Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-19


/ appointment OF General Male, ana they
will explain. IN person what ] attempted
| to express when | said to you tnat 1
| regarded General Male an unusuaiiy
| weli-quained man to I'LL the position OF
| brigadier-general.
He IL a typical soldier and thoroughly
| qualified by military training, having
been graduated with distinction from the
Virginia Military Institute. He has peeh
connected with the volunteer service OF
the state for more than twenty years,
being colonel commanding the Ihiro
Virginia Regiment a greater part OF TINS
time He was the senior volunteer oth-
Ger at the beginning OF my administra-
ton when / appointed him Adjutahl-
General OF the State. In all posltionS
held by him he has proved himself
man among men, and soldier OF lne
very highest order. 1 am sure ne VIII
reflect credit upon his State and country
should your Excellency find II consls-
tent with your ideas OF duty to give him
tho appointment. With the highest re-
spect, l remain, yours obediently,
]. HOGE TYLER.
Governor of Virginia.
MANY REQUESTS FOR RELEASE.
Governor Tyler is i'm daily receipt OF
many letters and kilograms from mothers
and sisters of men who have ENLISTED,
asking him TO have them discharged, as
their health Is bad or they have families
dependent upon them for support. The
Governor is powerless in such matters.
In his proclamation he advised that all
such men remain at home, and while ne
is at camp every day looking after the
welfare of the men and doing all in his
power To make them comfortable, he
cannot discharge a United States soldier,
and would not feel justified in sending
home a man who al years of discretion
has voluntarily enlisted for the defence
of the country.
THE YOUNGEST OF ALL.
Governor Tyler has recently commits
stoned the Youngest officer in America
The youthful soldier is Gregory Lawless,
the G-year-old son of Hon. Joseph L.
Lawless, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Gregory has a warlike spirit, developed
10 a remarkable degree for one not past
the age of shirt-waists and knicker-
bockers. Ever since Camp Lee was es-
tablshed he has spent the greater portion
of every day there, and though 1t Is a
half-mile from the residence of his pa
rents, the other morning he ran away
before breakfast, succeeded in inducing
the sentinel at the gate to admit him,
and was with the soldiers several hours
before his frightened parents discovered
him in a tent occupied by members of q
Petersburg company.
Recently Gregory has been in the habit
of spending nearly his entire time with
Captain Jackson's company. What time
he has left he has put in at the Cover
nor's office, begging the Governor to
make him a soldier" His persistency
was finally rewarded by what passes
with him as a commission, signed -.
Hoge Tyler, Governor" setting forth that
Gregory Lawless is thereby created
sergeant in Captain Jackson's COM
pany," and directing that he be at once
furnished with a gun and other equip
ment.
Gregorys commission has now received
the signature of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, and while the seal on the
document does not bear the 'Sic semper
tyrannis" on that of others signed by his
father every day. 1t is round, red, and
sufficiently legal looking to answer Gre
gory's purpose and make him the proud
est boy in seven cities. 1t is also the
direct cause OF considerable beworriment
of his father for the gun for which IT
calls.
SHOULD BE VACCINATED.
Governor Tyler is anxious that all the
Virginia soldiers be vaccinated before
they leave Camp Lee.
1t is probable that the ladies who are
raising a fund to purchase ice for the
use of the soldiers will prevail upon the
officers in charge of the camp to have
review of the troops and charge a small
admission fee to the grounds, if the regi-
ments are not ordered away too soon.
Private w. p. Casey, who was rejected
as member of Company b, Fourth
Regiment, of Norfolk on account of
physical disability. has written to Gov
ernor Tyler, making an appeal to the
Executive TO aid him in getting into the
service. He offers TO sign a paper waiv-
ing all claims to pension, and is willing
TO serve without pay.