Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-20

cations. machine guns and musketry.
Regimcntal and separate unit COM
manders have been called upon to
recommend officers for the special in
struction. The school will open on
October IS.
INSTRUCTION CHANGE
FOR MEN ANNOUNCED
1t was announced to-day that the in
struction for tho men in training here
for the week ending October 22-2S, will
be rs follows: Setting UP exercise. run
ming and jumping. school Of the squad.
bayonet combat. sighting. position.
aiming and trigger squeeze exercises,
method of employing gases in modern
warfare. composed Of lectures on gas
clouds. gas shells and effect Of gas,
grenade and bomb warfare and insoec-
ton. This is the second change in In
struction since the men have been hero,
and is another step in their course Of
military training.
! Noncommission appointments are be-
coming frequent in camp now. two
companies Of the Three Hundred and
! Eighteenth regiment having announced
theirs to-day. In Company c, the fol-
lowing were made
To be sergeants: Paul z. CAVITY. of
the regular army; William D. Jones'
Jr.. Of Newport News; Fred Dean. New
port News: Ashby F.. Gilmore. Leos-
| burg: Hubert l.. Cummings. Leesburg
| To be corporals--James l.. Mayes, Pc
tersburs: w. H. Ridge. Petersburg: A
i. Altman. Newport News; l.. w
Strickler. Leesburs; William T. Berry
Jr,, Petersburg; William L. Butler
Newport News; George ID. Rhodes
Leesburg: Fred NJ. Poyner. Ncwpor
News; T. H. Wright, LeesburE: FREQ
Wilhelm Newport News; Adolph Sic.
gel. Newport News; John W. Simpson
Lccsbure AMI John w. Hill, Newpor
News
In Company l., the appointments
were as follows:
To hc acrgesnts-John w. Brown, O
Orange: l.. T. Kern. Winchester; A
II. Lackcy. birmingham. Ala; Samue
h. Rees Winchester.
To he corporals-Roy Berry, Cright
ensvilic; Cuthbert Bristow, Urbanna
Sam J. Clauser. Winchester: w. G. Da
Wis West Point Harold r. Edwa rds
Winchester w. II. Forstncr. Urba ma
Harry w. Fry. w. T. Gravvatt, Orange
Ashby II. billiard, Winchester, ent
Charles D. Tappy. Uno.
LIEUTENANT REGINALD DAyEY
) IS APPOINTED POLICE OErICEi
II was also announced to-day tina
, Second Lieutenant Reginald Davey, @
the Three Hundred and Eighteenth. ha
been made police officer OF the regj
ment. Lieutenant Davey keeps thing
: on hustle around regmentaI head
quarters. and has made the place loo
I like country club. Pines and cedar
2 nave been planted with an eye I
identifying tho headquarters, and wit
good effect Lieutenant Dayey is no,
supervising the building Of band
stand. which will also be used ia
boxing matches, and any other pur
c nose for which II may be wante
J. Inc stand will be made octagonal 1
. shape, and built along the rustic styI
Lieutcnants Scarr and Cottreu. reg
mental athletic officers, to-day con-
! pleted the soccer field, and have ali
put up several basketball arranR.
: !nenta Tomorrow afternoon the.
:, VIII be football and baseball gan
: me former held with an Idea OF picl
i, INK men for the reSimcntal nine.
Sergeant Major l.. f. Edwards Of Il
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Reg
: mcnt. left tonight for Newport New
* where he VIII spend the week er
G with his people.
q Down in the Three Hundred and Sc
!. enteenth Infantry. noncommtssion,
appointments are not SO frequent, b
company II to-day made several so
eeants. They are as follows Artl,
l. -. Moore of Blacksburg: Ira r. Brew
l. tr. Cambria; c. r.. Swecker, wythey,ll
In Everett l.. Bradner. Glad Hill. Al
!. hubert y. stiles, Elliston This cor
NJ pany mas crack football and bassb.
-, teams that arc declared 10 be char
- pions OF the regiment. F. e. Surfa
Ell is captain of the baseball aggregate
l. The Three Hundred and Seventeenth