The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-14

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If you are - prompt and pnnctual = is
your wont, dear GATE CRY. you will submit
this, my chat with yoa, to our readers spon
Tuesday nOsniae. By TIT time To Honor
able body If 4uWA's 6osegign LDgi0ators
will Aase beer II session 10 much Of Monday
Is the body may agree upon. But mot having
any gift of diyination, canno. forecast now
what will have been done, and 20 will not an
ter Of record the proceedipos Of the 6rst day
of The session. shall leave that report un-
til mr. next, and nv talk with YOU shall still
be in anticipa,ion Of the conyenino Of the
Legislature.
We visited, on Saturday. the State Arsenal,
located 'herr. Il il The headouarters Of Ad-
iatans General Baker. And as our visit was
at hi. instance. re found him ready to cice-
rone ma .hcuyh tbe ;ns4;tn,;or. il
. oood enoucb hooking bn;,dinu exte.
r;orIv. Two ,tor;e. and of hrick. its IN.
side that the .,r.ciaral .rcella,ca of the A..
.enal i hes, shown. RI one starts from he
.ro,,,d IN an ;n.nect;on If thu ;n.t;,nt;on m :
6ods first 4 fine. dry cellar ff., . feet in tbs
c,ear and containing the furnaces for HEATING
,ha en,;,s bn;ld;no. TIL. v.l,s ara ,h;cL
and s,,ad IN with concrete ar this sonc,a,s
i ,be aoor. aud here il no,b;ng aboa, n.
ce,l., th., car bv anv n.ss;hs,;.v tata Gro
Indeed M vood "a, used in the instruction
IF thu Arsenal All thu. there IL oe GOOD "a
the desks in the roll room. Ills She x;sb ii
Ad;nt.n, General Ratar that ,beaa sasks
sbon,a ba removad and iron ones bs,;t,,sd !,
their stead. And tb;sshou,d he done. Those
desks contain the descriptive rolls. enlistment
naners. and the full record Of all soldiers
serving in Iowa reg;ments in the war for The
Hmm. They .re an ;pyaluabls historic
legacy for the keeping Of the State, and should
be jealousy guarded and kept safe from any
liability of destruction. Bat we have got away
from the cellar-haye reached up into the
Roll room, which IL on the third floor. That
is being more precipiiate than we purpose,
so we will return. Not to the cellar. There
is no need We shonld stay there longer We
will 20 to the Annoy which occupies the
whole of the ground floor. We should have
said that the dimensions OF the building are
25x60 feet. The floor of the Armory is Of
concrete; the doors OF iron. and noihiog in
fammahle anywhere. Here are the arms Of
the State General Baker tells rs he can, on
moments notice. turn out the guns and eqaip-
ments for three thousand men. The State
owns eight field pieces, but only two of
them are in the Arsenal. The Armory has
been constructed with such successful refer
ence to The exclusion of dampness and the
outside elements, that guns that hare been in
the Armory for months hare not become at
all rusted nre rs bright as when placed
there.
Onthepn,er aaor ara N. ,ooms of,ha ain.
tan, General. the ,onms os he c,s,k. .nd,hs
Roll rooms Tha.a ara all banasome,v s,.
;.he,l and furnished Tn. goa-s a,a Nos..
ic OF si.ss and marble. and have . ehas,e
beauty about them which Is preserved ny the
care and cleanliness with which the rooms
are kent. Here. as below. all the doors are
of iron, 50 adjusted upon their hinges ms 10
move easily. The Offices are kent viii, the
utmost peryadiue method. for Gen. Baker
with all his impressibili.y. is the very genius
of order. His records are most earef.liy
kept. This is announcing no new fact
Iowans all know tina, to Gen, Bakeristo be
awarded the high praise of being without
SUPERIOR. probably 10. IN equal among Adm
tant Generals IN the United Ssste..
The most noticeable fsa,nre in the rn,,;.
,ure OF these rooms Is the rerimentel aegs
and banners OF which sixty.,hree ara NOW
suspended in the halls, Gen. Baker expee,-
Ell about thirty additional ones 10 er-
rive the day of our visit. There is a wbole
history Of the war for the Fn;o, in ,be.e
mute eolors. Colors they nre too
some br;eb, and Trash ard ,,sta;,ea
These vera s;vea TO The lnter regiments AND
were li,t!e ueed--or we're sen, "a he elder
regiments lust "a the war was closing and SO
knew nothing Of camnaiyns. They svmhol
the brightness Of onr victory. and tie unsu,
lied banner which shall heneeforth he The
Flag Of The undivided and .ndur;n. J-,;o,
Others are more e,oouen, of I;s,o-;. u;s,orv
than of prophesy. There ia the frs, eayoft tho
Immortal Iowa Second. The a8p hat VA.
ho,na mn that nardaro,. b;,1--a,ar ~
a;,cbe. and r.mn.,,.-;,,o a., g., n.-a
.,e.s.s.of Donel.on WalooL !, !, :, !
rent with .a.m and u.s, ~. -
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What, s;x men die -, - :,
wards Of silk, Az, mors an .,oaa ~ -, =
scores of Them. Then,h ssvsn,h so1.,s..
quiet, brav. man. re knew hin, xa,,--~a !. )
sat ,oys.ber at tho same sasL -
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