Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-21

ourg men cheered Judge Mann. mapy
Of them shouting the dire things they
VIII do to the kaiser and the Germans
when they go up against them.
several men were selected from the
petersburg quota for service in tho
headquarters trooL. Around twenty
hFe men were taken from the various
quotas reaching the camp to-day for
this command. Captain Dawson will
complete tile troop Hitn men from the
40 per cent quota. The majority of tho
LOG men needed have already been Sc
cured. Besides Captain Dawson. tho
officers OF tho headquarters troop are
Lieutenant J. c. Whitmore and Lieu
tenant Ivan Walton.
An interesting inciden. marked tho
arrival of the me from Goochland
County. who arrived at Camp Lee dur
ing last night. When the men left
their home county. after having been
roasted, they were bundled In automo-
biles and acIompa lied by their rela-
tives and sweethearts to Richmond.
where II was the inteftion Of the party
TO leave the men Ind return to their
homes.
On reaching the capital. however. an
impromptu banquet was arranged for
the selected men, after which those
accompanying them decided to go all
the way to the camp. It was we'll
after dark when the quota arrived at
the cantonment, and when they lined
up before the officers to be checked
Tor assignment to their regiment, be-
Slde each man stood either Il mother,
sister or sweetheart, who chung to them
until the command was given TO
march,.
or all of the men to be received at
the camp, this has been the only Incl
dent where their loved ones have come
to turn them over to the government
for world service. Nor was the scene
accompanied by any show Of emotion.
but rather n patriotic Willingness on
the part Of the women to have the
men assume their share OF duty in
the present conflict.
GLOUCESTER COUNTY MEN
IN SPLENDID CONDITION
While the men received at the camp
to-day were declared to be on the
whole up to the high standard that
has been maintained by every quota
since the camp opened, one quota in
particular came In for especial
commentator by Lieutenant-Colonel
Thomas L. Rhoades. division surgeon
This was composed OF the men from
Gloucester County. These men. Colonel
Rhoades declared. were Of particularly
fine physique, bronzed and robust.
Considering the fact that the physi-
cal test given at the camp Is much
It'll
boards. the medical examiners of
which. in some Instances, have been a
little lenlent in passing the men, the
percentage of reflections at the camp
is very small. Some OF the men turned
down were sent to tho base hospital.
and will later be put in the ranks but
in comparison with the total, only n
negligible number OF men will be re-
turned to their homes.
Colonel Fitzhugh Lee. the chief mus
tering officer. stated yesterday that
the work of mustering in the men
was proceeding rapidly, and that no
difficulties were being encountered.
To-day. Company I, of the Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth Regiment. which
Is composed of many Richmond men,
was mustered into the service. The
same company in the Three Hundred
and Seventeenth Regiment was also
mustered III. Each company is handled
and completed entirely before another
body of men is taken up, thus MAX
Ing each company ready for military
instruction, with the exception of hav-
inG their uniforms.
Busy scenes and others not quite
so busy, but full OF life, were every.
where to be seen in the regiments.
Where the men we're being mustered
In. each officer gave the work in hand
his undivided attention. The men.