Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-03
STATE DEFENSE WORK
COMES BEFORE COUNCIL
Members OF Virginia Body VIII Re.
main in City for Whole
Week.
IMPORTANT MEASURES Up
II. Walton Moore Has Plan to Col
lcct Accurate Data Affecting Men
Who Are Serving With Colors at
Home or Abroad.

Members Of the Virginia Council OF
Defense will be In the city practically
all this week to consider n number of
in the State.
Secretary of War Baker will reach
Washington this morning. according to
Il communication received by the sec
rotary Of the council yesterday. He
hns been In Florida for n few days.
ana Is expected to communicate to-
day with the Virginia council r"latiye
to details Of his visit to Richmond next
"Wednesday. when lie Will address n
mess-mecting at the City Auditorium.
Governor stuart Will return tc-mor-
row night or Wednesday morning from
Admission. Ala, and Will preside At tho
meeting.
Il. Walton Moore, OF Fairfax Coun
~, Is working on Il plan for prcScn-
tation through the council to tho an
thortics and people Of every county
in Virginia, the object of which is TO
keep record of every man who goes
into any branch Of the service. Just
how this should be done. whether
through county officers or through n
specially organized agency, will be
determined I'm few days.
WOULD PRESERVE DATA
FOR THE DAYS TO COME
Mr. Moore points out that already a
large number of young men have left
their homes and are now in the camps
at home or abroad. and yet c"cn go
soon after the entry of this country
into the war. he believes. the record
Of ali the men who have gone Is not
complete. Each county. he says should
keep it's own record UP To- date and
follow the young men as well as pos
siblc and make entries about them az
interesting and complete as is posi-
bic to do.
This, Mr. Moore saya, will insure
mass Of data about the sons OF Vir-
Einia in this greatest of all wars that
viii be Of inestimablc value in years:
TO come. Data relative TO the man who
participated in the Mexican War and
the War Between the States is already
very Incomplete in n vast majority OF
instances, II is said. The Council OF
Defence will try to induce responsi bIc
agencies in the counties Of N!rgjni,
To get TO work AT once 10 make full
lists OF all the young men who hav.
thus far gone. and to maintain item
fully and accurately.
In addition to the fuel eitIatlun.
which VIII he studied carefully at
the conference planned for Thursday
between larry Flood Byrd. Federal
fuel administrator for Nirrinin: Cen
cral +. w. Nichols. chairman of tho
Council OF Defense; President l.. T.
Johnson, of the Norfolk and Western
railway. and the chief operating AM,
traffic officers of the Norfolk and West
erh. the Nirginian and the Chesape.tIse
ana Ohio railways. the council viii
Try 10 work out - means Of bringing
together in an effective organization
me war work ard resources of all
me cities Of Virginia, big and little.
CONSIDER rnonLEM or
PROVIDING PRISON FARMS
IT is believed that while much is
neing done by the municipalities re
Fu!'lnk IN very effective service yet
there is much duplication OF effort nd
considernh!. waste on account of tho
lack OF any co-ordinating agency
whose special business IL is TO luoi.
after that phase If the matter.
ne council also plans this week 10
20 more FULLY into the suggestion me 10
pE Pr j. I. Mastin. of the state Board
OF Charities and Corrections. relative
10 inc crowded condition of the fails
ana the surprising increase In tho mum
ocf OF arrests Of women charged WIN
immortality Dir. Mastin believes th.t
II" nrison-fsrm idea is a valuable one
IN ms work. both because of the et.
iec' On tho women ana because the
cost OF maintenance TO the State is
small comparatively.
These and other matters will cngar.
'ac attention OF the council this week