatively small
number were engaged in the work.
In commenting on the slowness of
the work. the enormlty OF the an
| dertaking has never once been lost
sight of, but II Is generally felt that
the whole proposition of putting the
| camp into shape could have been
greatly facilitated
! II has been pointed out that the
slow work may have been due to the
fact that the improvements which
J the city was making were made with
/ the idea of taking care OF the future
growth of the city, and at the same
time handle the needs of the mobil-
ization camp. A city official said that
1t would be many years before the
sewers would be used, but that they
were placed as a permanent improve
ment to that section was not denied.
! It was not the intention Of the city
! to go ahead and install quickly such
sewers as would take care Of he
camp
Colonel Stern stated that IL was
known two years ago that the camp
would be used for mobilization Of the
State militia, and that in spite of this
nothing has been done, even In
small way, to put the grounds In q
state of preparedness for the men.
The Administrative Board has fur
nished tho camp with about 100 ny
traps. These are Of very largo size.
and will aid materially in improving
the conditions
sufficient Equipment Now
! Major Wright said yesterday that
sufficient supplies and equipment Of
all kinds had been received at the
camp. and the men would be sup
piled with everything they stood In
need. All of the men have been ply
sicaliv examined, and the majority
of them have been mustered in. AS
soon as this is completed they will be
supplied with rifles, uniforms and
other equipment.
On order received from General
Leonard Wood, all of the men In camp
will receive their first incubation
against disease Immediately. Already
a great number have been treated. and
the rest will be completed early this
morning. The Field Hospital, in
charge of Major Bowman, is doing the
work. and 1t is being handled with
great facility
A surprisingly small number OF the
men have been reported sick. Only
one case of typhoid fever has de-
veloped, and Major Bowman said the
man was infected before coming to
camp. The only other cases that were
serious were two for appendicitis, and
they were all sent to the Memorial
Hospital for operations.
Officers To Get Commissions
Colonel 10 Lane Stern and Major
Israel Brown examined the following
officers yesterday, and they will be
granted their commissions Immediate
ly: First Lieutenant Thomas N. Brent.
Company X, Second Infantry: Second
Lieutenant Alexander II. stone, Com
pany X. Second Infantry; Second
Lieutenant Ewart Johnson. Machine
Gun Company. Second Regiment: Sec
ond Lieutenant Thomas B. Mcdowell,
Machine Gun Company, First Regi-
u III
HOFFMAN. Jr., Company L. First Regi-
| ment.
Major T. M, Workman, command
Ing the Field Artillery, reported his
command complete with the addition
! of the Richmond Howitzers, which
have now gotten settled He Is still
receiving applications for enlistments,
and his batteries are showing up we'll
| All of the improvements to Sher-
NNTn A4 flas
as yet. but they are progressing salts
factorily, The only real Inconvenience
he has TO deal with is the absence of
showers for his men. and he does not
know when they will be completed
A number OF the militiamen who
came to Richmond when the troops
modified here. and who failed to
pass the examinations, are returning
| to their homes. Others who have
been rejected and who are consider
cd to have a chance to pass at later
examination are being held in camp.
May Include Engineer Corps.
The Acknowledgements Office was
advised by the Bureau of Militia Az
fairs at Washington yesterday that a
company OF engineers might be or
ganized and modified in Richmond,
that such company might be inelud-
ed in the Presidents call of June IS.
On receipt OF this information the Ad-
tutantGeneral wired to AJutant Simp-
son, OF the Department of the East,
for permission to organize an engineer
corps company, and mobilize it at
Richmond.
william F. r. Griffith, who Is re-
cruiting at Norfolk. yesterday report
ed he had sixty men enlisted. Nearly
that number are reported as having
enlisted here at office Bolton. Pratt a.
Clarke, the Richmond recruiting sta
ton for this branch OF the service
II the desired permission comes the
corps, composed of men peculiarly
fitted for service by professional train
ing. will be completed and ready to
be mustered in within few days.
Need for Policing Camp.
| Commissioner Beck yesterday com
mented on the work at both Sherwood
Park and the fair grounds, saying that
II was being pushed along as rapidly
as possible.
The principal trouble, X there 10
any" he said. us the lack of proper
policing of the camp. OF course the
| city cannot control the elements. II
the indiscriminate public is permitted
to crowd itself throughout tho camp,
and do as IT sees Mt. there will be