Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-15
PREPARE FOR TRANSFER
OF MEN FROM CAMP LEE
National Army Men to Number Of
5000 Will Be Taken to Other
Cantonments.
VIRGINIANS NOT AFFECTED
Pennsylvnnians Will Lose 1000 Of
Their Men, While Remaining 1000
Will Be Taken From Among West
tirgiDianS.
vIRGINIANs NOT AFFECTED
tFrom a STAFF Correspondents ]


CAMP LEE. VA. October 14.-Three
thousand National Army men in Camp
Lee will be transferred to other camps
for the purpose of aiding the National
Guard commands to fill their ranks to
war strength This is in accordance
with the recent decision OF the War
Department to the effect that in order
10 complete the divisions of the Ma
tional Guard troops 1t would be neces-
sary TO draw selectmen from the va
rious cantonments. Plans for the trans
fer of the men from this camp have
not been completed.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Justice Is
now working on the arrangements for
the withdrawal. of the men from Camp
Lee. Under the present plan 1000 Of
the men will be from Pennsylvania,
while the remaining 1000 will be from
among the West Virginia contingents
II is not known when the men will be
taken, as there is considerable detail
In connection with the transfer which
has to be worked out before definite
plans are laid. 1t is probable that
the men will be taken from among the
training battalions here, which are al
ready greater in number than at first
anticipated.
INTEREST IS MAINTAINED
IN LIBERTY BOND CAMPAIGN
Although the sale of Liberty bonds
was not pushed to-day interest in the
campaign was not less than that Of
yesterday. every one looking forward
to tomorrow. when the big clocks at
division headquarters will announce to
GA
Lee is playing In this important phase
of the country's warmakinr. Begin
ming tomorrow morning the dials will
indicate the total subscriptions of each
command In the cantonment, and each
morning this will be changed according
to the reports made on the night pre-
vious.
1t is planned to hold a rousins cele-
bration on October Is. the day on which
the campaign ends. when the men in
Camp Lee will gather around che clocks.
and there let the enthusiasm in the
Liberty loan and the success in the
camp at reaching the 100000 mark.
be given free range. The various regi.
mental bands will be present. there will
be songn and speeches, and 'Camp Lee
will take general cognizance of the
golden bullets which the division will,
shoot at the enemy in advance OF m.
steel variety.
Up to date it is said that the Three
Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment.
OF Virginia, is leading the campaign
with substantial majority. The Three
Hundred and Twentieth. of Pennsyl-
vania, is also said to have Its total
nigh in the pictures. while the Three
Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment. Of
Virginia, is declared to be making a
showing that compares with the best
Tonight all OF the officers are guessing
as to whose command Will be in tho
lead, but tomorrow the long line Of
clocks will tell the story.
Company D, of the Three Hundred
and Eighteenth Infantry, has an
nounced the following noncommis
stoned officers: Sergeants-W. e.
Thrift, West Point; Alexander Camp
bell. West Point; James B. Lynch,
Chicoteague, and Tully A. Jones, of
onancock: corporals-Vernor c. Tay-
lor. Cape Charles; Lucien Keith, War
renton; Cassie B. Daniels, Eastville;
Howard Watts, Parksley; William T.
Fleet, King William County; Norman
F. Mason, Parksley; L. p. Barnes,
Parksley, and Broadus b. Barnes.
Portsmouth. All of these appointments
are permanent.
The men OF the company, as usual
with practically all of tho regiment,
arc making wonderful showing, and
the officers are generous in their
praise Captain Thomas J. Echols, of
Washington. who commands the COM
q hop
work his men have done SO far The
other officers Of the company are Licu-
tenant Robert G. Duval. of Richmond;
Lieutenant r. O. Delaney. of Maryland;
Lieutenant N. II. Hort. of New Jer-
sey, and Lieutenant James D. Bebout.
OF the University Of Pennsylvania.
The men of Company A. OF the Three
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