Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-10
HUNDREDS REPORTING
FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
Arrivals WIN Increase Number Pre-.
pairing for Commissions at
Camp Leo to 1900.
SIMPSONS REMARKABLE RISE
Private Eighteen Months Ago In
Quartermaster's Corps, Scranton
Man Now Has Responsibility of
Provisioning $4,000 Men at Camp.
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch. I

CAMP LEE. September 9--Three
hundred and seventy civilians will
have reported for duty. at the central
officers training school by Tomorrow
night. If the ban on voluntary en-
listments is raised by the War Depart
again enter the school The advanced
guard of these men arrived to-day
but the majority will not report until
There are 1,649 men, who will COM
pose the class that will start on Fri
day. Of this number 1.279 are drawn
from various commands in the coun-
try. Camp Lee will furnish a larger
number than any other camp. Five
hundred and sixteen have been select
to be sent to the school
Thee are now at the school $3.50
crease the number to 1929, which is
the largest enrolment ever had at the
school. 1t Is estimated that 40 per
will be unable to stand the rigid pace
set for the embryo officers. One
hundred and seventy-one officers direct
there are school troops aggregating
S35. There is medical detachment
Of f9rty.seyen' twelve men o,d from the
the ordnance Department.: This makes
a total Of 5.295. who will be either in
or attached to the school
REMARKABLE ADVANCE
OF CAPTAIN SAMPSON
From private in the quartermaster
corps to a captain in the same branch
Of the service with the responsibility
OF feeding and clothing more than So
900 men every day is the remarkable
advance that has been made in eigh-
teen months by Captain c. c. Sampson,
who Is now acting camp quartermaster.
nine years old, enlisted as private
in May 1917. from Scranton Pa, where
al manager Of the Scranton Life Insur-
ance Company. He reported Immediate
~ for duty at Fort Howard. Md. He
In February he was commissioned a
second lieutenant. On August IL he
was commissioned first lieutenant.
Within the last few days when he re-
lievcd Lieutenant-Colonel Halcomb as
camp Quartermaster. he was commits
stoned as captain - r.os
quarters. He win be associate field
and Mil be aSsig nfS TO duties
TO take care OF the Increased num-
Der OF men that they now have two
ganized in the infantry replacement
and training camp. These battalions:
which are Numbers 10 and 90. are at
tenant Thomas r. Mulaney. They are
located in barracks between Twenty
third and Twenty-seventh Streets.
RICHMOND MAN
RECEIVES PROMOTION
second Lieutenant howard scout, OF
Richmond. has just been promoted to
first lieutenant. Lieutenant Scott vol
untccred for service with the Stuart
Mcclure Hospital unit. He was COM
missioned from the ranks and assigned
TO duty with the construction quarter
masters.
Figures compiled at the Y. NJ. c. A.
administration building indicate the
vast service that this organization per-
forms for the men stationed mt the
there were S31.3SO visits made to tho
Y. NJ. c. A. huts by the men. There
were ninety-five educational lectures
delivered, which were attended by 49,
li5 soldiers. Those who attended edu-
Cational classes totaled 56,0l5. Library
books circulated were 1889; soldiers
who participated In athletics under the
direction OF the Y. NJ. c. A. athletic
workers were 9S,214. and such con-
tests were witnessed by 1O0,9S9. There
We're 800 religious meetings attended
Ey 59.210; there were 321 Bible classes.
with an attendance OF l1.254 there
were 24S social entertainments which
were enjoyed by S6.S94 there were 16S
moving picture shows. providing free
cntertainmen. for 1OO.S75 men: there
were 605,325 pieces OF mail handled
through the various huts, and $45,63O.-
Is was sold In money orders.
Within the last week twelve new
secretaries have reported for duty at
camp. However, this Is only net in
crease OF five. as seven men were trans
ferred to other camps