Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-06-18
NEW DRESS-PARADE.
A SWEET MILITARY FUNCTION POP
uLAR WITH YOUNG LADIES.
cev,vuor woodao's Pbsianthropic hea-
sures OF Reform-0id "soaks" Saved
Daily Target Practice ct the Fort.

Observation-Disclosures Of tho Rtshmond Dispaich-l
Orp porsr CouroRr. Va. June l7--it
con want TO SEQ q frst-class dress-paraoc
according to the new tactics. which brings
ont every member Of che garrison
from the colonel commanding down
to tho latest recruit. Just drop into
the fort any pleasant evening aoo".
. o,c,ock II isa sweet new thing, ana
The bows have hardly got the hang OF
u ve. lint as IL takes fully hall an hour
aud has plenty Of music. 1t IA bound 10 Dc
como popular with The Young ladies'.
The command. which now comprises
bsitalions. each having major IN com
mand with an adjutant. These are
formed eeparetely, and after the ser.
ceants make their report OF al
present or accounted for, they, are
then formed IN hno and the coloheI
takes charge. The battalion adlutahts
rsport 20 the regimentsl adlutant, lnstead
nfthc 6rst serceants, as heretofore, after
which the band beats of and the coio-
mel puts them through the manual OF
arms After the orders are pubhshed 'he
officers form a line. march mp, ana saiute'
Tlay then return to tier comphhies;
which are formed IN column ana. head1u
colonel and ms adiutant, who bOld thelr
pos,tions for this purpose. After TIM, the
troops march 10 their quarters aud are
dismissed. The passing III rowe" may Uc
omitted at the discretion oil the colone''
but until they become thoroughly fhmiilar
with tho function II Will be;etalned as one
Of tho features.
oFTEEs or TuK KEELY cuEs.
Governor =. I. Woodfn. OF the HoidieIs
Home, who is always dong something %
bepeft the inmates, has been trying Tor
some time 10 save some OF tue pun sh,.
money which Is paid 10 large number
al the old fellows IL quarterly instaimcnt9,
aad which, until quite recently. went
LARGELY to tho numerous saloons locAtou III
Ale near vicinity. For time he suspend
ed eli passes for two weeks hiteF pen
slon-days. Ihls had benelclsi erect
hut did not reach the root OF the eFi.
This could onlv be done bv eradlcatlng
the habit. and 10 this eud branch OF the
Kc-,ly curc has been opened with excel
lent result. Some five or SIX nundleu ol
fhe old-timers have already taken the
treatment. and, with two or three exctp-
Nons, with complete success. a UNIFORM
cbarce OF so u made tor the treatment
which Is deducted by the treasurer IRON
,b,, Donsioner's money IN monthly insta
Inents. winch are graded largely according
10 the mans necessities. some OF the
r,ost ,rteIicant mon in tho home are
victims OF the habit, and are only 100
harry 10 rid themselves from II on such
reasonable terms.
TARGXT pIACTTCF.
The four visiting batteries have spent a
busy week in target practice with the ~
and 15-inch sea cOast guns. Targets are
anchored of in the bay from one 10 TWO
p1lIos distant, and the bOTs blaze away
a.
Colonel A. c. NJ. Pennington, Fourth
Artillery. lusueCtOr of target-practlce De-
partpeut OF the East. arrived from Gov
otnors Island Monday morning ana has
gwen the BOYS the benefit OF his expert
ence md advice.
Colonel Marcus Il. Miller. Fifth Artillery,
has returned from South framlnghan,
Mass, where me- Went last week 70 inspect
an encampment # State troops.
MAJOR G. l.. J.. j. Davis. United states
Tnclneers. came down from Washington
AouGay 10 inspect the wood Oh the disap-
pesriug gun-carrlago platforms now III
progress here.
Leuteurn, 4. Dew. Wilcox, Third Artil-
leIy. arrived here Yesterday from Fort
Adams, Il. l., 81 be examined ~ the BOARD
nov IN session here icr promotion.
ITEsoNAIs.
lieutenant Charles !. Phillips. Fourth
ARTILLERY. DOW on DUTY - Union College,
j. =. and wife arrived here TINS morning.
They Will spend month with her parents.
Captaiu and Mrs Herman. OF ia garrison.
Lien. cnaut 4. ii. Hunter, First Artillery.
arrived from ort Riley, Kan, Monday Tor
examination. .
Colonel lonoy. who has been visiting
his daughicf. Mrs. Lieutenant Ilnu. OF tho
garrison. returned 20 Baltimore TUESDAY,.
Miss Nav Miller. who has been visiting
frenle 10 Cincinnati tor some time past,
returned home last evening. she was &C.
cCmpaueu iv Miss Prague, OF toylngton.
Nv, who will spend t. month at the Point.
Mr.. james T.. Fulton Is visiting trends
IL Philadelphia.
Mr.. Arthur Bodeu has gone to New York
on a Visit.
The chesapeake aud OHIO railway has
secured permission tor new roadway from
its depot to the government wharf, when
VIII be- huilt very shortly.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Ira Haynes aud Mr..
anu Mrs. john Potts were down from
lGchmond over Sunday.
rIC4MONDEBs.
The following Rchmonders have regis
tered ni the Hyreia Hotel during the
week. Mrs. 7. G. Williams. Miss VII
llams. Mrs. G. T.. Buck aud daughter. J..
{. Wiihams Jr.. ". q. Mo-elev, Y. DoDat.
J.. Arouehi, Il. u. Goddin and wife. b.
Cary Nelson. T. II. Nunst: John Pickreli.
". r. Chapn. Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Child,
John ID. Murrell. W. II. Moss. John
Stamper, +. c. Boudar. c. J.. McGrudcr,
III. Theodore Ellyson. J.. Gordon FL son,
j. ". Harrison. K. II. johnson, j. Nj.
Rutherford, and John I. Saunders.