Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-06
RICHMOND PEOPLE GIVE
STATE REGIMENTS FLAGS
Prominent Citizens to Make prescn-
tation to Selectmen at Camp
Lee in Behalf of City.
is TOO SMALL
Facilities Inadequate to Handle
Large Volume of Postal Matter.
Many Noncoms. Appointed-AlIied
Officers Arrive.
lFrom a Stafr Correspondent1

lfrom Staf Correspondent
CAMP LEE, VA, November 5.-The
! two Virginia regiments here Will be
the recipients of rcgimental flags from
body of citizens Of Richmond On
behalf OF the former capital OF the
Confederacy, the first National Army
commands to be raised composed Of
men from the Old Dominion. will re-
ceive the standards, which will be
taken into battle by the regiments
floating beside the national colors The
presentation will be made In a short
time. and it is probable that IL will
be attended by AN imposing ceremony,
in which prominent men OF Richmond
and the high military authorities here
will particlpatc.
The committee of men in Richmond
who viii! present the Virginia troops
with their regimental standards is
composed Of Eppa Hunton. Colonel Ar
cher Anderson. William II. White. T.
j. Wills, John Stewart Bryan Fred
erick w. Scott and others. The flags
VIII be rendered the Three Hundred
and seventeenth and Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth Regiments. which
make up the One Hundred and Fifty
ninth Infantry Brigade in this division.
Commanding the brigade is Brigadicr-
General c. 5. Farnsworth. Colonel e.
H. Jamerson. commanding the Three
Hundred and Seventeenth and Colonel
+. II. Wells. the Three Hundred and
Eighteenth. These officers will accept
the rags on behalf of the Virginia
troops.
1t is custom in the service to at
tach to rcGimental flag staffs a silver
band bearing the dates and names of
actions in which the command parti-
cipated, and the standards arc turned
INTO the War department at the close
OF hostilitics. to be preserved. After
the present conflict IL is believed that
IL Will be possible for the Governor
OF Virginia to obtain the colors Of the
two Virginia regiments from NASH
irEton for safekecping in Richmond.
The Virginia brigade numbers about
S.ceo officers and men. each regiment.
under the new formation, having a
total Of about 5000 enlisted men. While
all OF the men of the regiments have
been drawn exclusively from Virginia,
this is not the case with the officers.
They are from practically every section
of tho Eastern part OF the United
states, and some OF them came from
the far West. In one battalion OF the
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Rrgi-
mcnt out OF twenty-five officers eleven
states are represented.
POSr-OFFICE SITUATION
AGAIN BECOMES SERIOUS
The post-oiice situation at the can
torment is again becoming serious
After continuous effort on the part
OF the camp officials and The officers
IN charge OF the postal distribution
here. the ostOficc Department finally
placed in service adequate transporta-
ton facilities. which made il possible
to get mail addressed TO camp from
the Petersburg railroad station TO the
cantonment within a reasonable time.
This relieved "A condition that had
caused complaint from one end of tho
camp 10 the other. on account of the
long delays in getting postal matter
delivered.
Now, however. a new and altogether
different matter has arisen The pres
ent post office building at the camp is
not large enough for the handling of
the enormous amount OF mail that finds
its way To the camp daily. Fully 100. 900
letters arc received here every day. in
addition to an average OF 600 pouches
Of packages. And even in addition TO
these at clast 10000 special delivery
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