The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-26
SCORE OF SOLDIERS SENT TO
- wELLSBUEG TO DO GUARD
DUTY.
Company A Remains at Camp Fort
Henry &C Freak IN the New
Recruits.

A S,.nr.. al u.,itih.rS - Company ~
First Regiment. Most Virginia Nnunnal
Guard. yesterday. w's hisiittch'! tr',u
Camp Fort ll,'arE t" W"llShurS I" 90
guard siut., at th.. biz Wabash bridge
Part Of company - has beHn Stati'n"d
"a, Bsllair" tor several days Suardtas
the B.uAr"od- ii"Iiair.. h:idg" Of the ''ai-
timerc and rht" railroad S"m'' nave
been doing duty on IT." Terminal bridge
aboN. I'll. city AIaj": jackson Arnold
commanding tn hai'a!i"n stationed on
the fair Sr"hndS. :''Sl"r,it%' '"r4er"a me
remaining members ~ III" company u
takS TN their quarters near their pos
at W"llSbur= ana thr move, TO NJ
Brook" county sat was nildc during
tn. AFTERNOON.
TWO NOR. l"tirr companies OF me
First W,St Virginia regiment whi'n
belong :" Major .Arm"l'!'S battalion ar"
expected so"u from tA!rm"ni. wh"r:
PANS /: anu G. Major Arnold is de-
layed IL: ra-.viu. nut AS orders for
tn" protection OF this section 81 ihe
Ohio Valley treatise. NOT AL or the
troops ordered 10y the Eastern Depart
men, To H., &cn: To this ri'y h;'rr been
sent by tn" rsglm"u'al commander al
Fairmnut. orders %rrr lSSucd several
days az" for :hc battalion of the tlrSt
West Virginia. Regiment composed NJ
Companies y +. = and u and ma
chino gun company I" encamp ut
Wheeling. bur SD far only Companies
\ and II have arrived. TIL" dlStrlhN-
at Bellairr. WelIShurE and tho Trrmi-
ma, hrIdg" leaves Only company \ az
. Camp F"rt Henry !" train the new re-
cruitS amh h. ready for emergency
s-~--;-- Are Enlisted.
. Eleven recruits have been accepted
.,urX since the arrival
OF the companies Of West virginia
tiuardSlu"n vino have been mustered
into federal service. Major Arnold, told
. the lntelligenCer yesterday. Probably
twenty-five applicants have not been
: able to join thu guard because there IS
ITO enlist recruits. -Four enlisted ply
= sicians are stationed ut rcSimcntal
IT. headquarters at taIrmnnt. but there Is
not a regular physician of the service
field service. Ir. ". II. McLain and
DR.. George VicwiS hay" hc"u respond
ing TO the calls for Scrric" when any
of tho Euardsmcn at Camp Fort Henry
need medical attention.
:. visitors See Army Life.
= Until the encampment ~ the bat
TALON here is completed. the detailed
= plans for camp life and duty of the
:: executed completely However. the
great crowds OF spectators who daily
visit the fair grounds arc seeing a lit
tie Of real army camp life. and it is
begins with the first cali at sac a M.
and from then until 10 at night The
camp is a busy scene. The regular
drills arc held each forenoon. but nu
paradeS of the battalion have been held
as yet. Visitors are welcomed at all
time and civilians could not wish for
anything more cnjoyabl: than a visit t.
the camp.
= Major Arnold is Il great big rongrn-
ial fellow. and equally as versatile
with military affairs. and 4 few min
utes at his tent is ample TO Impress
visitor with tn" real seriousness Of
the crisis. Captain Powell. First Lou
tenant BOgartlA and Second Lieutenant
Alexander. OF Company y. TOO. are rs
fine fellows as they are efficient Of
Ulcers. and nothing less could Il" said
OF Captain Rogard. First Lieutenant
Thomas and Second Lieutenant laval.
= the commissioned officers Of Company
b. The prtvates Of both companies ar.
r lot Of jolly. good naturcd boys AS
we'll as diciplined soldiers. and it's no
= .wnrder rho soldiers ar. ail making l"ts
OF friends.
:. MT few Of tho ruardsm"n at Camp
p Fort Henry are men whose salaries