The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-24
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS SOCIAL
FAVORITES FROM WASHINGTON
Demand for Army Engineers So
Great That New Assign
lnents Have Been Made.
YOUNG LEE WILL RETURN

WASHINGTON, d. C.. Ju,y 22.-Much
interest is felt here in the order Just
issued by the War De par.raen-, send
ing away from the Whi-r House andl
from Washington q DOZEN or more
young men, who are social pets at the
capital In the list arc ihs PERSONAL
aides OF the President, Including Cap 4
tain Fitzhugh Lee, son of General hitz-
hugh Lee. who is sent to ForE Sneri-
dan; Captain Frank b. Mccoy, who
goes to the Yosemite. aud Lieutenant
Ulysses S. Grant, 50, who goes up to-
Boston. The others Just pr,cd loose
hom berths at tile capital incluiet
Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur, i4.eu-
tenant William II. Rose, Lieutenant
Robert p. Howell, Jrr;, and Lieutenant
Joseph II. Earle. 81 .ss
l-ieutenants Grant and Macarthur
and Captain Lee are all sos OF dis
Itinguished fathers" The ass sninent
OF all the officers mentioned, except
Mccoy and Lee, has been in, connac-
ton with the. en- ineer school which
lis maintained al the Washington Bar.
racks.
When inquiries are made in official
quarters as TO the reason for scattering
all of these fine young men ut this
particular time. it is officially explained
that they have, finished their course
| o. LOT WHICH ht1tSt#s WIZ
ordered 70 the engineer school. end
are now to be assigned to commands
where there is work for tham to DO.
| Most Of the young men have been
! mere ever since they came from West
| Point, and, while they no doubt have
| studied and perfected themselves In
| their profession they have been most
| in evidence in society
Demand for Engineer.
Recently there has been a clamor
1 for engineer officers of the army. En-
4 gineers are needed for work on the
\ waterways, and mem ers of Congress
1 have asked for their assignment SC
| that the work authorized by the Rivers
4 and Harbors act can be put forward
rapidly.
i The plain ground upon which some
! of these requests have been denied
sIhas been that we have so much work
4 both in this country and Cuba thai
4 there is a scarcity of available men il
! the Army Engineering Corps. In Cube
i scores OF bright young men from the
1 army are being used by Governor Ma
4 COON in carrying forward the $4,000
4 600 system of internal Improvement tt
4 planned under the Palma administra.
alEtion.
1 An effort was made to obtain capable
4 young engineers from private life, bu
4 this did not prove successful. Tht
y tEngineer Corps of the army was thel
I utilized and now the entire work ii
4 Cuba is being conducted under It's di
rection.
When the plea of shortage of mel
reached some congressman they point
III ed to the fact that there were from
J, ten to dozen young engineer officer
a in Washington who had done pract
Ically nothing since the close of tn
J social season. The order sending thes
" men from the capital has followed.
!, Lee Presidents Fayortte.
| lit is said that Captains Lee an,
$ MCCOY had definite assurances from
the President that they would be re
Il turned for the next social season. TIL
!. President Is especially fond of Lee
who possesses many OF the ovabl
ii qualities of his distingn' shed father
II Captain Lee is one OF the best rider
: lin the army, has taught Presden
!, Roosevelt many new tricks in handlin
! E.'jumpers" and taught horsemanshi
!, to the younger sons Of the President
:, 1t is doubtful whether Lieutenan
!, Grant appealed so strongly to III
!, President. Grant Is quiet, stuliou'
= self-contained sort of chap. ana wi
! probably not return to Washlngto
for another social season
Lieutenant Macarthur is to so I
Milwaukee to be close to his distin
!, gulshed father General Macarthur
!, The general is supposed to be writin
= an extensive report of his observation
! of tho war between Russia and Japal
q as he was sent into the field for tina
!, purpose by the United States govern
= ment. 1t is also limited that tn
! general Is preparing a nanuscript IL
! publishers which will turn out to \
a biography of himself, and he want
= his son to assist him in some researc
!. in regard to historic events in wli!c
= tile general participated,
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