The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-22
P|TTSBURG. PRIVATE
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Hospital Surgeon Says Patient VIII
Rccovcr-School for Sergeants
Is Opened at Camp Lee.
(By STAN Correspondent)

Camp Lee, Va, Oct. 21.-Early this
morning Private /. L. ode, of Pitts
burg. Pa. member of Company l..
Three Hundred and Twentieth tnfan-
try. was found seriously Ill in his cot
at the company barracks Hasty ex-
animation and inquiry by the cum
pany surgeon developed the fact that
Odle had added poison tablets to his
tea at supper thu previous evening
with suicidal intent. Asked for an ex-
PLANTATION of his act he said that army
life was uncongenial to him and he
had decided on that account to end
his life.
ode was hurried ID the base hos
pital, where at a late hour tonight Ma
jor Carte, the surgeon in charge, re-
ported the patients condition was i'm
proved and there was every prospect
of rapid recovery.
| News reached the camp yesterday
that the Pittsburg men who went TO
the Smokey City last week to pro-
mote liberty bond sales there have
over 100000 to their credit. They
/ we're experienced statesmen of securi-
ties and their success WAS not surpris-
ing. The plan now is for the same
men to go to Petersburg this week
and engage on the same kind of a
campaign.
! A school for sergeants has been
started at the headquarters of the
Three Hundred and Seventeenth regi-
ment. with Sergeant Major =. r. Pride
/ in charge. Captain 4. NJ BiGSyood of
Richmond, commandment of Company
NJ, Three Hundred and Seventeenth
regiment, ANNOUNCED yesterday as per-
manent corporals I'm his unit: r. l..
Cole, Jr.. of Chi1howie Oscar l.
Greasy, of Roanoke; P, u. Burkett. OF
Bristol: Walter T. Brown, of Wythe-
Vile; David c. Dettor, Bristol; William
Ferguson. Meadowville; w. NJ. Littrell
Salem; Lowry l. Long. Roanoke; Ma
jor Nick. Thompson. Damascus, and
Charlton r Wood, of Salem. The
/ first lieutenant of the company If
/ w. V. Simon. of Hagerstown. Md
and the second lieutenants are s. NJ
Barnes. of Richmond; It. c. Barton
OF Winchester; J, W. Boyd, of Rich
mond, and Carroll M. Hannery. OF
Boston.
/ Richmonders appointed as perma
nent commissioned officers OF
Company +. Three Hundred and Eigh.
teenth infantry. announcement OF
which was made yesterday. include
Andrew w. Arnold, Emory I. New
combe, and Fred S. Jones. corporals
Alan NJ. Hanson. of Idaho, is sergeant
anu "A j. EuoHaHaII,s Oh MAR iaHu, IL
one of the corporals
| Sergeants of Company NJ, Three
Hundred and Eighteenth regiment
include w. Keith. ST.. of Middletown
Va. William G. Gallear. of Leesburg
and r. J. Wilkerson. of Chester. Tht
corporals are John T. Weikel. New
port News; Fred l. Jones, Richmond
Judson d. Neale, Heathsville, and 6
l.. White, Berryville. George E
O'Hara was made sergeant Of the ma
chine gun company of the Three Hun
ldred and Eighteenth and Warner w
Smith OF the headquarters company.
| The buglers in the headquarteri
company of the Three Hundred ant
Seventeenth regiment are John l.
/ Ensiey and IL l.. Rishel. The banC
sergeant is John c. Chisholm and th'
band corporal Is John c. Holman.
/ Under direction of Captain Charles
Z. Crum of Company f, Three Hun
bred and Eighteenth regiment, mum
Der of dummies against which bayone
practice will be directed, are being
made up. Captain crum has first hanc
knowledge of what the European wal
is, having served over two years as {
member of one of the Tuglish units
in the front line trenches.