The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
PEANSYLvAhIAMS IN
CAMP VOTE TO-DAY
Absence Prom Homo Does Not Keep
keystone state Soldiers Prom
Casting Ballot.
REGrslENTAL FLAGS PRESENTED
Richmond Committee Give Sf7th and
sisth Regiments Stands. of Coiors.
Number of yirginians Are Given
Honorable Discharges
fBy stan Correspondent

10y otaII Correspondence
Camp Lee, Va, Nov. 5.-Con-
rressional elections In Pennsylvania
will be participated In by men from
the Keystone state who are eligible to
vote Eligibility does not depend up
on the possession OF a tax receipt, but
upon whether the soldier has actually
paid tax within a period OF two
years, and those soldiers who have
Just reached the age of twenty-one are
not subject TO the tax requirement.
The above information was given
out yesterday by the voting commits
sioners of Pennsylvania who reached
the cantonment in the morning and
who declared IL the desire OF Cover
nor Brumbaugh that every qualified
citizen OF the state be given free OPP
portunity to cast his vote.
The congested condition of the post
office in the cantonment Is "a matter
that for several weeks has been CIV
ing much concern to Lieutenant c. T..
Boyce. the officer detailed In charge
and his staff of assistants. There are
fifty men working under Lieutenant
Boyce. the force having been increas-
ed gradually since the first recruits
10 the Eightieth division began coming
In.
Application has been made to the
war department and also to the post
Office department for relief. but with
out result. 1t Is stated that no more
funds for additional buildings or equip
ment at the camp postoffice are avail
able and that nothing but congression-
al action will improve the situation.
Regimenta1 Flags Presented
Regimentai flags we're presented to-
day to the Three Hundred and Seven
~ EYnnAreA M Efrt7
tecnth infantry Virginia) regiments
by committee of Richmond men
composed of Eppa Hunton, Colonel
Archer Anderson. Fred w. Scott. Cole
man Workman. p. J. Wells and John
Stewart Bryan.
Several Lynchburg and Campbell
county men were appointed today as
sergeants and corporals in Company
L. of the Three Hundred and Seven
teenth regiment The sergeants are
w. c. Broadwell Lynchburg, and
VIM. J. Brasch and l.. Bannister, both
of the regular army. p. Bloodworth,
Altavista; J. W. Evans, AItavista, and
WAR II. Fowler, Lynchburg. are the
corporals. In Company l. OF the same
regiment W. p. Greasy was appoint
Clark, y. G. Pryor, c. 3. Rousseau and
c. II. Wright are the corporals in the
same company.
w. 3. Snead. of Cohasset, received
tho appointment az sergeant in Com
pany ID, OF the Three Hundred and
6eyenteenth. while those 1nada-eaE-
porals were II. II. Terrell, Stage June
ton; r, r. Dennis. Fork Union. and
r, p. Bent, OF Nelson county
f. E. Boyd. of fredericksburg, and
H w. NARROW, OF Washington D. c.
were made sergeants In Company NJ
Three Hundred and Eighteenth regi-
ment. and those promoted to corporal
ships In the same unit are Ralph era.
| hill, Shenandoah L. ii. Frye. OF Lees
burg: w. r. Lindsay. OF Clarke coun.
ny; n. p. Nichols, OF Richmond: IT. w
Poos, Albemarle; f. 8, Sweeny, Shen.
| andoah. and r. e Wolfe, OF Shenan
| doah,
| French Officer Pays Visit.
Lieutenant Louis Vogourd, of the
FrencS army, an expert in wireless
telegra ply. reached this camp yester-
day from France. Like the othe,
/ French officers already here. he vii
remain in an advisory capacity.
Among Virginians several discharges
from military service were announced
yesterday. Albert L. Wise. of Madison
county. a member of Company G
Three Hundred and Eighteenth infan,
try. was discharged by reason of de
pendent relatives, Corporal Adolpf
Siegel. of Newport News, was dis
charged and will resume his forme,
position as expert machinist In tn,
rplant OF the Newport News Shipbutld
ius and prydock company; Kirby T
Smith. of Company q Harvey E Dem
eron, of Rappahannock county. and {
, member Of Company A. Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth regiment. anc
Farlie l.. Marshall, of COMPANY d. ar,
| ais" discharged from military service
Other honorable discharges from tn,
military service given out yesterday in
, Guided Nathaniel Pollard and Andrey
l. Minor, both OF Fairfax, Va; Iati
I1lsr- Matthews C,hr4SttaashurE1-
Jesse Garrett and Talmage Parsor
both of Abingdon, Va: Amos Smith
pehhish, Va: Solomon II. Hogan an,
, Patrick Major. both of Bluef1eld, "
Va. Louis Harris, Switchhack, w. Va
Robert Buford, Fayetteville, w. Va.
, Fred Nixon and Benjamin Gose, o
Pittshurg. Pa, Eldridge Andersen an,
{ James l., Thompson, OF oakdale, Pa.
;, Nathan Reese, Duquesue, Pa, an
! Joseph Love, Coraopolis, Pa.
:. The two Virginia regiments. tn
|, Three Hundred and Seventeenth
an dthe Three Hundred and Eigh
teenth. have each had issued to then
, 500 Enfield rifles Orders given i
, connection with this provide that thes
, weapons be distributed only to troop
. that have been thoroughly trained wit
. krag rifles to take proper care of thei
arInh
A special order issued late vest err
day designated the following Vir
ginians as having been rejected iron
military service: Richard Spence
Hoathsville; Kirby Frazier. Washing
ton, Va Glen d. Mason and Waite
&. Gardner. Harrisonburg; Winslo.
Wynn, New Kent; Price Adkins. Sa
lem. and Gentry F. Pearl, Christian
burg. Va.