The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-05
INSPECTORS WILL
VISIT OTHER POINTS
Officers VIII Inspect Sites ut Roanol1c e.
Chase City, Frederick sburg and
Lyncbburg This Week.
DEPARTMENT EXTENDS AREA
Richmond and Petersburg Not Only
Cities in Running Now--Richmond
Cayairymcn VIII Leave This Morn
ing TO Do Guard Duty.

While 1t was generally believed in
military circles here that all avail
/ able sites save Richmond and Peters
| burg, had been eliminated and that
one Of these cities would get the
mobilization camp. it was announced
last night that other towns in the
state win he inspected before the final
selection is made. Captain Frank j. !
Hines, of The United States army. ac-
companied BY Colonel 10 Lane stern
and Major Allen Potts. yesterday in
speCtcd Sherwood and Williams parks
In Richmond and the site offered by
Petersburg. and within the next two
or three days they will look over
available sites in Chase city, Roanoke,
Fredericksburg ana Iynchburp. An
announcement to this effect followed
d conference early last night between
Governor. II. G. stuart, Adjutant-Ge
cral W. W. Sale and other military
officials.
II was announced several days ago
that the war department had decided
10 locate the mobilization camp with
ia n certain area, and for that reason
it was thought that either this city
or Petersburg would he the selection
Of tho officials. However. it devcl-
oped Yesterday that the war depart
ment has decided to extend this area,
and the other CITIES named above VIII
now he considered.
While il is not definitely known
when the camp site Will be selected,
lit is thought that final action will be
taken before the end of the week.
Some decision will doubtless be
Preached by late Friday afternoon. and
the state militiamen will make prep
arationS TO mobilize at once.
Blues Depart To-day
Companies \ and c. First squadron
Iof Virginia cavalry who have been
held in The federal service since they
returned here from Brownsville sew
eral days ago, will leave this morning
for Roanoke and Lynchburg. respec-
lively, for guard duty Commanded
by Captains Marion 8. Hewitt and
James +, Puller, the companies Will
take their departure from Richmond
this morning at sac. O'Clock on n
Especial train. The Cavalrymen will re-
Geye the First ana Second companies
Iof coast artillery, which have been
ordered to Fortress Monroe as soon
as they are mustered into the federal
tt., . te 81 'tii'i me-, ~ 'e1'iNt
big gums at the fort
Company Il of the Richmond cav
,alrymon will be placed on guard duty
non1hc,g ~ f,on,nao,. u YyjiI Ia beI5
- -, ~, - w. p' ''oIo
Tho men who viii Ioave bera th;s
9noroine. fo,. poannlra 80 r'.nrhhnre
win he confined v,i+h tentare ro,, fieIS
service NM viii MOI carr, tl,nir
mounts
Night Students IN DrilI
Somethina like twenty students 81
the John Marshall night high school
met in the Administration building
Marshall street. last night and decided
to begin military training The meet
ing was presided over bv W. s Met
calf. q. teacher in the school and all
of the Young men seemed very en-
thusiastic over receiving training.
They viii begin drilling tonight at the
school and It is thought that many
of the other students Win also be on
hand.
East End 4" Organize.
patriotic mass-me citing win be
held next Saturday night i'll Spring.
held school under the direction of Ser
teahtS Charles n. FClyeS and Frank
Fo"e and others for the purpose of
making plans for the organization OF
an artillery company among the young
residents of the East End. The move
lnent- has already received the sane
ton OF the war department and Adju
tant~Honefal Sale, and the government
Will furnish The young men the proper
equipment
1t Is said that drills viii begin early
next week under the supervision of n
United states army afficer. The Church
civic association field viii probably
be used by the recruits.
Church Hin has always taken a
prominent part in the athletics of tho
city. and the young men of that sec
ton of the city are now ready to res
pond to tho call Of the country. The
object of this battery in the East End
is to keep the young men of this sec
ton of the city together rather than
10 have them scattered around in
various branches of the service.
The sentiment SENS to be strongly in
favor of the organization of this ba:-