The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
home Of BOYS N Blue
ONE OF THE PLACES OF DIsTINC-
TION AT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL
ARE ALL REGULAR ARMY MEN
A Spot Where They May Spend Their
Declining Years With No
Thought Of the
Morrow.
Special Correspondence Of the Globe,

/, Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 23.-One of
the chief places Of distinction about the
national capital and that best known to
outsiders is the Soldiers home. 1t is al
ways open to visitors and it is always
beautiful, though perhaps in October it
is more beautiful than at any other time
Of the year.
II YOU enter the grounds through the
First street gate, you can follow a mar
row little path across the meadow and it
will take you a short way to the buifd-
jngs which are at the extreme northwest
corner Of the grounds. But you will
have to crawl under a wire fence and the
dew is so heavy, if 1t happens to be In
the morning you are taking your walk,
that you might just as we'll wade in the
| clear little stream that runs along beside
the path. The meadow is beautifully
green and the grass long and thick 1t
is quite level and is hemmed in on all
sides by thick woods, in places red or
dusky golden. Over the tops of the trees
you can see the roofs of the white build
fngs. Gray squirrels were running up the
trunks of the old trees, and as you get
near the edge of the meadow you find
grove of pine trees with the ground be-
meath covered with hundreds of pine
burs.
BOYS IN BLUE.
OiQ 10lIOWS IN Diut9 coats were walk
ing on the fine, hard roads as we crossed,
and other old fellows were passing back
and forth taking their morning walk
They are quite
SOBER OLD BOYS
and never fail to say Good morning.
SIR. They all wear the regulation blue
uniform Of the regular army and only
men who have served in the regular
army are allowed to come to this home.
Whenever one Of them sweeps the roads
or works in the buildings he is paid for
1T Just whatever the work is worth, anG
no one is ever made to work as a punish
ment or for any other reason.
AFTER you have passed the hospital
which is a huge gray stone structure,
which none ever seems to inhabit, you
commence to climb steep hill by mar
row, winding paths. Finally you find
yourself upon hill overlooking the
country for miles on all sides. Upon this
hill stands a bronze statue Of Gen Scott.
He is standing erect, with one hand rest.
ing on the sword at his side, and the
other thrust within his coat near the
belt. His long, military cape Is around
him, and he is looking over the hills
toward Arlington, where SO many CT his
old
COMRADES ARE AT REST.
Below him lies the city where for SO
many years he lived and where they tell
of him, the ladies used to rush to the
windows when he rode past upon his
charger. On each side of him as he
stands here is cannon that was used
on the march to the City of Mexico, one
of the the greatest marches in all his
tory. The land here falls sheer in
front for about fifty feet and then rolls,
but always downward and is green and
soft.
The wind always blows here even on
the closest of days, and you may see
the broad Potomac flashing in the sum-
and if the mist is not too heavy you
may also see the steeples of Alexandria
in the distance. It is a view that not
many people will care to miss, and it is
one that you will not soon forget. The
beauties of Washington can only he
realized after you have taken them in
detail.
A white road leads from SCOTS statue