Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-13
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whenever their minds leave the strictly
miitarE. Bond selling is really the
patriotic pastime of the camp and, al
though special officers have been deslg-
mated Tor this purpose, each enlisted
man who subscribes becomes u bond
salesman. and there are few who are
not subscribing. To-day an additional
supply of application blanks was re-
ceived. and they wore promptly dis
tributed to the various organizations,
whose original supply had almost been
exhausted in every case. The Treasury
Department has also sent some circu-
lars to the camp explaining tho pro-
visions Of the bonds, and these are
receiving wide circulation.
Tomorrow the first entire report OF
the sales for the entire camp Will be
made The long line of clocks which
are being painted on the immense
board near division headquarters are
about nearing completion. and begin
ming In a few days these will Indicate
daily tho entire subscription for each
unit. large clock showing the total
for the cantonment.
CREDITABLE SHOWING MADE
BY ARTILLERYMEN IN CAMP
The artillery camp. comprising the
three artillery regiments, headquarters
and trench mortar battery have. up to
date, subscriptions totaling 362.550.
When 1t Is considered that each artil-
lery regiment has only 1900 against
about $500 for the infantry, the show
ing so far made is creditable. The vari-
Gus subscriptions are as follows: Head
quarters, S1,1o0; Three Hundred and
Ihirteenth Field Artillery, Sl4.7Oo;
Three Hundred and Fourteenth RcEi-
mcnt. s27200; Three Hundred and Tif-
teenth Regiment, $3.50. and Trench
Mortar Battery, $14.loo. Colonel Welsh,
is commanding officer of the Three
Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment.
the one leading in subscriptions TO the
Liberty loans in the artillery camp.
Captain Norman e. Kane is the adju-
tant
1t was announced to-day that all
graduate physicians and dentists in the
camp who had been called under the
selective service act. would be eligible
Tor commissions in the medical reserve
corps and dental reserve corps, and
that their applications for such ap-
pointments would be received by their
respective commanding officers. Each
man making application will be ex-
he VIII be recommended. 1t Is prob
able that there arc several such men
In Camp Lee.
In the bulletin issued to-day. Major
General Cronkhite took occasion to ex-
press his appreciation for the conduct,
military appearance and drill of the
battalion which appeared at the Vir-
ginia State Fair in Richmond on Thurs
hn tof
Ing officer read:
Special credit is due to all persons
connected with this drill. both officers
and men. In view of tho very short
time which has elapsed since their
entrance into the service The esprit.
the intelligent direction and the hearty
cooperation Of all involved, which en-.
abled the accomplishment of such re-
markabie results. must place the
EiShtieth Division at the very fore
most in service in war;
Tho appearance OF cereal drinks at
some OF the post exchanges in the
camp to-day brought out statement
from the division commander to tho
effect that such drinks must not DO
sold in the cantonment. The order
against the beverages was Issued some
time ago.
SHORT TROLLEY LINE
To BE OPENED SUNDAY
Beginning Sunday. trolley car SER
vice between Petersburg and the camp
will open on a ten-minutc schedule,
but the cars will only operate as far
as a point on the line opposite the
water tank. Tickets will he on sale
at twenty-five for 81. two tickets COW
cring the fare one way between the
camp and Petersburg.
Guy o. Beale, OF Richmond, was to-
day promoted to sergeant, and as
signed to the regimental headquarters
of the Three Hundred and Eighteenth
Regiment Of Virginia. Sergeant Beale
lived at @025 Hanover Avenue, and at
the time he was called to the army
was statistician for the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway. Two other ap-
pointments were made, as follows. both
OF the men receiving the rank of SER
Eeant: Albert NJ. Carona. of Norfolk,
and George f. Paisley. OF Charleston.
w. Va Paisley enlisted in the regular
army at Columbus. Ohio. and secured
transfer to Camp Lee.
One hundred and fifteen regular
army men arrived at the camp to-
day for service with the artillery units.
Fifty-eight of them were from coast
artillery companies at Fort Wads-
worth. and the remainder were of the
field artillery and came from New Jer-
sey. In addition to these. ffty-eisht
National Army men were received at
the cantonment to-day from Carroll
County.
In the Three Hundred and Seven
teenth Regiment Walter S. Prysby-
szenski. Of the regular army. has been
made regimental sergeant-major. Rob-