Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-18
WILL SAIL IN TEN DAYS.
Major shanI.s Given II Little ho"@
crace-MiIitary Notes.

Grace-Miiftary Notes.
,,..o. Dav,d c.. Shanks returned 10
richmond from Washington YESTERDAY
somewhat to his surprise, as he eXpee'eu
~ sail for the philippines Immediately
Tho denartment has ordered Major
shanks to hold himself In reauiies' ~
sail with the Third Battalion OF INC
Seventeenth Infantry in about a "eeA -
tan davs. Major Shanks will go TO MS
home. I'm Salem, with his wife ana IAN
uy and will remain there until time loF
Mn, N leave for New York. Mrs. shanhs
will accompany him TO the latter Sl'S'
~ Iii reside at Salem during her nus
band's absence. which may extend over
several years. xr,eh-
Nrator Shanks. during his stay In WASH
ington. gathered all the informauon p ',s
sIble regarding conditions IN the fhiip
mines He met one or two sOIuiei
6nointances. who have been invalioeu
hoT,e and from them cleaned much val
uable but not much cheering lhlorilla-
ton. He learned that the army ieoe'NS'
| fresh meat, brought from Austrana III Ie
| frigerated ships, about every Ten oaYs'
| All the vegetables used are pIousht - or
the United States in cans. one old ser
eeant now homo on sick leave, told Ma
5or Shanks that It was not possipie 10
grow vegetables In the island. OWING 10
| fba extreme heat. causing the seed l"
perish instead OF terminate
The climate is fearfully sickly, and al
,,avs unnleasant. The year Is divided
into three seasons-the wet. the dry ana
the season when all kinds or Wealnei
prevail. .o so,,ore
IL m
fcult so far as erecting structure 'i@ a.
cannot be shaken down is concerned. III
&C. tho custom to secure building against
seie,nic shaking 10 build II with trees Tor
the four-corner supports, ana THESE az
of,or nlanted in the position desired, the
nrosnective builder waiting for them 70
grow before beginning his dwelling II
is said that the earthquake SHOCKS aIt
sometimes so severe as to cause one tO
feel that ones teeth are being shaker
5 out. III,
10 express reluctance TO go TO the Phllp
, ! pines. but it does not require mino
q | reader to see that he Is not happy at th'
q prospect of leaving his wife and babie
! for service in the land of the Negritoes
The voyage from New York to Manila
a will consume seven weeks the trans
a port will coal at Gibraltar and at Aden
Major Sn0IkS was SuOIl III oS~TN.'
- with the government, and a final settle
= ment was refused. After his papers a
ouartermaster for the Second and TIM
- Virginia regiments had been gone ov'
y bv the department the shortage We
:" found. 1t amounted to cents. The tot
g amount Of money handled by him Wa
- upwards OF $4,000. 1t is dlfhcult TO IN
10 agine more accurate bookkeeping
o. more faithful discharge of duty.
80 Major David ID. Price. the muster-o
"a officer viii to-day begin inspecting q
property of the Second Regiment. tn
:, which is worth keeping will be turned
-, some will be sold; the worthless Will
no burned. Major Price has not received
us ders to rejon his battery, which Is ST
OF toned at st. Augustine. General Sc
M Shipp. superintendent Of the Virgin
as Military Institute is doing everything
a his power TO have the War DEPARTING
~ return Major Price there as comma
his ant. Twenty fathers of boys at the ins
3. tute have united In a similar rogue
TN There Is not believed to be much Ike
ice hood Of the request being granted. o
all GERS are too scarce AS an instance
'ir- this fact, 1t may be mentioned that
life post at St. Augustine al which Ma
es- Prices battery is stationed. is in co
ord mand Of a first lieutenant. who Is
ranking officer.