Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-20
COL0RED TROOPS PLAN
GREAT celebration
Will Observe January 1 as Booth An
niversary OF Landing OF Ne
grocs in America.
MANY WING CAMP LEE
Nineteen Hundred Go TO Camps
Nearer Home for Decentralization.
Lieut.. Col. Campbell, Gasscd Twice,
Returns From O1crscas.

Spcclll to Inc li!s.cS-i''sb'tN
OF the biggest celebration ever staged
~, this camp will take place cdneS
dicrs stationed here viii celebrate the
three hundredth anniEersary Oh nys H.,
lie in America. The exercises WI, ~
In the morning. and Viii be PRESSES e,,,H,
over by Major-Gcncral Omar buhuS'
camp commander. ,,,,,
An ATTRACTIVE program is oetnE
worked out, the arrangements ior
which arc under the auspices OF lnc
colored army chaplains OF ms .h ,,a,,p',
\ prominent educator OF Sohthci !"
university will make the principal an-
dress, and music viii have an inipor
tant place on the program; ~ was ~.
January ], 1919. that the irsl hcsfoes
arrived in this country. On that ga!
Dutch merchants brought over nine
teen slaves and sold them 70 inc 1" III, -
colorcd soldiers at this camp AT tne
present time. while thousands nav
gone overseas as mleinne per- Ha h"cn
forwarded to this camp come from
Pennsylvania. Virginia, West virginia,
District Of Columbia. and Few from
various Southern States.
NINETEEN HUNDRED ,iEN
ORDERED 10 HOME CAMPS
Nineteen hundred men whose homes
are beyond the 32o-hile limit ron. .n
sent to camps nearer the places where
they were indicted into the service;
About the usual nu,hDer 81 iit ,ii NJ" ~,
crnoon. all Of whom are meihbcTs 81
the replacement camp. orders nay
been received that 100 men OF the
pcnniman Va II Is believed that the
majority of these men VIII pc sent 70
other points for decentralization. ne
provost guard company. OF which Ma ..
jor Joseph /. Swiadcll is commanher'
will remain as permanent camp
EaniZa,lun This unit is composed OF
approximately 800 men. who act as NIL
itary policemen in the extra canton
ment zore, This duty wall pr2oaolE
be taken over some time in me future
~ men OF the regular army. but mere
is no information when this will u;
done.
Major Thomas Darlington; canp ep-
ide biologist, has left here for the, de-
mo ilization camp at tioookcn. where
ie WI 81 in c anitcmi S MSieh may
hreak OUT With The arrival or troops
from overseas Major Darlington won
m sb success sp,aem tn.s navng spent
All his time here on this subject.
LIEUTENANT-Cl'.o LIONEL CtMpnEii
itETuHNS FROM FRANCE
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce II camp
bell. who Was c.Iicf mastering officer
during the residence Of the Eightieth
Division. has returned from France
and is now commander OF the :oUr,n
section. replacement camp. Lieutenant
colonel Campbell has been in the thIck
Of the fight over there" and has been
EaSScd TWO occasions. II: I'lN i''
last April and went overseas with the
Three Hundred and Seventeenth Head :
quarters Train. military police, from
camp Funston. Kan. Ills family has
been residing in Richmond since Col
oncl Campbell first came TO this camp.
There has been very little change IN
Tho drill regulations here, and men
arc on the field up to The time they
are sent TO the mastering Office FOR
decentralization. The authorities real,
soldier than for The civilian; and the
lncn are being put through almost the
same form OF training AS was given
them when the. were being whipped
into shape for actual fighting.
one or the busiest places in camp
Is the Office OF the paymastcr AZ the
quartermaster corps. This is where
all discharged men receive their last
salary. and money is handed out TO
the men by experts who can recall
transportation rates without making a
mistake.
Sergeant Major G. NJ. Kirsh. a prom
incnt attorney OF Richmond. who has
hccn duty several months al the
Judge advocates office. was discharged
from the service to-day.