The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28
HANDSOME GIFT
TO CAPTAIN MYERS
Members of Howitzers Command
Show Appreciation Of One
Mans Work.
GOVERNOR SWANSON SPEAKS
Comments Historic Battalion
and Urges Longer Enlistment
i'll Virginia Militia.

Celebrating the completion or TIL
new addition to the armory. member
OF the Howitzers' battalion and thei
friends filled the drillroom last night
taking part in an Informal smoker ant
listening to speeches made by thos,
now serving with the organization ant
veterans who followed the flag iron
Bethel to Appomattox The exercise:
were closed with the inspection by thu
assemblage of the annex, which Is
said to be the best and most com.
plete In the South.
Realizing that 1t was mainly through
the efforts of Captain William M. My.
ers that the annex was erected, the
battery through Captain T. NJ. Worth
am presented HIM with a silver SER
vice 1t had been kept from him until
the time of the presentation. and Cap
tain Myers was taken entirely by sur
prise. The pieces were inscribed:
"Presented to Captain William M.
Myers. commanding the Richmond
Howitzers. by the officers and enlisted
their esteem and appreciation as their
commanding officer, January 81. 1910,
upon the completion of the new addi-
ton to our armory. TO him who orig
mated and whose untiring energy car
ried to completion this important adj
junct to our home"
Connect Two Buildings.
Calling the meeting to order. Cap
tain Myers spoke of the difficulties
in completing the addi-
ton. He called attention to the fact
that the drill room was now too small
to accommodate the present battery.
with a minimum of 1913 men, and said
that the next move would be to con-
meet the two buildings so as to make
a drill room adequate TO the needs of
tho growing organization.
Through Colonel Charles e. Wingo.
a wartime member of the battesy, an
old sponge bucket picked up on the
field near Appropriations. where tho bat
terry during tho war cut down It's guns
and buried them. was presented to the
battery. Charles PoindcNter, who also
fought through the war with the How
tiers. gave a history of the relic and
mentioned some of the
most noteworthy achievements OF the
battery during the wai'.
Governor Claude A, Swanson also
had something to say about the old
bucket He hoped that members of the
who were present would
note that a bucket was no good with
ont . barrel and that IT would be
their pleasure to give the barrel in the
shape of good appropriation
Always Ready I" Go.
Governor Swanson spoke OF the read
mess of the Howitzers to go into the
field on short notice. citing as an ex-
annie the famous trip to Jamestown.
when, with the exception of shot and
she'll. they experienced all the hard
ships of war
Business men, he said, should en-
their employees to go into the
because it stands as the
strongest barrier between their inter
,sts and the ravages of riot and dis
.urbancc. He maintained that in spite
IF all the talk, there was no rivalry
between the military organizations of
the State except that incident to get
ting money for better equipment
which he thought was most healthy.
Speeches were also made by Cap
tain Branch Johnson. of the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues, and Mayor Rich
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