Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-07
THE REINA MERCEDES
uo,np OF SURVEY ORDERED TO
LOOK HER OVER.
VIRGINIA NAVAL RESERVES OFF,
The Proposed Memorial "r'"S
Across the "REMINISCENCES"
M.tr,moniaI, and Postal Notes Oh
Special Interest.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. June 5'-tspe-
clal.)-Admlral Hichborn. CHIEF OF the
Bureau OF Construction and Repair III
the Navy Department to-day issued an
order for the appointment or poaro
% survey for the ReIna Mercedes, the
ca,tpred spanIsh warship now at Norfolk
This board Is to ascertain the actuai con-
dition of the vessel, and what IL "ouiu
cost TO put her In thorough condiuon'
including rearmament as a secohu-o'ds1
cruiser. The appointment OF the BOARD,
however. is no indication that any 'Hi',
will be done on the Mercedes III the hed.
future. The board will make report
-for ,ho special information of the Secre-
fart of the Navy, who VIII then make
recommendations TO Congress, II, i'll MS
ouinion. the circumstances warrant IT,
Nothing can be done on the spahiSn
ship without the passage OF an ACT vi
Congress authorizing whatever amount
may be necessary to put her IN such CON
dition as may be reported az adVisaDie
by the board Of survey and recommended
by the Secretary Of the Navy
OUR NAVAL RESERVES.
Lieutenant Sutherland, who has charge
partment. stated to-day that the cruiser
Prairie would leave Norfolk to-day with
the Norfolk reserves and run to Gordon
bay. where she would put in and remain
two days. The cruise, he said would
last eight days, ending on the lith IN
slant, and the Lieutenant was sure that
the Norfolk boys would give good ac-
count of themselves.
Though Adiutant-General Corbin was
again at the White House last night
going with the President over dispatches
received from Manila. nothing has trans
pired UP to the present time as to the
cause and result of the, midnight com
ference at the same place, Sunday night.
POTOMAC MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
General Wilson. chief of engineers, mao
n consultation at the War Department To-
day with -Colonels Alien ana
Miller of the engineer department, III re-
gard TO the execution of a provision OF
the s,lndry civil bill for the current year,
relating TO the proposed memorial bridge
across the Potomac. The bill appropriated
81 600 40 enable the chief OF engineers
Of the army TO continue the examination
of the subject, and 10 make or secure
designs calculations, and estimates Tor
q memorial bridge from the most con-
venient point OF the Naval Observatory
grounds. or adjacent thereto, across the
Potomac river to the most convenient
point of the Arlington estate property"
1t IS expected that a plan of operations
will be outlined at once, and that Inc
work of surveying the site OF the pro-
posed bridge will be prosecuted without
delay. in order that the results obtained
may be communicated 10 Congress N De-
cember next.
Personal.
Among the guests registered at the
Metropolitan to-day are Miss Selden, and
Messrs. William w. Rountree and War
ner Moore. of Richmond; George ).
Powell of Asheville, y. c., and II. q.
Rogers, of Leesburg, Va.
Private Herbert Wilmer, of the hos
pital corps, Fort Carwell, n. C., is or
dered TO be discharged from the service.
A marriage license was issued here to-
day to Edward T. Veal and Lillian f.
McCaul, OF Richmond.
POSTAL.
Among the fourth-class postmasters
commissioned to-day are the following:
Charles NJ ROsenberger, Rosenberger.
Va; William c. Roberts, Alfa n. C.;
Henry L. Solomon, TIA. y. c.; James c.
Winstead. Winstead, n. c.
Emily w. Pagan has been commissioned
postmaster at Plymouth, y. ca presi-
dental office.
Then anne Of the Office Mineral" Ap-
pomattOX county, Va, has been changed
to Beckham.