Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-20
MORE R|CHMONDERs TAKE
N0NCOM. APPOINTMENTS
z. T.. Strause Promoted to Sergeantcy
and Sam Dorset and John S.
Carlton Become Corporals.
DAVID DUNLOP A CORPORAL
Petersburg Youths Efforts Win Rec
osnition at Camp I-ee-Liberty
Bond Subscriptions Expected to
Reach $2,OOO,OOO.
From a staff Corresponden,.I


CAMP LEE. VA. October le.-Three
more Richmond boys have come to the
front at Camp Lee and captured nom
commissioned appointments. announce
ment having been made to-day by Cap
tain w. +. Dawson. commanding the
headquarters troops. that Philip L..
Strause. of Richmond, has been made
sergeant. while Samuel Dorset and
John s. Carlton. both we'll known in
the capital. have been made corporals.
Two other men in the command were
also promoted. David Dunlop. of Pc
tersburg, and William j. Gomper., Of
Wheeling. W. Va. being appointed cor
porais.
For several weeks these men have
been acting as temporary noncommis-
stoned officers. 1t has been the prac-
ticc of Captain Dawson, and the pro-
cedure Is general all over camp not
TO appoint permanent noncoms until
each man had been able to demonstrate
his ability. There are yet several other
noncommssioncd officers 10 be named
in the headquarters troops, and these
will doubtless be made some time in
the next week.
Liberty loan subscriptions have passed
the Sl,o00000 mark set by Major-Gen-
eral Cronkhte. and with four days
more before the campeiG closes and
interest in tho bond-purchasing move
mcnt increasing daily, II is believed
that the total subscription for the can
tonment will hover around the $1,000
600 mark when the final count is made.
Camp Lee is doing itself proud on this
Liberty loan movement, and II will
hold a high place in the list of canton
ments when the announcement is made
regarding the support given the loan
by the nations troops.
VIRGINIA REGIMENT HOLDS
SECOND RANKING SECURELY
The exact figures of the subscrip-
tions at the camp as announced to-
day arc S1.056,250. The Three Hun
dred and Nineteenth Regiment of In
fantry, of Pennsylvania. is mainta ininS
its lead. with a total OF s207,S5O; with
the Three Hundred and Seventeenth
Regiment, of Virginia, still holding the
second place, with a total subscription
OF sl64,95O Bakery Company, No. l..
which has been showing the highest
per capita amount, continues way
ahead OF the remainder of the organ
izations In the camp. SlO2.03 being the
average subscription for each man
The next highest rate is that of the
Three Hundred and Fifth Trench
Mortar Battery, which is rated per
capita amount of SSl.OS
The subscriptions for the various
commaL DIS arc as follows: Three Hum
dred and Twentieth Infantry, sl4s,35O:
Depot brigade. s10S.7O0; Three Hun
dred and Fifteenth Field Artillery
SI3.a00; Three Hundred and Eighteenth
Infantry. s70.d00: Three Hundred and
Thirteenth Field Artillery. sG7.650;
Three Hundred and Fourteenth Artil-
lery. $61.700; Three Hundred and Fifth
Engineers. $4,000: Three Hundred and
Fifth ammunition trains. s46.75o:
Three Hundred and Fifth Trench Nor
tar Battery, $4,000; Three Hundred
and Thirteenth Machne-Gun Battalion,
s1e,250; Bakery Company, No. !. s1o,-
0d0; school for cooks and bakers, So
ESQ; Three Hundred and Fifteenth Ma
chine-Gun Battalion. $3.50: base hos
pital, $4,000; One Hundred and Fifty
fifth Artillery Brigade. s2.250: One
Hundred and Fifty-ninth Brigade,
headquarters detachment, $500. The
average subscription for each man in
the camp is s34.95.
Members of the Three Hundred and
Nineteenth Infantry have done much
good work among their friends in the
interest OF the Liberty loan. and to
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