Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-19
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register for 1906. the officers of the general
staff corps were listed on page 30, following
the lists of general officers. the military
secretarys department. the inspector gen
erals department, the judge advocate gen
erals department, the quartermaster's de-
partment, the subsistence department, the
medical department, the pay department.
the Corps of Engineers, the ordnance de-
partment, the Signal Corps. the bureau OF
insular affairs and chaplains AT the Pres-
dents reception on New Year day, 1906,
Gen. AinSworth and the officers of all the
departments named were near the head OF
the line. taking precedence Of all the MEM
bers of the general staff corps, consisting
of picked officers of the army. Now. that
has been all changed and the officers OF the
general staff corps are mentioned IN the
Army Register for 1901 next after the gem
eral officers of the army and ahead Of the
military secretary and all the other bureau
officers and chaplains. This Encouragement
of the order of precedence explains the ap,
Sence of Gen AinSWorth from his usual
place at the head of the military line at the
Presidents reception on the lst instant:
When the general staff corps was organized
1t given place in the official army list
next after the list of general officers, but
when Gen. AinSWorth, as military secretary.
succeeded to the functions of the adJutant
general and compiled the Army Register,
he assigned the military secretary's depart
ment a place next after the general Off
GERS and reegated the general staff corps
to place in the rear of all the bureau ofti-
GERS and the chaplains. | understand that IL
took the combined influence of the PreSl-
dent and the Secretary of War, aided by
the chief of staff, to have the general star
corps restored to its original place ahead
of the military secretary's department IN
this years Army Register. 1t has been
pretty contest for military precedence and
excited general interest in official circles
Il am very glad" said an old citizen. who
Is lover of trees, that President Roose-
welt has taken a personal interest in the
statue of Kosciuszko, the Polish patriot
who helped to establish the republic of the
United States. He may learn something of
the site. The statue Is to be erected at the
northeast corner of Lafayette Park where
it happens one of the finest trees in the Dis
trict-a magnificent elm--graces that par
ticular corner of the park. 1t is possible
that the people in charge of the erection of
the statue may think it desirable to remove
the tree In order to improve the view.
Many of the members Of the Cosmos Club,
located at the corner, have acquired a per-
sonal affection for the grand old elm, which
affords a most grateful shade in the sum-
mer time. When the site of the statue was
originally selected many months ago an in
formal meeting was held and a letter of
protest was written to Col. Bromwell, the
engineer officer in charge of public build
ings and grounds. He replied that their
wishes would be fully respected and that
the statue would be erected on the corner
without endangerlng the tree or its roots.
Knowing President Roosevelts great inter-
est in trees, 1t is hoped that he will see
that our grand old elm Is not injured by
the new statue. The officials in charge of
the work Of putting up the statue say that
there is room enough on the corner for
both the tree and the statue. and that
neither Will interfere with the other. l hope
they are right In their opinion, but I feel
more safe as to the tree in knowing that
the President Is taking a personal interest
In the project"
mo doubt" Observed the man who has
fallen into the habit of observing the doings
Of others with critical eyes, ''the struct-
ures which are being put up on the roofs of
buildings in the business sections OF the
city add to the security from fire. For they
are tanks filled with water and their func-
ton is to flood the threatened building
when the fire appears. There is no ques-
ton about the utility of these attachments
but why should all regard for appearance,
not to say beauty, be overlooked in their
design. If there Is anything in preserving
some uniformity in what artists and others
delight to call the sky line of the streets
of the city. why is the bare and unadorned
water tank perched high up on the roofs of
buildings allowed"
Have you any idea of what it costs to
put up one of those unadorned tanks "a
you term tnem?' asked one of the group,
who heard the remarks of the critical cit-
zen. Perhaps II you did you would think
they were beautiful. even though without
ornamentation or artistic form as you sug-
Sest.
That's the usual argument put up by
the ignorant sordid.'' replied the first
speaker. Cost has nothing to do with
beauty and the present structures are a
disgrace to the city,
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The frightful wreck on the Baltimore
and Ohio few weeks ago, in which a half
hundred persons lost their lives and a
larger number received injuries recalls an
order issued by former Gov. Joe Brown
when he had charge Of the old State road
in Georgia. The order was:
Hereafter when trains moving in an
opposite direction are approaching each
other, conductors and engineers will be
required to bring their respective trains to
dead halt before the point of meeting
and be very careful not to proceed till
each train has passed the other"
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Senator Culberson of Texas tells a good
story about an old gentleman who was
one of the early settlers of the now ia
nous town OF Brownsville, on the Rio
Grande. The old residenter referred to
good Methodist. but possessed a
fiery temper. and when aroused he was
by no means pleasant subject to come
in contact with. One day one of the
old mans favorite hounds was shot and
killed by q bully, man who had been in
more fights than any man in that section.
His fighting reputatio however, did not
keep the old man from hunting him out
and giving him a thrashing, and then he
announced:
.'Unrestrained by divine grace, neigh
bors. l can whip any man on the Rio
Grande and especially II he kills one Of