The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-28
DISTINGUISHED PARTY
To PARTICIPATE IN
TODAI'S PRESENTATION
Ambulance Company VIII Receive
Large Amount of Equipment from
Richmond Rcd Cross Parade
10 Follow Ceremonies.

A distinguished party of city. state
and army officials will be present at
the formal presentation to Ambulance
Compa ny, No. $40. stationed at Camp
Lee, OF approximately $4,000 worth
OF equipment this afternoon by the
Richmond Red Cross chapter. Con
Guiding the presentation exercises.
the organization will parade the
streets on its return to camp. and will
be accompanied by the hand Of the
SlSth regiment, headed by Captain p
T. Courtright. The participants Of the
parade will include Governor Henry
= stuart, representing the state;
MAJOR George Ainslie. representing the
CITY Judge George L. Christian rem
resentinG the Medical College of Vir-
Einls and j G. Easiey. rerr esentins
the Richmond chamber Of commerce.
Others participating, according to.
rank, are, Mounted police. Red Cross
officials, Boy Scouts, Captain Lewis
ana staff. rhe equipment presented
hed cross nurses and enlisted men
The company was originally organ
lied here as Ambulance Company,
No 46, but after il was mustered into
the federal service it's number was
changed, and it is now a part 81 sani-
tary train S0a. Eighteenth division.
I1r Stuart Mcclure is its director aud
Lieutenant G. Howard Lewis it's COM
mander. Miss Ruth Robertson super
intendent OF ~ LukeAs hospital is in
charge of the nurses The company
has membership OF it8 men. the
majority being from Richmond The
men have already received uniforms
and viii today be presented with
sweaters which were made under the
supervision OF Mrt Bessie b Grabow-
ski, head of the knitting department
or the Richmond chapter.
Equipment to Re Presented
The equipment 10 he presented to-
day consists OF twelve United. States
standard ambula noes, threr ytwo-ton
trucks End three motorcycles The
local chapter has been working hard
10 raise this sum and deserves much
credit for the commenda BILE achieve
meft. The nurses and young men de-
clare themselves not only as fit. but
DESTROYS of leaving al the earliest pos
sible moment for service ut the front
The company is expected TO reach
the city at 2 o'clock noon TODAY. Tho
presentation win take place at Rylanti
and Broad streets and is to~be mad IL =.
by Coleman Workman IN behalf or
the Richmond Red Cross and will
then he officially turned over to Cap
tain Lewis. the commander of this
unit Following The presentation
exercises, the marchers will form II,
line and march from Rylsnd down
Fra nkfr street TO Monument and
around Lee monument down Frank
lin to Belvtdere street. thence to
Broad to Ninth, TO Main. to Four
teenth to Bridge. where the unit will
entrain for Camp Lee
General Cronkhite, Colonel Wells
and Colonel Rodes haze heen invited
By local Red Cross officials to be pre-
sent today
Entertainments Thanksgiving Night
The hand OF the sisth regiment
which is 10 march today viii give
the much. heraldaA Thanksgiving en-
tertainment In the City Auditorium,
for which there. has already been a
heavy sale of tickets
The marchers are asked 10 assem-
BE promptly al 2:se r. Nj. so as to
he ready for the nresertatioH at 2.ss.
The parade Will begin to move !!
pr&hptiy - o,rleck.