Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-17
MEN ARRESTED At PINES
PROVE THEIR INNOCENCE
Very Few Likely to BE Detained ut
Camp Lee US Druf'
Evadcrs.
PASS REGULATIONS ALTERED
big Baseball Games Will BE Played
To-Day and To-A:orrow With Camn
Humpfrics Sinc-Ncw Red Cross
Office Building.
Especial 20 Til. Ti.nex-Dispa,ch1

iSp"cial :" The Times Dispat ch.J
CAM LEE. w. August iG.-Onc
sundr"h OF The lG2 men who were a.
"cs'ed IT Seven Pines. near Richmond.
Yesterday nal h"en released by the
military authorities IT this camp at y
late hour this afternoon As fast az
III" men showed that they were no.,
Ivan cvahcrs they we're allowed to go.
OF the total number arrested. not Que
'"oulI admit that he was "a dra Il
cvadcr. and I'll claimed that they had
met eyer" requirement OF the draft
law. All d3I there WAS n steady atrear,
of friends and relatives % the arrnst"i
incn who we've arriving with rcEistrp
non cards aud other evidence the,
would tend TO prove the innocence O.:
the arrested mon
one hundred and thirty-three of the
mon arrested wc"o negroes and thirty
were white men. The: had registered
accord NJ, To Their Claims, at various
points IN the United States They wee
hr"nsht 10 iht camp in fifteen army
trucks arriving her" shortly after 2.
O'Clock AL were confined In tue
m"cknde' and as the pr'son facilitie.
therein were not large enough to affor,
comforts FOR all Of the men. many "
:he7l had I" spend the night ont az
doors. II is believed that with yer..
t"w exceptions. all of the men will be
Il schnrecd from the camp within tn.
Tho raid Was conducted under ;he az:
rcc'ion of Major Charles NJ lave
knr'p. commanding officer OF tho yri--.
section or the Depo, brigade Details
OF military police AM men from his
section aided In the work.
SiSht changes in the pass law fo,
ciTi.ians vent into eRec, to-da:. From
. TO o'clock visitors MAJ le alIowa
ut all public places in the camp Fro,,
that h"u" until 30 white civilian. n,.y
-" allowed at the Y ~! c. a and ~.
Nnish's OF Columbus Auditorium and
AZ INC .'osttss house. colorc,l civilians
arc allowed at tho Y NJ +, 80
and ;;,nc 80. alter + NJ street ears
""a l!'hcES may discharge passengers
phlE AZ Twentr-Sevcn:h Street pa,
nav" aIHp been changed 80 that inv,o,,I
% visitors going to the hostess hnr.o
'"F masses 70 visit ~ various pnr,.
- re camp. they VIII 70 10 the post
60, store at Twenty seventh
!te'' wh::c IN officer will issue nass,.
nose desiring &c .isit the Base Hos
pi'ai may come to T.yenty-scy,n,,
street where passes will h. icsm..,
mem by the officer in charge IT,.
ro"Fs iot visit n2; TIE hospital are from
l" in the afternoon
TWO regular games OF b,.cb,u u,,,,
De played here Tomorrow, ann s,,,,.
Nncn the Camp Lee nine meets 80
'edhi from Camp HUMPHREYS Tbo
eh'nc8 VIII be played Saturday af,o-.
"C"ii at ":"o and SUNDAY nornfn, =,
?;@o Admission is fren Tns O.
,-tt 'eam viii be materially strength.
49,, u! Tn" initial appearance OF Ed
.M!i!er. recently !irst-bascrlan viii, tba
Cleveland Americans Three rorrnr
E-!eague pitchers are read, IN 90 49,
nc mound for the !ntantrymen Tho
re crafts. Of Washington: My.rs n,
ne Philadelphia Athletics and Keller
OF me cleveland Americans. The line.
/ UP OF tn" engineers has no, been nv.
nounced. Recently Camp Lee Lsr..,"
ed fiumphries on their grounds in ,wo
gaines
ne officers ~ ihe CAMP are inter
tsteo in an order from Washington
which will allow the constant How ot
officers from depot brigades. replace.
ment camps and officers training
school 10 divisions destined for ove-.
seas service.
The ncw Red Cross Office building
Is nearing completion. and within an.
other week the Fed Cross force yviil
DC moved FROM their present quarters
u the more spacious building which
mas been erected on til. site OF the
hrst Red Cross building at camp.
Ninety -four American colleges and
universities are in the list of commits.
stoned officers at Camp Lee, accord
, ina 10 the register 1t the Officers Club.
adjoining the Y. NJ. G. \ administra-
ZION building. OF the OF officers n,
This time registered AT the club. IL
are fraternity members Thirty-seven
Greek letter societies are represented
! I'M Kappa Isl claims twelve Sigma
chi. eleven; Kappa Sigma and Sigma
NJ. seen each: Sigma Phi: Epsilon and
Alpha Tau OH:ega. an even half-dozen.
ana the remaining various member
4 snip running from onc To five.
The zoo civilians who were forward