Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-06-17
From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, D. c., June H.


make a thorough investigation OF the
General Slocum disaster and punish the
governments agents connected with the
inspection of the vessel, if any such be
found guilty, but will probably recon-
mend an entire revision of the steamboat
inspection regulations and methods OF
procedure. One result will be that there
will be no more remission or reduction
of fines except for most potent reasons,
political considerations being absolutely
eliminated. George Uhler, Supervising
Inspector General of the steamboat ln-
spection service asserts that the present
regulations have been nullified for years
by political influence being brought to
bear to effect the reduction or remission
of fines assessed against steamboat owners
convicted of violation of the inspection
laws. Mr.. Uhler also charges the last
| Congress will failure to pass bill pre-
.ented by Secretary Cortelyou which, II
it had been passed would have given the
| Department of Commerce and Labor
greater control over the construction Of
steam vessels.
War maneuvers on a larger scale then
has ever before been held in the United
States will take place during the month
of September next on the old battle
grounds in the vicinity OF Manassas,
Virginia. Twenty-Five thousand troops,
commanded by Maj. Gen. ii. G. Corbin'
II. s. A.. will meet near Bull Run and,
divided into two armies, will fight mimic
battles over a territory formerly contest
ed by the bows in blue and those in
gray. Troops from every State in the
Atlantic military division, which ex-
tends from Maine to Florida east of the
Mississippi river, will participate in the
maneuvers, with the exception of the
States of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, the District of Columbia
and Mississippi. Texas, which isnot in
the Atlantic division will send 1000
militiamen and about 5000 troops OF
he regular army will be present and
aid in the terrible combats to be
fought. One army will be stationed in
the vicinity of Thoroughfare Gap,
Virginia and the other about ten
miles away at Manassas, Virginia. Be-
tween the two forces will be the
camp of Major General Henry @. Cor
bin the commander-n-chief of the
entire manouvering force. Brigadier Gen
erals Frederick d. Grant "a son of Gen.
u. S. Grant of civil war fame), Frank
lin J. Bell, Theodore ]. Whit, Jesse NJ.
Lee, Tasker II. Bliss and Thomas III.
Barry will command brigades of the
army. Col. Henry o. S. Hestand will
be the adjutant general of the manoeu-
yers. Special interest is taken in these
nanoeuvres for the reason that for the
first time since the close of the civil war
militia troops from the southern States
will meet on southern territory in a
spirit of animity and goOd-fellOwship
troops of tie regular army and militia
from New England and States which in
1861 fought fer the Union. 1t is be-
lieved that much pleasure will be de-
rived by those engaged in the mimic
battles in a discussion of the problems
which confronted the leaders of the
Union and Confederate forces during the
troublous times of 1S6l|65.
Commodore Sutton, commanding the
police boat Vigilant, yesterday scOoped
in five youngsters who were bathing in
the Potomac Gin the altogether" and
then as quickly unscooped them when
he learned that one of his prisoners was
the son of foreign minister. Diplo-
mats and their families are not govern
ed by the ordinary laws of the country.
The Secretary of State has them all un-
der his protection and rather than start
an international incident the ordinary
Washington copper would remain deaf,
dumb, blind and paralyzed if he saw
one of the foreign representatives frac-
turing all the statutes OF the criminal
code in bunch.
Secretary of the Navy William H..
Moody returned to this city today in re-
Spouse to call from the President. Mr..
Moody, while tacitly admitting that he
would take the portfolio Of Attorney
General TO succeed Mr.. p. G. Knox, alb
solutely refused TO talk about the ques-
ton of his successor in the Navy De-
partment, or to admit that he had
changed his plans and, in the event of
Mr.. Roosevelt's election next November,
remain in the Cabinet as Attorney Cen
eral. 1t is, however, understood that
should Mr.. Roosevelt te elected ID the
fall, Mr.. Moody will not leave the Cabi
net on March 4, next, as he had plan
ned, but will remain with the admins
tration as Attorney General. With re-
gard to Mr.. Moody's successor as head
of the Navy Department there is still
much talk of Judge Charles II. Darling,
a. present Assistant Secretary.
St.Asaph's pool room, located across
the Potomac in Virginia, is on its feet
again and the bookies are at the old
stand. Racing returns are being re-
ceived from the "Old Dominion Tels-
graph Company" About 800 sporting
men from Washington yesterday travelled
over the road to the resort and lost their
money with the same ease as they did
before the Western Union shut down on
their service and the county authorities
closed the place. 1t is said that Com
mOnwealth Attorney Crandall Mackay,
the leader,of the fight against St. Asaph,
is waiting for the first trial of the pool
room cases set for June 81, before max
/ IN, anv mara raids
Judge Newburger. in the court of general
sessions, in New York, today, denied the APP