Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08

will also be paid for their time from
| the date they were ordered to report
until the time or their rejection. an
other instance oe the Importance OF
| having the second column of form
l64A properly filled out.
The question OF teeth. or rather the
absence Of them, being cause for re-
lection, no longer is In doubt. After
the plot discovered in New York for
exemption by having teeth pulled out.
the army board at Washington took
the matter under advisement and frst
decided that If a man had two teeth
on either side he was eligible. Then
came the question ms to whether these
teeth met be on the upper or lower
jaw. or both. 1t was decided that they
must DO on both. Then there was
question as to whether two teeth any
where on both Jaws were sufficient,
and finally the board announced tina
the two teeth on both jaws must meet.
COLONEL LEE is THE
BUSIEST MAN IN CAMP
There may be a buster Office in Camp
Lee than that of Lieutenant Colonel
Eit1hush Lee. the chief mastering Of.
ficer. but 1t would. be hard to find. To
him are given all the papers Brought
by the rockies from their local boards.
These are then tabulated and each
board is given credit for the number
OF men sent or debited for the number
which should have been sent and have
failed to appear. Then each man is
carded from the date on which he was
ordered to report to his local beard
and IL the second column Of form l64-A
Is not properly filled out. there Is
trouble. Every ten days. Colonel Lee
sends report to each local board II
the local beard is short one or more
men. II is ordered to make up the
r no hI-S
the next quota. This will be all right
until the last draft arrives. Then. IL
any men are short, man must be SUD-
piled who would not otherwise be draft
ed until tho President issues his sec
ond call for conscripts. And Colonel
Zee Is also compelled TO send reports
TO the War Department at Washington
every ten days.
On other charts are kept the total
number OF men received in each regi-
mcnt. the number that are held for
observation. the number accepted and
me number rejected. So we'll how
ever, has the system been worked out
that at glance at the proper chart.
from among the many which line the
walls or the Office. Colonel Lee can
tell just where any one man, or BODY
OF men. is. And this obtains even to
he men who have come without prop
er papers. though this dereIiction on
his work. and that of his six assist
ants. much more difficult
MUST BRING PROPERLY
SIGNED CREDENTIALS
only wish II could be impressed
upon these local boards that the ons
AND important paper 10 be forwarded
20 ne with the recruits is form l64-A.
WIN the date OF report properly filled
out SAID Colonel Lee. THE other pa
~ In
could only be sure that form l64-A
woa!d come with the men. I should not
care II l never saw the other papers,"
And In addition to all the papers
brought by the rockies, Colonel Lee
receives duplicate copies direct from
me local noarcs. by registered letter.
me provost guard which has been
established in Petersburg has brought
N several men found wandering about
me town. For some of the rockies seem
10 think that with their arrival IN Pc
ieEsourg they nave complied with their
aUiE and that whether or not they
appear al camp is a minor detail "A
matter Of fact. they are deserters
pure and simple. but the officers when
sucA man has been brought in. IRE.
!eF 10 say that he must have got lost"
ano send him to Ms regiment
one man so brought in was found
20 nave papers showing that he was
'Shohorab!y discharged by the navy
"nc ne was instantly rejected
sunset tonight will find the entire
( HFSt quota Tor Virginia. West Virginia
ana pennsylvania at Camp Lee. with
me rockies grounded in the first OF ~.
/ .Chdamentais OF being a soldier and
inc task o. mob!iizing $500 mtn will
nave been completed with smooth.
ness and case that must be incomprc-
hensibie TO any one who has not seen
lhe perfect working of tho system de-
vised TO handle them.