Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-22
PENNSYLVANIA LEADS
IN ARRIVALS At CAMP
Virginia Sends Only 1877 Selectmen
to Cantonment During Day-6,7 roo
OF Second Quota Arc Received.
FOREIGNERS CAUSE TROUBLE
Many Cannot Read or Write English,
and Interpreters Are Necessary.
II Am Hungry" Only Words Ono
Ambitious Linguist Knows.
IFrom a STAN Correspondent ]


CAMP LEE. VA. September 2l.-
with Pennsylvania again leading in
the number OF men sent to the canton
mcnt, the total of National Army men
received here for the third day amount
ed TO 2.2lo. This is about 1000 less
than the number received yesterday.
and brings the total at the camp on
the second quota to about 6,70o. Some
thing less than 1000 of the entire num-
her Of men In camp since Wednesday
are from Virginia. Quotas from about
thirty counties are yet due at the can
tonment. only 1877 from ten counties be-
ing received here to-day.
All trains arc reaching the camp late
due to wrecks and other causes which
are preventing the men making through
trips. During the, morning hours only
a few men from Virginia were received,
ihe majority reaching here some time
after noon. when they came In large
numbers The men arriving to-day
rom Pennsylvania left their homes
Wednesday afternoon and Thursday
morning. On account of their long
journey they were hustled to their
barracks. and there made as comfort
ab1c as possible.
OF the total received to-day!137 were
from Virginia. 645 from West Virginia
aud l,42S from Pennsylvania. Some Of
these latter men reached the camp
around o'clock tonight, and their
first impression OF the immense can
tonment was directly contrary to tho
bustling. busy place they Will find II
when reveille is sounded tomorrow
morning. AS has been the case with
practically all OF the men received at
the camp. they arrived In the best of
spirits. and went off 20 their barracks 8
in Il jolly mood. which has be.n pretty
general. manifested all through the
night. ARMY discipline hardly becomes
operative the first night the men are
at the camp, and, although the lights
are out by Q o'clock, this does not pre-
vent them from pulling Off something
along the ord.r Of an all-night "jolli-
ficaHon."
Making up the total from Virginia
received at the camp to-day were the
following quotas: Assigned to the
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Regi-
ment. Lancaster County, II; Stafford,
IA: James City. !; King William, IA;
Fauauier. 3. and Westmoreland, Al. To
the Three Hundred and Seventeenth
Regiment, Albemarle. s. Bath. 20; AL
leghany. 13. and Augusta, Is.
RICHMOND BOYS PLACED
IN COMPANIES II. Il, = AND ]
Up to date, 1.4o4 men have been as
signed ~ the Three Hundred and Eigh-
teenth Regiment OF Infantry, in which
all of the Tidcwater counties are in
cluded This afternoon Companies A.
B. c, L. F, G, and K had been mug
| tered In, Companies A and e having
been filed with the first per cent
quota the remainder of the companies
being composed of men received at the
camp since Wednesday.
Richmond boys, and those from Hem
rico County are In Companies Z. B. r
and I. and as far as 1t was possible
each division was kept together when
assigned to companies. This method
is also being followed wherever pos
sible In handling every quota received
at the camp. 1t being the idea of the
officers net to separate men from their
friends.
West Virginia Is divided into three
regiments of artillery. but up to last
night not a single quota had been, re-
ceiycd for the Three Hundred and
Fifteenth Field Artillery, which will
be composed of men from the southern
portion of the State. For the Three
Hundred and Fourteenth Regiment 493
men were received. and 152 for the
Three Hundred and Thirteenth Reg
iment. These two regiments are prac-
tically complete at minimum strength.
Like the Infantry commands. the
artillery is making each battery at
the lowest number permissible. These
will be increased to war strength on
the receipt of the third quota OF men.
Pennsylvania, with total of 1923.
swelled the number Of men received
for the day. The majority of these
came from Pittsburgh and Allegheny
County. 1t is interesting TO note that
e5 per cent of all Ut the men to be In
training at Camp Lee. and forming
the Elghtieth Division. are from Allie.
Egheny County, Pa. In all, about 11.5os
CONTINUED on Third PaKe.) n