The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-21

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were three gentlemen present at the time
OF this conversation, and TO one OF them
he made exactly the same statement.
{Caps nineO pr. Darlington Is clearly
IN error on this point as appears from
letter of his to the superintendent,
dated August %, 1901, which is as fol.
lows:
.Richmond, Va Aug. Is. 1904.
General Scott shipp Lexington. Va:
s sa is course " sns 3, thy fsnsa
and provided the rolo ys /, suggested arrange
i.on Nove1nber IS. 1903, viii BIO ablo to pay
$3.50 Of the fees, the other part can pay on
payment Of so 10 10 At evdeneed BY note note
dated August ais. and payable November 18th,
III hate to ask this extension. but It Is neces-
sary to 40 50. and u y more important for the
tSp ss session than Tor me 10 no. ask "a ths e.en
sion and keep hin, out until November x 18th.
ressa Fs s q ny fsss,s II tho
our: =: S ss *, .'I Y c;AnR1seEos..
September 9th he went to Lexington;
that ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th.
he called on General Ship; that "AETF1R
LEAVING HIS OFFICE ::r--:,1NT4 OVER
no BARRACKS, AND BEING INVITED
by SOME FIRST CLAsSMITN TO TAKE
DINNER WITH THEM, ACCEPTED.
and the dinner which Mr.. Hamilton char
acterizes as memorable dinner that
Or. Darlington took at the Institute prior
to September 10Th. followed" Again. DR..
Darlington says In his last contmunica-
ton, near Its close: ~ went to Lexington
on Saturday. September 9th. to bring
my family homo on Tuesday, and did so.
NO THOUGHT OF COMPLAINT HAD
OCCURRED TO ME UNTIL T SAW
THE CADETS DINNER ON SEPTTM-
BIER 18th, although / Ind previously
had reason to believe that the cadets
did not receive proper food" (Caps nline.)
AS was Informed that the cadet.cap-
tain In charge OF the corps OF cadets at
the time OF the dinner. mentioned under
stood that Dr.. Darlington was there rep.
resenting the board Of visitors to inspect
the mess hall and It's food, requested
the efridavits Of the cadets on the point,
and they are as follows:
~ Cadet Snead, am first captain In the
corps e Of cadets +, and ns such am IN charge Of
mess hall when Or. Darlington took dinner
'"S, %y duties, Is mist captain In charge Of the
mess hall ere to enforce tho following rcgu-
lations with respect to visitors to tho mess
4 Strangers. or others than cadets, will not
DO permitted TO take meals in the mess hall
VIZ s IL o ss
Z on tho day that 81. cardneto took dinner
a. mess Cadet s1 Sst At dinner se,
he met me. and, when hve q. Fix feet away
Inspect the food Al the mess hall. He then
dinner Is make a report to the Board Of Vislto's
when they met on September alth. Thinking
| r. I'd a isit
% inspect tho food, I told Dr. Darlington that
would n snd to haze him come down 70 The
I with mo at the statr table, thinking that he
Wills 4 aneer Il tod Us that sA Dr.. Upshur.
q member Of the board; Ind requested hin,
was under the impression that he was sent
here by the Board 70 Inspect the food. and.
allowed him to make an inspection Of tho food
ana how III i m "a, served. ~ = sNrAn.
TN. aboye statement. signed BY Cadet j. q.
as a' esk rSs ea sstots me- III. sa
|S a'S s.; :s E; Hz fs5;is.
q. Cadet Elicit, met Dr. Darlington in the
arch. He told me that he would like to go 4
Of tho food whereupon told him z was
very glad Of It.. but no would have to see
only. ono that could give him permission to
enter, the mess hall; I then found Cadet
Vas here having been sent By tho soara OF 81
Visitors to INSPECT the mess hail, and wanted
ID see him then came be back to the doctor
and Introduced the two. My reason for tell
Ing Cadet snead that DR. Darlington had
been sent by the board was that I knew
the mess hail last June. and that ii was Is
their Intention to to do the same in septen-
q make report to the board at the meeting,
therefore inferred that he was sent here
(signed> .,.TAzEwELL Elicit, Jr.'.
The above statement. signed by Cadet y
dHs axSiE this
tslsnsd5 ts', ii. ?; HYATT:
Ny term expires July 90. 1909.
Cadet ID. z, 1 %, sI1t. present at the
He (the doc,or) told Elicit that he wanted
4. inspect the conditions in mess hail with
OF Visitors. - - - - #
lsigned) tSa3..W. T. DAvANr"
sssEs ssssPS9 ssss ssass q.
exn 1HS In Rsoedkbrisdge COUNTY w. this
tslsned, HE HYATT;
Ny term tern eS ! PSI July " 20 lses. ~.
\ corps Of cadets sitting at starr 5 table on
Ha ., that pr |, Garr!nston ate
yersatlon ensued,. which led mo to infer he
was to Inspect food served to cadets and
s lty didn't know. However. in the course
OF the conversation understood that he
was asked by DR.. Upshur, q member OF the y
B b. q yis.orz az personal favor 70
. n, uPshur. ne ips. Carringtonl being con.
an ~, manner OF 'ssservng Same TO cadets.
The above statement, signed by Cadet II.
IA r. sutherland, was duly sworn to before me
y at Lexington, In Rockbridge county WI.
this the 18th day OF October, 1905 +
& (Slgned) II, 4 r. HYATT.
Notary Public.
know that Or. Darlington had not
been requested or authorized by the
board Of visitors to make the inspection
mentioned. Whether lie was asked to
do SO by DR., upshur, do not know.
The reasons given by Dr. Darlington, in
his communication. for taking this dinner,
viz, THE INVITATION OF SOME
FIRST CLAssMDN. AND THAT NO
THOUGHT OF COMPLAINT HAD oC-
CURED TO HIM UNTIL HE SAW
n,LJE TAnI,y>c, ToINNIzp