The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-09-26

WASHINGTON LETTER
News From Capital by special
Correspondence

The vast buildings now in course of
construction here besides this college in
| clude the new M tional museum, the new
| department Of agriculture. the new city
| hall, the great union depot, the George
Washington college, and the palace for
| the repl esentatives in congress. These
require an immense amount of granite
and marble. keeping both quarries and
| railroads busy cutting and carrying. Re-
Gently your correspondent visited the
arsenal grounds, on the Potomac. in the
southern part OF this city. examining the
very extensive plant intended for the
war college. where the government will
| teach at least the theory of war. Very
| large brick buildings for soldiers bar
racks are near completion. Besides these
there are large ones fos ,ne commssary
department: great dining rooms under
horses; a hospital: quarters for the banu
a gymnasium, etc. the whole forming
good sized village near the northern
trance to the grounds. A long row OF
very substantial and imposing houses.
thirteen in number, has been built along
the Potomac water front, close behind
row of grand old maple trees. Thes"
great square, red brick houses. colonial
In style, with four huge chimneys each,
and porches In front, with six large white
columns extending to the pediment. are
designed as residences for the officers
The substantial manner in which thev
are built. as well as the convenient in
side plan. is very creditable to the archi
tect. Each room has an open fireplace,
there are three bath rooms in each house,
seven or eight chambers; wide halls ex.
tending the whole length with ample
starcases; closets and store rooms N
abundance: double drawing rooms; IL
brary: electric lights. etc. The western
front of these houses is ornamented with
| a two-story piazza. done in lattice-work,
/ extending the whole width of the house.
of Virginia, and portion of the city or
Washington. The main building of the
war college will be in the south eastern
portion of the grounds. and promises to
be very large. and imposing structure
The massive foundations of red granite
have been completed. as we'll as the
laa he lie
is crowned with a bronze row OF the
worlds greatest generals, the ensem-
BILE will be equal to anything now to be
seen in the country.
Senator Fairbanks, with his son. spent
last Sunday in this city. quietly resting
At one of the hotels, gathering strength
for his string of speechs to be delivered
in Maryland, Delaware. Pennsylvania
and other states. He expressed his entire
sa abstraction with the political outlook.
although he did not care to be interview
ed on Sunday at any length upon poiiti-
cal matters, since he Is a disciple of John
Wesley. He said. however that the ,ys
TEN OF protection as devised and upneld
by the Republican party. is the great rs
sue of this Campaign, and that If oy any
successfully attack that sys EN-. idleness
would follow and there would be plenty
of the bread of repentance for all 10 ear.
The nerves of business industries would
be touched with paralysis. Senator Nc
Comas called to see Senator Fairbanks
and assured him that the prospect for a
Republican victory in Maryland is very
good.
good deal of amusement has been
created in social as we'll as army circles
over the recommendation just made by
Gen. Henry c. Corb.n. relating 20 the
subject of the marriage of army officers
Yesterday the war department. with evi-
dent hesitation. made the paper rlblc
Gen. Corbin is of the opinion that the
army is ''over married." This Is start
ling II true. 1t is hard to answer for the
army in the Philippines. but ,here are
few signs of polygamy outside of Utah.
In that portion of the army which Is In
the United States. Any officer with more
than one wife should be promptly hauled
before court martial. Not long ago Col.
Pitcher of the u. S. A, stationed in this
city promised to marry a clerk in the
treasury department. and she took him
at his word upon his honor as a soldier
and q gentleman. On the eve of the we'd
ding. however, he ran away to San Fran
cisco. giving as an excuse that he could
not afford to marry. Ho was to have
been Investigated for this act unbecom-
ing to an officer and a gentleman. bur
the matter has been allowed to drop.
Some members of congress, at the next
session. will take It up and press ii TO