Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-26
ALL DRAFTED WHITE MEN
ARE ORDERED TO CAMP
Local Boards Arc Instructed to For.
ward Those Who Have Been
Certified.
NEGROES AWAITING ORDERS
eome Have Quit Their Jobs in Anti
cipatiOn OF Call, and II Not Ordered
to Camp Soon, May BE In Real
Need.

"sl-narshal-Scneral, Governor Stuart,
through Adjutant-General Sale. ye4teEs
oay ordered all local boards to prhtaSd
10 Forward to Camp Lee all white iiien
certined to them by the district boards.
ana to continue this practice until each
noards quota has been sent. Request
mas been made to the district boards
10 expedite Its decisions, and IT Is ex-
pected that final lists Of men available
Tor the National Army will be ready in
few DAYS
ne instructions sent out by General
SAFE stipulate that no colored men will
10 forward at this time. 1t says: Col
orco men Will not be sent to camp at
present This does not mean that a
single white man will take the place
OF any colorcd man. When you re-
ceiVe the lists from the district board.
u any exemptions appear. call a man
lot each man exempted in regular or
uer' sending to camp tho white men as
soon as legally available. retaining
coiored men until further orders"
CoLoRED MEN HAVE
ALREADY QUIT THEIR JOBS
This delay in sending the colored men
10 training camps is causing not only
uneasiness among the negroes but as
result OF their being held back some
are actually suffering. That this is
true was confirmed by n member OF one
OF the local boards. who said tina. he
knew or cases where coiored rren be-
hcTing that they would be sent to camp
not later than October 3. have quit
their Jobs. These men are now without
means. and have no way OF providing
themselves with food
IT WAS also learned that a feeling
mat they are being discriminate ed
against Is becoming prevalent among
the negroes They contend that all OF
the places Of advancement in the new
army will be gobblcd up by white men
before the darkies have an opportunity
70 show what they can do. However.
such a condition Is not believed to
have any basis In fact. for It is un-
derstood to be the intention of the war
Department to keep the negroes intac,
and have members Of their own race
as noncommissioned officers for each
company or battery
WILL COMPLETE VIHGINIA'S
QUOTA or WHITE MEN
with the order just issued by the
Governor to act under. local boards arc
expected TO have all Of NirEinia's quota
OF white sclc,tmcn at Camp Lee within
a Few days. III addition TO speeding
up the work Of sending available men
10 Inc training camp the local boards
nave heen instructed to use their best
judgment concerning men who have
pecn given temporary furloughs TO har.
vest crops or set their business in
order. The boards are directed to send
these men TO camp soon as possible.
Nirslnias total quota to 80 to Camp
Lee VIII be 1875 men, including ne
Groes. What percentage Of this allo,-
nent VIII be colorcd men cannot he
told at this time. Richmond city's full
quota is 7S7 men,
The local board OF Division No ! of
Richmond has the honor of being the
first to complete the work of certify
nf
cordinE to announcement made yes
terday by w a. Clarke Jr.. secretary
of the board Not content with hay-
Ing certified 100 per cent of its allot-
ment. this board has certified l75 men.
or 10 per cent more than required in
this draft. Charles w. Sims is chair
man OF this board; DR.. Cullen pitt.
surgeon, and Mr.. Clarke secretary
Russell Wingfield is assistant clerk. In
all, Sis men were examined by the
board In order TO certify IT'S names
OF men available for military service.
CALLS ATTENTION TO
CASES OF ALIENS
At the instance of certain embassies
at Washington the provost -marshal ha g
requested Governor Stuart to call the
attention of local boards to the cases
OF aliens who have not been naturally
ed nor announced their intention OF
becoming citizens. These men are not
subject TO the draft and should not
have registered. However, through ig-
norance Of the law some Of these for
eigners registered. and. in some cases.
have been called and certified for ser
vice. Local boards who. have passed
such men will be required to rcopcn
the cases and excuse the men from
duty.
The War Department has also in
formed the Governor that the Surgeon
General estimates that certain
amount of insanity will develop i'm each
OF the big army environments. He
figures that one man in each 900 will
develop mental trouble brought on
by disease or other cause which ex-
listed prior to entering the camps. In
these cases the Federal government
will refuse to care for the patients
Governor Stuart informed the authori-
ties at Washington that the State Of
Virginia will be prepared TO care for
its own unfortunates. If the Surgeon
Generals estimate hold true Virginia
will have to care for but thirteen or
fourteen men. as It's quota I'm the first
draft is less than $4,000 men. Vir-
Tito T11rooSAo cA~~Y