Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-27
EXPECT GENERAL HEDEK|N
WILL REMAIN IN CAMP
VIII Probably Assume Command of
Replacement Troops as ORR.
ginalIy Planned.
.sfNo WORD FROM NEW CHIEE
Camp Lee Headquarters Not Advised
rs to When Major-Gcncral Ed
wards VIII Arrive-Thrcc Soldiers
to BE Tried by Court Martial.
Especial TO The Times-Disp.:..

# {, ls {;Ys Z 70 ?, The Times pisp@:s:sl
h imioImat,on had been received at camp
would indicate When Major is Ge MeirI
Clarence r, Edwards, who has been
aSsiEned 20 command this post. will
arrive, However. il is believed that
nc viii assume his new responsible
ties within the next few days An
nouncement was made at Washington
To-Day that General Edwards WAS one
OF i've major generals who have been
nortant posts IN this country.
n'anded by Brigader-ticncral Charles
a. Hedekin. who was sent here to
nSsS13e Son'm MAJ Of the infantry re-
;hero was no. general officer in camp
: 10 command the entire cantonment the
TTG SGn .se dsll 70 General Hedekin.
rs understood that General Hedekin
VIII assume command of the replace.
. mont troops. for which purpose he was
originally sent here.
Major General Edwards is one Of tho
most widely known officers OF the
army Prior TO his entrance to West
graduated. he had rc5tivedi The A. "as
Gesree from 81. Johns College of New
, GTH; 81 lie IS an Ohioan by birth, from
WnlcN STATE he was appointed TO West
Point. He has held many importint
assignments during his military career
: .dt IN more i. than six years he was ch:-f
s.,.s.S buIeau OF inSuiar Affairs. For
several years he was in command OF
the Panama Canal Zone. Al the ONT.
break OF the war lie was brigadicr-
general in the regular establishment.
general. Since this country entered
the war he was commander of the
oT.e..ss ,s Denartment and later led
COMPOSED conn Of National Guard troops
Iron. h.S the New Ensland States. Tic
mas recently returned from France,
N t~t Inn al ia l. n.
y IN, many Important battles
.General Edwards had the misfor-
aune'o lose his daughter several weeks
y Red Cross nurse during The reccn NJ
epidemic OF Spanish Influenza AT C,amn
case ssac an, Nd i'd She eontracted the dis
eat,o IONS, Mrs. Edwards is now scri-
THOUSANDS LEAVE CANT
FIRST TIME FOR THREE WEEKS
thousands of soldiers left camp to-
II was their first touch with civiIiamS
IN the two weeks that civilians have
p peen prohibitGd from entering the
ably haWe v;s IhousRnds would prob
inc health authorities OF that city re-
Quested that or account OF inflIcrs.
.nef DC not allowed to visit that city.
closed. there was little for tho M men
TO do. S ''e"
There, were fewer cases OF influenza
reported to-day than in any ono dav
since the disease broke out. There
were ,M thirteen new cases, which brings
edreha u: bringing the total to Sss.
leaves 1.l'i men still receiving mt @HeG
RIOT OF October 3. three Camp Lee SOL
GERS VIII be tried by general court
b v tba rnese soldiers were arrested
me trouble, and under military law are
ned responsible for any offenses that
wer committed by the mob while they
In,iiltary authorities have been able to
learn, there was only one man kilicJ
~, nSy tHe mob II has been established
arrest OF the three men. Hence inc
VIII not be charged with murder. hi;
VIII be tried on the lesser offenses ,hat
y we,e c srn H:u By the mob. The pri-
second Battalion, Infantry Eepiace
ment and Training Camp. and S. Ray-
= S'oS Soo and W. l. Maup!n, of Company
Hundred and Fifty-ifth Depot Hrirade
SO tar as is known. none of the hun
b bseos or civilian members of the mob
.o ars s ogen arrested !, or have been tried
T. Two hun dred and rorty-nine a,ic,
: .e we're naturalized yesterday IN
INC circuit Court of Prince George
nouaty which eSMvenod In the Libcr?v
Ineate.; Speeche. were made by Ma
Ior Follett, camp judge advocate.
Juoge Philip Cooke, who directed the
exercises. and Judge Jesse c. West ri
The Circuit Court OF Prince Geo-Ge
Sounty' who presided over the court
me twenty three graduates Of the
seatta! ohcers training school who
we're commissions on Tuestiav Ief,
Gay for their new assignments Ten
vent 10 Camp Watsworth. S. C.; twelve
20 lamp DIX, y. j. while ore Will be
!!e'siaed at the school as an Instructor
me men were in the class which was
cc'o;tnin!ss!oned on October 10, hut were
III wtn influenza at that time.