Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-19
SELECTMEN LEAVE
FOR CAMP TODAY
Forty Per Cent of States Quota
to Report at Cantonment
for Training.
PLAN FAREWELL EXERCISES
Those From Division to March
to Station With Band
and Escort.
PLAN FAREWELL EXERCISES

I crnor S,u2r, ana Mayor AinSlie will
lend their presence in seeing that the
boys depart with a cheerful pood-by.
The men from he FIVE divisions Of
the city will leave from the Byrd
street and Main Street Stations. Those
, from Divisions Nos. . and ( will leave
! at 1880 o'clock from the Main Street
| Station. while those from Divisions
! Nos. l. and ) will leave from the
Eyrd Street Station at $50 o'clock.
| Those departing from the Main Street
/ Station will he joined by Henrico
Countys quota.
The men from Division No will
hold the center of the stage to-day,
! appropriate exercise over the depar-
ture of the others having taken place
yesterday or last night.
Before the headquarters OF their
division. Twenty-second and Broad
, Streets, the men of No 4 will assem-
BILE for roll call at $50 o'clock this
morning. AT o'cloc; there will be
several presentation ceremonies. under
the auspices of the Godmothers'
| League.
! MOVE IN PARADE
FORMATION TO STATION
These men at > o'clock will move
into parade formation. with Mayor
Anslie. the reception committee of
which William II. Adams. president of
the Board OF Alderman. is chairman
end the Forty New York Reg
inlcnt hand a. their head. They will
parade eastward across the Marshal II
street Niaduct and thence to the City
Hall passing the Capitol Street en-
trance of Capitol Square. Here they
will be reviewed. by Governor Stuart
Although the Governors time is &C.
"upied with many matters, he readily
consented to review the men when the
request was made by George w.
Rogers. clerk of the local board OF
Division No. 4.
The men OF Division No. l assembled
yesterday afternoon at l5 West Broad
Street. where they were greeted and
hid farewell by the Godmo thers' League.
These men will again meet at the same
place this morning in time TO march
TO the Byrd Street Station
The men of Division 80. = spent most
of yesterday in drilling and receiving
hnai instructions before their depar-
ture to-day.
Selectmcn OF Division No. were re-
ceived yesterday afternoon by their
GodmothcrS League at the Virginia
Mechanics Institute. They were pro-
vIded with post cards and given a
sood-by blessing. The members of
the league will keep these men ac-
quainted with affairs at home by send
ing them newspapers, magazines and
letters.
Under the auspices OF the God
mothers League. the men OF Division
No. were entertained with musical
program last night al the Elks' Home.
Eleventh and Marshall Streets
No DIFFICULTY FOUND IN
FILLING STATES QUOTA
In all. eai men will leave Richmond
l" take their place with the first
quota. who have been in Camp Lee for
several weeks. AS soon as they have
been received and assigned to their
respective infantry companies ana
artillery batteries. it is expected that
the call from the provost t-marshal-
general for The third quota to go for
ward Will be made
Arrangements for the Transportation
OF the men were made last week b,
the office Of the Adjutant -Gcncral
which is in charge of the mobilization
throughout the state. Plans for tho
removal Of the quotas from each dis
trict were carefully laid out. and no
trouble in sending Vrginia's full 40
per cent assignment to Petersburg is
anticipated.
At the office OF the Adjutant- General
II was said that shortages I'm certain
districts would he mace up before the
men reach Camp Lee. The movement
OF the drafted men will cover five davs
the 40 per cent quota having been
divided into per cent assignments
for each day. in order to facilitate
train movements and to prevent con-
Ecstion at the cantonment by the re-
ccption OF bodies OF men too large
to be conveniently accommodated in -
days time.
In anticipation of the call for the
first quota of colored men to take their
places in the ranks of the National
Army. the work of whipping them into
proper shape to don Uncle Sans khaki
is about to take on more definite
form. For several weeks Division
No. > has been putting it's colorcd reg
istrants through the manual of arms.
and Division No. will begin this work
to-day John G. Dabney colored. ha,
been appointed drillmastcr by the Inca
board. and he has requested that all
coiorcd men in this division who have
been drafted meet with him at $50
o'clock this afternoon at Second and
Leigh Streets. Assisting i'm the in
structions to be given these men will
be staff of cadet officers of the
knights of Pythias. all Of whom have
had many years experience in teach
Ing military tactics. Colored men
drafted in other divisions will be. IL
Ia understood, invited to drill with
this body.
LIST OF THOSE GOING
FROM RICHMOND AND UENRICo
Following are the men OF Richmond
and Henrico County who have been
accepted as the nations defenders in
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