The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-09
CAMP Lee ORAf1EtS
WIN PROMOTIONS
(By staff Correspondent.)

Camp Lee, Va, Oct S.--Important
commissioned officers today at Camp
Lee in the 31Sth regiment included
Sam b. Clark, of Petersburg, as SER
geant OF Company G; II. c. King and
Thos. H. Slagle as corporals OF the
same unit; John e. C. Jordan, of
Mathews county, as sergeant OF Com
panv G, and Fred c. WorthinEton, or
Fairfax, as sergeant major OF the
headquarters troop.
AS on each of the past three days,
the attention of the camp authorities
was largely absorbed by the checking
in of recruits. Seventeen hundred ana
forty-ffve was the number received
during the day. the share of Virginia
in this being 1872. with West Virginia
contributing COS and Pennsylvania
500.
The Virginia subdivisions sending
mem hers OF the national army here
to be trained were: Henrico with six,
Richmond county six, Lancaster six,
Norfolk city one, Frederick twenty,
Madison thirteen, Rockingham fifty
two, Shenandoah 81, Warren five, AL
exandria ten and Page twenty, all of
whom were assigned to the 3tSth
regiment A contingent of twelve men
from Nelson went to the 317th regi-
ment.
From West Virginia came twenty
one men who claimed Monroe county
as their home, and these were fol-
lowed by twenty nine from Pocahon-
tas. twenty seven from Greenbrier
sixty from Raleigh, thirty-seven from
Wayne, six from Charleston, fifteen
from Clay, nineteen from Roane,
twenty-one from Lincoln. ninetyfour
from Fayette, ninety from Kanawha,
seventy from Logan. fifteen from Cab
ell. twenty-one from Putnam, thirty
from Mason, twenty-nine from Sum
mers and nineteen from Boone. all of
whom were sent to the Tenth t~ain-
ing battalion.
Five hundred and thirty-hve re-
cruits came from Pittsburg, Pa, from
Allegheny county In the Keystone
state came 35l, from Cambria four
from Mercer county sixty-two and
from Fulton sixteen The Pennsyl-
Fania men entering the camp this af-
ternoon formed an unbroken line four
abreast extending from the front OF
division headquarters beyond the lin
Its of the cantonment and far down
the cement road Most Of them pre-
sented the robust appearance OF steel
mill workers and a few looked like
prosperous business men. Among so
large a number reaching the canton
ment II was inevitable that there
would be few cases of sickness. and
the ambulance made two trips from
the base hospital to division head
quarters shortly after the arrival of
the Pennsylvanians. Arthur J. Hol-
land, Jr., of Pittsburg. complained Of
Weaknesses resultant from a recent
attack of typhoid and two others were
sick one an enfIHDtfr.
A notable visitor at Camp Lee was
Captain A. G. Winant. brother OF Cap
tain Winant, OF Company c. 31Sth
infantry. Captain Winant has served
for two years in the french ambu-
lance, corps. much Of the time In
Mesopotamia. though no was present
at the now historic attempt to force
the Dardanelles. For gallant action
in one of the engagements there he
received the. French war cross. He
is, spending furlough in this country.
Lieutenant r. L. Crutchfield conduct
ed Captain Winant about the canton
ment, showing him the general plan
OF arranging the structures for the
different units.
AS a conspicuous indication of the
spirit of patriotism that actuated
them, the recruits from Raleigh coun
.ty, w. Va, took their stand in front
OF division headquarters with their
leader carrying a large United States
flag The banner had been the prop.
erty of Dr. l.. F. Adams, of Beckiey
the county seat of Raleigh, and was
presented to the departing members
OF the national army by Dr.. Adams.