Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-20
WAR FEVER AGAIN.
ACTION OF CONGRESS sTrRs FEEL
ING TO HIGHEST PITCH.
LEE FOR MlJOR-GENERAL, 0. S. A.
This appointment Looked for Engcr-
Warning Against Putting Retired
Officers Into Active Service,


to Doe free and independent the signing
OF by the Speaker and Vice-President
the movement ~ troops southwark the
concentration II wdrshps 30 strategic
points. and the daily purchases Of war
! material and supplies. nave stirred up 10
/ the highest pitch the war feeling among
she people u the entire country. which
had its birth I'm the destruction OF the
Maine. IA, people are now only waiting
for thu act.un OF the President, which
VIII set the dogs Of war in motion.
Among the first Of the army appoint
! msnts 10 be made. and one which is
eagerly looked for. is that u Fitzhugh
Ice. of Virginia. 10 be major-geueral in
the United states army u IS expected
that he win be given the command Of
! the United States forces u Cuba. because
/ Of his perfect knowledge Of the country
! and the conditions prevailing there. The
/ statement is made in the press to-day.
! from Madrid. DE- London CORE pondent.
! thIt Weyler. Che recent CaNtain-Gencrll
! of cuba. will te placed i'm command 81
The spanish forces on the island. II
/ ta.s should le so. 10 would Doe singularly
appropriate and iudiciOus and stroke
NJ good military policy On the part of
-u.s government To- place General Lee boo
Command ~ the American troops on the
island General Lee could not Doe better
pleased than by being given a chance 90
meet Weylcr az thr head of a Spanish
force Iu open battle. He would make
short work Of the Spanish bravadO and
brute. and 10 would afford him extreme
pleasure 90 ayengc the murders of Ameri-
q
mites Weylcr has holped upon them.
THE name Of TItz Lee 40 the head of "a
MON army would create greater eu-
thU-iasm than any other name I'm the
country and Lee would rally tO his
standard one of the best armies of mod
ru times.
CAVALRY MOVED.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad has
obtained "a large contract for moving
scoops South Superintendent Charles
Walker OF that road, whose headquarters
a-e 40 Richmond was here last night and
tHis morning supcriutCudus fle ship
mont of the cavalry from Fort Myer.
un the Virginia side Of the Potomac, %
Chickamauga. The trains bearing The
-pidiars. horses. appointments. camp
lupage. and supplies, started west this
morning about 1:3D O'Clock. and will reach
'heir destination tomorrow morning.
II observe" said IL wcll-llnown eN-COn-
Tolerate officer, "by recent publications,
hat it BIS proposed 90 restore 90 the active
I+t retired army and navy chIcers-eyen
SWING them commands.
"avery congressman and officer " i'm
iI.roa should protest against this. II
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MOOT. "i ""I li"'u.. .' Union "l 'i. ~
rublt1hs DO inc Nlulh NH0IHlt Dls1lIr''
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I3z. wei county - county "hIen t@Se
Walker 1000 Republican majority I'D 1871, /
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'hill Hr Sv' Jun " H'hNl S,"lp' "t''
Doe does not HN' Il lo'dH"ila7' ,il"''' '"c I
nome or colonel james > hio" INNS +
where the opposition Us sdIh 10 "' d /
unanimous UNI 'r''''S. " ''Ny''
ne 'e"'i"l i', .....'.t-,,',1 i,,.l "a,
t,.f,.tfor bave taau I'm circul1tion
Dan, ,b.,.. vrm 30 rs s9fd give him little /
..,,,C,rt o,bar tbar tn show him h, has /
had ..bi., day. His friends have admitted /
nat no cannot be reelected. and efforts. /
H. is understood ar. being made to- get /
-. "a s,rotb.r IN become "a can /
J-l9ta he heinz REGARDED as the strongest /
and haat-souipped man fin the party in I
that district. If Judge Stlother had con- /
..,..i c.rsrsi yyalIl.r v,uld never .
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n a. very much doubted. however. .
,..,.tr.r f,dga Strorher will abandon his /
, ~. ,,..cries for f,vo wears i'm Coneress.
,,i. ,.orr having b,au an unusually pros- .
.,l.ro,,s one vim him. lie was formerly
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,,t.t. mi is r,,, JuJpa of Giles /
- re.iline M pe1rfsburg A
...s" yas tlrid.d a few DAYS ago in the |
Supreme court Of West Virginia. which |
..,,r.s.rtad a large sum of money and q |
nard-foueht legal battle Of considerable |
duration The suit WIS that of w. J.. |
Chapman o. ais. rs. the Flat Top Coal |