Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-07
.C0MMENDs HOSPITALITY
TO '. NJ. |. CADET CORPS
Superintendent Nichols Expresses
Appreciation of Richmond's Cour-
tesy to His Boys.
LEAVE FOR LEXINGTON TO-DAY
Fifty Years Ago Cadets Were Ordered
to Richmond by General Brccken.
ridge and Disbanded by Their Com.
mandant, Colonel Scott Shipp.

On the eve OF the departure of Tho
cadet corps OF the Virginia Military
institute for Lexington, General = "
Nichols. superintendent. at his ho,d.
quarters IN tho jefferson las, MIR,
TOOK occasion 10 express the apprec;a
ton Of himself and the colps 90 ~.
treatment they have received since
their arrival in Richmond last We'd
ncsday. The cadets viii march TO the
Chesapeake and Onto station this morn.
inS ard leave at 10 o'clock on a spe.
cal train for Lexington. reaching bar
racks at o'clock
before leaving Richmond" yaia
General Nichols. IL desire 10 expross
MY appreciation OF the courtesy and
kindness displayed by the people Of
richmond during our visit This feel
inE IL shared by tho entire CORPS and
we return TO Lexington with many
pleasant rcncmbranccs Of this trim 10
the capital TIE treatment tho Of
hccrs aud cadets received was all thu,
could be desired aud the reputation cor
hospitality :or which the city is famed
was fullI maintained"
INTENDED ItF:t MON t>D
VISITED MANY RATTLE FIELDS
The corps arrived in Richmond We'd
n"sdav afternoon and was 0uartercd
ct the GraHs' Arinory, where Colonel
q y iyrd the commandment, made his
headquarters. Major Lawrence 7
i'ricc. OF the ,rsys. and his officers
were highly praised by the Virginia
Military Institute staff for tho ar
fragments they made for accommodating.
the corps Thursday the cadets par
iici2atcd in tho reunion parade as ~"
escort OF Governor stuart. Friday they
hikcd 20 Seven Pines battle held. aud
saturday ticy were the quests OF the
cts OF Petersburg. visiting tho era
ter ana scenes OF other conflicts in
that vicinity. Yesterday morning he
battalion IN dress uniforms attended
services a, -. lanes Episcopal Church.
where Rev. q. +. Peter preached fiS
hrSt sermon
DurinG their visit in Richmond the
cadets maintained their reputation as
The Yves; Pointers oil tho south" and
General Nichols received many con-
gratuiations on the excellent showing
mace by tn" corps Old Virginia Mill
ttry Institute men last week recalled
tn" visit Of tho cadets TO Richmond
fftv years ago. On the night the
carital OF he Ccnfederacy was evacu-
ated- th" corps was ordered into the
city from White oak swamp. and on
Franklin street. betw crn Sixth ana
Seventh. The battalion was disbanded
10y order Of General breckenridge, Act
Ing Secretary Of War OF the ConfcG-
crate states. Tie commandment. Col.
onel scott Shipp, in delivering the or
der told the cadets that they could dc
part for their homes. and that they
woulG receive further orders when 10
report al Lexington But the orders
never came The commandant. now
General ship. superintendent-em emeritus
Of the institute, was an Interested Wis
itor III Richmond during the reunion.
Colonel Ship headed the corps in the
battle OF Newmarket in MAY. 1864. and
WAS wounded in that encounter.
III PGNT WILL. HE PROMINENT
FIGURE At COMMENCEMENT
Upon their return to Lexington he
cadets will bcGir their examinations
in preparation for commencement. June
:6-23 Senator Henry \. du Pont, of
Delaware, will deliver the Jackson
Hope medals on June %. The visit Of
Senator du Pont to Lexington is of
particular interest because 10 him is
due almost entirely the credit for Sc
curing the passage of the bill appro
pi'atinc 100000 to reimburse Virginia
Military Institute for the destruction
OF its buildings by the Federal army in
1864.
Senator du Pone was General Hunt
er's artillery officer during the raid
on Lexington. and il was over his pro-
tests that his commanding officer or
dercd tho razing of the institute striic-
lures. Unsolicited, lie introduced the
hill TO reimburse the institute for the
damage done ard worked untirnrly
for the passage of the measure. He
viii I've the guest of General Nichols
in.