The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02
BLUES, SECOND AND
FOURTH REGIMENTS,
ENTRA|n WEDNESDAY
Virginia Soldiers VIII Leave This
Week For Camp Mcclellan For
Intensive Training.
ARE BLUES WILL
REMAIN IN CAVALRY BRANCH
First Regiment VIII Not Leave At
This Time, But viii BE Prepared to
Leave For the South On Short
Notice.

This week viii witness a general
withdrawal of Virginia national
guasdsmen from the state. They will
be Gent to Camp Mcclellan. near Ain
niston. Ala. there to train for service
with the American forces in France.
The first entertainment win occur We'd
nesday, when the First squadron Of
Virginia cavalry. formerly the Rich
mond Light Infantry Blues. now At
the camp. On the saMe day
the Second and Fourth rs9imeut1 OF
Virginia infantry will also entrain for
the camp. TIE movement Of these or
CARNATIONS viii take approximately
$500 officers and men from the state.
The First regiment Of infantry with
hot leave at this time. but every prep
aration has been made for It's depar-
ture on short notice. There Is one
battalion OF this regiment stationed in
Richmond, the Grays, under Major
X. J. Fuimer Bright. Companies Of
The gercnd and Fourth regiments are
located elsewhere IN the state. No
orders have been received for the de-
commanded by Captain Edwin p. Con-
nor the ambulance company at Nor
folk. at the field hospital at BEDFORD.
Va. All of these organizations. to-
gether with the two batteries of the
field artillery in the state, one at Dan
vile, and the other here, and the
hea dauarters company also stationed
in this city. are expecting to receive
their orders at any moment.
Leave Wednesday Night.
At an hour yet to be announced. the
Blues will entrain in Richmond We'd
nesday night With Major e. W
Bowles commanding, the troops viii
leave the city in two sections. the flrst
to be made UP Of cars carrying the
horses and mules of the squadron. and
Just enough men to take care OF them.
The second section will carry the wasy-
ons and the officers and men. Each
section will be composed OF about
eighteen cars. The personnel OF the
cavalry will number $50 men and sew
enteen officers. all OF whom VIII
travel in tourist cars. The Elsses VIII
take with them as2 horses and thirty
two mules. Indications are that the or
ganization will remain as cavalry and
that additional horses Will be fur
nsshed at Camp Mcclellan for the
troops.
officcrs Of Squadron
The officers of the squadron are
as follows: Lieutenant IaMes g. Ear
nest. adjutant: Captain James B. Pull
Ter. of Troop A: Captain Matthew r.
James, OF Troop B; Captain Marion s.
Hewitt, Of Troop G. and Captain John
airy is expected to reach Admission on
next Friday morning.
IT Is believed the departure Of the
Blues from the city win be the occa-
sion Of one OF the most rousing fare
wells that the city has ever seen. On
Tuesday night the Blues association
Will hold their regular meeting, and
plans will be made then for the fare
well party to be given the cavAlryrnen.
The Second regiment. which also
entrains Wednesday. 10 commanded by
Colonel, Robert r. Leedy. with head
quarters at Luray The companies OF
the regiment are ~ follows: First bat
D, Front Royal;
Company G. Warrenton; Company X.
and Company I. Win
chester. Second battalion-Compan
G. Petarsburg; Company =, Chase City;
Company F, Roanoke, and Company
Fl. Big Stone Gap. Third battalion
Company Go ns.,,,. 3. cuapspeT; compsny 4;
N, East Radford.
With headquarters at Norfolk, The
Fourth regiment IL commanded by
r.. z. Goodwin. The con.pa-
MES are located as follows: First bat
talion--Companies X and Z. Porra-
Company c, Newport News.
and Company Fl. Cape Charles. Sec.
ond battalion--Companies A. D and q.
Of Norfolk. Third battalion-Com-
pany r. Norfolk: Company 81. Empo-
RIA; Company I, franklin. and. Com
pany @. Norfolk.
Soldiers Paid on,
Every member OF the national guard
Of Virginia viii be paid UP through
August 81 before they entrain for
Camp Mcclellan. Major len Potts,
United States disbursing ofYicer here,
last night paid eAFE the Blues and
0rays, the field artillery and signal
corps Beginning Monday. tho otasr
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