Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-27
Adjutant-GenaraIs UIIIct,

issued late yesterday afternoon:
Headquarters Virginia Volunteers
Adjutant-GenaraPs Office,
Richmond. Va. November 26, 1898.
General Orders No. 16
/. The following named officers, having
made application to be placed on the re-
tired list Of Virginia Volunteers, their re-
quest is hereby granted, and they VIII
be obeyed and respected accordingly:
Brlgadier- General AlonZo j.. Philips,
First Brigade.
Major William NJ. Evans, Assistant Ad-
jutant- General, First Brigade.
Major Cyrus BossieuX. Commissary OF
Subsistence, First Brigade.
Major f.. Leslie Spence, Assistant III
spector-General, First Brigade.
Major Frank 7. Sutton, Quartermaster
Major Moses DR.. Hoge, Jr, Surgeon
. The designations of the following
named officers are hereby accepted:
Major John Cussons, ordnance oiiicer'
First Brigade. q
No BENJAMIN Dennis, Chaplain, First
. The above-named officers will de-
1i,,ar ia Capfain w. W. Barrow quarter
Easter First Battalion Artillery at tne
IGice Of the Acknowledgement, all state
nroperty in their possession. ~
a Captain Barrow VIII receipt W az
| officers from whom he receives Pr So
| for the same, deposit II WIZ t ~ elton
Armourer. and make report OF MS "'''''
| hereunder. ~a. md conn
m ieiC l'5r5i 10 LANE STERN,
Ss,,97anont- Colonel and Acting AdJutaht-
| General. --,,,,o
THE RANKING OFFICER.
| Colonial Granville Gaines, of the Third
| 1,N'.iT,ant Is next in rank to Genera
| pbillins provided that the soluleIs ~
| - tTbird regiment are again IN the
| - sorvice after having been mustereu
| 80 ~ the service Of the United STATS
II they are not. Colonel Games a.,
longer in the state service slilce ~ an
| been decided that an oIheer - a. let
Se,cer when his command ceases 10 go 49,
UiIiIieV't4la,,aDt-Colonel George Wayne Amer
- I'm holds his commission III w
80 u eqiment. but there IS no - -
II,Hs'.,a,t nor enough Of it to enute II ~
1eiear Of Colonel AndersohS ram
az g.. ~ decided that all officers are uso
- 6iscbarged from the state seivi1'
~, reason of entering the naIloiSi 80, 80
,ice il appears that MAJOR W. IL..'-i,,ia I.
| 4ho ranking d1llllclS pAiANN- sts.o
| tbe ranking officer in the STATE
THE TROUBLE IN THE SIXTH.
Governor Tyler will not say posl'is s,,c'
tbat he will appoint negro oIlcels ~ re.
t ons6 ~ me White officers who recently, re- {.
e,.,oed from the Sixth Virginia but ~ =.
beiieved he win do 50. 1t is apouC Sew SrorC
tHat he viii not make his selectiohs $50, 10
smonp the men of the regiment ma thst
, S,rn-ton has stated emphaucaly tna @,
there are no men in the Sixth capapi1 y,
poiriny efficient officers. me u'.,l,,,o'
ma ,neN, not Vet been notified of the resign"
-. of the white officers. e.,
ant no matter what be the eolo i,, u ,oi,,
cheers appointed, the Governor WIZ nan a,,n
IN understand that they are 10 ,i Sup
u ,resa mutiny at the risk of Their t'T s.
: poyernor Tyler is determined th"' r ~
3 ,egiment oficered by men whom ne d tiS
! aoD,,nissioned shall with lmPuh'y, .,
r 80 the State by their CONDUCT aiio
s,, r',n If there is repellIon -, y
.Ia recant dfsgraceful occurrences ~ ~ -.
S SuT the Governor will exert an i,i' -,
s S,N'n TO have the guilty punished, any
/ tbs regiment discharged from the S''''''