Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-03
CAMP LEE TARGET RANCE
WILL Be OPEN SUNDAYS
Daughter OF Confederate Leader and
Last Member OF StOncwall Jack
sons Staff Are Visitors.
TWO OFFICERS ARE PROMOTED
New Y. NJ. G.. a. General Sccrc-
tary Arrivcs-NOtcd W. n }. Foot
ball Star Among Recent Arrivals.
Plans for Athletic Field.
Especial 10 Tho Times pispalch.

! I'tanS Tor Athletic f1elu.
| Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.l
| CAMP LEE, VA. May 2.--Ano;h"r de-
| parturc in the training OF the members
of the Eigh;ieth Division was an
nounccd to-day. when orders were IS
sued that target practice and iustruc-
! ton in anti-gas methods would be held
! OIL Sundays beginning the 5th. The
| Camp Lee range is the largest in the
! world and the order means that oii-
! GERS of the division are determined that
| the greatest possible benefit shall be
derived therefrom before the unit goes
to France. Hereafter the range viii
open u, ~ NJ. and will not close until
II +. ~ Firing will be continued be
| tween these hours except from noon
! until l.. NJ. The range is several
miles from the infantry regiments.
Two distinguished visitors TO Camp
| Lee. as the guest OF Major-j;enerai
Cronkhitc, were Miss Mary GUSTS
Lee. sole surviving child of General
| Robert T.. Lee. for whom Camp Lee
!, named. and Rev. James Power Smith.
II. -. sole surviving member Of Gen
erai Stonewall Jacksons staff Dr.
! Smith was one of 'hc four men who
1T Charlottesville wien ne was fatally
wounded by the members OF his COM
mand.
Miss Lee and Or. Smith came to The
camp with c. c. Pinckney. Field hi
rector of the American Red Cross. Mrs.
Pinckney and Mrs T.. o. McCabc. all
of Richmond. They were shown over tho
camp by Captain Armistead Dohic. aid
to General Cronkhite. This was the
first visit 10 tho camp OF DR.. Smith.
Miss Lee was hero several weeks ago.
Lieutenant Taylor ]. Brokaw was to-
day advanced to Captain and Second
Licutenaut Leo ODricn was advanced
to first lieutenant. Both are members
OF the Three Hundred and Nineteenth
Infantry.
Thomas Il. Jordan. OF Utica. New
York. arrived at camp to-day to as
sumo the position or Camp General
Secretary of tho Y. NJ. c. \. IIc sue
ceeds l. NJ. Willis. who WAS called to
New York 10 assume duties with the
National War work Council OF TN"
Y. ". {. a. Mr.. Jodan has been in
Y. NJ. C. :, work for twenty-five years.
For three years he was financial score
tary OF the New York state board
The Y. NJ. G. a. at Camr Lee has
eleven type L buildings. which serve
soldiers in ~ MANY different sections
of the camp. They also own n large
!. NJ. c. ~ auditorium and Y NJ
{. \. administration building An out
post Y NJ. &. y. has been established
at tho Dutch Gap artillery range An
additional outpost secretary is COM
tempiated to take care Of details that
may be away from the cantonment on
any outpost work
Captain s. J. Raymond. adjutant OF
the Three hundred and Eighteenth IN
'antry. who was operated on for APP
nendicitiS at tho base hospital Tuesday,
success fully stood the operation and is
- pidly improving.
Among the men who have arrived
from Pennsylvania during the present
week is Lloyd McCreight. star full
back and captain last year of Washing
ton ana jefferson foo,bali team He
has been assigned TO tho Thirty eighth
Company Tenth Training Battalion
one Hundred and Tifty-hfth Depot
Brigade.
McCreigh, was a member Of senior
class OF Washington and jefferson
when he was indicted into the service
However. he will not be deprived oc
his degree. for that institution has de-
cided to issue diplomas to all members
or the class of 1918 who entered thu
army. ..lthough physically lit to he
one OF the greatest football players
OF las; season. MccrciSht has been
found physically unii, for oversee duty.
and VIII have to be satisfied to serve
his country in some capacity on this
side % the Atlantic
Camp Lee is to have a big athletic
he!d capable u! accommodating the
thousands OF soldiers. who would at
tend large athletic events. The third
section of the depot brigade. Of which
LieutcnantColonel Hidden Olin is the
commanding officer. contributed $500
70 the general camp athletic fund TO
insure tho equipment Of a park
General Cronkhite has designated a
tract comprising twelve acres to he
used for the athletic field. He also
created Il camp general athcletic coun-
ell. composed OF Major Evelyn A. Hur-
rison. Captain Morris l.. Gilmore and
Captain Il. r. Murphy. which will di-
rect plans Ca lculatcd to give this ca mp
ono Of the hest athletic fields in tho
army. y grand stand capable OF &C.
r"mmodating 1000 people is proposed
Dressing rooms and showers for tho
athletics VIII he installed The t.lcvc-
land American League team has al
ready asked for game at this camp.
Eddie klcpfcr. of the Three Hundred
and Nineteenth. and Joo Harris, Of the
I Three Hundred and Twentieth were
with the to. NJ last year. Efforts will
also he made 10 arrange a caInc with
! tho Pittsburgh Nationals
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