The National tribune., 1901-10-17
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

Fort Monroe is hereafter to be garri-
soDed by eight batteries of~artillery, and
be made the strongest POS: in the coun-
try.
The Postofice Department has decided
to place the late President McKinley's
head on the new issue of postal cards
which will appear shortly after Dec. l
next. The design includes the year of
birth and year of death Immediately at
the left and right, respectively, OF the
name Mckinley" which will be directly
under the head.
Above the head will be the words
Series of 1901" and above that, One
cent" The inscription, United States of
America now appearing on the postal
cards. will be abandoned and replaced at
a point lower down, as to leave the
space Mt the upper part of the card, about
one-third Of the width of the card, clear
for pOstmarks.
The much discussed question as to what
is the proper name of the Presidents off,
cial home has been passed upon by the
new President, who declares for the IA,
miliar term, the White House, in prefer
cnce to the Executive Mansion, which in
late years has been accepted as the proper
designation. The stationery ordered for
correspondence with the Presidential faml-
ly should he so addressed.
Little addition has been made III linen,
china or silver in the past FIVE years. so
that the necessary furnishing to be Sc
lected by Mrs. Roosevelt will be marked.
like the stationery The White House.
Hereafter the police are to restrain the
noisy parrots in Washington.
The Army Brevet Beard is now in ses-
sion III the building formerly occupied by
The National Tribune II is composed of
Maj.-Gen. Arthur Macarthur, Col. H. c.
Hasbrouck Artillery Corps, and Col.
Francis Moore. 18th Cav. with Capt
Robert \. Brown. 4th Cav. as recorder.
The work of the beard is to be com
prehenaivc, ITS scope having been greatly
enlarged. While it was originally intended
that only brevets earned in the Chinese
and Philippine campaigns should he con-
sidercd. the Board has now been charged
to include the Sraiiisk-American wa
operations, which. of course. involved the
Cuban campaign. All of the nominations
sent to the Senate last session recommend
ing brevcts for this Spanish war service
have been withdrawn. and the present
Board will consequently have clean field
There are more than 900 Of these nom-
nations, the result of the work of the
Schwan Board. which dealt with Cuban
brevcts. and of a Board headed by Gen.
ChaffHe ut Manila. which made recOmmen-
dations for brevets Eascd upon service in
the earlier stages Of the Philippine cam
paign. II has been deemed well to RECON-
init all nominations to the present
Board. " hi, i. having in hand the whole
subject. can arrange more uniform and
equitable system of awards than would
a..
one phase Of the campaign. This Board
may also recommend the award of medals
of honor.
In spite of there being only seven fam
lily rooms in the White House. while they
have six lively children, the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt are sure that they can get
along without an extension of the official
residence. This gives an outlook for
pretty strenuous life in the mansion on
the days when the weather is so bad that
the children can't get ont.
Edward Il. Ridgely. who retired from
the office of Representative from the Third
Kansas District on March 4. 1901. is to-
day cooking and working for his board and
Il place to sleep in Lawton, o. 7. When
Mr.. Ridgely was elected to Congress. in
1896. he owned half interest in mer-
camille business in Pittsbure. Kan. but
he sold his share to his brother. When
he left the Office he had only little money
and no profession to fall back upon. He
lived in Pittsburg foe time without do
ing anything, and finally drifted TO the
Kiowa country in search of place and
to begin life again.
Senator Frye says that he will not ac-
cept the Chairmanship OF the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
South Carolina politics took another lit
tie whirl last week. Lewis Blalock, al
Democrat. had been slated for appoint
ment as Collector of internal Revenue, but
Senator McLaurin learned that Blalock
had deserted him and at his request the
President withdrew his name, and sub
stituted DIR. V. 2. Clayton, a Republican,
but supporter Of McLaurin.
1t is beginning to look like the junior
Senator from Indiana, Mr. Beveridge
would succeed the senior Senator, Mr.
Fairbanks, as the intimate friend at the
White House. The two or three days that
Senator Beveridge remained in Washing
ton he spent more than half of his time as
the guest Of President Roosevelt.