The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-15
LIEUTENANT WALTON
DIES At CAMP LEE
Was Member Of Regular Army Tor
Eight Years, and saw Service ot
Battle of san Juan Hili.
Leaves Wife and son.
nv star Correspondent.l

Camp Lee. Va. Nov. l4.--Second
Lieutenant Ivan Walton. of the divi-
sion headquarters troop. died TINS
morning at O'Clock in the base hos
ptal as the result OF a generous
growth from which he had suffered
for some time. Soon after coming TO
this cautonment, Lieutenant Walton
complained OF the condition OF MS
health. and on September rs he was
take, to the hospital No Improvement
resulted, and he became steadily worse,
his death eventuating as above stated.
He IL survived by his wife and little
son. who, during the period of his III
ness. have been residing on West
Washington street.
Lieutenant Walton, whose home was
originally AZ Green Bay, WIS, had been
a member OF the regular army for
,isht years Last summer he took the
training course for officers at Fort
ater. receiving his commission and
bong transferred to Camp lee. lie
served throughout the spanish Amer
lean war being present at Las Quasi
mas san Juan. and other important
euea gcments in Cuba, and during his
service as regular was stationed AT
many of the leading army posts In
The West and southwest
ne fEulHtlbi fIlEiltEAt y sFh y i+N Wv -
tho dead will be read tomorrow morn
ing between & and 10 o'clock, and the
remains Will be carried to washing
ton. u. G.. for interment, A platoon
tof thirty-two men from the headquar
ters troon commanded by Second
Lieutenant HazelRrove. will form the
military escort from the camp to the
railway station. Indicating the high
estimation in which the dead officer
was held nv those closely associated
with him the casket will be covered
v,-lf blnnket ri white chrysanthe-
NUNS contributed by the privates 81
the troop. and beautiful wreaths were
seGt bv CaDtain " r, Davisson and
Lieutenant Whitmore,
+ Visitors at division headquarters TO-
f7v we're much impressed by the ffaf
display on tho white House" th'
building occupied az. residence by
Natar-Cfenerel Cronkhite The STAR
anu stripes foated from pole in sht
center on the right was the Unior
Iack, the NATIONAL emblem Of Grea
britain. and on the left the tri-color o.
France
Remarks were made Of the man,
associations recalled to mind by thu
trio Of flags. such for instance as th'
fact. that EnKland's colors few at Tn
fore pcak Of the Inflated 'Iusitaria'
when she received her death blow ant
fhc tiar of the French republic VA
f7rr' eunK TO the breeze in the days o
the American revolution.
/ The coiored soldiers at Camp Lee ar
ouarteYed partly in the Five Hundred
and SIKH service battaIiona. who's
hgrracfssare al the extreme east en-
of the cantenment beyond the f1el,
TO- ~ lI- IN,
training hattalions Of the depot bri
ftHe which lie at the other extremit,
of he camp site Captain senick, on
Of the training battalion commanders
speaking Yesterday Of the progress tn
oolered troops were making, said the
I were obedient and alert in their de
5fnpanor. though slower 70 urderstau
g and carry out successfully some OF tn
Z evohitions taught them than the whit
! troops
The deoot brigade is regarded as
Temporary assignment for both III
whites and negroes who are. member
Tor it However. the testimony OF I'll
tofflcer referred to q Dove and of othe
officers and non missioued officer
all GO to show that the Afro Ameri
can enlisted men of the F,ightieth di
vision arc making good in a most pro
nounced way.
Visitors 70 the camp today were MI
and Mrs g. b walden of .Roanok,
Va, who came 20 see their son Lieu
tenant joseph Walden, Of Compan
III, Three Hund>ed and Eighteent
regiment,
Sergeant Joseph Price, Of HopeweI
Land Corporal Fd 2. Beale OF Roar
olc both members Of Company r
Three Hundred and Eighteenth reg
mert received their warrants as nor
commissioned officers to-day