Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-11
Is delivered to tho regiments within |
short time after It Is received.
DIFFICULTY IN GETTING
Mali. IrUOM pISI,I.IiS RIrlsC |


DIFFICULTY IN GETTING
MAIL FROM PETERSBURG
1t Is getting tho mail from Peters
burg to the camp, in which the dim.
Guilty lies. and It is declared that the
iostofiice Department has done nothins
10 see that tho mail does reach the
cantonment within n reasonable time
after 1t is received at Petersburg. The
department has in operation small
| motor truck. absolutely insufficient for
the work 1t is supposed to do. AS a
consequence. bags of mail are piled uD
at the Petersburg station awaiting
| transportation to the camp and thcv
must stay there because the Post-ofllce
Department has not seen the neces-
sity or taking care OF the changed
conditions and furnishing adequate
motor equipment. 1t was pointed OUT:
All that the camp administration is
asking IN thnt the mail be brought -,
inc camp and this Is not considered
| unreasonable when il Is realized thar
ene population of Camp Lee is that Of n
city. After the mail has baen brought
10 inc cantonmcnt. it is .hen handled
by the military officials, as 4. Gus
tomary at army posts
In the camp the officers see to IL tbo,
each mans mail is delivered ot hi.
resimental headquarters, where II is'
IN turn assorted by clerks who ara
taken from the selected men, and tho
man sent to the various company har
RACKS. None OF this work falls on tho
Post Office Department.
ARMY TRUCKS ALREADY
ARE 0VTSRBURDESED
Every truck at the camp is busv at
/
teria!s from the warehouses ana Pc
tershurg for the use of the NOR ~.
OF the new troops have not been uni-
formed, and the army trucks On .hou.
the camp from end to end ,,lin,
clothing. blankets and other supniios
wherever they are needed. Thoso
trucks cannot be taken from, IN. ~,
portant work they are doing to handle
the transportation Of mail which 10
regarded strictly duty of the postal
authorities And. in addition. these
trucks are already insufficient In nun
ner lot the demands made upon them
Meanwhile mail is piling up in Pc
| tcrsbnrg. official papers are being de-
iaEed and the troops prevented from
receiving their mail within n reason
able time.
three Richmond men have been
taken from their companies and as.
signed TO the headquarters detachment
OF the One Hundred and Fiftyninlh
brigade, which is made up of the two
Virginia regiments These men arc
Marshall J. Dolphy. formerly of Conn
rany /; Ellyson r. Ewel Company a.
and Percy Holiday, Of COMPANY A
They were picked for service with tho
headquarters by First Lieutenant Will
liam II. Schwatel, aid to Brisadier
General c. S. Farnsworth, COMMANDING
the brigade.
Dolphy won fame in Richmond ms n
cook at a hotel. and he is now prepar-
ing choice food for the headquarters
mess. This mans renown in culinary
lines followed him to the camp. and
il was not long in reaching the ears
OF the officers Good cooks are not
everyday finds at the cantonment.
Ewell has been appointed wagner.
which position he has shown he is
well suited for.
Walter c. Plunkett. OF Roanoke, !,
formerly in Company NJ. OF the Three
Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment.
has been appointed sergeant-major at
brigade headquarters. Albert Durham,
OF California, has been made sergeant. |
while Duncan Mcclure. OF Newport
News. OF Company X. OF the Three
Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment. has
been made wagner.
OTHER MEN APPOINTED
TO BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS |
Other men appointed to brigade
headquarters are William II. Cooke, Of |
Norfolk; Archie Powers. OF Norfolk;
lrven Il. Allcman. of Charlottesville;
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Patrick d. Pagan, all Of Washington
County; Charles y. Jacobs. of Campbell .
County; Clarence r.. Lewis. Of Char ,
lo;tesvillc; Everett Ii. Moore, OF Mont
gomcry County: Henry T. Magarity. of |
Petersburg; Clinton l.. Samuels. OF
Chesterfield County. and Monet, II. t
Walker. of Hopewell
a total of ia men was received to-
day. all Of them being from Virginia
and made up OF the following: Floyd, |
IS; Abingdon. 40: Giles. 27; Tazewell. |
"a; Scott. A Shenandoah. .; Chester, S;
Orange. /, and Princess Anne. 3.
The Three Hundred and Nineteenth |
Regiment of Pennsylvania is preparing |
TO get 100000 In subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan. in the campaign which |
viii be under way in vigorous fashion
in the camp in a few days. This regi-
ment held a banquet last night at which
all OF the officers OF the command were
present. and also General Cronkhite,
commanding the division. and his aid
Captain ~. NJ. Dobie.
1t Is the plan Of the officers in charge
or the Liberty loan campaign in the
regiment TO have each officer make
personal subscription. and then send
| out ten letters to his friends urgn.
| them TO subscribe. The same Droce-
durc Will be followed with tho enlisted