Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-31
ARMY AND NAVY STARS.
The Colony of Exclusives atWash-
ingt0n.
OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL ARlsToCHACY
Where and how the Heroes and the Sof;
Place Hunters Live and GrowI at
Congress-The Coming Court
of The Republic.

WASHINGTON, August 3O.-Within ra-
dius of half mile from the Scott statue
live, according to BoyG's Washington Di-
rectory for the current year. the Comman-
der'in.Chief OF the Army and Navy, the
Secretary of War, the General of the
Army, 10 Major-Generals, IL Brigadier-
Generals, II Colonies, Lieutenant.
Colonies, II Majors. and the Secretary OF
the Navy, the Admiral and Vice-Admiral
of the Navy, IS Rear. Admirals, l3 Com
mOdores and Captains. The brevet and
relative rank is counted, and both the &C.
tive and retired list. Altogether, lSs
officers of the army and navy are put down
as living
Inside the harmed Circle.
Thus it will be seen that the bronzed old
hero is well projected. His lines of lie.
tense toward the South are very strong,
that on ! street being particularly noticea.
BILE. On this street in the four blocks De
tween Seventh and Twenty.frst streets,
live three Major Generals, four Rrgadier
Generals five Rear.Admirals, and three
Commodores. There isprobaby more gold
lace to the square foot packed away in
chests in those four squares than in any
other peaCCable district OF the same size in
the United States. 1t savors OF audacity in
any one less than a General officer TO in
trude within this precinct possibly it
would be held court marshal OiienSe-
but still it is found that five or six subal.
terms have had the temerity to thrust
themselves in.
X street, that most beautiful OF all the
residence streets in Washington, is not so
l.. al Z, u-itb frun
Major Generals aud Rear Admira! to give
il the proper tone. lts friends must con-
fess, however, that it is
Street Of Colonies.
rather than OF Generals. II street can brag
ii Admiral Porter and other residents OF
high rank in both arms OF the service. 1t
is fine street but still only subaltern.
X aud II streets may be called, respective
ly, the Ii-ht and left bower, bat street is,
after all, the Joker.
Below Fl and above X are found stars,
eagles and anchors scattered down TO + ana
up 10 Z streets, but they grow fewer and
.'m.ner as one advances 10 the periphery
ui The sacred circle. n street is rcspCCta-
tie, and the Commander in Chief of the
Amy and Navy livee, when not fishing,
un Pennsylvania avenue, facing Sixteenth.
Eut both OF these limits are 4 considerable
distance from street, between Seventeenth
and Twenty first.
Turning from the parallels east and west
20 those running north and south, one
finds himself in the shade. though officers
Of prominence live on all the numbered
streets from Thirteenth TO Twentieth. Per-
baps Eighteenth is the favOrite, though
Gen. Sherman, Gen. Van Welt, Rcir-Ad-
n.iral Sands, and others OF high rank live
on Fifteenth. Then
There are the Avenues
which cross the military colony. Of these
Vermont avenue boasts of three Rear Ad-
mirals. Connecticut avenue, one of the
ultra fashionable thOroughfares OF the cap
ital. counts among its attractions Major
General and an Admiral. Here also is the
fine residence OF Lieut. Emory, one OF the
Il ost sos!lly and tasteful houGS- in thf.CitN
quota also, but no stars Of the first magni-
tude. BcyUnd the hall mile
ci Gle are found sporadic cases
of the military, but no well defined
or numerous groups, except, OF course, at
srch posts as the navy yard the Arsenal
Barracks, the Soldiers Home, the Marine
Barracks, and, the like. Each OF these sta
tiuns has H. little cluster Of aiiuy or navy
families and
ALocaI Society Of Its own.
Then in the ancient burg Of Georgetown is
to be found u settlement OF scdate retired
or retiring officers who find the quiet OF
II at place congenial. one or two officers
Of distinction live on Capitol Hill, but that
location is much too far away from street,
b, Jween Seventeenth and Twenty to
be- eligible. 4 few officers OF RANK patron
izc hotels, especially the FDOitt.
The Washington home 0f the officer OF
rank who has saved or married money IS
generally plain, comfortable structure,
built in prevailing fashions without much
OF Cdi,y or extravaganza. The owner IS gen.
orally man ShO wishes his architectural
hSbil to be
Rich. Not Candy.
Most of those WHO have the means aud
independent leisure to build costly Wash
I gton house and live in it are past active
service, and like comfort and siippered
ea.e. They come together naturally into
= little community OF their own. where,
sitting around mahogany table, they can
growl at Congressional ignorance and par
sinory, and exchange the latest depart
mrnt gossip in ia-gOn which is Gninlelli.
lille 10 citizen outsiders. As social
\, dy this compact little army and navy
town is one of the most curious ani inter