The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-30
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fBy Staff Correspondent
Camp Lee. Sept 29.--Signing pay
rolls and receiving uniforms and other
clothing was the order of the day TOT
most of the companies at Camp Lee
| today. who have not hitherto been
supplied with these necessary articleS
The supply sergeants OF the coihPh-
MES were the busiest men in IN" can
| Torment as It is no lazy mans Joo
to issue a shirt. pair Of pants. thfee
| pairs of socks and two pairs OF SHOES
to each man of the $50 in company
| taking care meanwhile that all were
garments that fitted and that proper
receipts were made out and signed ny
| the mem bers.
| Saturday afternoon IS usually holt
| day at the camp, but with several OF
| the companies. notably Company u,
of the 31sth regiment. weekly vac3-
| ton was In part at last sidetracked,
| in order that the issuance of uniforms
| to the men should be com pleted.
| Lieutenant Hicks, of New Jersey.
who arrived here several days ago
| from the Harvard officers' training
camp at Cambridge. Mass. has been
attached TO Company G. Lieutenant
Hicks said today that he had never
| before lived south Of the Potomac
river, but liked the country and the
/ general surroundings at Camp Lee,
Player Piano Source of Pleasure.
| The player piano which Company
A, of the 31Sth. installed IN their bar
racks last week. is source Of great
pleasure 10 the men. In fact. IL has
been go much appreciated that several
soldiers enrolled with this unit be-
came ver-enthusiastic In its use and
have been playing ii when some OF
their comrades wanted to sleep For
that reason a committee was formed
TO take general care of the instru
rnent and formulate regulations as to
times hen IL could be played.
The committee Is composed OF Cor
iporal 7. c. Green, c, b. Twltty. r. c.
Younghlood and r. G, Howell. New
music rolls Will he purchased from
time to time. the selections being made
according to the tunes that strike the
fancy of the men.
Qutmby Is Trouble Man
CAPTAIN Edwin II. Quinhy. OF the
305th engineers, has been detailed as
superintendent of the water and light
ing system at Camp Lee, and any re-
ports OF trouble" In connection with
either VIII be made 70 him An or
der was given out yesterday from d.
vision headquarters to the effect that
all spigots and hydrants should be
closed tight after use TO prevent waste
fof the availa BILE supply,
or much interest to the members
of the national army at Camp Lee
were NO messages received recently
by the war department from General
Pershing and transmitted TO the sew
eral cantonments by the department.
The first stressed the importance of
regular and persistent rife practice
to the end that the men become ac-
curate shots before they take up work
in the theater of active operations.
General Pershing recommends thor
ough instruction and range practice
as prescribed in the small afrns firing
manual
General Persh4ngAs second message
i called attention ia the necessity ~
giving statutes between officers and
men In precise and military manner.
Headquarters Men Make Progress.
The headquarters troops at Camp
Lee, composed of 106 men select ed
from the more than 10000 who have
so far been mustered into the service
at the camp, are making progress that
is most gratifying to Captain W. =.
Davidson, their commander. In hull
yesterday afternoon after the week s
activities. Captain Davidson, speaking
| conversationally of his men, voiced
his appreciation of the spirit of 10y
altv to their country which has ac-
tuated them from the beginning. The
full quota OF the troop was not made
I'D TIL late Tuesday when the required
number was reached
The Petersburg men In the company
include Leon S. Clarke, George r
Cottrell. William r. Cottrell, Benja-
min w. Belcher, VIM. Archer, James
C Fowlkes, James G.. Gould. Maurice
r. OlRers. Thos II, Reames. Thps. G
Williams and David Dunlop.
The Richmonders are Nile p, Hemp
hin, Philip e. Strause. Samuel Dor
set, J. s. Carlton. Herbert Robins, j.
r. Mostly, c. r. Drawn. f. c, Per-
kins, william Asher. E. r. Blakey.
". c. Burton. r, M. Carnifex. W. IL.
Chandler A. b. Cosby. II. S. Culbreth.
A. s. Dinwiddie. r. II, Epps. E. c.
Faher, NJ. H. Finke. 0. A Fora, w
H. Gordon. J. l. Gregory, Morris
II. n, Harlow, F. H. Harris. 3. s
HIN, J. s. H!nchmen, G.. c. Jackson
w. c. Jackson. B. r. TAnton.' J. L
Lowry, Jr, ]. a. Montgomery, Jr.
w. NJ. Moore Q. A. Purcell. J. Fl
Purks, L. O. Rudd. a. B. Sadler, Fl
J. schaeffer. j. r. Smith, Chas +
Taylor, F. d. Tignor. r. p, Wingfeld
Richmond Officers In Command.
Captain Davidson was for five YEAR
n member of the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues. becoming a bugler fol
the organization at the age of IS. H
. accompanied the Blues to the World &
Fair in St Louis in 1904 and reInem-
bers interesting fncfdents In connec-
ton with the trip. Later he was
cavalryman in the regular army ant
among other places saw service a
Trinidad. Col, during the labor trou
bles there some years ago.
z An amusing incident illustrative ol
- the mems anxiety to put into instan
practice the instruction they were re
ceiving was related by the captain
Yesterday he had just finished lee
i ture on personal hygiene, which In
, cludes the care of the teeth and en-
phasizing their important bearing OF
the general health. The men wer
not told to apply the toothbrush i'm
- mediately at the conclusion OF thu
= lecture. but shortly thereafter It wa.
e noticed that almost the entire com
pany, paste tube in one hand ant
brush in the other. were busy in tn
hathhouse
Training for Athletic Events.
A team composed of troop member
r who wifi enter as contestants TO
prizes In the, athletic events at tn
state fair is already in training unde
John Graves. former physical direc
tor at tho University of Virginia.
Several Men Sick.
Several men of Company G wer
sick yesterday. the indisposition be
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