The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-25
GRAYS ANO SIGNAL
CORPS MOBILIZE TODAY
Active Recruiting Campaign Neccs-
sS8rS 10 Bring Former
War Strength.
NOW SHORT LARGE NUMBER
7riradicr- General c. C. Vaughan VIII
omen His Headquarters mt Frank
lin. Where He VIII BE Joined by
STAFF.

Al & o'clock this morning the First
battalion, known as the Richmond
Grays. OF the First regiment OF VIZ
rinia infantry. and Company l, sigma
corps. will assemble at the armory
Al seventh and Marshall streets. under
the call of the president. Ihey VIII
,.ronare 10 he drafted into the federal
service on August 8. and for suisse
ouent training at Admission Ala
Major ! Fuller Bright Is mana :
tr~ oFerer Of the tiTays battalion lte'
lieutenant Leroy f. Brown, oelns
tho adiutant. Captain Harry A.
tIoueI1 Is in charge OF Company g.
,~antatn william A. stack, COMPANY
Il. CAPTAIN James r. sheppard u
,~onnnsry c, and Captain Chsries "a
Kady. Company r
Cap,ain Edwin T. Conquest COM
n7ands the signal corps. ana Dean
raw is the first lieutenant
Mastering officers are expected 10
arrive In the city today, ana the trans
fer Of the property OF the two or
ranlzations to the government Will
shortly I've under way. AS soon as
this is completed the men VIII De
ken into federal service, The usual
lhvstcal examinations will he MADE
and all members found deficient or
,,.i,b denendent relatives, will be dis
charged.
The troops will remain here at the
arp,nrv until August s. In the mean
time they will wage recruiting cam
uaign IN an effort 10 bring the COM
ranies up to the full war strength
The Grays are now short about zoo
men. and there will in all probability
he other vacancies after the medical
officers have examined the men. 1t is
.he desire of the state military au-
ttorities that ali Of the national guard
he taken over by the government next
month with complete ranks.
In addition to the two units men
toned the headquarters and supply
companies OF the feld artillery of Vir-
ginia will also he called out this morn
ing. They will have their headquar-
ters Mt the Howitzers' Armory on
Eighth street. with Lieutenant Ed
ward J KeeEan, In. charge The sup.
ply company has a fun quota OF men,
hut additional recruits are needed for
tho headquarters company.
Headquarters at Franklin.
General G. C. Vaughan. brigade
commander. will establish his head
quarters at Franklin. Va. where he
will be Joined by the other members
OF his staff Lieutenant Colonel AL
fred r. Percy, OF Lynchburg, has been
made adjutant Of the brigade. sue
eeedtng Major Clinton L. Wright, who
IS member Of the postal commission
row In France. General Vaughan will
- lzI, =. -. 49, a
rartnent. these officers. with Major
/ Alien Potts. In charge. being already
in the federal service, on duty here
The other battalions Of the first
regiment are: Second battalion, Major
Thomas p Peyton commanding. with
companies at charlottesville Alexan-
dria, Covington and Lynchburs; Third
battalion. commanded by Major Stan
ley w, Martin. with companies a,
Iynchburg. Staunton and Danville
/ Colonel w. J. Perry, OF Staunton, com
msuds the First regiment,
The following additional nationa'
guards units in the state will mobilize
this morning:
Virginia field hospital. at Fast Rad,
ford in command OF Major ] C Bow
man.
Ambulance company. No. /, Nor
folk. commanded by Lieutenant s. r
CAST. Jr.. Norfolk
Company A, signal corps, Rich.
mond. commanded by Captain Edwin
! T. Conquest
Battery f, field artillery. Danville
Captain II, A. Wiseman In command
Third company. coast artillery
Fredericksburg, Captain A. I. John.
son.
Fourth company, coast artillery
Grundy, Captain Thomas f Powers.
Fifth company. coast artillery. Roa.
/ roke, Captain w. NJ. Milton
sixth company. coast artillery. Dan.
Vile. Captain w. w. Terrell
Seventh company. coast artillery
south Richmond, Captain G st. c
/ Robinson.
Eighth company, coast artillery
Ware Neck. Captain Talliaferro. Tht
last organization was inspected h,
Colonel Stern and Major Ward Mon.
day night and has already been recor