Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-17
MILITARY MOVEMENTS
At Fort Monroe-A Big Season at the
Hy=ein-Metcoric Display.
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O1p Po1sr COMFORT. VA, Aug. l6, 1890.
There has been quiet stir IN military
circles mere during the past week. Some
fiftv recruits who were assigned 10 the
school a year agofor instruction have been
relieved and transferred 10 other posts:
Iieutenant John Conklin, Jr., Second
artillery. left Tuesday with detachment
of thirty men-half of them for Fort
Trumbull. Conn.,, and the remainder for
Fort Pre- BILE. Me. The others go TO Baltl-
more, Washington, and San Francisco. A
detachment Of seven men from the garrl-
son left Monday night for Fort Niagara. n.
Y, and were followed on TUESDAY, evening
bv two men from the camp OF the third
artillery now here for target-practice.
They 90 to compete for places on the de-
partment and division rifle teams at their
annual meeting.
The following is list OF the officers OF
the new class assigned to duty at the Ar
tillerv School for two years course, COM
mencing September /. 1880; First-Lieuten-
ant James l.. Eastman, Second artillery :
First-Lieutenant Ramsey d. Potts, Third
artillery: FIrst-Lieutenant Charles HIM
phreys, Third artillery: flrst-Lleutenant
William p. Duvall, Fifth artillery FIRST
Lieutenant Charles ID. Parkhurst, fourth
artillery; First-Lieutenant Adam Shaker,
i
Deems, Fourth artillery: First-Lleutenant
Samuel +. Allen. Fifth artillery; First;
Lieutenant Edwin st. j. Greble. Second
artillery: First-L Lieutenant George W. Van
Dusen. First artillery Second-Lieutenant
Henry C. Davis. Third artillery; Second
lieutenant John w. Ruckman, Fifth ar
tillery; Second-LeutenaDt Cornelius Dew.
Wilcox, Second artillery; Sccond-lieu-
tenant Arthur +. Curtis, Second artillery
Second Lieutenant JohnD. Barrette, IhlId
artillery; Second-Iieutenant Lucien U.
Berry, Fourth artillery; Second-lienteh-
ant Charles b. Wheeler. Fifth artillery
Second. Lieutenant George L. Landers,
Fourth artillery; Second-Lieutenant Oscar
|. Straub, First artillery; Second-Lieuten-
ant Fremont Z. Peck, First artillery.
Colonel A. C. NJ. Pennington, Fourth
artillery, has returned from a ten days
leave. epent with his family at Alton, Va,
and is now in command Of the post.
Cards are out for the marriage Of Miss
Katie Iiernon and Lieutenant Charles Il.
Phillips. of the garrison. 1t will be cele-
brate6 on Thursday evening, August 2stn,
TO he followed by reception at captain
Tiernon's quarters. 1t VIII be aIuil-dress
military affair we'll worth seeing.
Governor p. L. Woodfn, of the National
Home, Colonel H. Deb. Clay, collector OF
CUSTOM Ut NfhOlL Ntncs eha NN%N++.
James G.. Fulton, OF the quartermaster !
department, all prominent Grand-Army
men, are in Boston, attending tho annual
meeting of that association.
Mr.. John S. Wise arrived at the Hygeia
Sunday evening.
tlr. McGinnis, of Chicago, nephew OF
Major John Il. McGinnis. commandant OF
the arsenal, is here on visit.
A party consisting of Captain +. ;.
Brown, Major McGinnis and his nephew,
and Lieutenant George l.. Anderson left
here Thursday morning for jamestown
island, where they will spend a week OF
ten days fishing end shooting.
Lieutenant William Is. Homer, Fifth ar.
tillery. who went to Boston for years in-
struction at the Polytechnic School, re-
turned TO the post on Wednesday. lie
will have charge Of the department of me-
chanical engineering, q new branch 20 be
added TO the course, commencing Septem-
lst. The ordnance machine-shops, which
have hardly turned q wheel since the close
of the war. will be utilized for this pur-
pose, and with some additions TO the ma
chinery will answer very well. The au-
thorities are trying TO secure an appropria-
ton TO light the post with electricity and
place the plant in the shop. The depart
ment of electricity has already been trans
ferred there, and 1t could be arranged at 0
trihing cost.
Lieutenant Willoughby Wake, Second
artillery. has returned from Newport, where
he went 10 deliver an address before the
Chemical Society of that city.
The pilot-boat William w. Kerr, with
party of gentlemen from tho Delaware
breakwater, came in from sea recently,
She is fne-looking craft, and in getting
under way she challenged the Virginia
pllot-boat starkey for race. This was &C.
cepted, of course and as a fresh southwest
breeze was blowing they had fine run
down to the capes, where the Starkey ar
rived about half q mile ahead OF her CON-
petitor.
The flagship Richmond is still in the
Roads waiting orders. II Congressman
Bowden carries guns enough she Will be
sent to the Norfolk yard for repairs.
Visitors to tho Hygeia have enjoyed O
rich treat for several evenings during the
past week watching the brilliant phospho-
resent glow of the waters in Hampton
Roads. Nothing so beautiful has been
seen here since the war. and perhaps not
before it. A countryman from Kentucky
who saw il for the first time called his wife
and exclaimed, "Oh, Marian, Marian, the
things all aire!"
There are now about 500 visitors at the
HygeIa, and the season is one OF the most
successful in its history, aud if Mr.. Pike
could only give them all front rooms on
the second floor he would be entirely
happy.