The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-14
VIRGINIA WON FIRST
HONOR ATPlATTSBURG
Ten In Class \. 10 Tn Glass II. and %
I'm Glass { We're the Final
Awards.
V. T.. /. MIN SUCCESSFUL.
Etghty-four Per cent. OF Students In
Class Were From Blackshurg
school--tivc Recalled To Act MS
Instructors at New York Camp.

Especial 20 The Richmond Virginia
cksaurg. Va. July l3.--of the
se>>@oty four Virginia Polytechnic In
siitute men that attended the Platts
burg training camp. 10 were placed
In Glass A, 6 in Class Il and IS In
Class c Credit for making the finest
showing Of any state was given TO
Virginia at close OF the camp, and
Tech men carried off more than their
share of the honors. The men in
Glass a were recommended for i'm
mediate commissions and 81 per cent
OF '. T. /. s quota were successful
The five students who returned to
college AZ the close of the first camp
were Immediately recalled to Piatts-
burg 10 act as instructors in the sec
ond camp.
"A new camp OF two months durs-
lion Will be opened at Plattsburg on
july IS Colonel W. f. stone, COM
mandant OF cadets, has been asked
to recommend IL students and three
m eDhers Of the faculty for this camp
Any students now at home or at work
throughout the state. and who wish
20 apply for entrance to this camp
should get in touch with the COM
mandant by letter or wire as soon as
possible 50 that he can certify the
list 20 the proper authorities at
Piattsburg
The following V. p. l. men who
have seen service In the trenches have
returned to this country as instructors
in their several branches: Lieutenant
{. T Lawson, 1916, instructor marine
training school at Quantico Lieuten-
ant seaton Preston, 1915, instructor
in signal corps; Lieutenant s. c.
Dietrich. 1917, instructor in auto-air
craft artillery at Fort Monroe.
Lieutenant Armstrong Chinn, of
Norfolk, famous here as an athlete
ard now attached to the L. s. field
artillery, has arrived in France. Chinn
resigned from the engineering corps
OF the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
railroad to volunteer and got his COM
mission in April at Camp Lee.
II. c. Niche. '03, of Charlottesville.
has been promoted from major to
ieutenant-colonel. and Is now in
charge Of the Camp Grant base hos
pital at Rockford. Illinois. r. f.
Goolrick, '07. of Fredericksburg. and
". T. Boatwright OF. OF New Can
ton. have been promoted from cap
tain to major, Both of these men are
In the coast artillery and are serving
In France.
Lieutenant W. s. Gravely, OF Roa-
noke, class OF 1911, is visiting on the
campus. Lieutenant Gravely recent
ly returned from Camp Sill, Okla
homa, where he has been taking a
course at the school of fire, and has
been transferred from the field artil-
lery 30 the aviation section of the sig
nal corps as aerial observer.
The honor OF being the first ". 2, l.
boy TO bring down Hun plane be-
lngs to Corporal Pilot Robert Toff,
of Chrietiansburg, class OF 1918, He
ia a member of the French flping
cnrpa and has been awarded the
French cross OF war for his achieve
ment Mr.. Foff IN the youngest son
OF Mr. and Mrs. John r. Eoff, OF
Christiansburg.
Every day and almost every mall
brings requests to the president OF
tho V z. I. and the commandant for
men to serve in some branch of the
national service and the ranks OF
those who are fighting steadily in
creases. Those who were debarred
from fighting for any reason are
serving In some other capacity and
the number OF stars In the service
flag has increased considerably since
the dav 1t was presented to the col
lege by the alumni.