Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-08
CAMP lee sets loan
COAL At 100000
However, No Enort Will Bc Made
tn Have Soldiers Overload
Themselves.
INFLrENzA is on DECREASE
Official Cognizancc Taken Of Conduct
OF Soldiers Who Took Part in
Rioting at IiopewclI - Governor
Calls on General IIctickin.
Especial 10 Tho Timcs-D!spatcb

CAMP LEE. VA. October 7.ECamp
Lee Lee has set sl:ooo.ooo az its minimum
allotment In the Liberty loan cam
paisn. and will 20 over the top by
the end of the drive. The men are not
oeing urged to buy beyond their means
nor is a spirit OF competition between
the various units allowed TO arise. /,
is realized that on Il previous issue
soldiers purchased moro than they
their limited salaries. To-days rep5,rt,
which was tho first since the drive
ssa .ar 90 showed tina, there has been
~ 5000 10, worth OF the bonds subscribed
Of these were purchased through homo
banks. while others were obtained with
would be made on the instalimcnt plan
out of the salaries OF tho soldiers.
Three hundred officers in as many
different units have been appointed to
handle the campaign. The campaign
is being directed BY Major John H.
King. who is located at camp head
qua rters. ne is much encouraged over
the prospects When seen to-day he
said:
Our sale campaign was late In get
ting under way so that the rcpor, to-
runner OF what the soldiers in Camp
Lee Will do before the sale ends. liz
eager the boys are for the success o:
this bond issue they would double
their subscriptions"
HOLD MEETING TO DEVISE
PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
The officers in charge OF the sale
ing and devised further plans for the
carrying OH OF the campaign II was
stated that 1t was surprising how
n mnnE men were T, pa;Eins cash for their
sl,ooo bonds purchased. though tho
majority were OF much smaller denoIni-
lions INC largest report OF any single
unit. vas that Of the central officers
Iraintns school, which shows that sci
800 worth OF bonds has been subscribed
$3.50 = a'"''f' seh0o' Sho"cd
steady Improvement is being
SHOWN IN the influenza situation, and
II Is thought that ST favorable Weather
prevails the malady will soon have run
Us course. In the depot brigade and
IN the replacement camp there is
marked decrease in tho number OF new
iec,eh. at present. is the veterinary
training. school More men are beini.
lelurned to full military duty than
the disease. This is in direct contrast
TO the situation until "a few days ago.
om %unday there We're fewer. new case,
during the PRECEDING gee two }" w arE day
TO days, report showed 40 new
n ras IS IN mating a total since the APP
Ihere were 459 men returned TO mil.
.ary duty to-day, making total OF
800 VINO pave completely recovered
'hS nero were thlrtS-
SIX deaths. bringing the total who have
succumbed to pneumonia to 317
ALL OFFICERS AND
MEN KEPT IN CAMP
Petersburg streets presented a dc
serted appearance to-day SO far n.
SoldlcrS were concerned. The order
prompting the issuance of passes, ex-
ccpt for matters OF business, has had
the eftect of keeping practically ali
officers and men-in camp. The order
as issued makes no provisions for men
whose families reside in Petersburg
visiting in that city
Official "2.;nizance has been made
at th" e: of the race riot that oc-