Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-10-27
OFFlCERS' WIVES.
When Their Husbands Prove Refractory
They have Them Exilcd.

When Their Husbands Prove Refractory
They have Them Exiird.
The w'vns of army and naval officers
stationed in Washington have it n
;hrir power to br. ing their better halves
20 terms i'm Il manner that their less
fortunately located sisters upon the
plains and in out-of-the-way ports cam
lnt avail themselves of. \ well-knnNn
laval officer. whose record shows him
10 lavr had n very large airport on
iurnt Of sea duty. IS hliSSfully unaware
Ia this day that he owes that fact To
his wife. to whom. by the way. when
1T home, he was not incl ned to be in
dulgrnt The little woman. being of
Il hoSp:tabe temperament. was de-
voted to the giving of charming little
cntrrta nmentS.
For some time the husband fr"wncd
upon cntcrta ming to such Il degree that
while he was on shore duty it was al
most impoSS blr for the wife to crafty
her ho*pitablr proclivitcs even to the
most limited degree. She was an intlu-
cntial lttle body. who endured tn ngs
rs long as was possible for any one
short of an angel. Finally. however
THE 'nvariallc outcome Of the huS-
udlil tIDSl. Hat w I-i
10 give some entertainment upon which
she had set her heart was followed
by his Immediately thereafter rcceiv-
in@ orders dcta ling him to sea duty.
Instances in which wives have had
their husbands ordered to sea or out
of-thc-way places at posts where It
wlS almost impossible for their fam
Hes to be accommodated when pro-
l,nI fn1
being stationed in Washington are too
numerous to be accounted in any way
remarkable.
There are many reasons other than
official ones why officers have been or
delrl away from Washington within
the past half dozen years. Not the
least important of these was the
case of two naval officers who elected
to pay attention to the same hand
some matron. The rivalry finally
reached such point that the senior
officer. unable longer to endure the
presence of the attractive young lieu
tenant. hit upon the plan of having
him ordered to sea. In the assignment
of duty the utmost care was taken to
insure long absence from the city.
and as one of the vessels for the relief
VI some Arctic explorers was Just
about setting out the lieutenant was
given the opportunity to cool down
his artlor in voyage in polar waters.
Another Interesting case is that of
wcll-knnwn member of the medical
CORDS who after considering himself
comfoEt"bly fixed with his family N
Wash n.ton was considerable chagrin-
cd to receive orders detailing him to
duty on the Pacific Coast. There is
n<:elprable inside history to this lat
ter ease. in which the qualification of
personal p:Que was the real reason
Tor the change During the latter part
nf the last Administration one of the
nhySic ans stationed IN the West. who
from ion. residence in Washington.
had acquired Il great longing to return.
hrgan 10 move the heaven and earth
&C his Influence to have himself sta
toned here.
This he was unable to effect in spite
rf everything he could do. Finally.
n, wife rackcd up her belongings and
iourncyrd across the continent for the
purpose uf adding her efforts to those
81 her husband. Nothing. however.
avaled. The opposition was to"
strong The feminine perception soon
discovered that the opposition eman-
atrd from an officer who in som" man
nrr unwar'ly let fall certain hints that
she was not slow to pick up. lmagin'
.ng himself sure of his detail in Wash
ington the officer gave little attention
# any. to the fact that the doctors
wife was aware of his opposition. The
affair occupied considerable attention
in the paper at the time. though IT.
WAS not then known what was the
hidden history Of the case.
No sooner had the present Admins
trat'on been fully installed than the
wiShch-for orders assigning the phySl-
elan to duty here We're despatched to
his Western post. Almost s.multan-
rouSly. like a thunder clap. came the
orders assigning the officer who had
opposed him. to duty on the Pacific
aShingtOn Post.