Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-11

She Will also sing for the soldiers to.
morrow night at the Young Mems
Christian Association auditorium In the
camp.
The new platoon instruction. which
has been introduced here. is included
IN the program Of Instruction for rife
companies for next week. The entire
program for the week is as follows
Physical training, four hours; bayonct
training. four hours: platoon instruc-
ton. close and extended order drills
four hours each; trench constructions
four hours; antigas instruction. ono
hour: bombing. three hours: military
onenses and puDishments. one hour:
tent pitching. two hours: sighting,
position. aiming and trigger squeeze
exercises. four hours; muskctry. in.
Guiding designation and recognition OF
targets. estimation of ranges, fire
distribution. four hours: instruction of
individual skirmshcrs and small groups
of skirmshers. four hours. and inspec-
ton, one hour.
CARRYING OUT NEW ORDER
PUZZLES MANY SLEErYHEADS
Members of the Three Hundred and
Eighteenth Regiment were surprised
this morning when at the first call
Instead of the usual single bugle call
there was more than Il dozen of them
and the pounding OF big drums to
wake the men from their morning
slumbers and make shepherds rush
in double-quick> time to windows to-
see just what was taking place.
II was only tho operation Of tie
new order in the regiment. which pre-
scribed that all the buglcrS in the
command. with the drum from the
band will march through the company
streets sounding the first call. In order
mat there may be no mistake on the
part of the men. and. also that they
may be thoroughly awake by the.
time they line UP for roll call. TIE
men declare there is no turning over
for another minutes sleep when those
busies and that drum make their way
through the regiment and even sorIc
OF the noncomtn issioncd officers who
have been getting little longer sleep.
we're forced to get up
The Third Battalion OF the Three
Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment,
which Is the command Of Major Jen-
ninGs &. Wise. has 4 battalion rccre-
1fion room. which has been opened II.
IN one Of the overflow beTracks There
are four barber chairs i'm the room.
"r!tinE accommodations Il library OF
several hundred books victrola and
various other means Of enjoyment. -
!. Ayler. &c Company l.. is librarian
ana u j.. Brown is the barber for
that company. Each company in the
battalion will anEoin, barber.
Company 4. OF the Three Hundred
and Seventeenth Regiment. announced
the following noncommissioned an
pointmcnts to-day.
Srrgeants-First sergeant Pettus NJ
Gill Antlcrs: supply sergeant. Fetch
or +. Eabbitt p.,lmcr Springs: mess
sergeant Claude j. de Boo. Chatham,
kuSscil ~. Howell, Fincastle: Daniel
u. Cox. Carsonvillc: James ]. Coleman.
Amherst: William Sours. Chatham:
carson G. Cox. Chatham; Jacob ID. Wo
mack. Jctcrsville: Ernest T. Adams
Shath"m Eddie !'aldridge. Morehesd.
Corporals -Ernest T. Adams. Chat
ham: John II. Petty, Union Level: Mar
tn McFerran. Fincaatlc: w. H. James.
Independence: John NJ. Craft New
Castle: Curtis Simpson, company clerk.
Hurt: II. NJ. Wilson. Cumberland: Hu-
bert +. Heltzheimcr. Pulaski: John A.
B!akcmore. Emory; Lewis A Akers.
Pulaski; Daniel Harmon. 1r Char