Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-14
Tor LARGER RED GROSS
QUARTERS At CAMP LEE
sIlans Made for Observance of Bas-
tile Day, French National
Holiday.
TO IsoLATE MEASLES CASES
Bishop Cannon and Rabbi Will
Speak To-Day-CorporaI Acquires
Wife and Scrgeant's Stripes.
Other Notes About Camp.

CAMP LEE, VA, July 1S.-Every-
thing is in readiness At the central re-
serve officers training school. at
Camp Lee, for the reception Of the
1000 officer candidates who are 10 ar
rive on Monday. Colonel II. \. Eaton.
who went to Washington last week to
make final arrangements regarding tho
school, has returned to camp. Many
CT III. enlisted men At Camp Lee who
have made application for appointment
TO the school. arc lnNIously awaitini;
word OF their selection. The process
of making the final selections is in
progress. As got. however. no definite
announcements have been madc. and
it may be several days before the for
tunate ones are informed O: their sue
cess. Since only per cent OF the
command may be chosen. the task OF
selection is difficult one.
Considerable additions to the force
OF the school are being made ON
Monday Maior Ralph Lowell. who has
been stationed ~ camp nevcns. Will
report six irst leutcnants from Camp
Dix and six from Camp UPTON have
already arrived. Eight mess serseants.
sixteen first cooks and sixteen second
cooks have come from the school for
cooks and bakers At Camp Sherman,
Ohio. and three field cleTks-W +. SIM.
n. j. Hall. and II. J. Walton-who have
been on duty at Hoboken, \. j.. have
reported for duty.
Because Of the constantly increas-
ing activities OF the Red Cross at Camp
Lee. il has been found necessary 10
provide larger quarters for the Offices
Of the field director and his staff. Tho
small building that ut present houses
these Offices viii shortly be moved
some distance back of whore ii Is now
located and an attractive and cara-
cious new building Will be erecio'
in it's stead Tho staff Of workers at
camp has recently hccn augmented by
the arrival Of Walter II. pctmcrs, Of
Buffalo y V. who has come TO work
in the department OF civilian rci'e;
and of George W. llanway. OF Dallas
Texas. who becomes assistant field IL
rector in charge of military TcIict.
With his increased force, Field Dir"o-
tor ,Piuckney is planning a much more
extended line pf work.
pr. l.. NJ jristol. director Of the
Home SCI vice Institute of richmond,
with eight students OF the school. paid
y visit 10 the camp on Friday. going
10 the Red Cross headquart'rs. hasn
hospital. the "onvalesc"nt house an"
other places OF interest to them in their
work. BESIDES Or. Bristol, the visi-
tors werc Misses Virginia Harkheiner
and Elizabeth Wickham. Mrs ShlrleS
CBrion and Mrs. FcliN McGec all OF
Wheeling, ". vi, MISS -N'''r'''' ''~'
bert. OF Newport. Md: Mrs Naomi
Richr,ond of Wa.dorf Mi: Mrs. ilo-
mer Mac,ircror. u philadelphiA, and
Miss Florence Williams. Of Raymond
Ohio
DAY. the French national holiday WAY
been completed The band Sttnd III
HEADQUARTERS has been beautifully dec
GRATED with the tags OF our countr%
and those of our alNeS-frahce' ''Fc",
Britain, Italy ard Belgium. y ~.
mole has been erected IN tho center OF
the stand and a lrrse fr"neh nag
flies at the TOP Of IL ~ o'ircN
Owing 20 the large number OF cases
OF measles in camp, instructions nave
been given out from HEADQUARTERS '"n,
all cases be isolated in tents, lheF VIII
mess separately from the rest OF 'he
company in which they are i"ca'eo
No: more imam six men are a!ioWen l"
:. tent Tents viii he furled every Gay,
and the bedding and tent SIDES VII W
On Friday the latn. anutMcr inter
estlnc event Viii take place at Primes
George Court House when large mum
her of foreigners in the service WI!
be naturaliHcd.
Tn. sunday exercises a. camp arc
cspeciallv inviting this Week. rs pre-
viously announced, Bisnop Cannon VIII
sneak at o'clock at the i. NJ. e. y.
auditorium on conditions among lhr
American soldiers abroad as he saw
them At o'clock X 49, Mag Klein, OF
Ph!ladelphla who also .iIss been over
there" viii tell about SOM. Of his OBJ
serva;ions His ADDRESS VIII he made
at the auditorium OF the knights or
Columbus The orchestra Of the one
Hundred and FittY-fifth Depot brigade
vii! furnish The music Tor the occasion
Alatrimouium trcmcus Is stili proVa-
lent disease among the soldiers SER
geant George ". Matthews, of tho head
quarters detachment OF the Seventh
Training Battalion, returned yesterday
from a trip 70 his home In Philadelphia
bringing q wife with him. Mrs Mat
thews will reside IN Petersburg. lnci-
dentauy. surprise which comes as 4
iGost acceptable wedding gift was wait
ing for tho young groom, for lie lief,
camp & corporal and received his pro
motion - ing lis absence.
MOI 20 bc outdone by fellow cor
poral Corporal PHILLIP Sclchoshy. OF the
same battalion. Is beating IT hotfoot !,
Richmond sunday TO meet his sister
who ~ accompanied by The young Lads
who one day next week win share tne
name ana destiny Of the corporal
The gam. scheduled for sunday after
noon at Iiopcwcll between the officers
Of Camp Lee and the Du Pom; team
promises to- he unc OF great interest
king" Nerrod. formerly OF the New
York Giants. viii probably pitch tor the
officers. Thc Depot Brigade band vii
furnish music before and after tn.
which * GXri.Ct.d q he. thriller