Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
AWAIT 0FF|CNLsNEW
RELATIVE Tl..Il[l.||scHARGE.
Zen Thousand Arc, Expected to Leave
Camp Lee During Next t,t,t
Two Weeks. -
MEN BACK WAR WORK FUND
with Reports Only .!alf Completed
Total Of First Days Drive Reaches
Observation-Disclosures Program Aids
Materially.
Special to The, Times Dispatch. |

Especial to The Times Disoatch.l
CAMP LEE. November l0.-Onicial
information had not been received at
me camp headquarters this afternoon
rerarding the mastering out of any
units now In training at this camp
other than telegraph.c instructions
,lnht men of the Central Officers
,!fainins School could be discnarg ed
u they so desired. However. informa-
ti"n received from sources other than
oiHcial would indicate that approx
ihhteiy 10000 men now serving at this
camp VIII be mustered out of the serv-
e" within TWO weeks. These men will
u" drawn from the Development bat
,a'ons and the candidates from the
raining school.
.trhinB the development battalions.
there was no one who could interpret
tho method that would be followed In
mastering the men out OF the service.
Th"rc are three of these battaiions,
one of which is composed OF men who
are physically unfit for service. but
lated to develop them to such On cx-
tent that they will be able TO perform
terNice. =" tvf ~
From General March's statement,
cations are that II viii bsS around
christmas before the, majoEityy of men
low IN training here will have been
clustered muster out Of the service. Gen eral
Z
this country IN notwithstanding MIA
?oflty OF men now -Stationed- here are
"a the class :: Depot Brigade. or class
SiSons which are organized at a num-
he1nf points in the country are placed
I'm yhe order of decentralization after
me- men In training at Camp Lee.
Official figures show tina, the larg-
h est number Of troops ever In training
hers at one time was approximately
$4,000. AZ present there arc less than
MEN SUBSCRIBE ss.S30
TO WAR WORK FUND
4 Men stationed here have evidenced
. Their appreciation OF the WORK done
united war work fund by making lib
eral contributions TO the fund. With
approximately half the camp heard
IRON SUBSCRIPTIONS this afternoon to-
isH.li was In cash and the balance in
spiedges. The Central Officers Train
ling school will possibly give as much
as the rest OF the camp combined.
II To-day was celebrated as a holiday In
Ehonor OF the seven organizations which
Rserve the men of this camp and who
20 continue the valuable work that
E.hey are performing y series of attn
tletic events was staged as the princi-
tpal features OF the day. Those we're
(under ~tme direction of Captain Frank
kGi!ek camp athletic officer
4 The Sixth Battalion OF the infantry
Iiepplacement camp won the track meet.
lTon FIRST place in the medicine ball
fcontcst and the rifle relay race The
lsprintins luEof-War was won by the
fTwelfth battalion, infantry replace
1neut camp, while the centipede race
talso went to the Sixth Battalion The
Firth Battalion OF the replacement
itamp Won the rescucsrace.
ii One OF the features OF the morning
l.as an exhibition bayonet dill and
Exercises by cl;S; from the bayonet
tichool. which was under the direction
|ff Lieutenant l+ewandwosky.
|ArWO FOOTBALL. GAMES
HI STAGED FOR WAR FUND
III There were two football games
|Played. The veterinary school defeat.
HID motor transport corps eleven by