Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-06-20
TO MARK GRAVES OF CGNPEDERATRS
Petition TO the President by Broad
way ROuss Camp FavornbIy Acted
On-PersOnaI, Postal, and Army
Notes.
Notes.


provisions Of the abOye-quoted act, the
department, in advertising for these yes
sells, to be built by contract. will invite
proposals as follows:
Glass /. For the construction Of the hull
and machinery Of each Of said vessels.
| including engines, boilers, and their APP
! purtenances and spare parts, and for
their equipment complete in al respects.
/ except as stated, and for the installation
! Of ordnance and ordnance outfit. in ac-
| cordance with the plans and specifications
! provided 10y the Secretary OF the Navy.
| Class il. For the construction of the
hull and machinery of each OF said Ves-
! sells. including engines, boilers, and their
/ appUrtenances, and spare parts, and Tor
! their equipment complete in all respects
/ except as stated. and for the installation
/ of ordnance and ordnance OUTFIT, in ac-
I cordance with plans and specifications
submitted by the bidder.
GENERAL DIMENSIONS. ETC, OF
THE DEPARTMENTS DESIGN.
Length on load-water line 0rial
uisplacemenD-fcet ...... ........ 292
Extreme breadth at lOad-Water
line, about-feet ............ ........ -
| Trial Experimentation ...........3,lOJ
Mean draft at trial displacement
feet ......... ............. ..-.....'s 10 -
! Greatest draft, fun load-fect ...... 10 %
Total bunker capacity not less
than.tons - -, .. 49,, ~
Feed water carried on tria.-tonS. 10
Speed on trial not less than-krOts IS IL
Two triple-eXpansion. four-cyhn-
der engines, of about--hOrse-
power .........: .:'.''''..' '''...''f'0VV
! Six water-tuDe boilers, OF about
horsepower .''''''''' ',''''''''''''i'iW
/ Full load spacemcnt-tOnS ......5, 100
/ Twin screws.
/ SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL WEIGHTS
DEPARTMENTS DESIGN.
Tons.
Guns. mounts, shields, etc ............. IS
! Ammunition, ordnance stores, ana
outfit ............ ........... .............lIO
| Machinery, complete, not TO eXceed...4t5
/ Engineers stores not 10 exceed =
/ Fresh water for steaIniHg purposes -5 ~
IOtdl cOd4 ...........'''. '''''''''''''''''
/ Boats and outfits ............... ......''. lo
/ MaSts ana spars .......... $3.50 :...'''' ~
/ Electric plant and electric Outlit',..'' %
/ Equipment, including anchors, chalhs'
rgglng, etc. .''''''''',';' ''''',''''''' -
I Miscellaneous stores and Water........ 81
/ Officers, crew, and effects ..-..........-. y
! Provisions. clothing. ana small stores fi
! TO MARK CONFEDERATE GRAVES.
The Charles Broadway Rouss camp
| No. 1901, Confederate Veterans, or TINS
city recently forwarded Il petition 10 the
! President, asking that the Confederate
| soldiers buried in Arlington and other
| cemeteries around Washington, which are
! now scattered be collected and buried
| i'm one plot. an acre i'm extent. The re-
! cords of the QUartermaster Department
! show that there are al Confederate
! graves at Arlington. The transcripts at
| Arlington are incomplete, and the oriei-
| nal records being stored al Phlladeipma
/ are inaccessible. The petition goes on
/ 10 state that these graves are inter-
mingled with those Of United States SOL
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ployees. and negro contraDands, with no
! DISTINGUISHING mark. Many of the mead
! stones are in exposed places, ana Haole
TO mutilation. The petitioners ask that
q suitable plot be set aside, In which the
| Confederate dead at Arlington ana the
other national cemeteries may be gathered
together. and that there be placed appro-
pirate bases and headstones at each grave
bearing a legend of the name, COM
pany. regiment. and State Of the
soldier; also, that there be erected q suit
able monument 10 mark the site.
4 committee of the Rouss Camp, con-
sisitng Of Commander samuel +. Lewis,
Lieutcuant-Comm f.. W. Anderson
Adlutant William Brown, and ". II.
Bayly. John NJ Hickey, and y. {. Nor
man. waited on the President, and pre-
scented the petition with verbal recon-
| mendations Mr.. Mckinley received them
, very cordially, and promised TO nave the
matter looked into, ana nave it remedled
as far as possible. He referred the peu-
ton to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lot
report To-day a letter was received by
Commander Samuel J.. Lewis from Major
Il. T.. True, OF the Quartermaster De-
partment. which substantially states
that the petition to the President In rela-
ton to the Confederate dead at Airing
ton and other cemeteries around WASH
ington had been referred to him. Inc
further suggestion is made that there
may be others who died in captivity
buried around Washington. Major true
then SAYS: II should, before making a
report. be very much Obliged to you II
you would give me the benefit OF your
information on the subject.
1t is understood that some members
OF the camp will accompany MAJOR true
to Arlington at an early oay' ana lhaho
a thorough investigation Of the condition
and number Of the Confederate dead
buried there. The same action Will Do
taken at other places.
No doubt the Quartermaster VIII MAKE
a favorable report and this VIII give tne
President an opportunity TO give practl-
cal illustration Of his declarations re-
garding the Confederate dead made while
he was in Georgia. lie can oruer
The collection OF the ttoN by thS Sst~i
termaster's Department ana their trans
fer. as requested, without any congress
sional action, as the Quartermaster has
the necessary funds 81 his disposal Tor
such work. .
LOCATION OF POST-OFFICE.
The First Assistant Postmaster-Generai
has decided the lengthy battle about the
location Of the post-ohice at Goldsporo
n c. 4 faction of Republicans wanted
the Office removed to a locality that was
objectionable 10 the whites, because 1t had
a had repute, with bar-room close py-
An inspector was sent down, and ne re-
portcd in favor Of the change. ana MI
feath so decided to-day. A victory ior
the Republicans.
WANTS DONOVAN.
Manager Irvine. Of the Washington
baso-Lau team, wants pitcher Donovan
Of the Richmond team, and Is nesou"'lnS
for him.
NAVAL. ORDERS.
, Aseistant-Naval-C onsuuctor w. 6.
croesback is detached from the norfolk
nnvv-vard. June 2J;h, and ordered 10
richmond for duty as assistant 10 The SUI
periutending constructor on the torpedo
boats and destroyers, at the works oil the
W. r. Trigg Company
ACCOMPLISHMENTS X. Rohrar is de-
tachcd from the Washington yard, July
I'D and ordered TO Newport News. Va. In
connection with the fitting out OF the Ken
lucky
PERSONAL.
Ex-sheriff Washington Grigsby, OF King