Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-20
GENERAL VAUGHAN
IS COMMANDANT
At FAIR GROUNDS
Instructed to Direct Muster
ing of Virginia Volunteers
Into Federal Service.
RECRUITS ENLIsTlNG
THROUGHOUT STATE
Mobilization Is Actively Under
Way, and Many Are Respond
ing to Call to Colors.
no NEW ORDERS ISSUED
Washington Requested to Attach
Richmond Blues tO Cav
airy Arm.
RECRUITS ENLISTlNG
THROUGHOUT STATE
80 NEW ORDERS ISsl
Washington Requested to Attach
Richmond Blues To- Cav
airy Arm.

Er:Gadie--Genera! C. c. Vaughan. Jr..
s!aia Volunteers. was yesterday desig
mated By AdJutant-C;encralS Sale to su-
pervise the preparations for the mohl-
izat:on camp TO he established at the
State Fair Grounds. General Vaughan
Will be In supreme authority At the
camp. and will direct ;he mastering OF
the Virginia Volunteers into the United
States for service on the Mexican from
tier He was ordered TO report here on
Thursday
The failure Of the War Department
20 call on, the entire Virginia bri-
gGde OF three regiments left General
Vaughan withou, an active par, TN the
mobilization, which Will take place
under the direction OF the commanders
OF tho two regiments that have been
called into service. AS officers in
charge OF the concentration camp. how
ever, General Vaughan ~.ii play n most
important par, in making the Virginia
contingent ready for service at the
'front.'
a; the Adiu,ant-Cenerar Office an
augmented star worked without inter
mission from early morning until far
details OF the mobilization. General
Sale and Captain lie Mnsur;er, chief
clerk. snatched three hours OF sleep a;
o'clock yesterday morning and went
back to their desks for a gruelinG day.
An endless stream Of messengers
brought 200 kilograms from officers
stationed In every section or the State.
and fully as many kilograms and let
te-s went forward from, the Office
RECRUITS ARE RAPIDLY
JOINING STATE: FORCES
Late in the afternoon every COM
pany of the military units that have
heen ordered out had been heard from.
the commanding officer of each report
ing mobilization actively under way.
and the enrolment OF new recruits
proceeding brskiy The promptness
CT the response to the cali for recruits
was the outstanding feature Of the
day. From the Tennessee line 10 the
sea men answered the call 70 the
oolors. and attached themselves TO
local companies not yet recruited to
their fun war strength.
The situation is in every respect
satisfactory" said General Sale last
night. Commanding officers report re-
cruit!ng actively under way. with the
prospect that all the companies viii
be up to their full war strength with
IN day or two All the militia called
ou. will he ready to move tomorrow.
We will not bring the men TO Rich
road. however, until arrangements for
the camp are complete. This will
bly, not be until the end of the
week"
The Administrative Board took hold
Of the camp problem promptly, and
before the day was over gave the Ad-
iu,ant-General assurance that the
grounds will be supplied with ample
temporary sanitary facilities by to-
morrow. II was regarded as probable
bv military men that troops will be-
rim moving into Richmond on Thurs
Day or Friday.
With the two regiments and the
other units that have been called out.
recruited TO their full war strength,
ihc concentration camp at the Fair
Grounds Will have about $500 officers
and men. The infantry, Signal Corps
and field hospital corps will be accom-.
n,odated in the Fair Grounds Enclosure
The artillery battalion will he quar-
tered on the Sherwood tract opposite.
FOURTH REGIMENT
MAY DE CALLED OUT
one of the early callers at the Ad-
infant enerars Office was Colonel
Edward E. Goodwin, OF Norfolk, COM
mand!ng the Fourth Infantry Regiment
Officers and men of this regiment were
disappointed at not being called out
with the rest of the militia. The War
department, however. had called for
only two regiments OF infantry from
Virginia, and the First and Second
Regiments were designated because
their companies were better prepared
10 take the field on short notice.
Acting at the urgent request Of off,
Gers Of the Fourth Regiment, how
ever, General Sale has taken up with
the War Department the suggestion
that the requisition upon Virginia he
enlarged to include this regiment too
Should the Fourth Regiment be called
nut there would still remain ample pro-
vision, said General Sale, for State
nurposes in new companies In process
OF formation at South Boston and
other points in the State.
In the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues. disappointment was keen. This
battalion. not being part OF any OF
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