Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-28
r. SOLDIERS HOMES.
rHE ONE At HAMPTON
uENsrLy POPULATED OF ALL
NECK BLIZZARD EFFECTS.
,., Jones Thinks n Pro-
s.ble oy.ters IN Lower ""pp"h"n-
nicer Have Been Injured
Norfolk Nayy-Ysrd-Notes.


f.- Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
.-....,-sve number Of officers and men,
,..s ,re.rnt during the year, A. the
canaan Branch. located near Hampton
aIs It Is described as the most
populated Of al the branches.
.... tuc1ty-siz of the sizty-nine acres
q by the home are owned by the
ment Roads. buildings. water. and
ve are Improvements made on
t..4 land. ar well as on the government
fY. The Secretary says lt is
r only instance known ~ permanent
gemenis by the government on
% property.
#hie it was only necessary 20 ois-
I..orably discharge FIVE members. the
..r cent ~ lighter punlshments Be- greater
than ~ any ~ the other brancnes- inc
,.-e gwen the soldiers rs described very
g1ra0ly AID a. considerable length.
Iu addition 10 feeding and clothing the
Veterans. 80 the olose Of the year there
.r-o . sis pensioners on the roIls-abo
N8 of tho mcmborhip. The pensions
rarpo from &c 10 t72 month and aggre-
gated laet year Nmmf1i The total ex-
prndltgree for tho yoar were f29lnH.
A SINGULAR fct ie observed in one Of
the numerous tables giving statistics ~
Che ln.umuon-that is the butter Tor
tta home h purchased ln Kansas city
$50. Tho bacon. ham. and ealt pork come
from Baltimore and Kansas city BIO.
richmond furnishes tho tea and sugar,
.un.k The fresh and cornod beef. and
Hampton he potatoes.
NORFOLK NAVY-YARD
.nmf tine Items in tho naval eppro-
odarsn bin. as passed by the House
,rs now before the Senate. arc these
,n.t.. the Norfolk yard. Quay wall
.I ns 0ut basin. $4,000 ship-hucfE
.. f. construction and repair. 500 m,
IIre for electric plant. plumbers. SHOP,
and machine shops yards and dochH
$1,000. blacksmith shop and plumbers
.a. 5000. 120-ton floating derrick 80
o.. Two officers quarters $1,000. grading
Ind having streets and for sewers. 10000;
r..If.oueo for tOrpeGoes, etc, im'VOi re-
r.r. and improvements on construction
rIHrf $500, new waichmcnf 9Dhi leiH
..a tlorohouse at mhgazine-grounds o..
I.Iiau's creopJ and for purchase OF laho'
fr 10 and tho usual salertss.
g., a peusrnl way Norfolk 10 also IN
t,r..ted in tho $4,000 appropriation Tor
,.raif. for marine barracks. ana tl1DW
q, enable Tie Secretary ~ the NAVY Fl"
,....tli.b al puch places as DE may deem
,.,,.aarv sultabIo depOts for the supply
of fnd 90 stcamshipa OF war
,u1o most conrpIruous omission 10 a Dry
do,l at Norfolk for which Chlef Endlcott
has asked u.6000o but tho virginia aeie-
cotton coulsnot set more IMAM mas peeh
mentioned,
THB BLIZZARD AIONq THE h"fIN-
HAMMOCK.
Rcpresentouve Jones has rsturns1 rom
Mia home. iu Richmond county. Whei' ro
had tspn fnoW. and ice-oound ioF eA'',ly
60, vr.ka Mr. Jones went down 10 oe-
e',t n man who b. iu his employ Do me
..,..t. ts1uff at warsaw Ito started TOT
t,..tIngfou 1000 the nth but ON account
az fl. I.s and snow WAS compelled y"
tut back Then came the blizzard. 'h
s.Iur.aav OF last week no again maze "h
effort Co get through. but win no b.''''
success. Another start was mah' ~ "n.
..y morning and hc arrived nero INV
urht Speaking of the dlhl'uii,H tn
.ouutcrod Mr. Jones said That iWeINc
i.,,rg were consumed m that portion oi
rao trip which took him down the Rap
rahannocl 70 distance of twenty miles.
Tho water OF the river, on account OF
O. MELTING SNOW above WAS almost ifosh
tn.4 week. and fo cold that at 30 degrees
fnI.l. ico formed. ordinarily, iho water
would not freeze at much lower tompcfa-
ture
Nr Jones thinks So probable that the
oysters have been injured and many KILL
al ny thc conditions recently prevailing.
TIu1 FOURTH IMMuNES.
sr,poaut Vcrsor. of Company e.. Fourth
1ul.d states Volunteer Infantry dm-
um,p was In the city for several days
aud lrn This morning for Santiago 60 re-
John his regiment Sergeant Ners"r is
f..f ,ummlssury. aud was breNeted lieu
tenant recently. The Fourth lmmt-
I..mDut WAS recruited I'm Virginia. West
Virginia. Maryland. ana the District OF
Columbia. and is commanded hy DOl'n'
s. potut The command was stationed
ai Frederick. burg for several months
Sergeant Noraer says the men are very
fond of Colonel Petit lie is strict disc
DuUuurHu. but kind 90 his men. and they
would follow him anywhere. Tho health
OF tlc regiment has been excellent. the
total number of deaths In the entire
twelve companies having only been hYe
Co duc
ARMY ORDERS.
Captain EHas ll Parsons assistant
QlalfoWaetor United States Volunteers
its boom appointed special Inspector. and
ordered to 300 lo Richmond. Va, and In
hpe.t H1.h uncomfortable Quartermaster
property as may bc submitted TO him AT
tuat place.
These discharges have been ordered. or
'onnlneo Wh.o ordered by Geographic
Instructions
Fourth Nrsma niantry-PriVates
G,oree b. shgpnord Company b. Percy
il Do PRIEST Company "a
ltl North Carolina nantry-Wagoner
John A. Phillips Company h cat Fort
''A \.hl. ArttcC. Thomas G. Fersu-
Company Is Ut Data Ark); Private
fne,r Company i CAT Dur
L. ODD
a United states Volunteer lnfan-
' mun.el-prNatcs George &. Fouse
d. William NJ Herbert Conn
i"t l.aes N. S.mons. Company +.
M simpson General Hospital
''"i tt Nuuroe-Pr,yates Louis II. El-
iN IT. Faugher Fred Schneider;
s'.H b. Nard Jr. Battery II. Fifth
...H States Artillery. Lewis h. Apple
company r.. Fifth Infantry; Frank
'- sergeant Arthur NJ. DCneear
company r. Fourth Infantry.
.rt Monroe Strcoant Charley "
thompson and First Sergeant n. s. VIII
Iams. Battery n. Sixth United states Ar
tlcfy. Private sheldon Pace. Battery r.
fnird United States ARTILLERY. Private
rs Williams. Hospital CORPS. Corporsl
George h Hutchinson. Battery p mira
United States ARTILLERY.
Private Matt Gilmore, Company h FIRST
Norih Carolina. Goldsboro'. Private
CHARLES l. Boyd, Company 4. First North
Carolina.
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