Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
CASE Of CONSCIENTIOUS
DIRECTORS IS PROBLEM
Special Board on Way to Camp Lee
to Determine Disposition
of 100 Men.
PLAN SEPARATE BATTALION
Will BE Adjunct 10 Depot Brigade.
Recent Wcddings-1wo Dozen
Jitncys Barred for Traffic Viola
tions-W. T.. AShc Returns.

position is 10 bc made OF Camp Lees
conscientious directors t. TO be de-
termincd within the next few days by
special board, which Is being sent
here upon orders from Washington
More than Zoe Of the men who claim
10 have conscientious scruples against
combat service. are now at the camp
The majority OF these have accepted
noncomhatant service. but there are a
few who refuse TO do any work what
ever Under recent ruling the men
cannot be required TO wear uniform
though the majority have not shown
objections in this matter.
One plan suggested for the DISPOSE
ton OF these men is to have them
transferred TO Kansas where they viii!
work on farms OF that state for the
period OF the war. Although nothing
definite is known, IL is not thought
/ probable that those who are accepted
for nouconhatant service in the Yari-
Gus camps in this country, and who
wear no uniforms. will be sent TO thai
State.
The board that is to convene here
will come direct from Camp Jackson.
Columbia, :. C. where they are now
examining directors at that camp.
Preparations for a development bat
TALON, which is to he organized at
this CAMP in the immediate future are
under way. Into this battalion will
be drawn men who do not have the
required degree OF adaptabillty or who
have been disqualified for service. as
well as alien enemies or allied aliens
or aliens who are not declarents. The
battalion Will have az It's purpose 20
develop It's men for combatant or non
combatant service here or abroad Any
men who cannot be utilized in come
capacity will be discharged from the
service. Such an organization Will re-
1ieve divisions and replacement camps
of all unfit men and allow those units
TO proceed in developing their enlisted
personnel into finished soldiers. The
conserving OF man power Of the ma
ton through the agency of these bat
tal!ons Will be 4 recognized bencnt TO
both the nation and TO the men con.
cerned
The battalion Will be an adjunct ~
tho depot brigade and will be under
the direction of the camp commander
Marriages have been the rule and not
an execution among the members OF
the Thirty seventh Division recently.
Father ~ J. Corrigan knights OF
Columbus chaplain, has performed a
marriage ceremony OF four members of
the one Hundred and Twelfth En-
Eineers within the past few days. To-
day in the knights Of Columbus audi
torium. Miss Alice Cary De Shields be-
came tho bride Of William l.. j. Cation.
OF the one Hundred and Twelfth En-
gineers Both OF the contracting
parties were from Baltimore
In the Knights Of Columbus audi
turium last night there was staged an
unusual program. Vernon Vernee of
Company l., one Hundred and Forty
hfih Infantry. attired as woman. de-
lighted he crowded house with n num-
Der OF EgS 9t.an dances. The impersona-
ion was excellent and untN the con-
c!uFion OF the pr.Sram many were in
doubt as 70 his sfX Harry Taylor, OF
Tho same company was repcatcdlv
oucored when singing comic songs
'TWcnty- five Jitncys operating be-
tween Petersburg and Camp Lee have
been deharred from camp for violating
rahic EQUATIONS. To-day another was
added 20 the list.
What has become of Tho woman
driver who had been operating n seven
passenger machine hctwccn canlp and
Pctersh burg Is the question which was
being asked yesterday For several
days this member OF the fair sex has
been calling, "On more passenger for
petersburg and the male drivers say
that she has been more successful than
the average operator of machines
Another advantage that the fair one
had over her comIc;!tives was that
whenever there Was q-puncturc her SOL
der passengers always repaired 1, for
her.
The friends OF Private Walter Suppcs
who. for number OF months, vas
managing editor of the Bayonet when
II was the official publication of the
E!ghticth Division, vii! be Interested
20 learn that h1 has been transferred
from the one Hundred and F!fty-0.th
Depot Brigade 10 the one Hundred ana
d'hirty-sixth Machine-Gun battalion
unit OF the Thirty-seventh Division
Suppes, prior 10 his induction into m.
serr'ce was on the staff OF the New
York sun
y letter has been received from Ma
3or-Gcncral Adalbcrr Cronkhita an
nouncing his safe arrival on the other
aide.
w. T. Ashe. formerly playErounas
director In the city Of Pit:shur.h and
recently in charge OF IN. Army ClIh
IN this city. who has been on n tour
OF the marine and naval stations in
Cuba. Haiti and Santo Domingo az 4
representative OF the Commission ON
Training Camp Activities. returned 10
petersburg today. He will leave to-
night for Washington, where he VIII
make his report. Mr.. Ashc secured pas
sage on the steamer Carolina but
fortunately missed the boat. II was
later sunk of tho New Jersey coast
on the 3rd by German submarines.