The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-25
|RICHMohDERS GO
| FOR OVERSEAS WORK
Many In Pollard Unit Whe Were De-
tained May View Go Abroad.


tsined May View Go Abroad.
A new ruling Of the war depart
ment will now permit to so into over
seas service a number Of men appoint
ed in tho Pollard Y. NJ. c. A. unit
but who we're detained in this coun.
try on account OF the change in the
draft law. The new ruling permits
| all men over thirty-one years to GO
over and engage in Y. M. C. A. work
About twenty virginians under APP
| pointment are now released and by
applying to the Y. NJ. C.. A. Overseas
| Department. BAT Madison avenue, New
York, can arrange the necessary pre-
! limnaries for sailing.
| Many other Virginians appointed
last August but who were held III
| for clearances by the war department
are now also released. Among those
| Just cleared are Dana II, Rucker, Il.
| s. Rees. Jacob Van Doren. Charles
Miller and Louis b. Schonberg, all OF
Richm ond, and w. p. Ward H. S. Win
dali. j. M. Miles. W. T.. Fox, Clarence
Woods, A. Gray Gilmer. e. Johnson
John Howard Taylor. Robert @
| Lowry, W. p. Gresham. Fl. J, Bayston
George l.. Bradford. William o. Will
| liams. Rev. Thomas s. Donaway. All
of these gentlemen will soon sail.
Quite a number of VirEinians have
had conferred upon them special hon
ors. Miss Laura Armitage. of Rich
! mond. was made president IT hei
training conference. which vas com
posed of ladies representing almost
every state in the union. Rev. VIII
liam r. Peyton, OF City Point. was
made president OF his conference
Greyson l., Fairbank is now actne
i H. u q
| is handling the funds Of business
| amounting to hundreds Of millions
dollars year.
| Among those appointed for this ser
vice by John Garland Pollard in his
unit and who are now overseas are
William +. Abrams. stanton: Ed
ward NJ. Albright, Norfolk; Laura
/ Emily Armitage, Richmond; o h r
clyde Black well. Kenhridge; Lucy
stuart Blanton. Ashland: J. Tevar
Bowman. Spencer: Caroline Pretlow
Boykin. Norfolk; Edith May Camp
Franklin; Kathleen Carter. Ashland
Pattie Albert Cary. Richmond: Charles
| r. Causey, Suffolk: Clara Wynne
Cassell. john William Chalkley, Hope.
we'll: James Edward Dickerson. Pich-
mond Zozo l. Dixon. Roanoke: Dora
Eugene Dunn. Roanoke; Isaac Eason
Richmond; william Robert Fitzger-
aid, Danvile: James p. Fleet. Rich
mond: r, Fl. Francisco, Stuart; Thomas
Friend. Richmond; Godbey Paul, Roa-
noke: Elizabeth Aline Gleaves, Grip
| pie Creek; Mary Frances Goodwin
Ashland: w W. Gordon. Norfolk; Jes-
| sic Montgomery Graham, Tazeweli
John Y Green. Richmond; Mary
I Louise Guy, Virginia Beach: Don Pc
| ters HaIsey Lynchburr: Jacob Hev-
ener stanton: Frank S. Hcrnsby
Fannie Covington Howard, Alice NJ
Howisou. Richmond Sarah f { h e
| Hunter. Annie Mildred Jordon. Lynch.
burg: Charles Trotter Lassiter. Pc
tersburg. Allen Bliss Lester. Norfolk
! Louise r. Locker Alta Vista: ERie
Fuller Loomis. Richmond: Herbert
/ Milton Martin. Danville: W. A. Niche
/ gan. Richmond; Haides Winifre
Mitchell. Norfolk: William Cline Moo
nav, Victoria; William Judson Moore
Petersburg: Linnie Mitchell Muck
oils. Galax: Albert l. Orth, Lynch
burg; W ]. II. Page. Roanoke: Mary
Gentry Paxton. Roanoke; William D
| pennypacker. william Preston Pey-
/ ton. city Point, Mary Middleton
! Pinckney, Irene Il. Poat Richmond
Mary benson Pretioe. Norfolk; Mar
iarie Thurber Riker. Petersburg
Thula. Root. J. Josephine Sizer, Rich
mond: Alice G. Sterrett. Richmond
| Thurzetta Thomas, Roanoke. Luthc,
IP. Walden. Richmond: Elizabeth Chris
! tian WHIT. Robert Somerviile Wherry
! Richmond: William O. Williams. Dan
/ willie: william Terry Wright. Dan
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