Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
,CAMPI'' TEE. SOLDIERS
WILL VOTE TUESDAY
Large Majority of Dcscr,ers From
Army Found 10 BE of
i Low Intelligence.
ONE MoRBINFLu.sNzA FATALITY
Three Hundred Graduates OF Nom
commissioned Officers School Dc
part for Camp McClellan-Mrs
Christine Miller Clemson Delights.

CAMP LEE. November soldiers at
this camp will on Tuesday participate
in the election to be held i'll the various
ststes %, ,Sf sH Wes vir ah whe
has furnished large number ot sol
dicrs 10 this camp. required mat the
ballots be cast by mail. However. other
States. including PENNSYLVANIA, Kan
sas. Delaware and Iowa. all of whom
have voters in this camp. allow the
soldiers 10 east their ballots on ol'c;
within the enrichment. New York
voters will cast their ballots Monday
afternoon from ] until 4 O'Clock 1t
is thought that there are several hum
dred in the camp from that state. They
VIII elect four~ INSPECTORS from among
,heir esssora,e to GondnE, the els
Will also appoint their own election
supervisors. 49,.
slcnors from tina, state to conduct the
election here. Every state III the
Union is represented at the camp. aud
the camp authorities are giving the
soldier electorate ample opportunity TO
vote. Voting booths for all OF the
States but Pennsylvania had been or
dered established at the naturaliza-
ton Office at Twenty seventh street.
The election Will be conducted under
the laws OF the respective states.
The chief interest een,ers in the
PENNSYLVANIA election Virginia, West
Virginia and Fcnnsylvania have FUR
rished the majority of the mon to this
camp virginia has no real election
voted by mail y rocen, census taken
showed that there were 1882 Penn
sylvania voters IN camp. Since ihat
transferred.
The details incident TO the voting
of tho Pcnnsylva mans had not been
arranged this afternoon. due 10 the
fact that the nine commissioners Who
had been ordered here by the rcnnsyl-
wanna state authorities had not ar
rived A: camp 10 arrange with the com
handing genera the advance detils. ON
account of the large number of voters
from that State ii is probable that vot
ing booths. will be established in va :
were last year. The commissioners Will
arrive in Petersburg sunday night and
at which time final ARRANGEMENTS will
be made. PENNSYLVANIA soldiers are
now located in 2S2 different camps and
posts in this coun mir, one hundred
been sent to camps where there were
A large number of voters.
PENNSYLNANItNS WILL. nE-ELECT
COMPLETE STATE TICKET
Pennsylvanians will elect complete
state ticket at this time. The Repuh-
lican candidate for Governor is Will
liam G.. Sproml, of Delaware County,
ph n is the bcmoer 1'Te' nominee 'T The
will also vote on two constitutional
amendments. one OF which is TO allow
inc state 10 issue bonds Tor the con-
struction of public roads. At present
the State has no bonded debt.
Eight enlisted men left camp tod v
for Camp G;rccnlcaf, Ga, where they
will attend tho psychological school
which is conducted for officers and
enlisted men At that camp. Included
in the number WAS Noistcr q. Rhawn,
Of Catawissa. Pa. who AT the time OF
his induction into the service was a
reporter for tho Richmond Times Dis
patch, These men viii he laugh, how
TO conduct tht psychological cXamina :
lions which arc given to every man
in the United States Army.
These examinations are made to
gauge tho mental qualifications of every
man in the service. They were begun