The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-06-01

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naval school in the world, erected by the
United States government at cost of
SIS, 900, 900 and overlooks the Severn
river. We first visited the naval chapel,
an inscription on a tablet telling US that
it was built in 1904 and its cornerstone
laid by Admiral George Dewey in honor
of the class of 1884. In the walls were
set tablets in memory of the students
who lost their lives in defense of their
country. In Bancroft Hall we had a
pleasant talk with Charles B. Hazeltine, a
Belfast boy, who is a student there. In
this building Paul Jones body lies in
state. We watched the cadet drill in the
armory, after which an artillery practice
was given on the grounds outside In
teresting relics taken from naval battles
We're seen here, including the plate from
Admiral Cervera's flagship Viscaya and
also piece of iron showing wound the
battleship Texas received from Spanish
vessel. Dewey's flagship Olympia and
Admiral Farragut's flagship Hartford
were seen in the harbor, stationed there
as war relics. Later we listened to a
concert by the marine band in the shaded
grounds adjoining the academy.
About o'clock we took the electrics
for Washington, D. c., arriving about
7.30 o'clock. Just before reaching the
city we saw from the car window Glenn
Curtiss' aeroplane making circle of the
Capitol. On our arrival in Washington
we went directly to the Grand Hotel on
Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the Treas
ury building and the Presidents grounds.
We took dinner (only lunch is served at
noon) and went to vaudeville show at
Chase's in the evening.
Saturday morning found US on an auto
tour of the city with a guide. One mem
Der of our party, delayed at the barber
shop, met US at the capitol. We were
photographed on the Treasury building
steps and later in the auto and received
this last photo two hours later on our re-
turn to the Treasury building. The
Treasury building is an imposing struc-
ture of sandstone and granite, costing
Sc, 800, 600. The architect, Robert Mills,
designed the building to set amid grounds
in harmony with Its dignity and beauty
instead of on the public thoroughfare
but President Jackson, impatient at the
long delayed choosing of a site, struck
his cane into the ground one morning and
said, Build it here. 1.-THE system of max
ing new money, exchanging new for old,
and destroying the old, is what one sees
at the Treasury. The cash room is said
to be one of the costlest rooms in the
world. Its walls are of choice Ameri-
can and Italian marbles and it was here
that President Grant held his inaugural
ball. This room is the cashiers office,
and here the Treasury redeems old and
worn paper money with coin for its face
value. From the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing the currency is brought
over at o'clock every morning in steel
wagon, and attended by force of guards
to the Treasury. After being verified by
three experts in packages of 1000 sheets,
four notes to the sheet, it is taken to the
sealing room where the "Red Seal' of
treasury is stamped upon each sheet. A
cutting machine cuts each sheet into four
parts. In new packages Of 1000 notes
to the package the currency passes to its
final counting by experts, women being
especially proficient in this work. There
are closed vaults with capacity of $215,
100000 in coin. The law requires the
Treasury to hold reserve of at least
500, 900, 900 in gold to sustain the credit
of the United States. The Treasury is
we'll guarded. The office of the Captain
of the Watch has communication with
the Chief Of Police and with Fort Myer
and the arsenal, and at moments no.
tice police. cavalry and artillery could be
summoned.