The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-07
First and Second Regiments
Move Out of Camp Stuart
Within Fourteen Hours
NO ORDERS RECEIVED
CALLING OUT FOURTH
Colonel Goodwyn's Men May
Be Called to Camp Within
Few Days $500 Nearly 1000
More Men Ready

The movement of Virginia aroops to
the border has begun.
Farewells were said to some nine
teen hundred men, lately members OF
the Virginia Volunteers and now
members Of the United States Army
who left Camp stuart yesterday for an
indefinite term 81 service on the Mexi-
can border. These nineteen hundred
men 1918 TO be exact were carried
out Of Richmond over the Tines OF the
Seahoard Air Line Railway and the
Southern Railway between the hours
of 7:43 A. NJ. and s so P. NJ.
This morning there are Il, camp
Stuart more than sixteen hundred
other men. about one thousand OF
whom may leave later for border
service.
There are in Virginia, at home sta
tons, another thousan nd who may be
called upon to come to the mobiliza-
ton camp at Richmond. These are
members OF the Fourth Regiment
Colonel E T. Goodwin, OF Emporia,
commandins.
No orders For Fourth.
'''-+ f1c.l-fb Regiment may be called
TO come to Richmond camp in few
sas seated last night, but 1t
was said by Adjutant General sale, no
orders calling that organization nave
YET htSH IEttfNSt4 " AiINAiNA TNN''
orders will be received Is purely
matter of speculation
OF the sixteen hundred now In cam
there are some SIX hundred members
of the Virginia Volunteers, who were
rejected by United states Army or
iicers directing the physical exaInina-
ton bc,,aasc Of technical physical dis
qualifications. These men will remain
il, camp until the requisite blanks for
their discharge and for their pay
checks are Secetved, which will prob
ably be within day or two. Trans
spottation for the men back 10 their
home stations Is already here when
the proper forms come the blanks
will be tilled in and the mastering Of
fieer, Captain A. NJ. Shipp, personally.
ana ny suborti5uates in MS office, witt
deliver discharges and pay checks and
transportation TO the men They then
will be free TO go home or where they
Will.
All Others Mustered In
All other men now In camp have
been mustered IN with the exception
of about $50. members OF Battery g
~'Grimes Battery" Portsmouth, Field
Artillery and recruits IN the new
company of the Engineer Corps, or
gan.zation OF which started since the
Presidents call for the National
Guard was issued, The engineers are
undergoing ~hysical examinations and
as they are passed and the corps
comes up 10 strength they will be
mustered IN. The artillerymen are
recruiting ana when they reach the
minimum strength. l33 men and five
officers. they, too, will be mustered in
The present strength of Battery c Is
lightweight men and five officers
-Four Units Ready To Move.
The first battalion Of Field Artillery,
rCynr,nnda1 NV Ma Tor r. NJ Workman.
and composed of Battery A, Rich
mond Howitzers, Battery Fl. Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues, and Battery d.
of Hampton. has been inspected,
mustered in, and is ready for move
1nent to the border.
The Richmond Blues, First Squad
ron. Cavalry. Major E. w, Bowles,
also mustered in. is ready to move.
The Field Hospital. Major J. C.
Bowman commanding. and the Signal
Corps. Captain Conquest are the units
at camp ready to entrain.
When these organizations will be
INSTRUCTED to move was not known
last night, but It Is possible that they
may be called upon to break camp
and start for Texas by Saturday With
the four units awaiting orders and
the rejected men awaiting their pay
and discharge. It ia likely that the
first of next week will see Camp
stuart Dare OF inc small army or men
that has been present for more than
q week Only few nav remain, the
members of the Portsmouth Battery
OF Field Artillery. which was detached
when the organization failed OF the
minimum strength.
II the eligible soldiers are ordered
forward. Camp Stuart will be as a
deserted village. unless orders are re-
ceived bringing the Fourth Regiment
into camp
How First Regiment Moved.
The outward movement which be-
last night shortly before O'Clock It
Seaboard train pulled out from the
Fair Grounds platform, bearing the
Second battalion OF the First Regi-
ment. The section was in charge
Of F. E. Mast. travelling pas
-eenger agent of the Seaboard at Wash
ington, and the military on board was
under command OF Lieutenant Colonel
r. f. Craighill. The Second battalion
IS commanded by Major Thomas P.
Peyton.
.his section passed through Raleigh,
y. c., at 1:55 yesterday afternoon,
and at o'clock this morning 1t will
be running through South Carolina at
the rate of about thirty miles an
hour. which speed is to be maintained
throughout the trip to Brownsville.
Texas.
Grays ON Second Section.
The second section, leaving at s.I5,
rarrytng the First Battalion, the
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