The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-23
?. !. HIGHLY fAvORS
Use OF METRIC SYSTEM
Virginia Delegates Return from New
Orleans Convention After Making
@ Surv-.-~ft.i Fight Fer Change
Press Chairman Criilin of Richmond
Tells of Other Proposals advocated
by Organization Of Travelling Men,

The members OF Post A, who at
tended the great national convention
OF the r. +. a. held in New orleans
last week, have all returned and are
enthusiastic, not only on account OF
good time the hospiiable people OF
the Queen City rendered them ont
oVer the honors won by the boys OF
the Virginia division. No ether d.
vision, there being thirty-seven, was
given three national officers thotigh
the three suggested by the Old Do
minion were unanimously elected.
They were Col. ]. Y. Williams, Alex
andria, national Legislative chairman
tre-elected). w. T. crtdlin. ftich-
mond. national press chairman third
term), and Hugh p. Powell. Rich
mond, fifth vice-president.
Virginia division presented three OF
the most important resolutions before
the convention II these were en-
Enthusiastically endorsed. The resoiu-
lions were: Endorsement of move
ment looking toward the recuon on
the site of Fort Wool. Hampton
Roads. of a great Statue of Brother
hood. commorating the achievements
OF our army and navy in the great
world war; advocacy of making the
Metric system the legal ana obhGa-
tory system for computing lenEih, ca
pAcity and weight, il being already
0D2u Al our ttiiiaEGs '1'A N'& 80
that legal steps be taken to nave
Dlaced upon all passenger trains ana
afeamers, of emergency KITS Tor I'M
mediate use in wrecks or when need
cd by passengers in transit. The WIS
dom Of the last mentioned resolution
was demonstrated TO the Delegates
when the train upon which they were
.r~turning met with accident at Pal
metto. Georgia, and but for the au-
tomato couplers and steel cars, would
have resulted in a serious wreck ana
loss of life.
The draw-head of the coach. next 10
the engine, pulled out and fell upon
the track, deraiiing the coaeh when
ran about two car lengths before tEe
couplers could stop the long train OF
thirteen Pullman s~leepers. The boys
were thrown about prom iscouslY hui
none were injured. There was no
doctor on the train and the emer-
gency kits would have been a god
send had the coaches left The track
Col. Horace l.. smith OF petersburg,
the author Of the resolution, was
congratulated upon has foresight IN
seeing the necessity for pToNldlns
against such emergencies.
Nearly all of the delegates from
Virginia were Masons and III test
mony Of appreciation OF tbs valuable
services of 4. W. Brooks, Richmond,
WHO ItdQ dfAtft oH sAAPtF -
porta,ion. they presented To him a
valuable masonic ring. Neds re-
enonse was one Of the most eloquent
the delegates have ever listened TO,
n ne was nominated forthwith TO
hold the same position ora the trip to
Portland, Oregon, next June.
From w. Il, Irldlin. national press
chairman, the Virginian has obtained
1.-The fellow ing explanation OF the two
Resolutions advocated by Post A.
The statue az Brotherhood"
Some months past said Mr.. Grid
lin, "A resolution was offered. al a
meeting of the post. advocating The
erection in Hampton Roads, on the
site of old Fort Wool known as the
Rip Rapsl of a sister statue 70 the
Statue OF Liberty, commemorative of
the heroic sacrifices of N soldiers
and sailors in the great world war.
~ was suggested that as the Statue OF
&ldberty was erected in honor Of the
pAtriots of the revolution, and the lib
NFty won by them, IL was just as es-i
nential thai we show to future ages
slhat we also ave honor 10 our boys
Swao have so materially assisted in
winning world liberty and freedom TO
t1e peoples ef the earth. There is no
spot so appropriate IT'S the site sug- I
#eeated. IT furnishes opportunity 10
aEtve equal praise TO our heroic navy
80 well as our army, as no other spot
xOufd do AS II designed by nature
@khe site stands where the great statue
would be seen by ali vessels entering !
@4rom riyer or sea and would stand in
NIL view ~ the shore on both sides of
&fhA Roads. The original idea was
s1potxned 10 include AZ ats base, some
WHAT along the lines of the Washing
s9em Statue, separate pedestas Of the