Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-20
DISCHARGE more: THAN
800 men At CAMP LEE
Forty.Soven Virginians and 173
North Caroiinians Arc
Sent Home.
REPORT NEW CONVICTIONS
Soldier Absent for Over Year Sem
fenced to Five Years In Prison.
others Get Twelve Months anil
DlShonorabic Discharges.

CAMP LEE VA. March ia few
more than 500 men were discharged
vi transferred here today. and about
.oo are due to pass through the mus
oGrihs Office Thursday. The dis
VIirrEsed quota Included forty-soven
snsa, pennsylvanians only u
small number OF new arrivals were re-
cmded The virginians today in
otuucu James Daniel, Walter Barfoot
and and Wills STANDARD. Richmond
~ ps1 nna J; Allen. Iienrico; Thomas
1Iatthew: stephen Campbell, Nottowan
tsaae Draughan. Sussex: ,capois Gaines,
vWG,wfhatan; Thomas Goodman. Norfolk
Princesas Gr nns bland Archie shiSds
pepper; Frank Walker. King George.
although. the Thirty-seventh Divi-
national guardsmen, but recruited to
war strength with drafted men. trained
az camp Lee. the announcement hat
Gently embarked for America doe. not
attract much attention here. 1t is gen
eeraIiy believed that only small con-
tingent from this division will be sent
mere for consolidation.
SEVENTEEN ENLISTED MEN
NAMED AS FIELD CLERKS
The appointment of seventeen en-
listed men as field clerks in the camp
D.. Hyatt. Battalion sergeant Major
oi hnmes a. seFsssn rrivis Norris 4
Howard Boyle Kerr, CORPORAL Lloyd
pIivate Harold h. Ligntkep, Corpora
Clinton Jones Lohr. Private Jonas +.
Underwood and Private clyde Collins.
clerks, owing TO an insufficient num-
per or quaiihed enlisted men applying
Civilians are now eligible TO such posi-
.ions. The positions pay sl,2oO or
more yearly.
c. cGnvie'ions in eeourt-mar,!al pro
were IecorSed 1ur igur , eniis,ee Lee men t.I
days. The record for length OF stay
away from the army must go to Pri-
pany c.. Three Hundred and seven
teenth Infantry. kHghtie,h Division.
H He VAS ,, charged with deserving at
and was not appre ended until Jan
uary 10. 1919. or more than year
I s1e5a W yss,a taken 1 into cusiody a,
OF being absent without leave. the de-
sdrtion charge no, being sustained.
and was sentenced TO serve five years
IN prison and receive dishonorable
discharge.
GIVEN YEAR IN PRISON
FOR LEAVING CAMP
Peter 81; Gam. Company X. Fifty
seventh Pioneer Infantry was con
at DanYille. Va. from September %
until he surrendered himself at Camp
Lee on January is. He got a DIS
honorable discharge and one year in
prison.
Sergeant Fred s. Bell. Company a,
Second Battalion. convaIescent center,
was convicted OF being absent without
leave for three hours February IS. and
was also convicted of stealing S2g0.li
from the orderly room. He got year
in prison with the usual dishonora oil
discharge.
Samuel johnson tcolored) was con-
victed OF being absent without leave
mr.
OF attempting TO defraud the govern
ment by making false statements in
goes TO prison for year and gets a
dishonorable discharge. All the dis
honorable discharges are suspended
until the sentences have been served
out
The camp librarian. DR.. II. S. Green.
'icaves this week for New York TO sail
that he may return with some of the
men from France Or. Green viii be
On es soaiS Of ha and OT a
check up the demands and decide upon
the necessity, OF librarian on every
been b. DE r. 6r ReY nas cb qs
photographer OF the Library OF Con-
Eress. and n comparison OF the notes
librarian is necessary on each boat.
WELFARE WORKER WILL
CROSS WITH TRANSPORTS
Mr.. RabinowitZ head welfare worker
at the Jewish welfare board hut i.rre,
expects TO leave Camp Lee in q few
days to take up new duties on one OF
the transport boats working between
Atlantic ports and France in the task
OF bringing back soldiers. lie has
been at Camp Lee the greater part Of
year. and has accomplished splendid
results here.
Captain Nelson Mills Holden, NJ c..
chairman Of the tuberculosis board OF
the chief medical examiners office, will
receive his discharge this week He
came here in November. 1917, from
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, an expert on
tuberculosis, and assisted in the
tuberculosis examinations of the EiGh-
Geth Division. After that work was
completed, he went into the mastering
efiee work He has been recommended
for majority in the medical reserve
corps, United States Army. He Is