The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-12

NY letlera Huillls inc laGts stated Ill his
letter. I thought that his letter was
Intended IN good faith, although intcn-
perately expressed, and treated II with
deserved, but made no admission Of
his Incorporate. and, US 1 believe uii-
justlfable statements ! stated what
the board OF visitors and believed to be
the true state of affairs.
= When Mr.. Mcclure resigned at tho end
of the session Of 1904, M above stated,
1T became necessary to select and appoint
his successor. and upon tho recommended
ton of General Ship, the superintendent,
Mr.. j. ". Gilmore, Of 1aockbridge county,
was appointed commissary and quarter
master. and proceeded TO the discharge OF
Ills duties. Mr.. Gilmore was d man OF
middle age. In good health, regarded by
tie people Of his community and county
as u sensible and correct man, and hac
been honorcd BY them as d representa-
tive OF their county In the last Constitute
tional Conventions: lie was believed by
those who knew him in tho vicinity. and
by tho superintendent, nnd certainly by
his associates In the convention, to be q
man of high character ana good sense.
and It was believed by the board OF
visitors that he would make as good Il
ApIllIISohIy anu ItSAtti VI 10 w
could get, although he was Inexperienced
ir such work. He was, therefore, elected.
< l stated in my letter Of September 10th
to Dr.. Carrlngton. that the defects in the
food during the session Of 191i-'05 were
doubtless dut to the lneSperlence of Mr..
Gilmore, and that ] doubted whether he
could learn TO do such work well, and
that ne had consequently been put upon
Z pr obation.
The Board Meeting.
The board Of visitors. met In special
session at5thc Virginia Military Institute
oil the 3oth OF September, 1876, to dis
charge It's duties, and. among other
things, 10 consider the complaint Of Or.
Carngton. The members of the board
present at the meeting were: Adjutnnt-
General William Male, Mr.. A. i. E.sYe-
mel, Of Roanoke: Captain John n Tabb,
or Gloucester county; Mr. W.T.. Shields,
Ioc Lexington; Colonel Francis L. sml..',
OF Alexandriu; Captain james l.. Vine,
Of Abingdon; DR.. John n. Upsnur. Of
Richmond; Hon. P. r. Brown, Of Bote-
tourt; Mr.. Thomas w Shelton, OF Nor
folk, and myself, the only absentee be-
ing Or. j. w. Southa'l superintendent OF
public instruction. The board was IN ses-
sion, with short intervals for dinner and
supper from 10 A. NJ. until u o'clock
or the night Of the Both Of September,
took recess during the next day. enn-
day. and on Monday sat from A. NJ.
Until IL M. Dr.. lUpshur, owing to engage.
ments in Richmond OF an imperative ma
tire, left on Sunday, and Captain fTapo'
on Monday morning early; all the other
members Of the board who mad been
present were present on Monday when
re hn ri with respect
to tho complaint of DR.. Darlington was
finally considered, and the action of the
members OF the board present was unan-
i1nous. During the session Of the board,
not only were many cadets examined,
both formally and questioned informally,
WITH respect to the food, but members
OF the board personally examined and In
spected the food in the mess hall ut DIFF
ferent meals, and, not relying upon what
thew merely saw on those occasions. asked
cadets IL tho food which they saw fur-
nfshed was a fair sample OF the meals
ordinarily furnished, and the answer was
IL. the affirmative.
consequently, and based upon their per-
sonal inspection, their information on-a
tanned from the cadets, and from none
others, and obtained officially ana IN
Officially, the. board unanimously adop ,'
the resolution published, by Dr. earring
ton. In which 1t Is stated that. after IN
yestigation. the board was OF opinion
that the complaint made by DR.. Caring
ton was not justified by the facts; that
that board saw no occasion at that time
to alter is action taken at the June meet
ing 1906, except TO say that the 1000
va . neither SO we'll cooked nor served as
II should be. nor SO unsatisfactory as had
been charged. and that It deemed 1t al
yisable to state that there was no just
ground for the statement that cadets
doiinot receive sufficient 1000 for proper
nourishment: that the conditions now
and hereto refute such a Abatement;
and at the same time the board reiterated
It's position taken in June. that the man
n e ement OF the commissary department
was unsatisfactory, and should be rectl-
fed: otherwise the department should
be reorganized.
Unanimous Action.
Thl. was the deliberate and unanimous
action Of the following persons: Adju-
tant-General !, William Male, Captain
James Il. White. Colonel Francis L.
Smith, Hon. p. F. Brown. Mr.. Thomas
w. Shelton, Mr.. w. T.. Shields. Mr.. A..
F. .Ravenel and myself, all members Of
the board of5vIsltors of the Virginia Mill
tary Institute, and most OF us formerly
cadets. The board had no lnducement
or temptation to be biased In It's action
or do anything other than its duty
Against that unanimous action Of the
members of the board present stands the
statement Of DR.. Charles Y, Darlington
to tho contrary. The public. to whom
DR.. Darlington has Appealed, cab form
Its own opinion rs to which conclusion
was justified by the facts,
d 1t Is not my desire or purpose to under
take to say that the conditions as to the
food furnished at the Institute during
the session Of l9o4-'o5 and this fall are
all that they should be; the board OF vlsl-
tors In ther action. have indicated that
they IRE not, and in that action heart
lily conourred, but there was no Just
ground for the hysterical and Incorporate
statement made by Or. Darlington with
respect to this matter. fE
Tho bread cook or baker is a new man,
and was the best man that could he OBJ
taned, The head meat cook was, last
summer and for some years past has
been. the head meat cook at Capon
Springs in the summertime. which place
has the reputation of having been we'll
-