Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-02-01
RECENT INSIGNIA ORDER
RESC|NDED FOR SOLDIERS
Men Will BE Permitted to Wear
Decoration Specifying Ser
vice Division.
200 MEN ARE DISCHARGED
No Definite Word Has Been Re-
ccivcd Relative to the Return of
the EiEhticth to Quarters AT
Camp Lee.

| CAMP LEE, VA, Jan. 3l.-Thc recent
| War Department orders prohibiting ;he
wearing of divisional; insignia has been
rescinded by orders received here to-
day. The new order provides that Of
! hcers and enlisted men returning from
| France as caSuals for the purpose of
discharge Will be permitted TO wear
Insignia Indicating the tactical divi-
sion. army corps or army with which
they served overseas. This applies not
only TO those VINO are 10 he Immediately
discharged, but also to those retained
| in hospitals pending discharge. On the
other hand, II is provided that those
men returning as casuals for active
duty in this country Will be required
to remove such insignia. The units re-
| turning from overseas for demubiliza-
! ton will likewise wear their special
| Insignia until demUbilized. while the
! units which are returning to stations IN
| this country must take off all special
! insignia. Hundreds of returned soldiers
! at Camp Lee had been wearing their
| special insignia until the recent order
made 1t necessary for them to remove
CLUSTERING OFFICER NOW
HAS An EASY JOB
! The mastering office has had light
work this week. only 200 men passing
! through TO the desk where the popular
! honorable discharges are handed out.
/ Several hundred men arrived here last
! night, coming in by boat 20 City Point.
! and they will he included in the i roo
/ men who Will he mustered out Satur-
/ day. y numbc~ of men are expected
I here from Newport News the first OF
/ next week.
| Persistent rumors OF the movement
/ of part if not all of The Eighticth Divi-
! sion from France towards Americas
, shores. in addition to the steady stream
/ of convalcscents from rs ranks con-
! tinue to come here, but nothing def
mite is known at headquarters of such
an order for the return of the Blue
| Ridge Division boys Members Of the
| Eightieth Division who are in the hos
| pital here. say they have received news
from friends. who remained overseas
| that the early movement America-war
| is expected
Miss Ruth Bailey. of Oakmont Pitts
burgh. Pa. who has been information
house since June /, lives to- morrow to
| return to her home. She will be sue
cecded by Miss Chadwick. who comes
here from Camp Johnston. Jacksonville.
! Fla.
| Consideration is being given the mat
ter OF mai! service to this camp. y;
! present amp Lee is receiving but two
mails daily. both in the morning.
| ing TO the mail service into Petersburg.
| Camp authorities are now preparing
| to bring in another mail daily, t an
! investigation proves that late mail
| in the evening would be advisable In
| consideration of the ordinary run OF
| mail.
! OFFICERS ARRIVE FROM
CAMP WHEELER, GEORGIA
| a Enactment OF twenty-five officers
arrived here to-day from Camp Wheel
er. Georgia. as the advance guard or
the hundreds OF officers who will arrive
here in a few days for the new officers
training school. The new school will
train national army officers into oTl-
GERS for the Regular Army. The old
central officers training school will die
a natural death February Is, at which
time the remaining ninety stu
dents Will probably receive their COM
missions as second lieutenants.
w. n MITCHELL II
/ commercial representative of the Bal
timore and ohio Railroad Company.
will close his series OF addresses to
/; soldiers OF Camp Lea Sunday night. His
! message TO the Men is TO Buck Up"
| and he has wealth of stories gathered
|, by himself that has made his talks
J take especially Well with the men. He
! is a relative of General Omar Bundy,
! camp commander
Colonel Charles +. Tayman. former
| commander of the Depot Brigade and
/ his formal discharge from the army
! tomorrow and will leave Immediately
/ for the West. He has been in the
regular army. for thirty years.
| Captain Walter lie c. Cox. of the
\ signal corps, arrived here to-day from
! Camp Meade. Md, TO succeed Lieutenant
! Eintracht camp signal officer Lieu
tenant Eintracht will be discharged in
! a few days. Captain Cox recently re-
turned after several months duty in
| Frame. where he was engaged In spe-
cial signal work.
HuenOs Aires Strike Adjusted
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 31.--The Drin-
! cipal difficulties between the port