The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-26
EIGHT THOUSAND
LEAVE CAMP lee
TO SELL WAR BONDS
Permission TO Go Home Until Mon
day at Their Own Expense Ii
enthusiastically Accepted
EIGHTY-PTvE RICHMOND
MEN VISIT THEIR CITY
Preliminary Advice Given by Officers.
Many on-Commissioned Oficers
Receive Their Warrants of Promo
ton.
(By stan Correspondent

Camp Lee. October 2a.-Preparations
for the fnai drive In promoting the
sale of liberty bonds IN the states rep
resented by enlisted men at Camp Lee
were consummareo this morning when
an order was received by each unit
leader in the cantonment from divi-
sion headquarters. The order. sum-
marked. was to the effect that all the
soldiers in the division were invited to
proceed to their homes and remain alb
sent from the camp until reveille Mon
day morning with the understanding
that they devote the time while at
home to soliciting subscriptions to the
bonds among their friends. relatives
and the public generally.
When the order was received most
OF the companies were on the parade
ground drilling. The men were as
sembled at their various barracks and
addressed. some by their captains and
the others by regimental or battalion
commanders. Major Jennings Wise. of
the Third battalion of the 31Sth In
fantry. made an eloquent appeal to
the members of his unit. The idea was
stressed by Major Wise that though
the sale of the bonds was of para
mount Importance the personal needs
OF each soldier and Of his family or
given full consideration.
Lieutenant C. NJ Tones followed
Major Wise, giving the men a few
words OF practical instruction in the
selling Of bonds. The lieutenant has
had much experience along this line
having negotiated the sale of many
securities during his connection with
a Philadelphia bond house prior to his
entering military life. The sale of
bonds as the lieutenant pointed out
has much In common with the sale of
anything else like machinery. betting
or Photographic. but there are some
kinks peculiar to putting the sale
across" when a bond Is involved and
these the officer endeavored to make
clear
Those men who left the camp yes
terday as missionaries for the cause
of that energetic old gentleman. Uncle
Sam, did SO as volunteers. They pay
their own expenses of every kind for
the round trip. The proposition was
put up fairly and squarely to them
and the overwhelming response came
somewhat as a surprise. Two hundred
and twenty-five men out of Company
A. OF the 31Sth regiment. left the city
yesterday for their homes and the
three-fourths or two-thirds of tho
number enrolled.
Late last night the total number
Of soldiers at Camp Lee who for two
days have laid aside the rifle ana
taken up the fountain pen could not
DO accurately ascertained. but ia esti-
mated at 5000. Results are what Is
wanted of course. but how much the
men will sell 10 problematical. IA
Capt. Echols. of Company d. remarks cd.
no one can say offhand who will and
who will not be \ good salesman.
Richmond and Petersburg were ex-
tremely we'll represented In the per-
sonnel OF those who gave their efforts
to aid In the financing OF the United
States In tho world war. Eishty-nvs
recruits from the capital city from
Company b alone lsft here last night
for home. Among them were J. w.
Allen. Sam NJ. Atkinson. John w.
Brown. w. J. Bryan. Isadore Butnsr, w.