Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-22
MANY RICHMOND MEN WIN
MILITARY PROMOTIONS
This City Leads All Others Repre.
sented at Camp Lee in Non.
com Officers.
NEW LIST IS ANNOUNCED
Three Hundred and Nineteenth Reg
iment Makes Wonderful Liberty
Loan Record, Selling $4,000, 900
Worth of Bonds In Pittsburgh.
tFrom a stan Correspondent ]


CAMP LEE. VA. October 21.-It will
not be long now before all noncom-
missioned officers In the Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth Regiment will
have been named. but while the ap-
pointments are going on Richmond
has been maintaining a foremost posi-
tion among the cities which are fur
nishing noncoms. To-day four moro
were added to the handsome total al
ready made from the capital. It is a
happy moment in the life of one OF
Uncle Sans National Army men when
he passes from the position Of tenn
porary noncom TO the permanent va
riety. and receives a lthographed war
rant attesting his promotion and bear
ing the signature Of the comma nding
officer.
There are three men Of Company
F, OF the Three Hundred and Eigh-
teenth. who were authorized to-day to
wear the chevrons, as follows: Andrew
w. Arnold. T1o North Twenty-seventh
street: Emory j. Newcomb. 500 North
Twenty-third Street. and Frederick S.
Jones, 26li West Grace Street, ali of
these heing promoted to the rank of
corporal. The other Richmond man
was Frederick l. Jones. OF 25l4 East
Grace street. member of Company
". He also was made corporal.
DETERMINED TO FIGHT
UNDER CAPTAIN CRUM
Others winning appointment. in
Company r are: Alan y. Hansen. OF
Pocatello. Idaho. and A. I. Monahan,
of Maryland. the former receiving
sergeantcy and the latter the rank of
corporal Sergeant Hansen Is above
the draft age. and when war was de-
clared was settled in his home in the
West. Hearing that Captain John
Crum. who commands Company F. was
at Camp Lee. and knowing something
OF the captains military life. he made
up his mind that he was going TO war.
and wanted to serve under Captain
Crum. He forthwith took the matter
up with the department In Washing
ton. enlisted in the regular army. Sc
cured his transfer to the Eishtieth
Division Of the National Army. be-
came attached to Company r. and. what
is more. has made good. He Travelled
all the way from Idaho to fight against
the Kaiser under Captain Crum,
In addition to Corporal Jones. Of
Company NJ. the following appoint
ments were made: To be serseants-
William Keith. ST.. of sAIiddletown;
william c. Galleher. OF Leesburs. and
Robert ]. Wilkinson, of Chester. To
be corporals-John p. weikel and Jud-
son B. Neale. OF Heathsville, and c. l..
Whitaker. Of Berryville. George F..
O'Hara. OF the regular army. has been
made sergeant in the machine-gun COM
pany. and Warner w. Smith a corporal
in the headquarters company.
This is the first week that actual
bayonet practice has been prescribed
As a part of the military training OF
the men here. and much cold steel will
be plunged in German effigies from now
on. The Importance Of good bayonet
work cannot be minimiZed. as the bay
onet is the last weapon Of defense with
which a soldier is equipped. In tight
places where artillery. bombs mortars,
rifles and even revolvers are useless,
it is the bayonet on which the fighter
must fall back. and which he must
use we'll If 1t will be effective.
SEVERAL HOURS EACH WEEK
FOR BAYONET PRACTICE
To-day several Of Captain Crum's
men were busily engaged In making
dummy 10 be used Tomorrow. Many
additional ones will be constructed
for use of the men. Several tours each
week will be devoted to bayonet prac-
tice in the field, in addition to lectures
on the subject.
To-day being Sunday. and conse-
quently holiday. there were leaves Of
absence for some Of the men, and visits
from home people and friends for
others. But all who remained in camp
knew 1t was n regular holiday when
they sat down to the nooday mess.
Every day there is the best TO be had,
but not one of the companies failed
to put on an extra to-day. There
were chickens, cooked in every style,
fried, baked and stewed, with candied
sweet potatoes and corn. not to men
tion other vegetables. all served with
somethong special to drink, and topping
1t all was pudding, or. perhaps. ice
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