The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-17
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yAsHINGT D. G., Feb. 6.-Ttoi he
slappiest man in ashlngton today, by
ali odds, is Lieutenant Kenneth Meal cal:
pine, OF Portsmouth, 4 q naval oftlcari
car l3e said with accuracy to \. hail from ON
any particular spot on. land and there
lis nothing grisled in saying that the Efvl hap
5piest woman in Virginia, { not In the:
United States, is a little woman In tn the!
Virginia city to whom here went 81 g
Emessage vest fternoo = hat her her
husband was about To- be restored to his
old rank in5s tho navy. a sho' short lettor5
from the secretarYot the Navy did 1t all
But 1T took lots Of work to x get tlat ~
8lctter.g Il 81 3af3i4.5 S5S
Was. Dismissed
THE story Is long but II may bo 17Il told.
briefly. About a year ago 43l1leute~naIl ~
@NIcAlpinc was ordered to present hlmsels
Il to an 2 examining board Tor examination
for promotion to the rank OF lieutenant
commander. The board rccomn1ehaed 9 ~ ~
his promotion, but later took such ctio1lt
that he was dismissed from the service. .c
5Ite was charged that he was a ddicted 70
Z tho excessive use of 5intoXicantsg There
was intense surprls08when the action OF
tho board became known, but IS recon-
mendations were approved, and Lieuten-t
mt 3 8NlcAlpinc was dismissed tho SER
vice. .H Every effort was made to have
him reinstated, The department refused seq
4 10 reopen the case though al his brother;
3otticers familiar With the circumstances
felt certain lie had been unjustly dea!t le'llt
with. ISL tl III sl 81 sa a ~ rs
FINALLY Lieutenant N1oAlpn mo and his
K wi rs came to Washington u Senator Mars
lin was appealed to. and 4 at q first llo
thought there was little ground for inter-
ference on his part. But at last lle came
TO 500 that there was more In the case
than appeared and eventually lo be-
came convinced that q great njustice
had beon doneithe Virginia officer. sfter.
thccomIng thoroughly acquainted wlthtnll
tho facts lie undertook to have tho case
reopened, aud finally succeede In having
Secretary Morton! cxamne all the papers,
Injustice Done.
The result Of Senator Martins efforts
was that yesterday Secretary NJ orton wrote
a, strong letter to the fchhlrman3of the
Naval Committee Of tho Senate, IN which
,he asserted his belief that n grave In
ijustico had been hdne Lieutenant Mo-
Alpine and that IL should ba lectlred.
This can be dona. by n blll relnstatlng him
In his old position in the service, He
viii Le at the head Of tho list Of leu
tenants. and will at once be promoted
to tho rank of feutcnant-c t-comMander q
session OF the Naval Committee VIII he
held IN IA few days. Senator Nlartll seld
yesterday, and thebill for rthereinstatement
OF Lieutenant NtcAlpine will be reported.
II think there will DO no opposltion TO lts
passage,n said the senator, 1T VIII prob
ably got through the House at this se's-
sion,''s d,
few minutes after Senator Martin.
learned df the letter received from Score
tury Morton. ho encountered Lieutenant
AIcAlplne, Tho Joy manifested by the
officer, whose reputation has been under
cloud so long, was Intense, but he did
not remain long to manifest It to Senator
Martin. He rushed to The telegraph ONCE
in the House corridor to flash the glad
news to his wife, who has spent much
time with him here while efforts have
been making for his relief, hut who went
nome Tuesday, probably hopeless q see
Ing anything Accomplished. M
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