Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-23
FIRST DISCHARGED MEN
LEAVE CAMP LEE TO-DAY
Majority Arc Soldiers Who We're
Training for Commissions rs
Officers in Army.
run FOUR SPECIAL TRAINS
Three Will Go North und FourtI,
To Columbus-piano VIII he Pre-
scntcd-a1njor German Emory
Killed in Action.

| CAMP LEE. VA November De
| -Four special trains will bc used to-
| morrow in transporting the first men
| who have been discharged from the
niied states Army nj this camp as
result OF the cessation OF hostiltios
'hirtS-SiN hundred of the men will
DC candidates from the central officers
,rain'nR school. while 400 will be mem
hers OF the depot brigade. Actual
discharge for amy enlisted man has not
as E1t been given at this camp. To
handle the details OF muster the men
OF the finance department OF the quar-
tsrHiastcr worked all night tonight i'm
preparing final pay for tho discharged
mcn.
Orders already received concerning
the muster out Of men from units now
IN framing here affect less than 5000
soldiers. These include 4,O32 from the
central officers training. school and
several hundred from the development
and from che casual detachment Of the
depot brigade. Orders were received
to-day TO muster out Of The service
All anthracite coal miners About g.
o"o men Will be affected by these in
Structions
The general opinion prevailing at
inc camp Is that permanent camp or
months 10 handle the necessary detail
tor the mastering out Of units already
mere and those returning from Franco.
II Is believed that the four battalions
of he depot brigade Will be part
total of 10000 men are Included i'm the
permanent organizations and the bat
,alionS mentioned No Instructions
nave been received concerning The re-
placement camp, but the opinion Is
expressed that the muster out OF those
troops viii begin before Christmas.
DEPOT BRIGADE BEING
RECRUITED TO STRENGTH
The depot brigade is being recruited
TO it's full authorized strength OF T.
coo. on SUNDAY there were 1896 tncn
IN lh'S command other than those in
a a I'm,
dred o. these will be discharged to-
morrow from the casual department
and u number will be discharged as
coal miners.
Others will be taken from the bri.
Shds and placed in a permsnent camp
9r GT. |5h oo This viii says the unit
recruited from the provisional! guard
battalion and from the replacement
S can, as ,,; a guard battalion that unit
,ary polio Will continue.
The mtn who arc being discharged
VIII receive 3 - cents "a mile from
this camp to the point where they were
inducied into the service. Announce
mont. YVES made to-day by S. Nichol-
SON in charge Of the work at the camp
mile had been allowed by Director
McAdoo for DISCHARGED soldiers. This
the soldier travels in a day coach In
event he used Pullman he will nee
eessariiy pay ) cents mile as we'll as
the extra charges and taxes for the
use OF the. sleeping car.
Three Of ihe special trains will be
Camp Lee for Columbus. Ohio. by way
of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Two CT the trains north Will probably
run run, only as far as Washington. which
ncctions at ;hat place. One of the
trains will operate to New York.
as Yet there is no indication OF i'm
mediate discharge OF officers. How
ever. II is believed that number viii
next few. weeks. Those who elect "a
be commissioned in the United states
Reserve hold such reserve commits
sions for period OF five years.
OFFICER or THREE HUNDRED
AND TWENTIETH IS EILLE:D
that Major General II. II. Emory. com
mander of one OF the battaliops OF
the Three Hundred and Twentiet TN Reg.
meni, has been killed in action. Ma
1or Emor! was prominent Baltimore
attorney when he entered "a training
school, His wife and two small sons
led IN Petersburg when the Eight
tin WAS in training at this camp.
Provisional companies from loI 20
~; inclusive: and the Eleventh spe-
| cialist Detachment. which we're The
units that left Camp Lee on Novcm-
Der 10 for France. and which en-
barked from Newport News and were
| recalled on their first night out, re-
! turned here this afternoon Relatives
| OF men who were IN these companies
| can now address the mail as they did
| before tho organization left for
} on Thanks:irins night the grand
! piano which Was donated through Miss
| Mar5arct Wilson, daughter Of the Prcs.
inchi. i" TINS camp viii lie presented
| The. presentation will be made on be-
! kali of the y. NJ &. a. W. ('an,n 20,