The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-22
P|TTSBURG'S QUOTA
COMES TO CAMP LEE
Some OF the Pcnnsyivanians Heavily
Laden With Comfort Bags,
Blankets and Other Per-
sonal Belongings.
RIcHMoNDERs NOW VETERANS
West V:rgininn Wears Tag Asking for
Something to Eat--sleepy Private
sends Excuses at Rcsciile.


Camp Lee Va. September 2t--"Thls
is a small army BY itself" remarked
Il bystander yesterday afternoon as the
driveway leading from the company
street at Camp Lee 10 division head
quarters was allied with recruits from
Western Pennsylvania marching In
column OF foufs from the train 10 the
parade grounds where offcers waited
To eai' the roll ana assign them 10
the different units. Md indeed not
nnly n numbers. bat in erectness OF
figure and general ability rs maintain
military formation the favorable critt-
cism on their appearance seemed 3usti-
fed.
ne men we're from the three caun~
ties of Allegheny. Clearfeld and Elk,
IN FennsN 5yauia. Many OF the men. ap-
pa seWtl% forgetting the war depart
uemts Injunction to TAKE with than
10 the training camp only small
AnaaMnt. ii personal baggage had load
81 themselves down. This was rartIeu-
I8rtY true OF one man from ALE Ehany
county adjacent 10 the city Of Pitts
burg. who with a comfort Kit" so
called. an overcoat ii raincoat. blan-
k@t. suitcase and an umbrella. locke
as though he ought TO he attended by
a pack mule Other members ot the
PENNSYLVANIA contingent %ere als8
equipped with blankets. these sleeping
accessories for cold weather be.n &
formed into ? roll and then wrapped
diagonalIy around tire body Of the
owner In the same fashion as the q rmv
regulations formerly prescribed for
conveying such covering The warmth
Of midsummer pervadea the air at
the eantonment yesterday afternoon,
SO the feelings 81 the new soldiers
marching about mile and then stand
ing in the sun swathed IN the woody
fabric. n,ay better be imagined than
described.
Twenty-four hundred and forty
eight In all were mustered into the
service Of the United States at Camp
/ .ee yesterday, These included IS from
Virginia. $50 from West Virginia and
i.427 from Pennsylvania kilograms
were received at various times during
the day from the local boards scat
tered throughout the three states an
ncuncfng the number in the several
quotas sent forward, and there were
no substantial differences between
these figures and the numbers OF men
who detrsihed AZ the camp. Second
Lieutenant Charles watkins. OF the
22nth infantry. and, Sergeant Harold
Hili. of the 3tsth infantry. with eleven
privates. detailed 10 assist them at the
two railroad stations In meeting and
caring for the rockies" on their ar
rival here are doing their work we'll
and no instances OF confusion or error
have come to light.
Related Xirginian's Arrive.
Virgtnia's contribution To the ma
tionsi army Yesterday arrived in
broken lots the quotas arriving from
such widely distant counties as Bath
and James City. From Northum her-
land on the shore OF sapeake Bay
carne forty-one men, from Fauquier
three. from Augusta fifteen. from AL
ieehany fifteen. Alhemarle Ave, King
William fourteen. Stafford fourteen.
ninwiddie two, Lancaster eleven.
while the two counties of James City
and Patrick were represented by one
individual each.
Among the detachment from Stat
ford county was noticed in the rear
rank a man with his arm In a sling
and inquiry developed the fact that
James Ross had broken his arm with
In few days Of the time set for the
men to leave home. At his earnest
request. supported by the physicians
opinion that the trip would not retard
healing, he was permitted to accom-
PAW the others to Petersburg,
The men certified for service from
northumberland Stafford, Lancaster,
Dinwiddie and James city We're as
signed to the Three Hundred and
Eighteenth regiment and the others
of these mustered in yesterday to the
Three Hundred and Seventeenth.
The largest number to enroll from
any one geographical unit In West
Virginia was from WHEELING From
this city in the panhandle OF the state
f5T men answered to their names
From Marshall county there were 1870
men, from Marion cigfty-eirht from
Wetzel forty-four. from Tyler forty
three from Monongahola forty-one
from Randolph eighteen. from Tucker
sixty-siy. Rerkley forty-nine. Grant
twenty-six. Hampshire forty-two.
Hardy thirty-one, jefferson twenty
three. Morgan twenty-eight and PEN
dleton thirty-six. making a total for
the state Of $50. The counties Of
Berkeley, Grant. Hampshire. Hardy.
Jefferson, Morgan and Pendleton were
others to the Three Hundred and
Thirteenth field artillery and all the
others to the Three Hunrder and