Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-12
PARTIAL DAY OF REST
At CAMP LEE TO-DAY
Two Battalions of Three Hundred
and Seventeenth Infantry Will
Pass Through Gas House.
DEsERTER GETS TEN YEARS

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niissioned In Quartcrnastcr Corps.
Automobile Headlights illuminate
Liberty Thcutcr When Lights Fail
+ CAMP LEE. May ll.-Atter two weeks
OF continuous work there will be
partial let-up in the training In the
regiments OF the division tomorrow.
the rife range and gas house. the men
will receive a day of weli-earned rest
The First and Second Ba;talions of
the Three Hundred and Seventeenth In
fantry are TO pass through the gas
house. Tho Three Hundred and Eigh-
tenth Regiment plans little active
drilling. The Third Battalion OF the
Three Hundred and Nineteenth and the
Second Battalion or the Three Hundred
and Twentieth win receive target
practice on the rifle range. However,
these battalions Will not report at the
range early as d o'clock in inc
morning. at which time the? report on
week days.
Another V!rginian was to-day sem
fenced TO ten years at hard labor Tor
deserving his command. Private Will
liam Bcasley. Of Company Il, Ihree
Hundred and Eighteenth Infantry, de-
serted on November ~. and was ar
rested near LynchburG. Va he was
given ff,cen years by the general
court, which WAS reduced to ten years
by General Cronkh!tc.
Chaplain Henry w. Churchill, OF the
Three Hundred and Nineteenth In
fantry. will conduc: mass on the regt-
mental drill field tomorrow morning
at o'clock.
Lieutenant Colonel Buchan. formerly
Of the Three Hundred and Fifth Am
munt,ion Train. has been assigned to
the Three Hundred and Nineteenth In
fantry succeeding L!cutenant-colonc!
Aloe, who was recently transferred 10
the Southeastern Department.
The Three Hundred and Fifteenth
Field Artillery returned Friday from
the Dutch Gap artillery range.
THREE ENLISTED MEN
MADE: SECOND LtEUTENANTS
Three enlisted men were ,o-cay com
missioncd second lieutenarts in the
ouarternaster corps. Ihey are Fred
erick y. Lowell, OF Norfolk, Va: James
r. McNut,. o: philadelphia. Pa. and
Bonnie r. Johnson. or Petersburg
Men stationed at This camp have pur-
chased $4,000 IN thrift stamps. The
cantonnent purchased sl.I000co worth
OF Liberty bonds in the second cam
pairn. Payments vii! be completed
July 81
Mrs. Charles Y. CarrluEtou, OF Rich
mond has arrived at Camp Lee. where
ne VIII be Stationed as assistant 10
the camp surgeon.
Richard Garlic. who concludes -FOUR
dav engagement with his Furs and
Tri!ls Company IT the Liberty Theater
suncav night. claims 70 have finished
the production OF his show last night
At tn. Liberty Theater under
nos; unusual conditions that he has
ixperteUced in his long stage career.
purinl: Il severe electrical! storm The
tights in the entire cantonmcnt went
out. Hardly had the big ;hea,er been
plunged into darkness when Mr. Carrie
Gained the crbwd OF 1000 by saying
Il wish the government would pay its
gas bill" After laughter from this
remark had subsidized the orchestra
started over There and audience and
actors joined in the refr4ju. Song af-
ter song was played - the orchestra.
which Mr. Carrie, with tla5hiiGht IN
his hand, led in singing.
While tho audience and actors were
enjoying their own songs, Manager
Jacobson. Q. the theater. obtained four
automobiles Two OF these Were
placed at the entrance TO the build ing
and their headlights thrown on the
stage. one was placed on each side
OF the building and the lights were