Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-27

Maya .ludce Beverly X. Wexford. Colonel
IT n iones General w. II. Payne, Joseph
, w Thomas. Colonel Archer Anderson,
Major Lewis Ginter. Captain John MAY
wsiI Joseph r.. McKenney, Judge II; =.
Mr. Coionel John Murphy, Colonel y.
" White. James L. Gray. Colonel r. r..
Reeve Colonel Hugh X. smith, MAJOR W.
A Smoot. Captain Washington isylor;;
Colonel J. II. Hume, Portsmouth; oyuon !,
d. NJ. Lee. fredericksburg DaPI aIaran ~, IT,.
Booker. Hampton, Va. Coione' AieA"i'ei
ETecutiye Committee MAJOR L. A.
Brander. Colonel John Murphy Joseph
w. Thomas.
GENERAL W. 7. TERRY.
For some months after the opening OF
Tho Home the direct executive oihcer was
Cantain James Pollard. the present aulu,
tont In the latter part Of 1888 Generel
William n Ferry was elected superlntend-
ont and hns held that position ever slnce'
Int on the sth OF this month. oWlhg ~
phvsical infrmities, resul ting rom "pun rI
receiyed'durine' the war. tendereu MS IT,
sicnation. 10 take effect January iss ufAt:
GensraI Terry was one Of the most gallant
Ulcers in the Confederate army: He was
bornIn Liberty. Va, in 1927 and educated at
the Virginia Military Institute. Az me
hrcaking ont Of the war he entered tine ser
v;ce "a captain of cavalry, but was soon
,boyeofter promoted TO the colonelcy OF tue
Twenty.fourth Virginia Regiment. In NAV;
1864. he was made brlgadIer-generh anu
was assigned to the command OF MENU
Rrigade' the former commander having
been desperately wounded ana peIlna-
nently disabled at Gettysburg.
GREAT SUFFERER.
After the war General Terry served seve;;
roi ,crna IN the State Senate. He also held
tho nosition OF Superintendent OF the
PenItentiarv for some time. he Is 10 the9
truest sense OF the term battle-scar ie gu
veteran, and there 10 hardly DAY OF MS
life that ne does not suffer from the effects
Of his wounds.
sicnatlon with reluctance and elected as
his successor Captain Charles L. Bigger
This choice is regarded as most fortunate;
Captain Bigger was born in this city, ana
&c about ~ Years of age. He entered the
Conf. derate army at the breaking ont OF
the war and served gallantly untll June,
1854. when, while he YVES IN command OF
tho Richmond Blues. his arm was shat-
tersI -, an euragerpen. IN front OF Peters
bDrc and he was relieved. After IN" war
hc held for long time the position OF Su-
pprinteudent OF the City Almshouse. IN
which cauacity he displayed great eXecu-
tive ability.
STATE APPROPRIATIONS.
For the first two years OF lts existence
the Home was supported entirely by volun-
tarv contributions and such funds as the
board could beg Then the State came 10
the relief of the institution, aud up 20
February u. 1892. the board had received
from that source $50 600.
I'm March last the Legislature passed q
bill. the conditions Of which were that
the State would appropriate TO the Home
$3.50 a wear for each inmate for period not
exceeding twenty-five years, no annual APP
preparation to exceed $50, 900, and that at
the end of the TWENTY-FIVE years the state
was TO take possession Of the property I'M
der deed from Lee Camp. This arrange
ment afforded greatlv-nee1ed financial re-
lief and enabled the Home 10 increase the
number of its inmates. Yet as above
stated. thare is still wider field before 1t
if the han Is Of the board are upheld by
further Substantial aid. The labor OF
those VINO have managed it's affairs has
been truly labor Of love and OF patriot
ism in which in season and out of season
they have made sacrifices OF time and
money. Owing to a mistake in the bill
above referred to the Home was entirely
without revenue for three months and had
10 incur debt of : $4,000.