Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
70 LABOR.

southwark like the wild birds, but
centering in the capital, government
officials are returning to the scene Of
their labor. President Taft will not
leave Beverly for the White House
until October 18, and Others will not
return until about that time. but a
number have come in from their va
cations and inspection trips. Bronzed,
erect and cheerful they seem to have
Jared well, whether absence was due
to a desire to seek rst or the prose-
cution of official business.
The passion for inspection. like
typhoid fever, is almost entirely a
summer disease In Washington.
When the thermometer mounts to
the hundred mark and the asphalt
~pavements on Pennsylvania avenue
begin to grew nlushy under foot,
those who held down the padded
chairs behind the mahogany desks
in the executive department begin to
fwaken to the necessity of going off
somewhere to do some inspecting.
1t has been a growing habit for a
number of years, 1t Is said, to be a
good thing for the men who go to
see something of their official do
minions. But it was not so in
George Washington's time, nor in
Grover Cleveland's for that matter.
Washington had a home. down the
river within easy distance Of this
city at Mount Vernon. Cleveland
had a summer place Just ON the out
skirts of the city, which has given
the name Cleveland Park to one OF
the Capitals suburbs. OF late pres
tdents have been obliged to HE off
to summer resorts and smaller off,
Gals at the ame time, can very
conveniently find it necessary to in
speet.
Former Secretary of the Navy
Newberry, who stuck to his desk,
grimly observed once that it seemed
to be a matter Of tradition that the
navy yards In the vicinity of New Or
leans and Florida needed inspection
in the winter time and the yards and
stations at Newport and Portsmouth
had to be looked after In the sum-
mer. Phe same rule holds for the
ordinary inspection trip. Canada.
Alaska and the cooler regions are
the ~favorite hunting grounds for in
speetors and occasionally there is
necessity for making a hurried trip
~ Allop Z oCO ao" Ire - w
ing done on the other side.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer is
going to inspect the naval stations
from New York to Puget Sound and
Cuba. Secretary Dickinson, who has
already done the Philippines and
China, is now coming home with
General Edwards, chief OF the Insu-
lar Bureau, by way Of Siberia, and
@xyslI afan af nnrIia ard onyaA RfhaP
places to CLEAN bits Of military wis
dom in passing.
Secretary Nagel and Attorney
General Wickersham have gone
through the arduous duty of inspect
ing the maddled affairs ia Alaska. at
fhe direction of President Taft.
= Assistant Secretary of War Oliver
found it necessary to- inspect some
bf the forts in New Mexico. Incl
'a~entally he saw the snake dances
Ind a few other sights of the South
Nest. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy winthrop, who has been n
kf the few high ranking officials to
itay in Washington most OF the SUM
ner, has occasional fits of the In
Bpeetion fever.
4 In the State Department, there
mas ALSO BSC4 SSHhkS aC11ANCHt S0IN
mer inspecting. Secretary Knox has
kept to the sylvan quiet of his farm
at Valley Forge. Occasionally 1t has
been necessary fer officials to run
M TO communicate with him and
discuss uffairs of the moment. Df-
rector General Carr OF the Consular
Service made a trip to Canada to see
sonae of the consular posts. The
head of the bureau of trade rela-
ifons. J. B. Osborne, went to Lcn-
don and other places in an official
capacity.
i Rear Admiral Reggie" Niehol-
con. chief of the bureau OF nayiga-
zion of the Navy Department, a short
time ago went to San Francisco to
inspect fhey yard at Mare Island. 9th
er rear admiraIs also have found 1t
Necessary to take trips here and
there during the summer season.
It might even be said that the
lrips are necessary for many OF the
aaen who so away; - 1t is directly
b the line of their sA% and o. ad-'
Ienlage to them In work. n Z