The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-06

! xre.enee of hundreds Of people, mo'h-
.-x ana fathers, wives, sisters, erotR ,
~rn and friends of the men, eoueu
rrcurh gatety TO keep down Inc leu
sicr which threatened to BRINK tears
IL the ewes Of many. who were 10 pa
from their loved ones. Ions oeto !,-.
.he line of automobiles moYe1 tFllh
the shadow Of the statue o. "HSh.
irrton toward Ninth street large
crowd Of reople had gathered, ana
sha men who will dedicate their nFes
~ their country were busy answering
hundreds of questions puf 20 'hS.I'
hv boys ard girls Surrounding 'he -, .
Between stirring patTiotle se!ee-
fiens PLAYED by the FortN-SeN tf'h ~
York regiment band, good-h EeS @"g
ANAL messages were exchanged aH"
-a"axchanred by the men, who were
ALREADY seated comfortably IN the ma
chimes furnished by generous autoui"-
h.Itstx under the auspices OF the
Richmond Automobile cluo. iopI'S
of conversation that had possibly Fee'
discussed and settled days Nefore wei
hF..s.shs IN again lust 70 MAKE lfllAAS
interesting while the officials wei
~st,ins the parade line in order.
Mothers and wives were ANXIOUS 20
know whether their sons and hus BANGS
had everything they would need 20
Tia ea-rn-S sisters and brothers NeTt
giving promises to write every OF
portunitv they had. and ASKED the
same IN return from tie en- 0rFohic
soldiers. perhaps net realizing tasS
they will he busy FOR weeks 10 come
Fully thirty minutes before the 'ime
scheduled for leaving had arrived
: Wee President L. Craig i'eIou1er o.
IRE Richmond Automobile cluh, an
nouncea that there were enough ears
Several could not be used The Gee-
crosby 81 the Richmond caE owners
was, as usual. enough "a meet de-
naands with some 70 spare seer re-
tary Reginald Walkers reqUes' for
cars early IN the daN was answered
front all sides by patriotic citizens
DIVISION Nc <, ur1er Chairman w
A Clarke. Jr.. was the FIRST quota 10
arrive in Capitol Square. 80 me"
marched from the basement ~ John
Marshall High school, which l7 'ae
headquarters Of the FIFTH division
Mayor Alns3te Was the first public
otficsal To arrive, coming over from
his office in the City Hall Twenty
minutes past l O'Clock found all %
the ether divisions present, together
with officials ot the Forty seventh
New York regiment and the band No
speech -n1a king was on the program,
as this was not thought feasible. Il
certainly was not necessary.
After ali the cars we're tn line, tHs
men comfortably seated and fnal
hard-shakes and embraces exchanged.
the cars began To move FROM the
square In the pilot car were Pres
:dent Robert +. Airport and Vice
President Z c PeIouze, of the Rich
Tnond Automobile club. The follow
ing ear was occupied by Governor
Stuart Mayor Ainsle and other Of
ffcsals Then came Colonel Jannicke
and his staff, members Of the draft!R+;
board ana the forty eight men, Traf-
&c on Ninth street aud on Main street
was delayed during the time the Cars
were on Ninth street hill Crowds
OF people cheered the men all along
the line. and AT Ninth and Main @tr cts
the men received an ovation The au-
: tonebIles proceeded down Ninth street
to the Free bridge. thence to the Pc
tarsourg turnpike and direct To the
camp. When the cars passed through
Petersburg the Cockade city people
were ready for them and gave them
cheers to let them know they were
welcome. On It's arrival al the. camp
the Richmond contingent set about
doing the things necessary 10 make
military life pleasant Probably two
or three days will pass before they viii
be given military instruction, as cloth.
ing and other equipment Will have tc
be distributed TO all the men at Camp
Lee
Mr.. John Stewart Bryan made a
short talk to the selected men Of Dis.
Irict No. i and the exem ption board
Of that district, and many other pa
triottc citizens, at noon yesterday
The meeting was held at the head
qHfters !n the city normal school al
( Lonabardy, and Main streets Mr.
Bryan told the men OF the duty which
faced them. and spoke Of the splendid
conditions AT the various military can
comments which he had visited
West End women, led by Mrs G
T. w. Kern, distributed Kits and
other articles useful in camp lifs
among the drafted men. Several oil
the women will be godmothers fol
a numbe Of the men sent 10 Camp
Lee on the first can, and photographs
of the adopted soldiers and the god.
mothers were snapped under the large
American flag on the 'front.' steps 81
the school The drafted men ant
other citizens who participated In III,
general dem oAStratton later in the al
ternoon. Assem- bled at Lee Circle a
II O'Clock, from which point they fef
for the Capitol square in automobiles
Richmonds first quota follows:
Division No. Nile r. Hemphill
los North Harrison Samuel Dorset
3l02 Hanover avenue. Robert ?
Wingreid. lsI1-A FIRST avenue. 10
ssph L Lowry / South Plum; Osca
A. Purcell, BIB Grove, J l.. Moeby
- South dams r - - s q
South Pine; Charles T. Brown. II
Spring 'Alternates: Fl. L. Knapp 10
West Main f. c. PerkinS. 1905 Ran
dolph.
Division No Henry John schae
fee, 1915 West Clay; John Elk
Purks 17l4 West Marshall. Philip f
Strause. 1912 Monument; Leon OH
Rudd, 1880 West Grace. John S. Carl
ton. a0e West Franklin: Whitney {
Burton. 251s Kensington; Howard s
GODDARD act West Marshall; Eugeu
E. White, sle West Grace; Herber
Z. Robins, Il East Main. Alternates
William Asher. 91s West Marshall
Rufus Allen Price, 206S Park.
Division No. 3---John Newton Cor
don. 5 East Franklin. John 3. Ions
Richmond Hotel Am bion T. Harding
$500 La wson: S. T. WagstaT. 1919 Nc
Donough. Frank W. Cole, Jr., 1ol
East CLAW A. H WoodAef, 4o3 Mort
T~elfth; W, l. Harris 1904 Stockton
Alternates H s. Culbreth, y VI. G. A
Benjs min r. Rogers. Y. II. c. a.
Division No. feb Stuart Einch
man. AIS North Twenty-htth; job
Felix Smith. 7ol state; Ernest Crew
Faher 1928 North Twenty ghth. An