The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

sdNc ~ SrcteLiry LOep. MILO Will
not send it into President Rooseyelt.S
Not he. He will Just send an assistant
Secretary out to say to the visitor,
that the President will not be able
to see him. as he is very busy, etc.,
and some more etcs.
War, state nnd Navy.
So the asfghtseer will move on across
Executive Avenue to- the biggest oil
allatheAdepartment buildings, the War
State and Navy, three under reg II.
The eastern side Of the great building
and half the north. end are. devoted
to the use of the NnvyaDepartment;
the western side and the west half Of
the northyend to tile NarsDepartmelt,
and the entire southern side to the
State Department.
Tho cannon onytheS steps will
Interest the sightseer, and the models
OF twarships In 1.-THE corridors on the
navy side, and of big guns, and repro.
auctions of the uniforms OF our son.
diers at various periods, on the war
side. always prove interesting objects
to the visitor. In the office OF the
Secretary of War are many historic
flags which are regarded with peou-
liar Interest. Throughout all the gov-
eminent departments there ARE many
portraits Of formersheads thereof which
are objects of interest
The Department of JusticeSts almost
opposite the War Department. but
three or -four blocks to the northSon
Clay Street. The Departmentkof Com
maerce and Labor, the newest OF tho
executive departments, is % Four
teenth Street, opposite tile new Wil-
lard Hotel, at Pennsylvanfaf8Avenue
and Fourteenth. The P%ost-Office De-
l%rartment, a most interestIng4place, has
Il home In thatf8big, suuarestcwered
Romanesque building at Eleventh and
Pennsylvania Avenue. s
Tho largest brick building in tho
world is the Pension Office, at L and
OF the building is not interesting, a v
for the immense number of clerks,
Ichfefly old Union soldiers, who are enl-s
ployed to help keep tlls9pension record
straight, a duty manNsclnim is not
absolutely performed. Tlessfrieze on
the outside OF the building. Represent
itns marching armies, and feStendlns
entirely around the great structure. is
the most interestin gsthing TO he seen
at the Pension Office.
Inventors Graveyard.
The Patent Office is not far5dlstant,
at Seventh and Streets. The Inte-
lrtor Department is opposite zone OF
the most heaatifpl. sarchitsetppgally. In
NNStS1lIll5 kNA, SA -Aa0uS AhSEtitS IuISul4ot%
flee, Inspecting models OF SinSantions,
would¬ give the stghtseers = faint
idea OF the Interesting contents of the
building, Snpr more tina II3a.@NAgue con.
ceptton of the NariednessSof the in.,
INVENTIVE gs,1ius GotS Amerleans, though
mot all the inventlons are the product
OF American genius,
Then there rs the Navy Yard. away
over in southeast Washington. and
the War College,,swhere officers so to
school. The gun factory AT the Navy
Iard As by Tar the most Interesting
sight there The processes through
which the tons of steel have to pass
before becorning a piece of armament
capable OF hurting q proiectue ten and
twelve miles, and oven further. ara
eNtremely interesting.
There is also Mount N,srncnstheSho ntn
of Mnshington, preserved Theoretically
che conaitionA, In which II was5 when the
Feather OF Ills GGsonnteS lived there, lt
lis a rlde5i0n the trolley gof an hour or
ESQ to Mount Vernon, 3 Coming baes,l
Etlere ~ time frrssa Strir "a ~.Arlingtoy.
TIRE hona soi's the hoes where a,ow res
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