The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-30
MANY v|Re|A|ANS
RECEIVE PROMOTIONS
Among Men Who Go Up at Camp Lee
Are Number From
Richmond.
SOLDIERS FINE statesmen
Men Returning From Bond Campaign
Make splendid Reports of Work
Done In Placing Liberty Bonds.
tBy STAFF correspondent

Camp Lee. va, Oct. ga seven
foot high framework, several wide
bitches and other handicaps to the
progress of troops. designed as much
as possible to initiate actual condi-
tons along the front in mo Mans
Land have provided for themselves
by the members of the 305th trains
at Camp Lee
Virginia Negroes CLASSIFIED.
Negroes to the number Of over two
thousand were enrolled with the S0th
division, of the national army today
and Sunday Classified by counties
and military units those entering the
cantonment yesterday were four from
DinwfdGie, ITO from Nansemcnd.
ffty-six from Princess Anne. seventy
from Portsmouth, seventy-nine from
Norfolk city, twenty seven from Nor
folk county, all of whom were as
signed to the Twentieth training bat
TALON of the Depot brigade: seven
six from Isle of Wight. fifty-two from
Norfolk city TO the Ninteenth train
ing battalion: thirty-six from Nelson,
forty seven from Amherst, and one
from Sussex to the Twenty-frst train
ing battalion: three from Nottoway
and one from Prince George were
sent to the Seventeenth battalion;
one from Pittsburg TO the 505th ser
vice battalion and one white man from
Lancaster county to the slSth regi-
ment.
Ca ptain Powell of Company /, 31Sth
regiment, announced today the names
of number of corporals appointed
permanently in his unit. The follow
ing are from Richmond Ben T.
Davis, James e. Grant, Thomas r.
Sale, James III. Gerrell. George S.
SHUTS. Lloyd r. McCoo,. William "
Moseley. Oscar e. McAlister. Lawson
r. Allen, Harold II. Lacy. Victor NJ.
Mason. Edward 3. Carter. Edwin B.
Carter. Percy @. Fletcher. Ernest Y.
Hawkins ana John Miffieton. Other
cofporals in the sam unit are Ben H.
Hogers, Philadelphia; Charles II.
Sherwood, Portsmouth; William z.
Nichols, Harry N. Asby and Charles H.
Simmons. Jr. all Of City Point: Marvin
A. Gill, northumberland Ralph F.
Blink, Iowa; James e, Rapley. City
Point; Dan G. Mccormick. Soda liza,
Mo; Henry ], McGlothen Raven Va;
George w. Costley, Chester; Louis G.
Smith, Berkeley: Elmer N. Brown,
Port Norfolk; Joseph N. Williams.
Chincoteague; Linsay T, Mcclure,
farewell county; Sam Stonerner, Alex
h1uFid, MlLlOu IkpOWtiis 4Npi lB-
cumberland and Norman 3. Hodge, OF
Norfolk
A Richmond man, John s. Carlton,
2ea7 rioyd avenue, was made II SER
geant today in the division head
| quarters today. In the same Company
| Walter B. Haislip. of Churchyiew, Va,
| was made a corporal
| Virginians transferred today from
! the sisth infantry to the qua rtermast
er corps included David Cohen, Elmer
| Showers. Charles j. Houchins, E. l..
| Hicks and r j. Madison. Max w
| Miller, was discharged fro the 305th
| field signal battalion and enlisted In
medical enlisted reserve corps to re-
sumo his medical studies. s. o. Der
| finger. Norfolk and Nelson c. Hensen
| OF Essex county were transferred from
! the slsth infa regiment to the
medical corps at the Base hospital.
! Made Great Showing.
One million. five hundred, thirty
| four thousand and fifty dollars was
fthe amount Of liberty bonds sold by
the members of the sth infantry regi
ment from Thursday afternoon to this
morning, when they returned to the
| camp from a visit to their homes.
| On plain Senius Raymond adjuant OF
| the s1sth, was much elated over the
showing made, especially as he him.
| self personally participated during
| two day trip to Baltimore, Washing
| ton and New Yory city. The amount
/ to the credit Of the sales ability of
the members OF the S17th regiment
was 81 .o90.10o, which is considered an
| excellent showing especially In view OF
| the fact that the 3l7th is recruited
from a section of Virginia which Is
without any large center of popula-
ton. Complete figures for the entire
| Eightieth division in bond sales by
/ those on its muster rolls bal not been
tahulated up till late hour tonight
but If the work Of the two units re-
ferred to is an indica ton. the results
are expected to be gratifying.
Lieutenant Louis Bose, arrived in
the cantonment today from Fort Myer
! where he has been stationed some
/ time Lieutenant Bosch, is an OTHER In
the French army having served with
the other French officers, Captain
| Jerome L. r Touzan Lieutenant Emil
Schoioesing and Second Lieutenant
Claude D. Dome1an, who came direct
! W to Camp Lee Sunday from France
| These men will be instructors in the
small arms school of tho Eighiieth
division and will be quartered per-
n1anentlv in the Delegation building
or the White House at It was former
| iy called, the largest structure at
/ headquarters,
News reached the eamp last night
that Governor Brumbaugh, of Penn
| sylvania would pay visit here the
latter part of this week tc make a
1 friendly call on the men from his
state who are members of the 319th
i 320th infantry regiments and other
units is expected that in celebration
: - ,I-44 u
! vanians will arrange an entertainment
| with musical and other features at the
Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium on the night
| OF his arrival.
BAD AT LEXINGTON.