Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26

as from actual practice, and dereliction on his
part will cost him his non-commissioned war;
rant The result Of this training is that tho
service is supplied with competent non-com-
missioned officers, capable Of filling higher
positions.
THE OFFICERS QUARTERS.
The next building asyou advance is occupied
% officers quarters
The light-green tinted cottages in the rear
are occupied by the non-commissioned staff
and their families The bakery il also located
here.
The next building south il occupied as library
and reading room, school room. subsistence
and quartermaster's offices and store rooms.
The library il not what IL ought to be, there
being but q small collection Of books but many
tables. In this room are some interesting
relics. On one Of The window sills is nailed .
piece OF the scaffold used for executing tho
Lincoln conspirators-Mrs Surratt, Herold,
Ashcroft and Payne-and on the we'll near the
door are four photographs illustrating the diff
ferent stages in the execution ceremonies as fol-
lows: No. !, arrival on scsffold; No. 2, reading
the death warrant; No. 8, adjusting the ropes;
No. 4, sic semper sicarris. lThe executed are
hanging by the neck). The execution took
place on July Z, 1865.
Wirz, the Andersonville prison keeper, was
also executed here.
THR BARnAcKa
The two no1t large buildings to the south
ward are used az barracks for the men, the
small buildings standing between them being
the quartermsster's and officers carriage house
and stables. The large L in the rear of the
north building Of this group is called Recrea-
ton Hall, and here it il that the people living
In the barracks have their f.musements Here
they have their dances, parties, DC. The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union occupy it
every Wednesday evening. The floor Is well
waIed and the walls. &C., are beau
tifully draped with old flags, guidons,
and pictures. The flags and guidons are mostly
regimental and battery ones, used during the
late war, and they show signs of hard usage.
The Maltese cross OF the old fifth corps OF the
Army OF the Potomac is numerously repre-
sented in the decorations.
There Is talk OF turning the lower hall Of this
wing into billiard room for the use of the
men.
The band and partof the non-commissionsd
staff occupy the next building, in the rear of
which is the red canteen, where nearly every
thing the soldier needs in the way Of eatables
ana turntables Except wine and distilled
splrits) is sold. Beer ID the only intox-
ieating beverage allowed to be sold, and it is OF
the best quality made. Nearly every officer and
soldier that you question on the subject will
tell you that the army canteen 10 a good thing;
that 1t is good for the soldier pocket and NOR
ais, al well as being In the interest OF better
discipline among the men. 1t is said that there
Is less drinking and drunkenness than under
the old method. Instead of wandering around
the streets exposed to the many temptations
that beset young men, the boys remain in camp
and drink their beer if they feel 80 disposed
Tho stable for battery horses il located lit
tie south OF the ca teen
The buildings forming the quadrangle in the
extreme south end of the grounds on the Ana