Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-18
IO REDUCE REPLACEMENT
CAMP TO ONE BAT TALON
~ New Instructions Received at Camp
80 Lee Will Release About
fi.tt' 1000 Men.
DISCHARGE OPERATORS
Eighticth Division Men Are Return
tu"; ing to Cantonmcnt After Fighting
Over in Erancc-Govcrnmcn Be-
rs gins Task OF Improving Highway.

sss gins Task of Improving Highway.
tSpccial TO The Times Dispatch.l
.ls,,,-- CAMP LEE VA. December i7.--Or-
yStIers were received from the War De
! partrcnt to-day TO reduce the per-
ulancnt strength OF the replacement
.4.-canp from four TO ono battalion. This
- sanitation is TIE prineipal unit AZ
lis eamp. and The mastering OUT OF
battal!onS will mean that approN!-
s:+ately 1000. more men will lie dis
..hcrctoforc planned, The two develop
~ nicnt batta lions have been transferred
-" to the rsplacsmen; camp which viii
7-iSion UP 10 5000 men.
On February - the Central officers
Training SChoo! will cease to be an
organization when $50 men will be
commissioned as second iieutenauts in
Give servicc. The IRA training So school here
chas made wonderful record since il
J. Mas established last spring. IT has
-s,--..a ndidates from a.; sections of the
;,a&lG ., and has graduated thousands Of
"sradnate on January -. The school
has been under command Of Colonel
Harry y. Eaton, ana new quarters
were completed JUS a few days be
=; fore tn" signing Of the armis;icc. which
did away With the necessity Of tn.
future operation OF the school
One hundred and eighteen limited
service men. who have been acting as
clerks a, various draft boards through
out Wig mia, were forwarded here this
morning wherc they will he discharged
from II" ssrvjics Th"sc men were
he,, and were paid the salary OF
SSfrivate soldier
NEW ORDER RELEASES
MANY TELEGRAPU MEN
10y Sometime ago the War Department
ordered that all telegraph ltnesmen
rs"nd operators. radio ana muitiEraph
be rsr hedd ~ !hf e TS for STde
deTs were received from Washineton
fhs:r respective organizations.
The officers and men here arc get
ling the Christmas spirit. Every al
way TO Petersburg 10 purchase gifts
ior f:isnds and relatives. ire ladies
Nore1's CLUB. OF Petersburg. have vol
4nieersd ;hoi- aid in helping the sol
ai1 Wo, n Seems ap77oPr,a;e presents
coats worn by men Of the Eishtteth
3icss,ea ,t az Hg;''"s n ;hni5 aPPe&r.
c-EEat1ali2a wh.cA trained at Lee are
7ow a. tht. base hospital some o:
whom are able . walk aoou, camp and
These men were IN he ihicI; OF me
: Hsh; eve. there "a have many WON
teErerieaces II downing the Hun
s~oTERNMENT PLANNING
TO IMPROVE HIGHWAY
To lhe de-tsh; q every man here
+: nov seems .aa- 'aivve- et;weer
amp AID Petersburg may become
pleasure wl:f.n he near future The
government = widening :ht road lead-
~ lTtc me SftT ant n. many hcles
e-c beng f,la-c - n. highway has
- n-r,t zi-0OS- = pa SSEb.. and II.
So SITE A!Erv-E Cu;-sulss- hss been
SOY . r.aEe ms !uuch-needed IN
p-CvcIneots
iu- n. pE-post p. aiding the I;s,!ap
s"!oI.-s Z; thls camp - may int-!-
e-'t problems. Miss Anita l Coate az
"i""r here ms morning IN the ga
psc-ty o. Foreign Speaking Hoste,s
a:td cS.Ahllshcd n+a6qcz. = tn
main rus;ess tioGse she comes her.
ION amy Nsao. Nd, whe-e she had
E's' 40 success ~ hey eGuca: io-lal
wcr. among the Italians :: me May
1and enrichment {.
The italians a lis camp have
rtoTt. % % among IA best Of SOL
= ,nit-s and 'H.!r o:lly drawback was
- $h+l- inability - Understand NE Eag-
hsh lsng-aS@ G.ss Cont. VIII have
- as- E?issic. 20 g. i. personal ,ouch
with ING lia!!er 50 oie- and 70 help
thcSe WHO Zee. u ned q advice rela
y-ilNe % tae.: personal welfare she
Twill get acquainted win the grew
rsuS+s, and Law tH En--.e. b.+ora ~
"a proper authorize.