The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-16
Petersburg
To Leave Cantonment work For Coast
Artillery At Fort Adams.

Petersburg va July ls.-Ma5ar
Frank n Edwards in charge af rnn-
struction work a. the Iakeu7ont can
ton,nent has been assigned 50 the Grv-
enth Provisional regiment. coast artf5-
lery stationed at Fort Adams, T. l.. II s.
assignnen, was published at the war
denarf,cer+ ,rsterda,- btlt he bas re-
cefyed no orders and he does not know
that he will receive orders To ioiu his
regiment nrior to the completion of the
petershnrg camp
Major rdwards, sneeialtv is gun
training and no exnects his regiment TO
he sent tn Franco very soon. In dis
.cnsstra tho matter Of his assignment
Mater Eauards made M effort N dis
guisc tho fac+ tina. he ia eager to see
service Win tho hir gums on the front
T., rranca nor dta he .attemnt to create
tho i,,nressior that he would not he
olaa IN conlnIete -work.of constr,Ie-
,ior At ,ba-T-a(san,6T7f~ cab-1nr,ent nov.
that he ia into it-.jn to his neck are
~. words oe bie axDressjve rbrase
General regret {s exnressod nv all in
.,,hori+v a, mo Can,n At tho nrosnect
~ Mator Edwarde hetne relieved He
bss take, hola ~ tho his, task before
49,, 49, - manner hitch has n1eased
,hnsa with whom, his dntv has brought
him IN contact His duties are per-
forred without fuss or friction ana he
ha sscurea tho fullest co-oreration Of
~ .o,Ia,a,,os o,d tbe co,tractrre IA an
av+raord{rory aegreo which douhtices
occonn,s for inc sn1endtd nrorress he
.de ~ tho Ial,e,nont cantonmen+
s,ator rarar5S received otscia1 not,-
eos,tan row ~tbe var d4rar,r,ant YES.
taraa,. ,ha, horse denot wound he
,o.atas .. tho Iocat arm b,ree
.ou, {. so-oau,bat dt~ernnt fro,,, , 70
,o,n, station The dono. WIN ha in
,-,,r77r,- rrr
s s ,a,,,og to he uead for ,r,,,, q
n,,rnas NJ ofrcla, information re
sardf,,y tho nuo,her ar animals To he
$500. hers bas hsen received hut
49, ,,,,har hos baec estimated a. X
ono - - ono plans for the building
- haar rncnived I'M, thav Win
,ro,,,sa xt.nsiva st,bles ana ru,,her
of h,,i,dtres for use hv the men IN
cbarra ~ tbe stables
Mator rd~arde YESTERDAY accented
fro,, 1ob, 7, Vaughan several tracts
~ lana unon which options had heen
secnraa some weeks ago for use ax \
rovna,,r, s,ation Tbesc tractq arc Ia.
catad between I,akemont mark and the
naste,, co,norate limits Of retershnre,
Tho work of running the hDliN61 Y
hives ~ tho various tracts embraced IN
tho cann was completad vesterda,
showing a total acreage embraced with
in m. camn Of little less than {. 900
4 oraa+ deal or drainage Uorl, is befrp
done within the carnn boundaries. Major
Rns1ev in charge Of the medical de
nartment, is having close attention te
sanitary conditions at the canp.
| Three Thousand shots" of tvnhoid
vaccine was received hv Natnr Id
wards TODAY TO he used in inoculat{or
Of evervbodv nj the ramn who can he
Induced to submit IN the treatment
About ). coo men are on the payroIls
handled at the carp Yesterday hut
ewing to delay in the recent Of the
nayrou from the. government checkers
optv about 5OG of the mon ,vcra na a
off
Very little work was done at ,ho
ram, such mon as were 81 u.o,t,
spent their entire time comrlettnr
10 headnuartcre bufldt,..t far nea a.,
the clerical force
II r Troy acting secretary. =, tho
camp Y NJ e A announced tho ono,
ing of one of the barracks buitdirrs
for association purposes todo,-
ni,,o granhonbore and sevara1 h,,,,
dred records we're delivered at Tro
huildine vesterdav along with dozane
!