Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-23
The NAVAL RESERVE
Rival Companies Organized
Last Night.
THE CAUSE OF THE SPLIT
Mr. j. Keith Wray Injured In Runaway
Accident. Today's Church Service.
Other Local Items
OF Interest.

since war has become a rea1;t1- tho
interest OF q large number Of Han1p-
~. s.s people mas conferred on the ofgani-
zauon OF naval reserves. Since the
controversy OF Thursday might every
one IS anxious to arrange a solution nf
the difficulties. -
,When seen by a Daily Press reporter
yesterday afternoon Mr. III. n Holt
one or those interested in effecting an
ORGANIZATION of naval reserves. said.
The stand taken taken by PeelS's
TRENDS was as follows: That the law
rs specific in regard to the organiza-
ton OF militia forces, including the
naval reserves. in the State of VIRGINIA
and is as follows: That whenever a
sufficient number OF persons (uot less
than forty nor more than sixty shall
Join together and declare their<purpost.
70 form a division of nayaf reserves,
icers and then inforpa~fhe commander
in chief (who Isl he>g oyernor), of their
purpose. uf he thinks 1T advisable he
mey Authorize them to proceed with
their organization, und when so au-
thorrzed the captain or comma ndng
5utant general all papers, etc, con
nected with the organization, including
the proceedings of the meeting held for
the election of officers, which must be
duly attested by the chairman and
secretary Of the meeting
'TnEsz Pre- li::7 7u1r res arsve never-peen
complied with. Comma "a de-, Cake de-
clined to permit the names to be added
10 the list of those who had not here
tofore signed the same, holding that he
had the power to act ais chairman and
preside over the meeting, which was to
elect officers, and proceeded to CALL
the roll On finding that a quorum
was not present. however, he refused
to permit the friends of Peek (who re
Quested to be permitted to do SOY to
Gil ne l,1Yt off M mar NTr
Boyenton to add five names to the RON
to make a quorum. sWhereupon Peek's
friends protested and claimed that they
were entitled to increase the roll to SIXTY
and that the members should then be
permitted to organize and elect officers
as they saw fit, as is authorized by the
code, TO which the chairman objected;
whereupon Peek'S followers bolted the
meeting. and the chairman. finding
that there was not a quorum present,
suggested q, compromise. and Peek's
followers retired to deliberate. They
returned afterward, having agreed to
support Mr.. Boyenton for staff officer,
which they understood this division
was to furnish, MIR. Peek to be conn
mander, and the other officers to be
enton's friends declined to accept this
proposition, whereupon the chairman
decided the meeting adjourned"
The law referred to by MIR. Holt is
found in Chapter p, Section sos of the
Code. AT the time of its passage
there was no such orgla nlzatAon in
the state as a naval reserve force. and
hence at the session OF the General
Assembly OF 1S93-9+ an act providing
for the formation of such organizations
under the law cited in the code was
enacted. pais law can be found in
Chapter sol, Acts iS9394, page SAT.
Last night a. meeting was held in
the court house at o'clock to organ
ize and elect officers and the meeting
was called to order by MIR. H. II. Holt.
Mr.. j. e. johnson was unanimously
elected to act as chairman and Mr..
Holt was chosen secretary. The matter
of election of officers for the division
was at once gone into and Mr.. William
H. Peek was nominated tor the office
of Senior Lieutenant. He was the
only candidate, and was, of course,
elected Mr. Peek is therefore COM
was then nominated for the office of
junior lieutenant and was unanimously
elected. Mr.. T. E. Jones was elected
senior ensign and MIR. f. w. Holt
was chosen as the junior ensign.
The meeting then adjourned to meet
again on Monday night. ATTORNEY F.
S. Golfer will take the papers of the
company to Richmond this morning
and present them to the governor for
his considera tion.
The BOY ENH>ON FACTION.
The Boyenton faction of the naval re-
serves held meeting in the Masonic
Temple last night. at which Commander
IC. w. Cake. of Norfolk, acted as chair
man and Mr. S. Gordon Cumming as
secretary. Twenty three members
were present and the following off,
GERS were elected:
Lieutenant cuhe commanding offlcer)-
W. H. Boyenton.
Junior Lieutenant-Mr. f. j.. Small.
| Senior Ensign-Mr. j. M. Ward.
| Junior Ensign-Mr. I. F. Jones.
Patriotic speeches We're made by
the newly elected officers of the divis-
ion and by the officers of the Peninsula
Guards, after which the meeting ad-
journed.
| NEW. -CI1Ns AT, THE FORT