Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-17
TEN RICHMOND MEN WIN
NONC0M. RANKS AT CAMP
CONTINUED From First Earel


the men declare that they are making
1t warmer for the Kaiser. and that a
hot time awaits him when the high
mark is reached.
Captain Emory and Lieutenant Jones
will make u trip through the camp to-
morrow for the purpose of deciding on
the locations for the series OF Liberty
loan meetings which will be held dur
ing the next five days. It is their pur-
pose to bring the men OF each COM
mand together. and there hold such n
rousng campaign 70, subscriptions
| that every man will come forward and
| purchase bond.
STAGE LIBERTY BOND
CELEBRATION AT CAMP
A Liberty bond celebration will be
| staged at the camp Thursday afternoon.
1t has been ordered that all military
instruction on that day cease at noon,
and the remainder of the time will be
given over to exercises in celebration
OF the second Liberty loan. To-day the
| officers of the various regiments were
busy with their plans for participating
In the exercises, and many clever ideas
will be developed ard shown on Thurs
day afternoon. Liberty bond credit
of $4,000 will be gwen to the unit
represented by the winning team while
the second team will get a $1,000 credit
for its command.
The officers at division hcadouarters
are busy working out plans for the big
celebration to be held on October "a
On that day all military activities will
be suspended. and the entire time given
over to an observance of Liberty Day.
a special program will be staged in
front of the big clocks at division head
quarters. and it will be a gala occasion
In camp. Plans for the celebration will
be announced later.
The big field day at the Petersburg
Fair will take place tomorrow after
noon. and teams from every command
in Camp Lee will compete in the events.
For two weeks athletic directors have
been going through the material in
their various regiments for the pur-
pose OF selecting the best men to rep
resent the commands, and elimination
contests have been run of in prep
aration for the day. general holiday
Will be observed in the afternoon, and
many of the troops will journey to
the fair to see the men Of the Eigh-
tieth Division In action.
RICHMOND LIBRARY BALL
TO ATTRACT MANY SOLDIERS
Men from the camp also will attend
the Library Ball which will be given
in Richmond Saturday night. orders
having gone out that per cent Of each
command who desired to go to Rich
mond for the event would be permitted
to do so. The men are much interested
in the work which is being carried on
to get desirable reading matter to
them. and 1t is expected that the can
Torment will be largely represented at
the ball Saturday.
The following noncommissioned Off
GERS have been announced by Company
K. OF the Three Hundred and EiEh-
teenth Regiment:
To be sergeants-william J. Scott,
Cape Charles; L. G. Parker, Ports
mouth; Frederick II. Cox, Manassas
To be corporals-George Z. Shipman,
Loudoun; Ambrose W. Burfoot, Fem
tress; Franklin NJ. Barnes. Williams
burg; William T. Wood, Loudoun; Ben
jamin II. Wilkinson. Northampton; B.
I. burlington. Accomac; F. y. Larkin,
Williamsburg; Robert @. Hayes. Prince
William; Raymond II. Brown, Franklin:
P. Simmons. Fairfax, and Richard 3.
Gay. Mathews.