The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-19
MIR. BUCKINGHAM
IN THE EAST.
BY s. E. KISER.

| once began on my educational system
| Little Waldo expressed strong desire
10 larry for the purpose Of watching
| u baseball game which was In progress
| ON IA vacant lot near the capitol but |
| said to him.
Come my boy. there Is an impor
| tant lesson want you to learn. In
kingdom the king owns everything,
IN Il republic the people own things
| that is the things that are Of L public
nature. We will nov visit the navy
| yard. You aud | are part owners of
all the great warshIps. and the men
~ho run them work for US. That big,
white capitol Is part ours and We
nave an interest In everything that Is
run By the government We will first
took through the shops where they
| make the great guns AMI other imple
meuls OF war that are used on our
| lighting ships"
lie thought the big guns might be
seen after the bail game was over.
but dragged him away and We went
@ the navy yard IN green ear.
should say that the navy yard was not
IN the green car but inside of high
wall We entered AT gate where an
| armed warrior paced lcisurely To and
| FRO, coming ever pnd anon to the limit
Of his beat and splitting out into the
wide world He kindly permitted NJ
10 enter, and We found ourselves look
ing down across grassy park several
| acres in extent Beyond and at the
sides vi II were shups and far away,
through one of the avenues, We could
See II cruiser lying in the river As
Sc stood looking AT some children who
were tumbliug about on the grass al
officer In full uniform approached lie
| vas about as tail is Joe Wheeler and
| very dignifed Also he had Il gray
| mustache A. he was passing ny.
asked him II he could tell rs how W.
might see the place to the best adj
vantage
You can hire a guide. he said, IN
a tone which indicated that he re
saIdrd me Us II seven dollar a week
citizen, and wholly unworthy Of con
sidcratlun by him
Just thrn lap who wasn't much
bigger than my nine year old boy
came along.
The pumpons officer sautrd him
and they stopped To talk finally walk
INK away together the American hold
lnp the Jap tamIiarly 10y an arm.
We went down 10 the shops ana
found ON each OF them notice To the
effect that visitors were not admitted
We stopped AT the door OF one and
looked in Waterman told M We
mus; not linerr there.
why not" asked. I'm an Amer
icau citizen. aud have II direct inter
est Ia these works
Yes | know. the Waterman an
swcrrd Got To enforce the rules
Pass along"
Looking over his shoulder | saw II
Jap, in uniform standing inside the
shop calmly watching the work that
was hcins done.
Al the wharf We went aboard the
cruiser and started to look around
We had NOT gone far when we were
stopped by IA guard, who Informed us
that there were only certain parts OF
the ship which We might inspect. Be
yond us. where We were not allowed To
go, We could see Two japanese officers
Watching several Americans who were
experimenting with wireless tele
graph apparatus.
Al Brooklyn | took my boy down to |
b." some of the big battlcshIps
They permitted MS to enter the yard |
bur "" could not get into any OF tho |
buildings. although saw uniformed |
Japs com" ont ul two OF them ms wa |
passed al"nG. Finally We got down
tu The water front aud there many |
Wurkmcu we're busy On the Connect |
cut, which is to be the biggest battle
slip IN out navy We were not al
lowed Ia 20 aboard although Japan
cS" man looked down AT Ms Ion "A mo
mrut from the bow OF the vessel. aud
then turned back to watch the !aborers
who wrr" riVrting on the ships armor
Halt mile away the Indiana was
bcinr repaired There Waterman
ordered Ms back when We started tc
20 aboard, and. being good Americans
We uf course rrtrrutcd AS we did
So Il Jap In uniform arrived. salutcG
III" Waterman and went upon the yes
sci 10 see how things were Icing done
On our way out my boy asked:
Why are all these Japanese allowed
To ~ where We cant gu?"
They have special privileges.
explained.
Why are they over here watching
things?'
50 that they may have the adyan
tag" of our knowledge Of shlp.bulld
ing and so on"
What do they give us for letting
them find out all about n?"
Nothing"
81 wish you and me could be- laps
for awhile. Then maybe they'd LET us
go IN and see how our hired men were
duiu' the work we're payln for"
! can't help believing that INV boy
has cnascd In Il measure to be- i'm
pressed with my Importance as a citI.
zen
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