The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-18
GENERAL SALES STORY !
OF MOBILIZATION
Adutant of Virginia Tells Of the Work Done by His
Department in Answering Call Of Federal Government
Effort Not Without Its Trials and Trbuations Due
Washinqtons Delay of Equipment

Four officers, 90 men: total, ll3.
signal corps-Two officers, SO men.
total. SIS.
Field hospital--Sx officers, AZ men;
total. As.
One squad cavalry-Seventeen Off
GERS, ESQ men; total 297.
Total-Offlcers, 1888: men. 3,0lS;
grand total. 1859.
! Immediately on arriving at camp.
all Officers and enlisted men were ply
sicallv examined by Colonel Alexander
III. Starke, United States medical off,
Ger. This physical examination was
most severe in its requirements, II
per cent of the enlisted men being
rejected on account of slight defects,
such as over or under weight, bad
teeth. etc.
The physically accepted officers and
men were as follows:
First regiment--Fifty- four officers.
S32 men: total S46.
Second regiment-Fifty-si officers.
$50 men: total, 94S.
Type d, signal corps-Three officers.
seventy-five men: total. seventy-eight
Field hospital-Six officers. 40 men
total, 4s
One squad csvalry-sixteen officers.
Isl M IN: total, 2s7.
F'irst battalion. feld artillery
Eighteen officers. AIS men: total. 49s.
Sanitary troop cayalry-One offlcer.
two men. total three.
Sanitary troop artillery--One on
Ger. ten men: total, eleven.
Battery G, field aFtillery--Five Off.
GERS, l04 men: total. 10s.
Accep;ed-1s0 officers :.772 msn
total. 1852.
On July /. 1916. upon the request
OF The commanding officer. First ar
fH.f-x- ID -
detached from the First battalion. field
artillery. and constituted u separate
battery from Hampton: Battery -.
field artillery. upon approval Of the
battery commander. assigned to the
First artillery In its place
The first shipment of supplies from
the war department arrived on June
20, and consisted of tentage and blank
cts. but no clothing was received until
the 29th OF June. n was not until
that date that enough supplies had
-b<aets- received recruits
Protested TO Eastern Department..
This of1ice immed lately wired the
Eastern department. protesting upon
the unexplained removal Of tourist
cars, and advising thai the troops OF
this state were ready to move at once
but were being held pending the fur
nishing OF the necessary railroad
ment and the quarterma Ster general
advised that the tourist sleepers had
been taken away without their knowl-
edge or authority. Effort TO secure
other tourist sleepers proved unavail-
ing. and the First and Second resi-
nents, the only troops ordered for
ward, were compelled to leave in day
coaches. the only railroad equipment
available: the First regiment leaving
early the morning of the 9Th Of July
and the Second regiment In the after
noon of the same day. The railroad
companies were directed TO furnish
tourist sleepers for accommodation a
Danyille and Atlanta
On July orders were received from
the war department TO organize a
company Of engineers which orders
were compiled with BY instructins
Captain William f. r. Grifrth. of Nor
folk. TO proceed with the orga nisation
of such a company, and 10 report al
the mobilization camp for muster-ln
This was ON piled with. and the COM
PAM mustered into the federal ser
vice on July %
On July 9. at his OWN request. Gen
ersl c. G. Vaughan. Jr. was relieved
from duty as camp commander. and
Lieutenant Colonel r. W. Salomonsky, |
Fourth infantry. placed in command
which he exercised until abandonment
Of camp.
The repeated efforts of this offc. 10
have the remainder Of the troops 10
camp follow the First and Secoud
regiments imm edisteiv 10 the border
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