The herald., 1898-06-19

tho UOlQler OF sailor happens 10 De at given
time. only those who have some one be
longing to them" In camp or a warsnip
can fully understand. To say that a sailor
( II at Manila or soldier at Tampa conveys
but dimiy to many minds the precise spot
on this earth where the cause of the home
anxiety Is. There is much comfort, how
ever, peculiar as 1t may seem, to be derived
from placing a finger on map of the world
inglobuiar form and saying, HE is there"
and then turning to the geographical sec
tion In which the globe is located and add
ngs I'VE are here. It is easy to under
diers and sailors compare the distance that
separates them from the ship or regiment.
and that is why the scene enacted in Wash
1ngton, where anxious pilgrims gather
round the great globe used in one of the
departments, is becoming daily more inter-
esting. AS our correspondent describes this
scene It impresses M one with the idea r, Il .nat
connection with the war than this one at
Washington.
3 WASHINGTON, D. c., June 1s.-(Speciai
Correspondence to The Herald.) In the
reception room of the secretary of the
navy there is large globe, which is prob
ably the most numerously and anxiously
consulted map In the country at the pres
ent time. Into this spacious ante-room,
which is reached by the west entrance,
where the great anchors designate the
naval department, come all sorts and con-
ditions of men-and women too-during the
public reception hours, that is, from q.
m. to 2 D. m. There are naval officers, re-
splendent in the uniform and insignia of
their rank; tourists and sghtseers such as
/ haunt Washington the year round but in
addition there are anxious fathers, fearful
mothers, weeping sweethearts and valiant
younger brothers who have come to in
quire about or intercede for some brave
boy in blue, now destined for some far for
eign land in prosecution of the present war
againstsSpain.
OF course only chosen few are admit ted
to the presence of the secretary of the navy,
who has other and far more important
duties on hand than attending to minor de-
tails. His care is to look out for the well
fare Of the majority; to plan great expedi-
tions, and put hundreds of ships and tnou-
sands of men into action for the honor and
glory Of these great United States He
may not pause in his manipulation of masses
to inquire as to the personal needs of some
insignificant individual, although to some
anxious mother the welfare of this one boy
In blue seems the most important matter in
the whole world. What cares she for wars
and conquests, for glorious victories and
freed races if her beloved son falls in the
fight? But while she is anxious to gel her
son out of the war, there are hundreds OF
Others just as anxious to get in, and the
multiplicity of demands upon his attention
would. II he were to grant one-tenth Of them,
occupy all OF Secretary Longs time.
But while they are waiting in the secre-
tary's reception room to get an answer from
the sacred inner chamber, which will prob
ably consign them to the proper bureau or
clerk for satisfaction to their inquiries. they
wander about the chamber, looking at the
portraits of former secretaries of the navy,
pausing before the colossal crayon drawing
Of Admiral Dewey, or looking out the win
dows toward the White House. But the
center of interest, to which all are sooner or