Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-30
.BR|c.-CEN. JOHNSON
COMMANDS CAMP LEE
iiedekln Becomes Commander of
Depot Brigade With Arrival
Of Superior Officer.
SOLDIERS HIKE TO HoPEwELL
len thousand Men III Route March.
graduation OF 800 Candidates
from Training School To-Day.
Many Trench Caps.

.. t,Snpeeia 1t, to The Times. Dispatch.l
|u'med active command OF the replace
mi ent camp. Brigadier-General Hugh
The s'e en n,nn, troops II IN command OF
n nan. who was In command of the re-
easement troops is in command of
M ie depot brigade Colonel Jules
pepol brigade, Is now I'm command OF
ne second section of the brigade. These
!nnanees we're occasioned by the ar
lia"kins officer in camp. No changes
Ia the stan officers are contemplated
AZ result of the foregoing arrange
hopewell. was Visited this afternoon
ny ~ lp,ooo troops from the infantry re-
basement camp; With the exception
VI reviews held at this camp more
any day since the War Between the
|o,s,es; The men left the camp at
.oinlihhs began TO reach their bar
racks The troops were led by the 100
niece band OF the camp. which enIivencd
NIKE Colonel Ben 4. Nickiin was in
oiiiaand or the troops. The march
was taken IN light pack. The middle
HONEYWELL wncn the soldiers crossed
|ofer TO the Hopcwell Road and re-
turned TO the camp by that route. The
march was mado at route step in
{colunn OF tours.
There has been no noticeable let-up
~ tht Intensive training received by
nc Fepidcement troops since the arms
.'cc was signed. Mastering out prep
arations are being made. but until or
Iners from Washington are received
receive their discharges. The marcn
today Was part OF the training
program. A number of the men were
eauippcd In oversee costume. These
mad already reached ports OF cmbarka-
ION wnen the armisticc WAS signed
MY we're later returned to this camp.
,on me UNITS IL or the Eiiteenth BRIGADE
afternoon the Eighth Sanitary Train
was yet due. There are si5 men in
40. 1888. with an enlisted personnel or
|ninely-two men. WAS also en- route
me brigade lis uuatered between Thir-
ly-third and forty-sccond streets. Or
hcerS as we'll as men in the orEani-
cation wear overseas equipment, In
.iudinE the overseas service cap. This
zap on officers is novelty in the camp
At CENTRAL
OFFICERS TRAINING: SCHOOL
The graduating exercises Of the
lass of more than 500 from the Cen
|tral Officers Training School will be
lcld in the assembly hall OF the school
a, Thirty-second Street and JACKSON
Avenue tomorrow morning at 8 O'clock
The men Will receive their commissions
states Reserve Corps ana will be i'm
|inediate!y placed on the inactive list.
the hew ieu'enants come FROM APP
lproxinatcly twenty-five States In the
Union. though Pennsylvania and Viz
|Enia are the heaviest contributors.
when these men have been graduated
there Will be less than coo candidates
lat the school seeking to qualify as
lcutenants in the Reserve Corps
col Colonel ,,i -, li n,,,r a. Eaton, The
SNty-hve officers from tho school
we're to-day given their honorable dis
charges from the service. When 1000
'andidates were mustered on, OF the
Service ten days ago Il surplus of Of
,icers. was created. There will be an
additional surplus after tomorrow.
approx imatcly seventy officers on duty
|at the school. when the armis,icr
WAS signed there were 20 OF the com
mssioned personnel OF the army in
but four Regular Army mcn in This
npmber., For "A long period Colonel
Major Burdeti. the adjn,ant were the
only Regular Army officers at the
school. The others have recently re-
ported from active duty I'm France
There is no information relative TO
the arrival at the base hospital OF
wounded soldiers from France. lnfor-
nation published from Washington is
that this camp is among twenty-sevcn
lin the United States that will receive
wounded convalesccnts. When present
improvements are complete the hospital
will be capable of accommodating g.
100 patients.
Ono army custom will doubtless be
permanently fixed In the business
vice have returned to civil life. This
is simple order that requires that all
orders and communications shall have
paper typewriter AS well as written.
Many business firms have already
Adoptcd the policy of having their
istenoEraDhe tyDewrite the name This
Of course does not relieve the writer
from signing il.