Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-12
TEN RICHMOND men ARE
PROMOTED At CAMP LEE.
All Arc Among Gig Officers OF Divi.
sion Raised One Rank by
President Wilson.
TWO ARE CONGRESssIEN'S SONS
Pennsylvania Starts Men Of Last IL
Per Cent for Cantonmcnt-AH In
Readiness for Their Reception.
War Insurance Drive Ends.
TWO ARE CONGREssNiES's SONS
From a stan corr.spondent., ,

lfrorr a STAN correspondent
CANT LEE. February li.-Te7 Rich
Inond men were among the c1o officers
OF the Eightieth Division who were
notified to day that they had been pro-
moted. Four OF the ten men wcre
former members OF the Richmond Hlues
All OF the advances were one rank-
that is. captain to major, first !icuten-
an; 10 captain and second licutcnn nj
to first lieutenant. Among the four
teen majors appointed were Captain
Paul I. Shafeu who was formerly "a
member of the Blues.
Former Richmondcrs who are to be
captains arc George Wayne Anderson
and Walter Gray Somervilie.
Second l:sutenants who arc 20 be first
lieuicnaats are Denny D. Wright. New
ton l.. Ancarrow. Samuel NJ. Eeamis.
William c. Coulburn, Robert ]. Throck-
morton, Leroy Hutz,er and Charles
Watkins.
These appointments were promotions
, which were made by the President OF
tile United States OH direct .ecom-
penda tion OF the commanding general
OF the t:!shticth Division. They were
all won by application TO officers who
have been promoted within the division
since the camp was started.
Besides the Richmond men, there
we're thirty-tour other Virsinians in
cludcd IN the promotions. Thee were
nine LynchburGers in the list. four
from Norfolk; while two Eoa nokcrs
impressed their commanding officers
"ith their ability 10 handle their men,
and were advanced
Among the sccond lieu;cnants pro-
NOTED TO be n nrst lieutenant is Mills
k.tchin. OF Scotland Neck. y. g.. son
OF Congressman Claude kitchin. Demo-
cratic Goor leader. The son of Con-
Gressman Carlin is included in the list
OF NirG inians who were made first leu
tenants.
lisa OF NIRGISLtNS
TO WIS PROMOTIONS
The Nirguians promoted are:
To he M laior-larry p. Holt. Lynch
hnr-.
70 be cap;ains-Julian II. Addison
Lynchbur&: Thomas Green Terry,
Lynchburg; George Wayne Anderson,
Woodbcrry Forest.
To be first l!sutenants-Oswald Cole,
West FONT; John n. Curlco, University
Of Virginia.; Waverly G. DeNin, Mar
tinsvilio: Philip W. Freeman. Frcder-
ickshurs; Theron 3. Fullerton. Emory;
CHARLES *. Carlir. Alexandria: William
J. Cooper, Norfolk; Patterson Y. Camp
he'll. Wythcviile: Robert J. Tr.n%ie,
iIopcwcll: Fleming Saunders. lynch
burg; Joseph :. Walton. Roanoke:
Thomas II. Wilcox. Jr.. Norfolk; SAM
url e. Sharkford. Covinston; Percy y.
Jones. Norfolk. Josiah G. reck, Char
loitcsvil;c: sydney l.. shaver. Lynch
burg: Hugh w. Parker. Fork Union:
william y. Haley. Ir. Clifton Forge:
| Guy y. pirom. LyGchhurs: Basil NJ.
Dixon. i'uiaski: Andrew Jackson Dab:s
Norfolk; Edicy tra.shill Lynchburs;
Samuel IT, Perkins, Jr.. LynchburE:
Thomas B. Tal!afcrro. Esscx County:
;ohn ". Carter. JE.. Lynchbury: Owen
kralcy. Bedford Bacon i. pcltcrs.
Conirvii!o. Douglas T Boiling Guar
iotiesvilic; Cornelius A. Bull, Univer-
:'ity OF Virginia, and Thomas II. Bcas-
ley. Roanoke.
Among others promoted were Cap
tain Hall Harrison and Captain Eve
Ign y. Harrison. These two officers srs
brothers They arc we'll known in Rich.
,nond. their mother having been form.
criy from that city. They were ap.
pointed from Raitimorr. Captain Han
Harrison is 0diutant OF the Three Hum
dred and Thirteenth Field ARTILLERY.
while his brother is adjutant OF the
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