Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-17
BROKE HIS ARREST.
LIEUT.. ROACH, TIRED or clacuMlo-
cuTioN, TOOK FRENCH LEAVE.
ne 10 Rearressed aud WIN ne Tried
Again-Dynamite Cans OF the
vcsustus 60 ne Tested.

fcore~pondencc Of the Richmond DIspatch.l
oLp Porsr Coxrosr, Va, May i6.-About
six months ago Lieutenant Hampton M.
Roach, First infantry. was sent here Tor
medical treatment and observation, and
on January goth general court-msrtial
composed largely Of officers OF the garri-
son was called 10 try him for duplicating
he paw accounts and other Irregularities.
This court sat week or ten days and for
varded their proceedings 20 Washington,
where they appear 10 have found their way
into pigeon-hole. Lieutenant Roach cvi-
IDENTIFY got tired waiting for the verdict,
broke his arrest about a month ago, and
went North. Ho was arrested at Gov
ernor's Island and sent back in
charge OF an officer. and second
court has been called 10 sit in judgment
lowing officers. oil OF whom are from other
parts Colonel John Nendenholt. Second
artillery; Lieutenant. Colonies Edward q.
Rush, Eleventh infantry; Richard Jack
son, Fourth artillery; Majors Francis l..
Guenther and William Sinclair, Second
artillery; Henry G. Hasbrouek. Fourth
artillery; John Egan, First artillery; Cap
tains John II. Myriek, Third artillery J.
w. MacMurray, First artillery; Joshua A.
erell, Sixth infantry; First-Leutenants
William L. Van Ness, First artillery; II. j.
@. Irvine, Eleventh infantry, and Lieu
tenant-Colonel Thomas q. Barr, judge
advocate. The court met on Wednesday
morning and Will probably be in session
for week.
SWELL DINNERS AND TEAS.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Young, Of Chi
cago, who have been at the Hygeia for the
past three months, entertained o number
OF their friends at dinner in the banquet
hall on Saturday evening. The tables were
lighted with wax tapers under scarlet
shades--the artillery colors-and beautl-
fully decorated with roses. Covers were
laid for forty guests, among whom were
many officers of the Portsmouth, James
town, and Yorktown, the young people OF
the garrison, and few prominent guests
from the hotel. MIR. and Mrs. Young sail
for Europe in June, whore they will spend
the summer
Mss Fannie Davis. OF the garrison, en-
tertained number of hor young friends
ut dinner Friday evening, after which they
repaired 10 the pavilion of the Hygeia and
spent couple Of hours dancing.
Mrs. Captain Vose, OF the garrison, enter
tains her friends at tea this afternoon from
until T. Mrs. Voss is q charming hostess,
and Is never so happy as when surrounded
by her young friends.
General Charles II. TompkIns, chief
uuartermaster, division OF the Atlantic,
and wife arrived here from Governors
Island on short visit Wednesday. They
left for Washington last evening.
COMING AND GOING.
Colonel William b. Lane, retired, and
wife. who have been at the Hygeia since
early in November, have gone to their old
home, Carlisle, Pa, where they will spend
the summer.
Colonel G. OBJ. Cowardin, who has re-
Gently had severe attack of the grip, ar
rived here Wednesday to try the effect OF
the sea-breeZes ia regaining his grip
and his lost avoirdupols.
Captain John NJ. West, of Petersburg.
general agent Of the Old Dominion Steam
ship Company. arrived here on q short
visit Monday.
Acknowledgment Henry !. Raymond
and wife, OF Fort Thomas Arizona, arrived
ut the Hygeia SUNDAY.
Rev. DIR. Griffith and wife, OF Baltimore,
are visiting at the post, the guests of Colo
mel and Mrs. Pennington.
Mrs. Reed. wife Of Assistant-Surgeon
Reed. of Baltimore, is the guest of Lieu
tenant aud Mrs. Eastman.
Miss Fannie Stills, of Baltimore, who has
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Bodell for
the past month, returned home Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Taylor, popular young So
ciety lady Of Norfolk, is the guest Of Miss
May Miller.
SOCIAL NOTES.
Miss Marie Schenck, Of Fort Schuyler,
and Miss McCallum, of Governors Island.
who have been visiting friends ct the post
for the past month, left for New York
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. John Il. Kimberley left on Monday
evening for Baltimore on visit to her SIS
fer Mrs Nj Wesley Oler
Miss Grace Galloway returned TO Phlla-
delphia on Tuesday evening after months
visit to Miss Annie Fulton.
Mr.. w. @. Topping, general superintend-
ent Of the United States Express Company,
was here on a visit Wednesday,. where the
company has recently establishodan Office.
The United States steamer Ossipee,
which was detailed to carry Frederick
Douglass to Hayti shortly after his sp-
pointment as Minister, but was found 10 be
unseaworthy, has recently been sold to New
York parties, and was towed past for that
port this morning.
TO TEST HER DYNAMITE GUNS.
Commander Robely D. Evans, Lieuten-
ant Commander Conden. and Lieutenant
Meigs have been detailed to test the dyna-
mite guns on the Vesuvius. and will go
out for that purpose on Monday. Her guns
have never vet been fired with high eGplo-
sives, and there ~ considerable curiosity
as 10 how they will work. The tug Triton,
from the Washington yard, will be down
with some officers of the Navy Depart
ment and representatives of the press who
want 10 witness the experiment, but from
a respectful distance. The trial will pro-
baby last three or four days, and will no
doubt be watched with interest both at
home and abroad.
The copious rains Of the past three days
have been OF inealculable benefit to the
truckers, and they are correspondingly
baDpy.