The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-25
Petersburg


! German Prisoner Attempts Escape.
Petersburg, Va. June .4.--Peters
burg had It's first glimpse of the far
reaching effects OF the war with Ger
many about o'clock last evening
| when a coach. bearing nineteen in
! termed German saiiors, was detached
| from Atlantic Coast line train No IS,
guarded by a dozen or more United
states soldiers, including a captain. u
sergeant, corporal and a number OF
privates.
The prisoners were en- route from
New York TO Fort Oslethorpe. Ga.
where they will probably be kept until
the war is over.
! AS soon as II became generally
known that the Germans were In town,
large crowds fiocked to the Union sta
ton to get a glimpse at them. but they
were prohibited from approaching
nearer the car than ten PAGES by the
grim rifles of tho guard.
/ The prisoners seemed TO be In good
spirits. They laughed and chatted
among themselves as though they were
j not prisoners Of war. One OF the num-
Der attempted to escape through a win
dow to the car while 1t was standing In
{ front of the Union station. but~%the
frm command of a member Of the guard
brought him to n quick halt. The car
Western train No. Is. at 1910 last
night TO be taken to Bristol. where It
was to be transferred to the South
ern railway.
FALLS SHORT OF
! RED CROSS ALLOTMENT
Practically every church in Peters
burg took up special collections today
for the Red Cross. the pastors preach
ing special sermons at one or the other
service. The campaign for funds will
end here tomorrow and unless the re-
Spouse to the request for contributions
Is much more liberal tomorrow. Pc
tersburg will fall far short of raising
Its $4,000 allotment.
CANTONMENT WORK
GAINING MOMENTUM
Major II. l.. Lawton. lieutenant col
onel. quartermaster- general, on the
staff OF Maj General ]. Franklin Bell
arrived here yesterday and spent some
hours going over the Lakemont canton
ment Major Lawton expressed com
plete satisfaction with regard to the
progress Of the work at the camp and
reiterated his opinion of some weeks
ago that the location will prove emf
nently satisfactory to the government
Owners of several small tracts OF
land who We're demanding exorbitant
figures for their properties. necessary
To be had for the completion of the
camp and representatives of the Pc
tershurg Chamber of Commerce have
reached an amicable basis of settle
ment. so IL is reported
| Large numbers of laborers carpen-
ters and mechanics commenced to ar
rive here yesterday and befors, the end
OF the present week fully 1000 men are
expected to be engaged in the construc-
ton of the cantonment at an average
wage of nearly fifty cents an hour.
DEAD CONFEDERATE
HoNoRED ny COMRADES
A. r. Hill camp. of Confederate vet
Grams. OF which Richard Panneil Bar
ham was an honored member. will at
tend the funeral of their comrade In a
, body in Old Bandford church at 5
o'clock tomorrow. Monday afternoon.
A. P. Hiil camp Is proud OF the record.
i, which their comrade left in death. Nu-
merous members of the camp recalled
yesterday instances of Mfr. Barham's
soldier life and in every instance there
was word of praise for the bravery
OF the dead conn ade and for his friend.
ship to the camp
Many Negroes Rejected by Army.
Recruiting at the local stations re-
mains practically unchanged. The Pc
tersburg Grays accepted two men yes
i terday while none were accepted by
the naval or the army recruiting sta
tons The stations report enlistments
i fer theg period, beginning June and
ending June 30 as follows: Applica :
lions, 81. accepted. rs; rejected. a.. The
largo number Of reflections are attri-
huted to the fact that a majority of
the applicants were negroes. who could
, not be accepted due to all colored reg
iments being filled 10 their authorized
war strength.
$40 Raised For Red Cross.
typographical union. No. rs. Of this
city. at a meeting held yesterday after
noon. decided to contribute the sum of
$40 to the Red Cross fund. President
Bowen. of the union listened to the
statement Of Or. T.. n. Calisch Friday
that Il would take $40 to bring back
to health a wounded soldier and he
7 urged the union to take the necessary
steps to restore to the rank at least
one fightinE man. The resolution was
unanimously approved.