Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-17
TEN RICHMOND MEN WIN
NONCOM. RANKS At CAMP
Company B, OF 31sth Regiment, Is
Honored When SeIectmen Become
Corporals and Sergeants.
FOURTH INCREMENT ARRIVES
First Arrivals OF Another 20 Per
Cent Expected To-Day-Conscien-
tious Directors Pulling Stumps
and Cleaning Camp.
FOURTH INCREMENT ARRIVES
GFrom a STAFF Correspondents ]

lFrom 4 STAFF Correspondent
CAMP LEE. VA. October 16-Rich-
mond scored at Camp Lee to-day. when
IL was announced that ten National
Army men from the capital won non
commissioned ranks in Company b, of
the Three Hundred and Eighteenth
Regiment In this command there are
about fifty men from Richmond, the
remainder being from various parts
of Eastern Virginia. The men win
ming noncommissioned ranks were as
follows:
To be Sergeants-M. W. Lee Rich
mond; James T. Priddy. Richmond;
1sadore Bernstein, Richmond; S. Nice.
Atkinson. Richmond; William w. Var
brough. Richmond: II. l.. IIlapp, Rich
mopd. and James b. Galliher, Rich
mond.
To be corporalS-John G. Proffit
Louisa; Irving L. Payne. Richmond: J..
T. Williams. Jr., Richmond; Charles
r. Hood, Louisa, and Robert l.. Honey
cutt. Richmond.
All of these men came to the camp
on the second contingent. Up to yes
| terday the command has only had 142
men. but. with the transfer OF drafties
from the training battalion. the COM
pany was filled.
The fourth increment OF men on the
first draft will begin arriving at the
camp tomorrow. Only 90 per cent are
expected on this contingent.
VIRGINIA REGIMENTS
ARE SHORT OF MEN
Both of the Virginia regiments are
short of men, 400 being needed In the
Three Hundred and Seventeenth ReEi-
ment, and about 700 in the Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth. II is hoped that
there will be sufficient white men in
the quota arriving Tomorrow to fill
both Of the regiments, as the COM
mandinE officers are anxious to have
their organizations complete in order
that the schedule of military inStruc-
tion. which has been mapped out, may
be gotten under way and the COM
mands completely ofiicered
1t was announced to-day that con-
scientious objectors would no. be re-
Quired to enter combatant branches Of
the military service, and would ac-
cordingly be assigned to the field and
base hospitals. and to other noncom-
Blatant duties. About eighty Of such
individuals are at Camp Lee. and since
they arrived at the camp and declared
their religious beliefs. they have been
engaged in such work as cleaning the
company streets, digging tree stumrs
and any other work around their bar
racks not OF military nature.
Only men who are affiliated with
recognized sects. in whose tencts par
ticipation In warfare is forbidden. are
classed among conscientious objectors.
officers OF the division have used
their efforts to see that the beliefs OF
the men were respected. and that they
were not held up to ridicule in the
strict observance OF their religious doc
trine The men have been making their
quarters with the other troops, but
except in few cases. have refused TO
don uniform.
RULING SETTLES STATUS
OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS
In the number of the objectors here
the majority Of them are Mcmonitcs.
while various other sects are repre-
sentcd. There are some few OF the
men in the Eastern Virginian regi-
mcnt, while most OF them are found
among the Pennsylvania regiments
The ruling from Washington to-day
regarding them will settle n question
which has been a problem to officers
here for some time.
Liberty bonds occupied a prominent
place in camp life to-day when another
big jump in totals for the entire can
tonment brought the subscriptions to
s60S.550. Later this afternoon addi-
tional amounts were brought in which
could not DO added 10 the total re-
ported. and which will be included In
to-morrows report.
Interest Is so great among the Penn
sylvania commands that tho officers Of
tho Three Hundred and Twentieth In
fantry sent detail of twenty-five men
to Pittsburgh, from which city the ma
jority OF tha Three .Iundred and Twen-
tieth Regiment came. for the purpose
OF soliciting subscriptions from their
friends. The detail returned this af-
! tcrnoon with moro than $4,000 in sub
scriptions. This same regiment has
placed thermometer Mt regimcntal
headquarters. which indicates the in
crease In Liberty bond purchases in
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