The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-20
OPTIONS ON HAND
FOR CAVALRY CAMP
Property Near Winchester Will
Be Chosen by Government
for Maneuvres.
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winchester. Va, October 19.-Gov-
einiheht ensineers are now in the
vicinity OF Winchester making suryevs
or number of tracts or land which
nave been offered to the War Depart
iheht Tor the purpose of converting the
property into manoevre grounds for the
cavalry, 1t having been decided re-
Gentry by the department to continue
again next summer the new silent
command drills and other evolutions
which were thoroughly rchearsed near
this city during the past three months
w. l.. Fultz. who was given charge OF
the matter of obtaining options by
Major James A. Logan, Jr., of the
cuartermaster's corps, has received
quite large number, some OF the prop
erty owners voluntarily Offering their
land ut reasonable compensation AS
soon as the engineers make detailed
surveys OF tho lands offered, the re-
Iorts VIII be forwarded to WASHINGTON.
ana the War Department, 1T Is stated
VII! then decide upon the site best
suited Tor tho camp. 1t Ia the general
opinion that the camp will be located
less than two miles northeast of Win
chester, near the tracks of the BaIti-
r.ore and Ohio Railroad. and between
inns city and Stephenson. Good reads
iead from town TO the property which
The department may select
Circuit Judge Thomas w. Harrison.
CT Winchester. who was last week in
dorscd by the Winchester Bar .Asso.
citation for the Supreme Court of An
peals bench. to succeed Judge .Ionu
buchanan. who has announced Ills in
tention OF retiring. was indorsed also
by the Clarke County Bar Association
mt special meeting held this week
at Berryville
y large brick and concrete addition
costing over $4,000, has been practi-
cnlly completed at the Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital. and some Of the rooms
are now In use. The annex contains
ten rooms for patients. "A kitchen. bath
rooms. sun parlors and porches. The
capacity OF the hospital Is nearly dou-
bied. or the building fund. 1000 was
raised by popular subscriptions Some
OF the rooms have been furnished and
equipped by wealthy people as memo
rails to dead relatives
large barn on the farm OF Walter
steele. OF near Reliance. Warren Coun-
~, was burned down one afternoon
this week. ard four horses persisted in
the flames. which also destroyed most
OF his machinery-all practically new
and his crop Of wheat and hay. The
loss of about $4,000 Is partly covered
by insurance
y number Of new buildings are 10 he
erected this fall or winter. IL present
plans go through. at the army remount
station near Front Royal. in order to
accommodate additional horses which
are constantly being received. Briga-
er-General Carroll y. Dcvol and Cap
tain Edward T. Hartmann, of the quar-
tcrmastcr corps, arrived yesterday from
Washington on business pertaining to
sites for the proposed new buildings
Friends here have received news Of
the death in st. Louis recently of Col
onel Alfred Walker Jones. aged eighty
years, n native of Virginia, who had
been blind forty-hve years. and whose
death was FASTENED by the loss of his
right arm from septic Inflammation
caused by a fracture. when he fell down
q stairway In spite OF his blindness
he served two terms as member OF
the House OF Representatives from Vir-
gina. and WAS later railroad ex-
ccutive in California Colonel Jones
was n son of an American army officer
who commanded troops during tho
Mexican War. and descendant
through his mother. of French duke
who was on La Fayettes staff In this
country during the Revolution. He
studied law at the University OF Vir-
ginia. and was married in Independence
No. in 1855 He entered the Confed-
crate Army at the outbreak OF the
Civil War and rose to the rank of
colonel on the staff of General Sterling
Price.
In letter from Secretary Walter