Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
TRENCH BuC1UTs READY :
FOB CAMP EEE:sOLD|ERS
Troopers Will Spend Much Time
in Them Before Leaving
for Front.
ROOMS ACCOMMODATES, 100 MEN
Virsininns Make Tour of Inspection.
and Wilt soon Begin This Phase
of Training Uuder Almost Actual
Mar Conditions.
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CAM GEM' & bejembtr. S.-Thc
mon of 1te,S '3,wo Virginia regiments,
have haJNsN am. 81 ;s!sp lion To
l lnsS %, 9s e. Is sS at X ,hsir
time 'if' ----!---2-IGalc caluD,. Their trip
( also cnShed, ihcin u getA. ood idea of
tho places i;l Nli.h ;hess. VIII have
plenty OF opportunity to stop over dur
ing their Sojcurn in France The
5treurhes thJy visited are complete in
every dctai3, identical to those in
Europe. cvn,, 60 the ducouts, in which
the men wilk sleep.
There have been trenches dug in all
parts Of tho camp for training OF the
mon. but npeo OF thom are as thorough
+ ~ constructed rs those which are now
nearing completion These are being
built under the direction OF the officers
of the field for;iiication section of tho
division SCHOOL OF arms and while
they will be used by them FIRST, later
: the men viii take their turns in LIVING
in the trenches.
OF particular interest 10 the men
were the dueouts. These arc some
thirty-fivc feet below the surface of
the earth. They are entered from the
rear of the trench, steps leading 10 the
subtcrranesn-room Methods to keep
tho earth From Gazing in are similar
Heavy posts are used as uprights. and
thick boards form the ceiling. Along
the side are boards which make the
dugout completely prepared for the
men.
These undercround-rooms are large
enough to accommodate as many as
100 men.
The trench sectors. which are being
finished unf hy the division school. are
large enough for a battalion Of men.
4 unit ofa!hts number of men will
spend as long as twenty-four hours at
Il time in thc trenches AS each bat
talon is replaced by another, tho Nrciicf
Will take place at night in just The
same way ;,s all troops are now'brouGht
up to the lines on the western front
This viii mean that food will be
brought up TO the men in the trenches
from the rear of the lines in the rcEu-
lar war methods. and all-nieht schtries
and lookouts viii he on duty the same
as though an opposing army was just
over the ridge.
Mcn in the camp will not he without
entertainmcilt on Sundays in the flu
iure, for they are going to establish
thcaters OF their own. The first 10 be
made ready in the camp will DO in he
Three Hundred and Fifth Eng inee RS.
composed of men from Pennsylvania.
. otc OF inc lpuiiulnES WAS set aside for
this purDoSc, and beginning shortly the
thcater will be opened to the troops
SUPPLEMENT- PICTURES,
-, WITH NAuDEylLLE
The y. NJ. 'Ss7rh:,,' Tire knights of Co
lumhus and tNG htG camp ,tlcatcr Will
furnish entertainment FOR the men. bu,
they viii not he able TO accommodate
XII OF the troops seeking diversion. The
men arc much interested in the idea OF
the reeinental thea:er. Moving pits,
lures viii be shown. and, incadAftion,
imere VIII be acts put oeyagb% the men
Fifth Engineers wass3he first regiment
10 begin work on theirs, but others
VIII be startcN@hor,ly.
Every af,cgnOon at retreat the Three
Hundred aaf Twentieth Regiment,
composed PPennsylvanians, hold rcs
lncnta! reVfew. This A. even done on
wcdnesdayS and Saturday attentions.
when the raen are supposed to be of
duty. ThcSIrathcr like the idea of the
review, however and show the greatest
pride IN it, Notwithstanding the fact
MAT it bgeaks,sin OH their holidays.
rms aItetnoQn the men made fine an
pearamcc, gard were reviewed by Colonel
g. j.. itu4t, the commanding officer
All dentists in camp who d, not now
hold conpission ranks may do so IL
they nlakf application fortlhcrn. i, has
been annbunccd irS "A ..cieera,n rccoix.d