The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03
WHITE HOUSE GARAGE, JUST BUILT.
PRESUDEST,S S-.C1x1, go,

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'or all Of these items during the cur.
rent year being S6i,soo. OF this S..
ooV Is used for fuel. $500 for light or
. the buildings and grounds and s1o, ooc
Tor the care. maintenance and rcpair o,
INC greenhouses. which supply now,r.
LOT public and private cntera tinmcnts
as Well as for family use and the beau.
tihcatlon OF the extensive mark sur.
rounding the house.
Purchase What They Want. ..
our OF the fiat fund for care, repair
ana refurnishing past mistresscs of the
/ mite House have made purchases as
! they nave seen TT. Thus Mrs Gran,
purchased for $1,000 a silver canoe
"hich sun contains lowers at state
: and thus Mrs. Hayes, for
sio'poe, had painted the gaudiiy How
cred china service which was reriyad
'"hen Mrs. Roosevelt purchased the
pres ant Wedgwood service for sac. 900
ana II RAY be added that IT was on,
oi eHis Al fund that Andrew Jack.
, son bought. at secondhand, the ances.
lral service of the Russian Baron do
iuyl. All such articles, of course he.
come the property OF the gov Arnnen,
a a. remain in the White House when
! Inc purchaser moves out u
so Uncle Sam will take eood car. .,
h'rn who carries off the grand nriza
In the presidential sweepstakes new
. summer. He will pay valet 70 shave
! hinl' cut his hair anu press his clothes
the maid who waits upon his wife. the
groom OF his stables, the laun6resse.
VINO care for the White House linen and
tfe corps Of domestics which dusts
waits on the table. washes the windows
uEs the moor and polishes up the
handle OF the big front door.
II ne Keep riding horses he will, as
comnander.in- chief OF the army, be
provided with an orderly to fetch md
take his mount and accompany him
when INDUCING In equestrian pleas
ures.
HIS Military Perquisitcs.
indeed. by virtue of his rank as com.
ihahoer- in-chief OF both the land md
sea FORCES he will be entitled to say.
eral perquisites not stipulated in the
appropriation bills. Handsomest among
these, perhaps, Is the authority TO nae
al any time the yachts Mayflower and
syiph. The former, OF 1000 tons, was
originally purchased by Mrs. Ogden
Goelet for 100000. and was sold by
ner TO the government during the Span.
ish war Mrs. Roosevelt and her chill.
uHen awaited themselves OF the uss nj
TINS Tor cruise to Cuba, and Mr.. Tai,
mas used 1t in connection with the nava,
ceremonies off thu Atlantic coast. The
smaller yacht. Sylph, is moro freau mt
~ used by tho presidential families. es.
peciaily to avoid the intense heat OF
summer.
His military rank also entities the
PRESIDENT and family to the free medi,
cal attendance and free medicines guar.
anteed to every officer In either branch
OF the service. a surgeon will be -
taiied to reside near the executive
household. wherever 1t may happ en- to
be, and protect its health. When the
President travels. he will be entitled
to the srvices of this physician n
treat his throat after an ordeal of
speechmaking or to take his pulse ana
temperature upon occasions OF exposm !.
or ove-strain. II. by any III fate, this
victor Of this years contest should die
IN the presidential Office, the govern.
ment will pay for his state funeral.
and, besides granting his widow 5 q
pension of $4,000 a year, will carry her
letters in the mail frse of charge.
!. Wherever he goes he will be entitled
10 the services of an army or nava
officer detailed as his personal aid"
such as lis always attached to the I'D :
miral of the navy or commandins gen.
erai of the army.
Will BE His Right Hand.
THIS officer Will be at his right hand
day and evening. IL he so directs.