Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-06
RICHMOND BLUES
LEAVE FOR CAMP
(Contlnued From EIrsi pare


worshipful spectators. IT had only con-
sumed about ten minutes. AT the sta
S6ston the command to dismiss troops
i until time for entrainment was given
I In order TO give the troopers another
!: chance 10 bid farewell TO their loved
1 ones. Then II was that bedlam broke
s !pose- Hats were smashed. feet were
Z csushed in vain efforts 10 break through
the Jam. But one Nigh, az we'll have
tried 10 stem The on.lsh Of the Niagara
gals as 70 coatrol this uncomfortable
mass OF humanity. Everybody had
3 something 10 Say 10 heir boy
: GIRLS GO WILD
OVER SOLDIER BoYS
!. For the moment many youth In
3 civilian clothes .wou:d have exchanged
with The ones n khaki. For the girls
went wild over their departing boys.
and never even thought once OF re-
3 fusins TO kiss their sweetkesrts who,,
d they might never see again Moreover.
3 they forced the troopers 10 accep. pack
9 ages Of niceties and de!icscies tina, had
& meant the burning ef many sof, an
= ser that IT might be ready for their
loved one in time. Nun beriess pack. OF
q cigarettes and other daintny prepared
= things were thrust upon them un.tl
q hhally they were forced TO refuse, ad.
g monish:nE the people from home that
g they were not going On picnic
q But the crowd refused 10 cisperee
y The people had already eyinced their
e intention of sticking around until they
q lad seen the last of the Blues. The
S became The mothers. sisters and
G sweethearts who had before carried
q themselves w!thou, d sign Of emotion
~ and without any display Of nerves. be
4 gan 10 grow restless. Eyes grew damp
Fi mothers began 70 lean on the shouIS
II ers OF their boys warning them 10 bt
- sure and write, and the troopers them.
e selves began 10 talk in husky ton,
g and with all the appearance Of a bat
81 cold Thicker and thicker grew tn,
q crowd. Policemen patroled the line.
2-if II can be said that they were abI,
a to force their bulks through the thickl,
~ packed throng-warnins the people no
= to stand close to the train. as IL wa,
81 getting ready to leave
N Finally loud shout announced tn,
g departure OF the nrst section carryin,
g the mounts and the supplies of IN,
HI squadron. Accompanying this stool
81 train IN tourist car were forty.ny
!. privates and two officers, under tn
St command OF First Lieutenant James ]
~ Burke, Jr. One section had aIresd
-
~ tntently upon the train that was 4
4, carry the human freight Of this much
., beloved and admired detached soua
:, oron. The FIRST section pulled Out =
Z. 1920. and there was twenty minute
3, allowed before the second section wa
81 10 leave.
VI MAJOR BOwLEs SAYS
~ SQUADRON IS READ
81 In the meantime Major Bowles wa
b located by reporter of The Times
- Dispatch. and he made the followin
=, statement:
81 This demonstration is wonderfu
E All the boys are wonderfully please
q with II. and II is q farewell that wi
~ AFFORD many prop on many a rock
2tpsth. The relatives OF the bows han
Gcarried themselves splendidIy. The,
III have been no wild scenes OF emotion ,
ftmake the departure more heart-rendin
4, However. this merely exemplifes ~
s.fptrit OF American and Virginia gentl.
Ewomen
The squadron Is in splendid oond
ton. Every man and every animal
trim and ready for the hardest, mo
y Hexaetfns service. The Blues viii ri,
~ q good account of themselves in =,
N4rsining camp and In the nercer O