Military Monday: Last Draft Boys to Go Into Training

Manassas Journal

July 26, 1919

LAST DRAFT BOYS TO GO IN TRAINING

Thirty-two White Men Left on Wednesday for Camp Lee – Colored to Leave Shortly

Prince William county sent thirty-two white men to Camp Lee on Wednesday, and on July 29^th twelve colored men will depart for Camp Meade, Md.  On August 1^st thirty more colored registrants will go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S.C.  Following are the names of those called:

The following men from this county left for Camp Lee Wednesday, July 24:

John F. Simpson, Hoadley

William C. Davis, Wellington

Oase Baggott, Nokesvilile

John W. Sutherland, Dumfries

Charles E. King, Nokesville

Randolph S. Brawner, Dumfries

James Watson, Dumfries

James M. Younts, Cherry Hill

Earl Lynn, Independent Hill

Virgil A. Hopkins, Greenwich

Robert C. Smith, Woolsey

Richard H. Lee, Gainesville

Leroy P. Whetzel, Nokesville

Laclair M. Marsteller, Bristow

Chas. B. Yates, Manassas

Roy E. Mills, Hoadley

Lawrence B. Harrison, Cherry Hill

William A. Wood, Gainesville

William Clampitt, Hoadley

Henry H. Payne, Thoroughfare

Green O. Smith, Woolsey

John W. Hopkins, Nokesville

___ Bryant, Dumfries

Jackson Raynes, Nokesville

Walter W. Keys, Brentsville

Currell Hansboro, Greenwich

George B. Rison, Dumfries

Harry Tyler, Bristow

Okleyhoma Taylor, Greenwich

Elwood A. Bland, Minniville

The following colored registrants have been called to appear at the Clerk’s Office, Manassas, Va., on July 29^th, at 2 p. m., to be entrained on the same afternoon at 5:05 for Camp Meade, Maryland:

John Black, Gaffney, S.C.

Richard Green, Haymarket

William C. Nickens, Manassas

Joseph Green, Washington, DC

Tim Dorsey Lee, Neabsco

Robert McKenney, Haymarket

William E. Davis, Manassas

Abrom Williams, Neabsco

Jackson Davis, Dumfries

Winston King, Quantico

Robert D. Elliott, Catharpin

John Berry, Dumfries

List of colored registrants to go to Camp Wadsworth, Spartansburg, S.C., on Aug. 1:

Lee M. Scott, Haymarket

Cecil W. Wilkerson, Manassas

Edward H. Corum, Waterfall

Lewis Saunders, Dumfries

Ollie Davis, Quantico

Walter M. Alexander, Bristow

Robert N. Washington, Bristow

Percy G. Brooks, Manassas

George T. Berry, Gainesville

Randolph Nickens, Thoroughfare

Bard Smith, Dumfries

Edward D. Hamilton, Manassas

Eugene W. Williams, Manassas

Russell Green, Nokesville

George W. Tapscott, Bristow

Irvin Redd, Dumfries

Jake Fisher, Jr., Neabsco

Albert Kemp, Washington, DC

George C. Horton, Manassas

Archy Crawford, Neabsco

William Green, Nokesville

John C. Chapman, Manassas

Remus L. Boxley, Woodbridge

Hildred Crawford, Neabsco

Chas. E. Harris, Gainesville

Frank E. Saunders, Manassas

James C. Pendleton, Marshall

Willie L. Meredith, Manassas

Ray Hogan, Haymarket

Alex Robinson, Gainesville