The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-22
CADETS WRITE
ABOUT THE /! FOOD { |.
Member Of This Years First
Glass Sends Letters to
DR.. Darlington.
THANK HIM FOR HIS STAND
The Richmond Physician Quotes
These Letters in Reply to Mr..
Alexander Hamilton.
Editor OF Tho Times Dlspatch:

Editor OF Tho Times Dlspatch:
sir,-1n Mr.. Hanlton's letter OF the
nth appearing In your paper of the 2lst
instant, he again seeks to cyade the real
Issue by dcvoting two.thirds Of his space
70 personalities. The public is not In
tcrested In these personal matters. but
every patron and well wisher OF the Viz
Kinia Military Institute Is deeply In
tcrcated IN having tho true food condi-
lions ut tho Institute known, and. IL I'M
satisfactory PROMPTLY CORRECTED.
/ will, therefore,, dismiss the personal elc-
mcnt from tho further discussion after
one single statement.
Mr. Hamilton says, II HAVE NEVER
HAD A NEPHEW OR ANY OTHER
k1ESMAN AT THE INSTITUTE AS A
STATE CADET"
charge Of nepotism. Mr.. Hamilton has
here boon guilty OF special pleading un-
worthy Of hiH high position Mt the bar.
at Is true that the young man who re-
relved the appointment as Stale cadet was
not Mr.. Eamlton's nephew by BLOOD.
but he was Mr.. Hamilton's NEPHEW by
4 MARR1AGE--being the son OF his
brother-in-law. I did not know, until
read Mr.. Hamilton's last letter, that he
had a blood nephew at the Institute. ]
referred to this nephew-in-law when I
spoke OF his nephew having received the
appointment.
Mr.. Hamf1tons letter, an unfortunate
but very reasonable error has crept In.
Cadet Ellcttin his affidavit says. II then
found Cadet Snead and told hin, that DR..
Darlington was here, having been sent by
the board Of visitors to inspect the mess
hall. and wanted to see him. then came
= back to the doctor and introduced the
two. My reason for telling Cadet snead
that Doctor Darlington had been sent by
the board was that I knew that the board
had discussed the matter OF tho mess hall
last June and that 1t was their Intention
to do the aarie in September and when
: nc told me that he wanted to make a
report to the board at the meeting. l,
therefore, Inferred that he was sent here
by the board"
This Is full explanation Of how Cadet
CAPTAIN Snead got his erroneous impress
sion that represented the board,
Later. at the dinner. said that was
on my return TO Richmond, going to
bring the matter OF the very bad food TO
DR.. Upshurs attention. that did not
believe he had any idea that such wretch
cd food was sef'ed the cadets. Evident
~ Cadet Elliott assumed. by mistake
easy to understand, that my visit was
official or semi-of1clnl although. MS a
matter Of fact, had no idea&o OF giving
him any auch impression.
8 The real Issue is single and very sim
d pie. The patrons lofs.the Institute q nd
the general public desire to know how
long the cadets must wait for the cor
rection Of tho admittedly very unsatis-
fnctOryo food conditions az IL Fl45 ~
The resolution adopted by the board on
September 3o 1856, declares that "the
board gees no occasion TO al present al
ter its action taken at the June, 1906,
meeting, except to state the food is
neither so we'll cooked nor served as It
should be, nor so unsatisfactory as has
been charged"
According TO Mr. Hamlton's personal
letter to me Of September 10Th, the board
had at its June, 1906, meeting, given the
commissary until February i. 1906. to inn
prove the food conditions. under penalty
of refusing to re-elect him.
Under the resolution Of September Goth,
therefore, the commissary Is still given
until February l.. 1906, to improve the
conditions.
In his last letter Mr.. Hamilton says.
" IT know that the board has taken proper
steps to have defective conditions reme-
died and know that the board will con-
tinuc to have such conditions improved,
rs far as It can, until they are satisfac-
tory
II any steps. other thanfthe resolutions
referred to, have been taken by the
beard to remedy the defective conditions
the public Is entitled to know It,, and
would have been SO informed long since.
{, II is just because We have reason to
think that no such steps have been taken
and because we believe that such steps
should he taken that ] keep hammering
away ut It.
a In order to show conclusivcly howvery
defective these conditions have been and
continue to be. despite the proper steps,