Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-18
RICHMOND BOYS
FIRST TORRANCE
Assigned to Headquarters Troop
Which Will Accompany Divi-
sion Staff as Messengers.
DEPOT BRIGADE is FORMED
Will Remain at. Camp Lee and
Supply Depleted Divisions
With Well-Trained Men.
IFrom a Staff Correspondent ]

CAMP LEE. VA, September 17-On
the arrival of the second increment of
National Army men at Camp Lee We'd
nesday. the headquarters detachment,
to which the majority of the Richmond
boys now at the camp were assigned.
will be Increased to 107 men. All of
these will be mounted, the horses be-
ing expected some time this week. The
men in the headquarters troop, as they
Will be known. realize that they will
not be allowed to remain unless they
make good record, and they have en-
tered into their duties with determi-
nation.
The men of headquarters will go to
France with the staff Of the division,
which will prccede the troops. and ac,
as messengers. drive motor cars and
motorcycles. and be on constant duty
with General Crcnkhite and .he other
officers.
AS yet no permanent noncommis-
stoned officers have been selected in the
headquarters troop. but the following
Richmond men are serving as tenn
porary corpordls: John :. Carlton OF
300 West Franklin Street; Philip L.
Straus. 26lG Monument Avenue; Samuel
Dorset, Of 3102 Hanover Avenue; Nile
l.. HcElphill. los North Harrison. and
Job Stuart 1iinchman, OF i15 North
Twcnty-hfth street. II these men make
good. they Will retain their present ranks.
When the additional men are added to
the troop, about ten SerGcants will be
named, many OF whom il is believed
will be Richmond boys. a: present
FOUR scrgcants from the regular army
are In charge Of the troop: Harry II.
D'Arcus. top sergeant: Charles @.
Faust, Benjamin Yate and James Kelly.
Captain Dawson, of Richmond. COM
mands the headquarters troop.
The Jewish members of the command
have been given leave for the observ-
ance oc their New Year. which is to-
day. Genera. rronkhitc has announced
that leave will also be granted for the
holidays coming during next week.
OFFICERS PREPARE FOR
RECEPTION Or NOPE MEN
With the irst quota of National
Army men we'll under training and
pract. .ally all paper w ,rk incident to
their arrival out of theS- way. officers
at Camp Lee have turned their atten-
ton to the second quota of 40 per cent,
which will begin arriving st the can
tonmcht Wedres lay. In addition to
the system Cor handling the men which
Colonel Wa d-on, chief Of star. put into
operation at the camp. officers have
made elaborate arrangements for car
ing for then from the time of their
arrival at Richmond to the moment
they enter Camp Lee
ii is estimated that about 1900 men
will be sent to Inc cantonmcnt on the
second -uota. These w,il begin ar
riving "Wednesday raorning and. accord
IN, II,
in the camp within five days The
local boards have been notified by the
.,djutantGene al of the State to send
per cent of their total daily in order
that there will not be congestion at
the cantonment. This will spread the
arrival of the men over five days, max
ing about 3,4oo re:ag received each
day.
Officers will meet trains in Rich
mond. and all men coming TO the can
tonment through that city will be
given a light luncheon, arrangements
having been made with station restau-
rants. Each man will be given pint
of coffee. four sandwiches and a slice
OF pie. At Petersburg all trains will
be met and the men will be taken di-
rectly to the cantonment, where they
and assigned to their barracks.
The plan used for handling the first
quota, that of having stations at the
cantonment for each State-West Vir-
Enia, Pennsylvania and Virginja-will
be carried out Squads OF officers will
be detailed on this work, and will dis
pose of each quota as il comes In. 1t
has heen arranged to have two suuads,
of off ;nl~
duty all night to receive any men that
may arrive during that time.
OFFICERS Or NEGRO TROOPS
MOVED TO DEPOT BRIGADE
Lieutenant Colonel l.. 4. Sturges is
seeing TO IL that the barracks are put
in shape for the men. Ranges for the
Kitchens arc being installed, cots moved
in and the bedding issued. There is Il
sufficient amount of every piece of
equipment needed by the men, and
there Will be no delays in furnishing
them. They will, OF course, be given
first their mess kits. and as rapidly as
they can be fitted with uniforms. these
will bo issued.
Because there will be no negroes on
the quota arriving Wednesday, the
officers of the First Provisional Reg
iincnt. which was TO be composed en-
tirely of negroes. have been trans
fcrred to tho depot brigade. where 1t
is thought they will remain until the
colorcd troops arrive.
The depot brigade will be cou,Dr sed
OF nine battalions of four compani les
each. All of these men are to be
taken from those obtained through the
selective service act. These men will
be constantly under training, but will
not accompany the Eightieth Division
when 1t moves to France. AS the
ranks of the division are depleted, how
ever. they will be filled from the depot
brigade, which will. i'll turn, continue
4" draw new men from the incremcnts
sent TO tho cantonment The officers
Of the brigade will always remain ~
Camp Lee. Brigadier General Herman
Hall. who WAS tenDOrarily in charp.