The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-18
yFf|CtRS WILL MAKE
MENTAL INVENTORY
And VIII Report 10 Headquarters
Best Men Tn Each Unit In
Camp.
CAMP LEE BUYING BONDS
Total Subscription Now Wen Above
Thres-QuarTcrs of Miilion-several
Men Disqualified and Sent Home
Yesterday.
tBy STAFF Correspondent.)

| tBy STAFF Correspondent
| Camp Lee, Va. Oct 1.-THE prop
or study of mankind il man" is
tstaternent given utterance several hun
bred years ago, but the authorities at
| Camp Lee believe IL is full Of mean
\ lux I'm these modern times of military
land commercial strenuosity. To add
70 the exhaustive inquiry now in prog
| reSs into the mental and physical
makeup Of the enlisted men by the
members of the psychological board,
Ian order was authorized by Major
General Cronkhite today instructing
each company and battery commander
TO submit to headquarters report
showing two lists. The first is that
of the fifty enlisted men in the unit
| who in the officers judgment are the
best all-round men I'm the organiza>
ton. the naYaes appearing in order of
merit the highest at the top. The Sec
end list is TO comprise the fifty men
who in the belief of the captain are
1.-THE poorest and least desirable" Merit
will govern the arrangement here al
50 the worst" man being at the bot
ltom.
The object of this double headed
and very personal report is twofoid.
The primary aim In view is to fill need
ed vacancies In the ranks of commits
stoned and non commissioned officers
with men. who, irrespective of friends
or influence" are the most suited to
perform efficiently the many-sided du
ties of those who must supervise and
teach their fellows. Another object.
secondary. II is true and perhaps pure
lily incidental but by no means insig-
lnificant. ts the large and accurate
/ knowledge of his men which each
/ commander must acquire to classify
them intelligently. With that added
: information in his own possession he
LOT necessity is better qualified to get
the best results from the members of
his unit than before.
/ Not to BE Made Public
The reports will doubtless be with
held from the public for obvious rea-
isons, But the individuals who would
perhaps be mortified to discover and
10 have their friends know that they
were listed among the undesirables
may be consoled by rejecting that hui
man judgment, even the best is far
from infallible. So distin guished and
eminent an actor as David Warfield
whose weekly stipend runs into the
Thousands. was only recently estimated
as not worth n wage of a dollar a dan
HI AliS IDib vi Ii tTaFEiiHE snow CQf1eG,
ian. This was the verdict of the show
manager before whom Warfield mp.
Ipeared incornito,
A football game with one OF the
other companies OF the Three Hundred
and Eighteenth regiment Ii planned
$ by Company A. of the Three Hundred
and Eighteenth regiment. A g. wag
fRen1an, of Newport News. Is captain o,
the team and he stated today that from
: present indications his team ought e
D prove a winner l. w. Kountz, a for
mer tackle on the University of vir
ginia varsity team. r. T.. Corr, a Rich
} Tnond college man; ana A. r. fceblett
: who has held the pigskin for william
and Mary, together with Uriah Burton
OF Petersburg, and r., f. Ayers. o
Newport News. are among the mer
: who are expected to prove valuable II
this branch OF athletics. w. c. Jone
is captain of the baseball team and :
basketball team is being organized ais,
. oy the members OF Company a.
More Men Arrive.
Constituting the fag-end of the 2
y per cent Increment VINO began arf5y
ing at Camp Lee two weeks ago ,
number OF enlisted men put in thet
appearance today. From the city o
Richa1ond there were four, from
Prince George county seven, from
Charlottesville ten, and from Ioufs,
two, all of whom were assigned to IN
. Three Hundred and Eighteenth tnfan
I" try Suitcase in hand. a recruit from
Piftshurg walked into the office of tn
e assistant mastering officer yesterda
ana accosted Lieutenant Cutchins In
quiry developed the fact that his onI,
Gre dentials were embraced I'm a xn,a,
Dashboard tag, and that he had bee,
d. told all the necessary papers were a
the camp. Fifteen or twenty nfnut "a
search OF the records brought togethe,
:, the needful information regarding IN,
{ new soldier.
II is announced that the fourth an,
last increment of enlisted men VIII,
VIII be trained at Camp Lee consist
ing OF - per cent win begin de
+ 27th. ~
|ronitfons Announced.
: For Company q. of the Thra
: Hundred and Eighteenth infantry
|. announcement was made yesterda,
OF the appointment of the folowtn,
IS corporals: Evarts ". Morrow
Charles w. Lewis. j. w q Carrnine
George r.. Chambliss and Arthur
Quicke all of Petersburg and Johr
. c. Maxton. Of Norge, va.
, | For Company II, permanent ap
ieOTEp'
. s. Coward af Accomas: Richard ~
. Hinton, Of H~athville and Everett r
Mathews, OF Louisa The corporal
: are Carl Gratothorst, OF surrv
Raleigh w. Gardner. Charles n
:. Beggsand w, Il, Psvne all OF Oman
cock; r. Warren Edwards. OF Reed
Vile. s, p. simond Jr, OF rAncas
ter; Colonna Pruden, Of suffolk
Walter =. Austin. of Suffolk: C1aud,
r Clarke, of Wakefield; Conway Rus
sell and Ohm Cross. Of Berryytlle ant
r Edward T., Short, OF Lr:av
1 Hold Important Boxing Matches.
Swift head tabs, left hooks and
upper cut 80 the point OF the iav
were the features Of n series of i'm
j. portant boxing matches staged YES
: 'erdsy morning between rnerahers o
Company r. OF the Three Hundred
'ud Eighteenth. AS the mafche
: averaged onlv three minutes in dura
ton no psrticipant Is likely To b.
9 invsiided home However the indivi
/ dual bouts were lveiv while the
/ lasted when Edwards and Ancar
O row both ~ Richmond faced eacl
other there was cmoment or two o
n preliminary snarrjn~ following whicl
e Ancsrrow reached his opponents en-
j. With q quick rightha nder witch wa
!. rttfrrnnt With Interest when Edward