New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-02-25

Corner Stone Of the Army Institution
Laid at Washing ton with
Much Ceremony. 81
1 PLACE FOR TRAINING OF OFFICERS.
President Roosevelt, Secretary Root
s. ana other Memb ers Of the Cabiitnl'et,
81 Tox her with Man p istinguish he'd
Guests Attend the Ceremon y----Flarine
display OF Government Troops.

Il Washington Feb. % 81 In the pres
ence Of an assemble e Of dist nguishlee 't
people, including the presivdll ent s OF the
United States, members Of the cabinet
and Of congress, justices OF the the 3 su-
preme court, representatives OF Tor Tor
eign powers and Others eminent ID 1l31 the
life Of the nation, the corner stone OF
the Army War co1lege was laid i !. here g
Saturday with IMPRESSIVE military ana No
masonic ceremonies.
The occasion was rendered especial
" notable and resting by address,
es delivered by President Roosevelt,
Secretary Of War Root and Maj. Cen zen.
S. NJ B. Young, preside mt OF the 20 war va
college. The site selected for the new
building is on the reservat io 'll' OF the
Washington barracks, at the foot&o 81
Four and One-half street. Saturdays
ceremonies marked the beginning OF a
project which has been fostered by the ia,
president, Secretary Root and Others.
interested in the advancement and.
training of the United States.
army While the foundation OF the
new structure, which is to he practic-
ally unique, has been only just begun Gun,
the plans contempla by the war de-.
partment and by congress include the
construction of an entirely new set OF
buildings on the arsenal grounds.
Among other structures, there will be
a hospital, 3 barracks, officers quarters
and an administration building, all to
be handsome and Of the most approved
architectural design. The army war
college grounds have been selected as.
the Site Of the statue of Fred erick the
Great, which Emperor William has pro-
posed to present to the people of the
United States. a picturesque feature
of the ceremonies Saturday was the
participation of the military. About
1000 troops, representing the various
Of the war service, took part
in the exercises. They were drawn
from the several army posts in Wash
ington and vicinity and were in COM
mand of Maj. w. NJ. Black, of the corps
of engineers. ~
Troops Escort President.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by his military aid, Col. Theodore A.
Bingham, left the white house in pa
carriage at II o'clock. He was es-
corted to the War college grounds by
troop p, Of the Third cavalry. In
other carriages members Of the cab
met accompanied the president. Two
non-commissioned officers, both
skilled horsemen, rode on each side
of the presidents carriage to control
the horses in case they were fright
ened by the firing Of salutes or 9th
erwise, and two priyates were de-
tailed to each Of the other carriages
as a precaution against accidents.
As the president and party entered
the grounds the presidents flag was
run to the top of the flagstaff and
a section Of the Fourth battery, light
artillery, fired the presidents sa-
lutte. The assembled troops paid the
president the honors prescribed by
the regulations. IS. II.
Grand Master George I'll. Walker, of
the District of Columbia grand lodge
OF =. Smasons, ana other o1fce s OF the
grand lodge in carriag es were es-
cofted 70 the war az; college grounds
Dy a, the second cavalry 7'#li band g
Inc cerem n'S les incident to the
laying OF the corner stone was i'm i'm
presslve. the Invocation % was pro-
nounced by the Rt Rev Rev. 4 !eary
satterlee bishop OF wa sh1lngton, the
assemplag Sc standing aIli uncovered DUR l
ing the prayer E'1. 55as;}t
Address by. President.