The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-25
This the Purpose Of the Sew "
enty-first Virginia Infantry.
SITE FOR THE STATE; CAMP I
The Officers of the Regiment Recon-
mend Basic City--The Selection Of
Place and Date Rests With
the War Department.
fsnrclnl 10 INC Tlmcs. Dlsputeh.)

NEWPORT NEWS, VA, February "a
me seyenty-nl'st Virginia Infantry VIII
sond n team Of marksmcn to Sea Glrt'
N. j., next fall to compete FOR inc tp's
prizes that are offered there nnnuaily 70
Tie teams Of thp National Guard orBai'i-
cations Of tho country. MS VIII 10 o''e
first team that has ever gone from VII
cinia TO shoot for prizes In competition
With teams from, other States. The hras-
Jorgensen rifles will soon be dellVereu
to the Virginia Infantry, and then practlce
with the guns will begin In earnest. me
three best shots In each company OF tne
cevcnty-first will DO Sent to ocean VIC"
for a three days camp. These thirty-slN
men will shoot constantly, ana the t"elst
mon making the best record VIII te seiil
to Sea Girt to represent tho seventy -lis..
This regiment Is made up OF nurnpcr
of crncls shots and tho officers are con-
fdent that a crack team can be made up
to represent the State.
At the officers conference IN Norioik
Washington's birthdayt was apparent
that a majority of the officers favor Ia
sic City as Il site for the state camp
Which will be held this summer ana II IS
probable that the regiment VIII recon-
mend the ScloCllOll pi'ps
Adiutant- G cneral The War Department
wi set the time and place. a
The new battleshp Maine came up TO
Newport News from Old FONT ana Muli-
chured off tho city. Probably to- morrow
ehe will 70 In dry dock at the shlpyard
to have her bottom painted. IL IS ullaer
stood that the monitor Puritan VIII Also
have her bottom painted IN the COCK.
To-morrow number Of Warwick coun-
will to the court
hcuse to urge upon the supervisors 10
endorse the movement on FOOT 10 issue
$4,000 bonds for the Improvement OF inc
roads and bridges OF the county, "hlch
arc now in bad shape.
PLAINTIFF WINS. b
After being out only half an hour
this afternoon the jury in the Corpora
ton Court brought in verdict FOR inc n,
naintiff in the case Of City Sergeant ".
" Milstead against the American Bond
INK. and Trust Company, of Baltimore
giving Judgment for the amount sued for,
81 yyv.5G, with interest. A motion TO SET
aside the verdict was made and Will pc
argued later Sergeant NIilstead sued TO
recover from the company on account OF
alleged shortages in the accounts OF y.
y. lHerndon former deputy sergeant. VINO
VAS bonded In the company. About q
year ago Herndon suddenly disappeared
from the city and his accounts had to
he Strengthened out by Mr. Milstead.
The company's defense was the claim
that Mr. Milstead allowed Herndon TO
continue to act as his deputy and handle
his business after he learned that ne was 5
a defaulter. Messrs. r. G. Bickford ana az. |,
r. NJ. Lett represented the pialhtiii, ulu
the company was represented by Messrs.
Ttomas Nv. Sheldon. Of Norfolk, AID a.
G. Peachy, of this city. Herndon mas
never been here since he Disappeared,
and 1t is believed that he is now living
in Washington.
The British steamship Garlands, Cap
tain Doherty, which has been at the snip
yard for repairs to her bottom, sallcd 70
day for Wilmington, N. c., to load
cargo.
Samuel Cherry, n clerk In local news
slnnd. was fined $40 and costs for selling
rinorcttes TO minors. a we'll known bus.
lness man caught his siXteen-ycar-oic
sln smoking, and learning where the boy
bought tho cigarettes. swore out war
rant. ,,r
DR.. ]. r. Bagby. the health olllcer Q
tho city, and DR.. j. X. Corse are indig
nnnt over the story in connection with
nmal,nox natient Of this city. which ap
nenred In q Norfolk paper yesterday al
ternnon. Both doctors have put the mat
10y IN the hands OF attorneys. ana " y
nosslble that both will enter libel suits.
! The story rccites that young MAJ
! Who had smallpox here was released at
tn,ea week, before he had recovered. ant
was allowed to go to Virginia Beach
pn ssing through Norfolk and spending tn
| night there. The story intimatcs tina
/ the health officer and the doctor Wer
grossly negligent and had caused the cit!
Of Norfolk to be exposed to tho drea'
/ disease by their lack of care.
Tho doctors say that the young MAJ
/ vas kept at the pcst-house for two week
/ after he broke out with smallpox, AM
that every precaution known to medica
A science had been taken In his case Tn
patient they say, was entirely cure
when he was allowed to leave the pest
house.