Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-07
.BOWLEs NOTIFIED THAT
STATE OF WAR EXISTS
Commander Of Blues Cavalry Dl.
rected to Notify Command and
Govern Self Accordingly"
MAY CALL RESERVE LIST MEN
Curie's Neck Farm Is Offered to
State for Mobilization POint--How-
itzers Continue Active Recruiting
Campaign.

Official notification OF the entry Of
ccivcd yesterday evening by Major l..
W. Bowlcs. commander Of the First
Squadron. Virginia Cavalry from the
headquarters Of the Eastern. Depart
ment. The telegram says:
State OF war with Germany exists.
Govern yourself accordingly. Notify
every one OK your command"
With the exception Of the engineers
whose status is as Yet uncertain. the
Rlucs' Cavalry is the only complete or
ganiZation OF the state militia in the
Federal service which has hcaduiar-
tcrs in Richmond. The question Of
whether the engineers are in or oui
Of the Federal service has not been
settled satisfactorily by the War De-
partmcnt. 1t is thought that the ,elc-
gram received by Major Rowlcs is :;
form message. such as was probably
sent TO ali organization commanders.
Ii the organizations in the state serv-
ice are notified at all. il is thought that
it will he done through the Adjutnnt-
General. General Sale had received no
notice of the declaration OF war at
midnigh, last night.
organizations remaining in tho serv-
ice of the State are the First Regiment
commanded by Colonel William j..
Perry; the First Battalion. Field AR
tiIlcry. Major 7. NJ. Wortham. and
Company \. Signal Corps. Only "a re-
cruitinG detail OF the Richmond How
itzers and the Richmond Grays Bat
TALON are in uniform now. 1t was en-
pected yesterday afternoon after the
Prcsiden; signed the war resolution
that all State organizations would be
called inro the Federal service, but no
orders came.
MAY CAII. ON RESERVES
To RALLY no UOI.ORS
In case the members Of the National
Geard reserve should be summoned to
the coIorS the state forces would he
increased by l00 or more trained men
All those men who took The Federal
oath last summer. and whose term Of
active service has expired since. arc
members OF tic reserve, subject TO call
for three years more. The State has
several men also In the reserve offers
CORPS.
pf the four batteries Of Virginia
Field Artillery. only battery H.. OF
Hampton, is in the Federal service at
present. The battery has been de-
tachci from the First Battalion. and
Battery G. the Grimes BATTERY. OF
Portsmouth. put in it's place. Battery
u was a detached organization until
last June. when. the Portsmouth bal
tery being unable to meet the require
ments for muster.in to tho Federal
service. II was assigned to the bat
TALON under Major Wortham. Captain
Frank VI. Couch commands Battery H..
aud Captain [. Brauch Johnson Bat
terry e.
The HowitZcrs secured two recruits
yesterday. making eleven in all since
recruiting Headquarters We're opened on
Broad street AZ noon Tuesday. Those
who enlisted yesterday arc Arthur /.
Bryant. 2.oS Darlington street, and
Roland ID. I.iGgan. 1874 North Twenty
eighth street. Lieutenant Pollard. who
has rharg" of recruiting. said last
night thnt he had the promise Of sew
cral men to join the battery to-day.
CURLE's NECK FARM
FOR CAVALRY MOBILIZATION
Curle's Neck Farm, the 5000 acre
estate of c. Is. G.. Billings on the
lanes River below Richmond. has been
offered to the War Department for use
rs IL cavalry mobilization camp for
mid-Atlantic States. Adjutant General
Sale has been asked by tho Eastern Dr.
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