The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-12
STRONG REPLY TO
DR. DARLINGTON
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the food furnished cadets during the
session OF 1904 was not satisfactory;
for that year the cadets and the au-
thorities thought that 1t was satlsfac-f
tory. Our commissary that year was
Mr.. Mcclure, who was experienced and
very efficient: but, ct the end OF; the
session. he resigned and moved to n
Southern State, In order 10 engage in
business, and It became necessary to
find his successor.
Their Strenuous Life.
DR.. Darlington, In asserting that these
cadets were half-starved,'' was evil
IDENTIFY ignorant Of the active and siren
uous III led by cadets during the spring
months, and especially during and Just
before the finals. During the finals ca
diets give many military exhibitions, tho
weather is. warm. the usual festivities
occur at night. and late hours prevail;
consequently. of course, just after the
termination Of the session. the late hours.
the festivity. etc. show their effects
Instead Of being half-starved. they vera
just as are the cadets al West Point and
Annapolis at that scason--wlthout sur
plus flesh. but In splendid physical con-
dition. Probably no set of young men
in the world are In better. The Doctor
was either mistaken S5 in his diagnosis
1904, or in error In his statement Of
fact. or was asked to examine cadets
of an unusually inferior physique. {.s
Again. DR.. Darlington. in his letter
OF September 10Th saws: IF I may be
pnrdoned for n suggestion, the bulk OF
the trouble really lies In the cooking.
a good bread cook would help the cause
wonderfully. though no good cooking
could possibly have helped that beef"
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by DR.. Darlington as q remarkable dis
covery made by him; whereas the board,
in June last had fully known, consid-
cred and acted upon the fact that the
cooking and service or the food and
the beef were not all that they should
have been during the session of 19O4-'5
DR. Carr!ngton's suggestion that "a good
bread cook would help the cause Won
derfully" Is another cnlanatlon Of gem
ius. The bread cook was changed at or
about the time that the Doctor took his
famous dinner at the institute, and I
presume from his letter that he was in
Ignorance OF that fact.
4 Dr. Darlington, in this letter, res
fcrs TO DR., Upshur, and the im-i
preston is left by his letter that
DR.. Upshur agrees with him in his
statements contained In that letter.
do not know what took place between him
and DR.. Upshur, DR.. Upshur can speak
for himself, but DR.. Darlington did not
a very wonderful proposition
when he stated that he knew that DR..
Upshur was heartily In accord with the
that good bread and butter
and good meats. all properly cooked
should DO served to the cadets at the
Virginia Military Institute; that Is a,
which all persons approve,
and we have endeayored to have that
done.
Mr.. Harnilton's Letter.
When received on September goth the
letter Of DR., Darlington, dated septcm-
Der 10th, thought that the Doctors in
tention was to call the attention Of tho
board to the conditions, as 10 the cllarac-
tert.preparptlo aud service Of tho food
furnished to cadets. with the purpose Of
aiding the board In correcting defects;
on September Goth, wrote
him the letter which no has published.
In which l thanked him for writing me
and stated that tho board Wished every
aid we could get In lettering conditions
at the institute In every way; that tho
subject was not now to. the board; that
the fod varied from time to time and that
tho board and the superintendent had en-
deavored to make 1t all that It should be-;
that the food for the twelve months prior
to- the9dato OF my letter had not hoen rs
good as usual, although It had cost the
Institute much more money! that this was
due to a change In tho person occupying
the position OF commIssary who was In
experienced, but u good man; that tho
matter had been thoroughly looked into
by a committee OF the board In June; that
the commssary, or quartermaster Che boz
Ing the same person., had been rerelected
only until the last Of February next. with
the understanding that unless there was
an Improvement In the conditions under
hls charge he would not be longer
retained; that the board would again
meet in Lexington on the. goth OF septen-
her, and that this subject or the food.
among other matters, would be consider
ed;that the board Of visitors and the
were thoroughly alive to
the question, and proposed 70 do every
thing possible to have porper food,
properly cooked and served for the cadets
Denies Statement,
Dr. Darlington. iii his so-called explains
tion, published. says that i, In acknoW-