The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-17
Major-Ceneral c. G. Morton
Commands at Admission and
Cronkhite at Camp Lee
GENERAL WOOD GOES
TO FORT RILEY, KANSAS
All Department Commanders
Transferred to Cantonments.
Brigadier-General Vaughan
Attached to Camp Mcclellan

| Washington, Aug. Establishments
of generals officers and their stans to
the various national guard and national
army cantonments were announced oy
the war department today.
! With two exceptions. New York and
Pennsylvania, the camps will be COM
manded by regulars. Major-General
John +. Organ will command the New
York national guard division and
MAJ or General Chase NJ. Clement the
Pennsylvania guard. Each will have
regular army officer for chief OF stan.
! The camp commanders are ordered to
report for duty On August 20. or as
soon thereafter as possible.
General Leonard Wood is transferred
from the command of the Southeastern
department 10 the command OF the can
'tonment atEFort Riley. Kansas.
This marks the passing OF tho I'M
portance of the department COM
mander. All OF the department. COM
manders are given such commands.
NATIONAL GUARD.
The assignments follow:
National guard. Camp Green. Char
lotte, ~ C-Troops from Maine, New
Hampshire Vermont. Massachusetts,.
Rhode Island and Connecticut. Major
General Clarence Edwards. command
ing: Lieutenant-Colonel g. II. Selton.
chief of staff; briA sdier-generals. ?. f.
Traub, Fifty-first 1. tantry brigade: c.
III Sole. Fifty-second Infantry brigade:
F. Leer sweeter. Fifty-first depot bril-
AIDE; w NJ Lassiter. Fifty-frst field
artillery brigade.
! Camp wadsworth. Spartanburg. 6. C.
Troops from New York. Ma3or-Gen-
erai John F. o'Ryan. commanding:
Colonel II. H. Bandholtz. chief OF staft
hrt u-aR tAr nvA MtCntA
Fifty third infantry: Henry D. w.
Hamilton. Fifty-fonrth infantry: James
w. Lester. Fifty-second depot; c. l.
Phillips. Fifty-second field artillery.
/ Camp Hancock. Augusta. Ga,-Troops
from Pennsylvania Major General
Charles S. Clement. commanding; Lieu
tenant Colonel T.. L King, chief of
staff; brigndier- generals, Frederick w.
Stillweii, Fifty-nfth infantry; Albert
o'Neill, Ftfty.third depot: William @.
Price, Fifty third field artillery.
General Morton Commands virK1nfana.
Camp Mcclellan. Admission. Ala
Troops from New Jersey. Virginia.
| Maryland. Delaware and District OF
Columbia. Ma1or-General C. q. Nor
| ton. commanding: I4ieutenant-Colonei
George S, Goodale. chief OF stan,
brigadier-generals, c. w. Barber. Fiji
tS-seFenth lflihHtFFs - ~ odttHer,
Fifty-etghth infantry: c. c. Vaughan,
FJr., Thirty-fourth depot: W. c. Raffer-
| ~. Fifty-fourth field artillery.
Camp SEWER, Greenvtlle. S. C.-Troops
from Tennessee. North Carolina and
South Carolina. Major General J. F.
Morrison. commanding; Lieutenant
Colonel A W. Bjornstadt. chief of staff
brixadier- generals. s. l.. Faison. Fiji
ty-eighth infantry: W. S. Scott. Fifty
ninth infantry; Lawrence D. Tyson.
Fifty-ffth depot: O. G. Galley. Fifty
nth field artillery.
Camp Wheeler, Macon. Ga.--Troops
from Georgia. Alabama and Florida
iMa1or-Generai F. J. Herman. command
ing; L,eutenant-Co Colonel w NJ Fas-
sett. chief OF staff; brigadier- generals,
r. r. Steiner. Sixtieth infantry: w. A.
Harris, Sixty-flrst infantry: o. A. n.
Blanding. Fifty-slxth depot; J. l.. Hay
den. Fifty-sixth field artillery.
General He'll at Houston.
Camp Logan, Houston. Texas-Troops
from Illinois. Major-General George
Bell, Jr., commanding; Lieutenant
,Colonel c. w. Naylor. chief Of staff
lbrigadier- generals. W. ]. Foster. Sixty
fourth infantry; H. r.. Hill. S.xty-fifth
infantry: T. D. Todd. Jr.. F1fty-eighth
field artillery.
Camp Bowie. Fort Worth. Texas
Troops from Texas ana Oklahoma.
lMa1or-0eneral E. St J. 0rehle. COM
Imanding; Lieutenant Colonel z. J. Will
lliams. chief Of stan: briEadier-gc
~. A. HuIen. seventieth infantry; H.
Hutchings. seventy-first infantry: r.
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