Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-23
CAMP LEE RECEIVES
MANY NEW SOLDIERS
Much Interest shown In Champions h p
Boxing Tournament Now
Under Why.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch. J

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CAMP LEE. VA. July 22.-By the
end OF this week more than $4,000 newly
drafted men will have come TO Camp
Lee. OF this number 5000 are negroes,
who are already at camp. Nearly all
arc from Virginia and West Virginia.
They have been assigned TO the Flew
cnth and Twelfth Battalions OF the
depot brigade This week tho white
men arrive from Virginia and Penn
s!ivania, $4,000 being expected. To
make room for this new increment.
many OF the soldiers already at camp
are being transferred from the depot
brigade 20 the infantry replacement
camp.
Camp Lee was all agos to-day. when
w? a!rpl1nes made landing in the
large drill area back OF headquarters
These machines came from Langley
Field. near Newport News. The avia-
tors who brought them were Licuten-
ants Mckinney, Richardson Dickson
and clea:y. They arrived about noon
and were entertained at mess by the
officers at headquarters. The airplancs
We're observation machines and are the
type employed in the Photographic sec
ton or the flying corps. In making a
!anulnE. one OF the machines struck
rough ground and the tires OF two
wheels were damaged, one being ripped
from It's rim.
The big boxing tournament. which Is
20 extend through this week to estah-
Hsh the camp championships in the
different weights, has made a success
~! start. The first days bouts brought
out some fine lighters, and the stands
and grounds OF the new athletic field
we're filled with enthusiastic rootrrs
Most Of the battalions are represented
!! the weeks program and n lively
rivalry Is shown. In the wcltcrweight
class. DuGan, Of the base hospital was
declared winner in threc-round con
test, in which he was ably opposed by
P!tinkey, Of The Sixth Battalion. Mid
cauGh. of the Thrty-eighth Company,
Tenth Battalion. was the winner OF the
lightweight match. In the special
weight class. Marty, the best bet OF
the Twenty-irst Company. sixth Bat
t"!loh. disposed Of his opponent in one
FOUND. Gustaison. OF the Tenth Com
pany, Third Battalion, turned the same
LICK in the m!ddieweight class, ana
bolan, another big middleweight fighter,
o. the Third Company, First Battalion,
delivered Il knock in the first round
OF his scrap.
long list OF promotions OF officers
IN the depot brigade and the infantry
replacement camp has been received al
Camp Lee by the commanding general.
ihoSe in the depot brigade who have
cSciNcu promotion are. TO be captains
lieutcnantS Martin Brcsnahan. James
eaton, Oswald Cole. Earle Dimmick.
Thomas Garahan. Robert Gi!liland. Bur,
hanback,. Ben HARRISON, Charles
Eutchison. William Kennedy Mills
Kitchen. James Law, Robert Mackay.
Ronald Mcdonald. Harold Murphy.
Harry Oimsted. Cola Parker. Richard
Ritter, Francis Roddy John Ros.n-
berger, Evan Roser, Frank Slaymaker.
Vincent Smith. GLADDEN. Spigener. Les
ter Nannan. Joseph Walton. Henry
Woodson.
TO be first lieutenants-Second Lieu
tenants Edwin Adams, Robert Arm,
strong, John Bartoiet. Granville Baum,
James Beckham. John Boatwright,
James Bethany, Ellison Bo,:h. Harold
butz, Harold Callahan, James Candy.
William Cha!kley John Chamherlayne,
William Clark. lIutchison Comfy. Rob-
ert Crowell, Arthur Dorsch, Ellsworth
ElSey, John Espenshade, John Farley,
Murray Frankel, Thomas Graham, Rich
ard Ham, Joseph Hannah. George Hart.
william Hasse. Milton Hcintzlman. Vir-
gil HetZel Clifford Horton. Richard
irwin. Lucian Keith, Oscar Knipe, Fred
erlck hroesen. Minis Lee. Arthur Lit
tie, Edward Martinez, Aiastair Mac
Donald. James McElroy. John Monteith,
william Morrow, Charles Myers. Les