The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-21
John Hopkins Wants Graduate Nurses
in Army.
DESIRES FREE VACCINE MATTER.
DR.. William Donnclly Heartily in
Favor. OF Major otey's Dental Bill.
Engineers Considering Plans
for tho Potomac Memoir
ial Bridge Judge
IIwart's Case.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.-Special.-The
board, consisting of engineer officers and
architects, appointed by the Secretary OF
War to consider plans submitted for the
construction of 4 bridge over the Poto-
mac river to the Virginia shore as a me-
mortal to American patriotism, held
meeting Yesterday The members of the
board were all present.
The work of the board will probably
extend through several days, as the
plans with their accompanying descrip-
tions are very voluminous.
The competition for the awards Of
fered by the War Department IS expected
to be very close, in view of which the
board will give each plan careful con-
sderation. The final action of the board
will not be made public until after their
findings have been made known to Sec
retary Root.
The four engineers who have submitted
plans and designs for I. memorial bridge
are Messrs George S. Morrison, Leffert
L. Buck, William II. Burr, and William
H Hutton, all of New York city These
gentlemen are considered very able
bridge engineers, and submitted designs
at the request of the Secretary of War
Under an arrangement the Bridge Board
will. after careful consideration. place
the designs in their order OF merit, and
will advise the department which plan,
in the Judgment of the board, should be
adopted.
DENTISTS FOR THE ARMY.
DR.. William Donnally, one of the most
i-tr. iya q
for the. DentaIz- association in regard to
Representative Ctey's (of Virsinia) bill
to provide dental surgeons in the army,
said:
..We hope the bill will be presented to
the House with its present provisions
and without material modification, no"
the bill has the endorsement of the sur
geon-General of the army and is drawn
in modest terms intended to meet the
needs of soldiers. That soldiers require
the services OF dentists is forcibly shown
bv many reports we have received from
veterans Of the civil war and from those
who have served in the war with the
Filipinos From the standpoint of econo-
nv it's necessity cannot be questioned
as the records show that many soldiers
of the civil war who suffered IRON poor
teeth were incapacitated for service, and
in subsequent years were able to secure
pensions on the claims that they had
suffered from scurvE
SENATOR DANIELS BILLS.
Senator Daniel to-day presented the
following memorials and petitions: From
The Johns Hopkins Hospital at Ba!ti-
more in favor of the employment OF
graduate nurses for the army; from the
Trustees of the Virginia ,penitentiary
against the House bin relating to con-
vlct-made goods; from the Business Mems
Association of Hampton, Va, in favor OF
the bill to create a Department OF Com
merce; and a memorial from the super
visors of Rockbridge county, Virginia, in
favor Of the Continued free distribution
of cattle vaccine matter.
JUDGE EWART.
The Senate Committee on Judiciary has
received and considered the report of the
subcommittee upon the nomination of
Judge FlE,art. of North Carolina. AT the
request Of Senator Pri.chard, who said
he wanted to present more evidence, the
case was again referred to the sub-conl-
mlttee.
Paul E. Chamberlain and Presley NJ.
RlXey OF Virginia. have been appointed
second lieutenants in the Marine Corps.
c. L. Wclch has been appointed by the
President to be postmaster at Phoabus.
Virginia.
L ne lOllOWlnS IOuElll-cldSS virginia
postmasters have been appointed: George
L. Hesson, Riverville; Benjamin r. Mac
son. E,arlysville, and J. NJ. Stinespring,
h1aH;and.
The name of the posiottice at AIarlville.
Bladen county. n. c., has been changed.
to East Arcadia.
GOVERNMENT. APPOINTMENTS.
Frank Hurst. of Roanoke. Va. has
been appointed q stereotyper in the gov.
ernment printing office.
William D. Sherrads, of Fort Myer,
Virginia, has been appointed a bl!ys.-5
smith at the Phoenix Indian School, Ari-
zona.
Inc Comptroller OF the Currency has ap-
proved the application OF the l,ouaoun
County National Bank, of Leesburg. va.
designating the Fourth-Street National
Bank of Philadelphia as a reserve agent
for that institution.