The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-27
CAMP Lee RECRUITS
GET DOWN TO WORK
Considerable Number Pass Physical
examinations and are Getting
First Lessons.
FOOTBALL GAME rs STAGED
Companies Taking Up sports-Neyr
ohlocrs Arrive From Camp Sewer
and Howard University.
tby staff Correspondents \

camp Lee. Sept. 2s.--GettInR down
10 real work was the order of the day
Tor the recruits at Camp Lee. who ar
/ rived and have been mustered in as
part OF the second quota. Late TODAY
: II considerable humble OF them had
passed the medical examination and
, NsFe becoming accustomed to their
/ ne" surroundings Late in the after
neon nlne- men came in from Ahinp.
aoN' IN Washington county. and ear
l!ef there were two arrivals from
gloucester county and one from Ven
! tHRo county, Pennsylvania.
+ ozone! /. II. Hunt, Judge advocate.
SFSaNinB ihls afternoon of the change
4 Atoi4 ~ per cent to 90 per cent as
1he number Of soldiers who Will co,ne
/ =" the cantonment beginning Oc4ober
1 a. sald that it was thought best 10
make this change on account of the
Tact that the firms who took the ron
] tracts 10 supply the necessary cloth
AHs. etc. nave fallen somewhat behind
WIN their work by reason of a short
3 age of material. The amount of cloth
ia the grades required by the gov
! eminent specifications has been SO
I o''ot iiious that the worlds supply in
! some items has been virtually ex-
ia listed Practically the entire wool
+ ny IN inns country was purchased by
me war department and in addition
$4,000 tons from Australia. This was
, consumed In making uniforms. over
costs and blankets. and the amount Of
cloth approached o.00o. 600 yards. The
american Wooden company. one of
( the contractors on Uncle Sans needs
/ some time ago ceased to solicit or
! accept orders from private concerns
I tAat all Its equipment and material
| might ne devoted TO getting out cloth
| 10 be made up into garments for the
nations defenders.
! A meeting Of several mem hers of
the medical reserve corps, Including
/ Colonel Thomas l. Rhodes, chief sur
geon, Major J. Schmitter and Major
i j. A. Carter. was held to discuss the
/ rest measures to adopt wherewith to
/ com bat vice in Camp Lee and con-
/ tinEuous territory The war depart
me Mt and the authorities at Camp Lee
4 wish 1t generally understood that A
! federal statute. passed last MAY. estab-
! fishing a emile gone around each
camp and cantonment and prohibiting
absolutely the practice therein of com.
( nercialized vice or any modification
OF II will be enforced 10 the letter. VIC
| lators of this enactment whether men
/ or women are warned of heavy penal
ties imposed for infraction. Arrests
+ "iIl he made by the local police or
{ members of the provost guard. and of
ferders will be brought before the
, nited states commissioner for this
( district ON presentation of sufficient
t evidence they will be bound over for
the federal court. District attorney
Mann and Commemorative ATTORNEY
! thinner were present at the meeting
and will Cooperate with the camp au-
| thorities I'm this work
| y football game the first to he stag
ed at Camp Lee, was played this aft
ernoon between teams from Companies
+ and A, OF the Three Hundred and
nineteenth regiment. Every point was
| stubhornly contested. but the mem bers
| of Company z seemed in best practice
| and won by a close score. A PLAYER
lon Company A. who gave an excellent
account Of himself was J K Sloan.
who. entering the University OF Pitts
burg as a freshman in 1918, made"
the varsity team the same year, some
| thing very unusual He PLAYED all
! SO In the seasons OF 1914 and 1915
! baseball game was planned be-
I tween representative teams from these
I companies last week. but sore arms
! on account of vaccination necessitated
the cancellation Of this engagement
The following first lieutenants ar
! rived at Camp Lee from Camp Sewer
ut Greenville, s. C., having been trans
ferred from that point: Robert J
/ Trinkle, r. r Mason, j, r. Rosen-
thai. H. c. Trigg, J, w. Wood, S. r
Johnston, V. n. AGREE, #, r Hubbard
1T.
on. s A. Johnston. Barclay Preston.
A. T. Davis, II X Dickson and ]. c.
Martin Jr When the list WAS an
nounced assignments to t~-~)anies
were not vet made.
Thirty eight officers from the re-
! serve officers training camp at Har-
/ ward university reached Camp Lee
J late this afternoon. Their names and
ranks are as follows: Captain P. G.
! Sherman, Captain A. n. Swain. First
( Iieutenants T.. McVeieh, T, c. Shivley
! W r. Thompson, r.. W CNlbertson
! n II McQuiston. G. Fl Muse. A. J,
/ ShartIe. Fl. p. Stewart, J. J. Ridgway.
/ r Fl Seaman, V, r. Smith. w. Wilson,
and Second Aeutenants Jos. Feaster,
i Ir.. c. NJ. Jones, j. NJ. Rommel, w. II.
Schultz, H. r, slade. w. sorenson. NJ.
! G Thomas. J s. Harvey, Chas. r.
Hunteman, Maurice f. Niven, F. r.
/ Tnderhill. L. s. Hahn. K. NJ. Bixler,
A. H. Ely, r, A. Higgins, w c. Lun-
den. r. A. Moss. F Schnoble. Robert
2. Shoe. Hamilton Hicks. Owen Keel
err. G. G. Thorne and James T. Be-
bout
Rifles are being distributed TO the
different units at the camp rapidly
as practicable, II is understood that
the Krag JorEensen gun will be eu-
nerceded at least in part later by the
Enfield for actual service The En-
field has not the same range as the
Krae. but is considered by military
experts as being better suited to
trench warfare.