The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-07
STAlWART V|RG|N|ANS
ARRIVE At CAMP Lee
TO BECOME SOLDIERS
Ioudoun County Recruits Attract At
tention by Fine Bearing
and Big Badges.
RICHMONDERS ARE ASSIGNED
West virginians Come ON Special
Train--Plans Made for Handling
Larger Quotas Later In Month.
RrCHMoNDERs ARE AssrGNE

Especial to The Richmond yirginian.)
Petersburg Va, Sept. 6.-1nclud-
Ing Richmond's orty-eight and Pe-
tersbarg twenty recruits. approximate
w 400 Virginians have been registered
and assigned to their commands AT
Camp Lee. Twenty five ef the Rich
monders are attached to the divisional
headquarters company.
Young men who are to form the
new national army were arriving at
the camp throughout today from va
rious points in Virginia, West Viz
ginia and Pennsylvania majority
of those coming from PENNSYLVANIA
are from the counties OF Allegheny,
Fayette, Westmoreland, Clarion and
Yenango and from the city of Pitts
burgh Several hundred of them ar
rived early this morning. having been
routed over the Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line TO Petersburg.
They were taken directly TO the ca2-
torment on q special train.
The quotas from West Virginia
counties, Epshur. Nicholas. Webster,
Randolph PendIeton. Tucker. Grant.
Hardy, Hampshire and Jefferson, ar
rived here in a special tram over the
the Norfolk and Western railway.
AS each of the quotas arrived they
were checked in at divisional head
quarters and then assigned TO their
barracks.
A mistaken impression prevailed
here to the effect that 5 per cent OF
the total number assigned to Camp
Lee would arrive yesterday. The ar
rangement which will be followed, ac-
cording to Colonel Hunt. Is that i per
cent will come during each of the first
five days, beginning with yesterday.
nf tar hp 10fh fhav will arrfye I'm
large numbers.
Requests have been made of the
railway companies for euuinment TO
handle 1880 men from Virginia,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania be-
tween their homes and Camp Lee be-
tween the 18th and 24th of Septem-
her. Not more than 5000 of this
number will arrive at the camp In
any one day.
The Richmond and Petersburg
boys. as well as others. who arrived
at the camp yesterday were vacci-
mated and given typhoid phophylaxis
today. Physical examinations were
commenced. but they will not be COM
pleted for some days. Not many re-
Jections on account of physical I'M
fitness are anticipated by the officers,
with the men, who have arrived at
the camp up to this time.
One OF the finest Hooking quotas
that has thus far arrived at the camp
is the nine men from Loudoun
county. They are a fine, husky-look-
ing lot of men. Upon thei~ arrival
each wore a broad ribbon streamer OF
red. white and blue bearing Lou
don County Men" They attracted
much attention at both the Union sta.
ton and at the camp,
Caroline county's contingent, also
numbering nine men, arrived in charge
OF Major Coghill, chairman OF the
draft exemption. board of that county.
Major Coghill IL q Confederate vet
eran, having won his title al a soldier
OF the army Of Northern Virginia.
He saw service In the trenches about
Petersburg, and It was pathetic to
witness the interest which he mani
tested in the welfare and comfort OF
tha aona of aid comrades AZ he com
mttted them to tho care of officers of
the new national army,
Parents. whose boys ara In training
at Camp Leo. will soon be required