Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-06
az THE PENINSULA.
COMMENCEMENT At NEWT
MEMS MILITARY ACADEMY.
,.rrcntivc Driii-Deciamntion and
pebntc-Mcd"iiists - More Bodies
round--The Council MuddIc-Thc
,,,apokc-TOod Exports.

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NEWPORT NEWS. June 5.--(Spocial)-
,'..,r5ay was M.ntary-Academy-d in
....,ori News. In the afternoon the first
slr.es OF annual competitive drills
,.t r.ace on the Casino campus, anq
r.eh. the commencement exercises
,.-a held 40 the Opera-House.
Notwithstanding tho fact that rain fell
,. ,.r-.nts an yesterday morning and IN
ee carly part OF the afternoon. several
.lr.l people assembled az the west en-
rance Of tho Casino shortly before 8
...9.s to witness the Individual competi-
Eli, 10 che manual Of arms. loadings, and
..oqs. etc.. between the members Of the
..5.t company at the Newport News Mill
,.-. Academy. Colonel +. w. Huffman,
.-.r..paI OF the academy, gave the com
r.9ls and Captain S 5. Archibald and
r.r.t-Iieutcnant i. r. Marye. both Of the
pr.ret0u Rifles. judged the drill Those
rh, lined up when Colonel Huffman
....I llc drill squad 10 attention were
r..lu Wiley, Scrgeasts Daughtry, G.
Mood Ripley. and Curry; Corporals
Smith. Lat.mer. Hudgins. Tabb, and
lanes. and Privates II. Wood Edwards,
kar. Conway. and Whitley.
AL tho end Of the FIRST rest the judges
COMPARED notes and decided TO throw out
corporal Jones and Privatcs Edwards.
Conway. and Whitley, these having made
DIE largest number Of mistakes On the
second round. Sergeant Ripley. Corporals
lanm,r and Tabb. and Private King were
ordered to IAN out. leaving seven cadets
ia position. Sergeant Wood. Corporal Hud-
cans. and Private Wood were the next
c.- t0 flli victims 20 the scoring Of the
1. and were followed out by Sergeant
ieatry and CORPORAL Smith. This left
CAPTAIN Wiley aud Sergeant Curry TO
strive for honors and the gold medal, and
rne drilling for about ten minutes. the
..c0s decided that Captain Wiley had
made the greater number Of mistakes
f,I awarded the dr'll % Sergeant Curry.
t..or. III. deb. Clay presented the win
with the medal Oh behalf Of the Mill
ur Academy.
THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
T.e commencement exercises Of the
t..uy were held IN the hall OF the
Corporation Court, I'm the court house. I'm
fr. presence Of an audience which fairly
tested tho seating capacity and took ad-
vantage Of every available bit Of stand
Hs room. The opening prayer was de-
lF"oi by Rev. r. r. Wexford, pastor Of
Oh. Presbyterian church, after which an
rI.ss Of welcome was made by Il. g.
Iaylor Of Hampton, president Of the
lalohi5ian Society. The dcclaimers of
ra evening were next introduced. and
t...r work was OF high order. giving evil
D.uca of careful training. The declama-
tons were as follows. Sidney W Curry
l.lhiblan Society zone Niche the
Helest'; George r. Conway. Eulalian
Getty, zone OF the Heroes; j. Hugh
canee. Philobiblian out OF Sight;
Shields B. Tabb, Eulalian, 1.-THE New
S9.tA'; John /. Whey. Eulalian "Billy's
Eos; y. Addison Wllett. Jr. Philo-
lhlan Meaning Of the -Four Centuries" /:
Raymond Joo. Little Tommy's First
'Noke'; Allan c. Jones, what Might
Happen"
THE DEBATE.
THE next feature on the programme was
ila debate on the question. Resolved
That Congressman Should Always Vote
AecOrdinV 90 ,he Wishes Of Their Con-
sItuerts y. Arthur Sogar and Lester
d. uauehtry. of the Philobiblian Society.
tooE the Affirmative. ana Henry s Wiley
and Magruder S. Ripley, Of the Eulalian
ANN Alh-hAlhts ne IlfAhA TUT
fH. best argument was awarded to Henry
S. Wiley. Of Snowden, y. c.. Rev. G. w
Wry. pastor OF the Methodist church,
making the presentation speech. The
laca.mers medal was awarded to George
p Conway. OF this city, Rev c. c. Cox
~ the Baptist church. presenting It on
behalf Of the Eulalian and Philobiblian
societies.
Ti. peyser scholarship, presented each
rer hy Mr. ELIAS Peyser. OF Newport
News 10 the student attaining the highest
average in an Of his studies. was awarded
f1J g. IT f1gins. Of Newport News. This
scholarship medal entities the winner TO
attend the academy the following year at
c. half the regular tuition charges. Mr..
pesers gift was presented by Attorney
3d. ST. Lett
The mathematics medal. offered by the
rrr 'nll. was delivered by Rev. w Z.
Motley. of the Christian church, 70 j. A.
NN.tt Jr OF Newport News.
THE attendance medal was presented TO
r. Is. Latimer OF Newport News, by Mr..
a. g. Kent
The two medals for the highest stand
rc in bookkeeping We're awarded TO
H S Wiley. Of North Carolina, and C..
:. Shlcy. OF this city. Professor n. NJ.
Branch making the presentation speech.
Eer. T. r.. Wexford presented 10 L.
] Dauehtry. OF Suffolk, the essayists
u.lal onered by Professor Lauck.
MORE BODIES FOUND.
1r IT, T.. Langslow. who lives about
mile below Salters creek. informed
yoar correspondent last night that his
Arthur, had found the body Of a
c..ri woman in the morning on the
shore not FAR from his home. The body
was dressed i'm a black skirt and striped
rrl waist. and was in a very advanced
stat. of decomposition. Mr.. Langslow
stated chat. I'm his opinion. the corpse
must have been floating about in the
Waf0r for several weeks. judging from It's
condition There was nothing about II
lr which 50 might be identified. He
..s.r.ited the belief that II was the
lt of one Of the victims Of the capsizing
Disaster I'm Hampton roads last Sa-
tHr'ay The body Of a colorei man was
i0.UI the night before at the mouth OF
StIi.rs creek and on the same night
woman washed ashore but few hun
yards from where the body OF the
n was discovered. Justice Jones sum
r0nol coroner's jury. which viewed
'tc two bodies. and arrived at the CON
.o1 that death resulted from drown
ir Ou the body OF the man was found
watch with the name Emmett Ward"
Fci on the case. and a pocket-book
containing p cents. In one Of the pockets
oi Che coat was also found n sales slip
nom the dry-gOOds firm OF G. T.. jenkins
N0 49, Main street Norfolk. which was
.a out in the name Of Mile Moore. q
Lambert Point. the colored womaa
whose body was picked up near the New
l..a Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad
70 no Norfolk. on Wednesday night.
is no doubt that these two
I.s arc those OF colored persons who