Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-28
BATTERY LATER ON
VIRGINIA MAY he ASKED FOR ONE
AFTER 4 WHILE.
THE NATTER OF MOBILIZATION.
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Richmond NJ Concentration Point
for Troops from Middle states
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|
! clal)-Nirg!nia may be called on for a
battery later. but at present no change
| can he made. in the States quota. A
large number OF Governors have been
! tclcsraphing TO the Acknowledgement and
! Secretary of War asking for changes in
! their quotas, and the invarlable answer
| has been that under the call for $4,000
| men the apportionment has been made,
| ana the details completed. so that It was
! now impossible TO make any alteration in
| the arrangements already made Adju-
| tant-Gcneral CorHn said the department
was not prepared to equip artillery with
/ the kind OF guns required for use now
| but as soon as these can be obtained
| there will be a cali especially for artil-
| lerymen for duty ON the coast and in the
! field. and that no doubt Virginia would
| bc among the first to be gratiGed in this
| respect.
The department is working under great
| pressure, preparing The details for the
! mobilization and equipment of the voln-
/ tcers. ana ii is expected that next week
/ the troops Will be in motion.
| UNCLE SAM pays THE FREIGHT"
II was stated to-day to Colonel 10
| Lane Stern and Mr.. Couling. OF Rich
mond, by notwithstanding Of War
| Meikeljohn that the government would
arrange for the subsistence. quartering,
and equipment Of the troops. as they ar
! rive in Richmond. and a United States
! quartcrmaster and commissary would be
| present TO defray all the expenses at
| tending the enlistment and organization
d ha aeffr no
present and perhaps for some four or
five weeks there will be no mobilization
of large bodies Of troops. They will be
campcd and disciplined in the various
places designated i'm their respective
States. and if the war with Spain con-
tinues they will be brought together so
as TO manoeuvre in brieades. and i'm CON
cert with artillery and cavalry.
Representative Lamb has a special en-
gagement with Secretary Alger to-mor-
row ut 10 a. NJ. with n view to securing
| the troops Of the Middle States for mobil-
/ izatiOn at Richmond. 10 which the Sec
retary is favoraby inclined.
\ NORTH CAROLINA MATTER.
a committee, composed Of ex-Represen-
tative Settle. ex-MayOr King. Mr. Alfred
Scales. Mr.. Douglas. ana General james
Glenn. representing the Greensboro Board
OF Trade. appeared before the House Ju-
dietary Committee to-day i'm opposition
10 the removal OF the United States Court
from Greensboro to Winston. \ bill 10
effect such removal was introduced by
Representative Linney. and is now pend
ing before the judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Settle opened the discussion against
the bill. and was followed by Messrs.
King Scales. Douglas and Glenn. They
urged the retention of the court at
4. Nr. Of
venience and the accessibility Of the place
10 all sections of the district. The state
ment was made by Mr.. Settle that the
attempt TO remove the court from Green's
bOrO' TO Winston was inspired by Dis
tTiCt-AttOrney HOltOn. To save him the
Inconvenience of removing his residence
from Winston TO Greensboro. and as an
argument i'm favor Of the erection of a
public building at Winston. Upon the
point of accessibility Mr.. King said
Greensboro had twenty-eght passenger
trains daily against WinstOn's six.
FACILITIES.
lie admitted that the present public
building was too small, but said that the
United States was not materially incon-
Venicnced ON that account. the necessary
court accommodations and facilities be-
ing furnished free of cost 10 the govern
Guilford county.
Mr.. Scales said the government owned
a large and valuable LOT i'm the city Of
Greensboro, upon which the present
building had been erected. and which af-
forded ample room for the enlargement
of the building at comparatively small
cost.
General Glenn explained that certain
changes had been made in the district
i'm transferring certain counties to the
Eastern District, and thereby affecting
GreensborO'S advantage as the geographic
cal centre of the Western District for
the purpose Of equalizing the fees and
salaries of the district attorneys and
clerks of the United States Court. and
without reference 10 the question OF
economy To the government or convent
cnce 10 witnesses.
Representative Kitchen, who was pres
emit. and prepared to oppose the change
contemplated in the bill was requested
by the chairman OF the committee, Gene
raj Henderson, to address a letter TO the
committee, giving his reasons against the
removal of the court.
FOR THE REMOVAL.
IN favor Of his bill. Representative Lin
uoy said that nine-tenths of the crimi-
nal and civil business of the court was
furnished by the counties west of Green's
boro', and the witnesses and litgants
in those counties were now compelled 10
attend court at Greensboro at great in
convenience e. them and at great eX-
pense TO the United States.
Wilkes county. he said. was big enough
for a state. and furnished l53 Of the 200
cases ON the court docket.
4 few years hence Winston. Mr.. Lin
ney said. would be the biggest town i'm
the South lie alluded to its splendid
and marvellous growth and progress, and
predicted that it would double its popula-
ton I'm the immediate future.
The committee requested statement
from the Clerk of the court, showing the
civil business of the court by counties. Ii
is not probable that any decision in the
matter will be reached at this session OF
Congress.
TOBACCO MEN At WORK.
Colonel James -. Patton, and MesSrs.
r.. $ Bosher ana a. Maupin of Rich
mond and about a score of others from
Virginia and North Carolina represent
ing the tobacco trade, are here to-day.
opposing the tax increase of cents per
pound on tobacco. and the retroactive
feature as regards stock on hand. As
these measures will certainly pass the
House. the efforts of the gentlemen were
brought TO bear on the Senate, where
they expect TO be more successful.
They had long conferences with Sena-
tors Daniel and Martin. of Virginia, and
Pritchard. of North Carolina who have