Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-15
he MILITARY ENcAMPMENT.

NEWPORT NEWS VA, January IA
nc,ec;ai.o--J. r. Allen. the book agent who
sss killed In Norfolk, spent two weeks
!, thEs city. and left owing ]. ~. Wiley
.vo-wcels' board bill. His order book.
ss,lch he left behind. showed a large mum.
~ OF orders for different publications.
NE southern news agency does not exist.
(. Is stated.
n is autho~ita lively learned that John
r. Tiltoa. OF Norfolk. has withdrawn
t-,~a the fight for the Virginia commits
s,arership to the ST. Louis Exposition.
.,3 there Is no doubt of the appointment
ofJ. l. Patton. of this city. president
NJ me Chamber of Commerce. to repre-
.trt Tidewater Virginia. 1t is believed
.bat Mr.. Patton's appointment was as.
sn-ea before Tflton's Withdrawal. The
governor Is expected TO make the ap-
rofltrnent tomorrow.
J. n Camden. charged with feloniorsly
ssssultinc ". r. Davis and out of jail
On bail. has departed for parts unknown
and his bondsmen. as well as the police,
are trying 20 locate him.
General Fgtzhngb Lee will be unable to
gel here Friday. and the tercentennial
nass-tn meeting at the Academy of Music
has been postponed Until January 18th
when Governor Montague and President
stevens, OF the Chesapeake and Ohio. will
also be speakers.
ty Policeman MessicI because he resisted
arrest he Is wanted IN Richmond. where
he is known as Frank freeman n. and also
In Baltimore and North Carolina.
MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
The Huntington Rifles and the Newport
news Light Infantry. of this city. to-
rether with the Peninsula Guards, of
Hampton, will go to Norfolk February
Ed Washington's birthday anniversary, to
participate in the general assembly OF the
seven;y-f'rst Regiment Of Virginia Infan-
trv and 10 march with the Norfolk COM
paHies and others in the regiment in the
parade which is now being arranged for
that holiday On this day there will also
be general conference of the officers of
the regiment. and It Is understood that a
number of important matters will be con-
y6ered. Among them VIII be a discus
ZION on the summer camp project. which
le interesting all of the men In the regi-
u1ent. The Seventy-first has sbout. decid-
cd TO hold a summer camp In the n1oun-
!ains OF Virginia one week-probably in
1uiy-and il will be a military. institu-
ton in every respect. According to COM
mon report the officers favor Basic. City.
at the junction OF the Norfolk and West
ern and Chesa peake and Ohio. railroads,
where the two military companies of this
city camped out last summer. Basic City
is an ideal place for a military outing.
because il is away from the seaside and
summer resorts. because supplies are rea-
so..able and can be obtained In quantities
and because the two principal railroads
81 the State and their connections lead
directly to the site. making it possible
teas
hear the camp to reach II conveniently.
According 20 the State authorities, the
Newport News companies are the only
,nas in Virginia which have made. then
hummer outings practical military en-
canpnents. When the Inspector-Generai
came here to look the two companies
over and incidentally to discuss the State
camp project, he obtained from the Of
ticers the NEST valuable Information that
was givens.as!:aa regarding the cost of a
camp etc II the militia of the State
is ordered TO have an encampn1ent, of
course the Seventy-first will take It's out
ing with The Seventeen Regiment, and the
other branches of the States force.
A BANQUET NEXT MONDAY
Bethel Chapter. Daughters Of the Con-
,ederacy. one of the largest and most ac-
tive chapters in the State. has issued
NEltdL4OHS 10 the members Oh WdSTuOeT
CaNp. Confederate Veterans to q ban
euet next Monday night. Lees birth
day. The Sons of Veterans Will also at
tend. There will be informal speeches.
and in a general wa. the plans for the
Grand Camp reunion. TO be held in this
city next October. will be discussed. The
Veterans. Sons. and Daughters Of this
city, Hampton. Phoebus. and the neigh
boring counties Will work together to
make this event a success.
The work OF testing the .,itu.ninous mac
adam paving laid on Lafayette avenue
and Twenty-third street began this after
aocn. The square between Twenty-fourth
ina Twenty-fifth streets was flooded with
Eater and il drained off satisfactorily.
President D. S. Jones. of the Council;
Councilman e, l., Ford, and City Attor-
hey J. a Massie Will go to Richmond to-
morrow morning for the purpose Of con-
ferring with similar committees from the
Councils OF other cities. and also with
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