Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

tiles for fitting his sons for the ca
reer Of soldier, Uncle Sam is soon to
open at Washington a war college,
where the art of war may be taught
in all of it's intricacies. A new war
college building has been erected and
a model military post is to be es
tablished as part of the college equip
ment. All this has been accomplished
at cost of 100000, and it is here
that the officers of the regular army
and the national guard will be given
a postgraduate course in military
science. The project has been in the
making for several years past, and
even now ambition is not fully realiz-
ed in so far as the model military post
is concerned, but the war college prop
er is In readiness for its commissioned
pupils, and 50 the school is to be call
ed to order for serious work.
The nations newest war college is
very much superior in every way to
any similar seat of professional learn
ing possessed by any other world
power. Just here is should be en-
phasized that this new school Of ad-
vanced instruction is an army war col
lege, for the navy already has . war
college Of its own, located At New
port, r. I. The new army college
rather surpasses it's naval rival in
some respects, but it must be borne in
mind that it will have to care for a
greater number of students than are
usually in attendance at the school
maintained by the other arm of the
service
The fact that it was desired to pro-
| vide, supplementary to the college
structure, group of representative
buildings for a model military post,
made is incumbent upon the war de-
partment to use considerable care in
! the selection of a. site, and choice fin
ally fell upon a historic spot on the
bank of the Potomac river and serving
as what might be termed the water
gateway to our national capital. Here
there have been erected, in accord
ance with group plan, a magnificent
college building and officers quarters
officers mess, barracks, a supply de-
pot, storehouses for the quartermaste1
and commissary and the other neces
sary units of military community.
Not only is the college building a
thing of beauty, but every effort has
been made to make it freproof in or
der to provide safe repository fol-
the invaluable library, the collection
of models and other rare possessions
which will have place in the refer
ence archives of the War college. The
home of the college, which is of brick
and has REINFORCED concrete construc
ton, is of classic design, suggestive
of the Roman basilica style. The
structure measures 260 feet in length
by 1875 feet in depth, with a bay win
dow on the south side 81 feet in diam
eter. The building rises to a height
of two stories above basement anC
in the center of the front facade is the
main entrance pavilion, which has
been designed as the principal orna
mental feature of the exterior design
The pavilion consists of a pedi
mental gable, with massive piers OF
either side and beautifully proper
toned Ionic columns in the center
These columns support an entablature
above which is semicircular opening
In the center of the opening thu!
formed is the emblematic figure of al
eagle, thrown into bold relief by thu
shadows. The entrance pavilion de
sign is reproduced to an extent a
either end of the building, while thu
portions of the structure fanking thu
pavilion are in the plaster style O.
treatment, the pilasters being severa
feet lower than the Ionic columns IL
the center. The plan of the roof Pre-
sents the form of cross with a low
octangonal dome at the intersection
In front of the War College building
is a terrace with a graceful balustrad<
half a thousand feet in length. Here
is located the statue of Frederick thu
Great, presented to this nation by thu
German emperor, and with it will BIZ
grouped the bronze figures of othel