Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07

educational standards for his children.
Inc dlmculty of doing this on his salary
aisoourages him in the development OF a
large family v
more marked in the case OF the nsy.I
omcer. The man I'm the army Ia phvsIcai
~ able TO keep his family near him N
t ,lis sake up his nomad life and follow
nun irom post to post. But the naval
ofncer IL aboard ship and ar .aa To-, a.
greater part OF his service once IN .ix
months he is able to see his family Often
mere are periods OF two years during
"hicn navy man does not see his wife
or children at all. T&en there are tarrs
or duty ashore when he NAV h. With
them Tor year or two. But copditiops
large families. ~
me most prominent prize family of the
army Is that OF Gen. Frank McInfyre
cnieI OF the bureau OF irsular affairs
zen Mcintyre has family of six HIS
,h s. son was born at West Point Will,
the rather was instructor there. The
second was born at Fort Bliss. Mich tn.
.nird was born in Louisville Later Gen
MCINTYRE was assigned TO .administratiy.
, woTk In the insular bureau and his three
nttie girls have been born in Washinpto,
MIS- sort OF sketch would be typical az
the building up OF the average army fam
ny with the exception that Gen. McIntyie
has been more fortunate in his assign
ments than most
MAJ. Edward w McCaskey. retired ami
residing in Philadelphia. has muri
larger family than Gen MCINTYRE and
PROBABLY the biggest In the service. lie
.he Iather OF ten children. who hay.
oeen incident TO varied career in the
service and whose birthplaces are many
and varied. Col. l.. G. B4rrv. who il
now IN Texas city, awaiting whateyer
ssehnuahtles may develop in Mexico. has
nVe nttie girls and a boy. Capt William
!. GLASGOW, stationed at Fort Myer has
nVe children. There are other similar
Iamines In the service, but they are not
.ne RUE; There are army officers who
resent the charge that families i'm tha
service are not as large and as normal
as the families of men in other walks OF
nIe' out the figures seem TO be against
tnem, and the facts seem to ofYer ex-
tenuation for the figures.
The pride OF the navy from the stand
point OF youngsters lies in four strapping
sons OF the Secretary. These boys are of
about the age when boys insist on seeing
now the wheels go around with reference
to every piece Of machinery with which
they come In contact. Their father is
very fond of taking them on trips to the
various battleships. and on such occa-
SONS they revel In the very sort of things
that are nearest the hearts Of such boys
In fact. they regard themselves as being
ever favored. Aboard ship they usually
scorn the captains table or the senior
officers mess. and spend their time with
the junior officers or with the enlisted
men below decks. From the point where
the screw that drives the huge propeller
may be seen at work in its little room
at the very tail of the ship, to the fire
control In the top Of the spider masts
there Is no detail that must not be ex-
planned to these boys
But the Navy Department boasts a fam
lily that Is a local rival to that of the
Secretary for popularity This family
belongs to Michael d. Schaefer, chief
clerk OF the bureau Of construction and
repair. Schaefer has been govern
ment clerk almost since he reached man
hood. He has family of eight young
sters, with appetites that go with vigor-
Gus health and rapid growth. The
Schaefer children range in age from FIVE
to twenty. There are five boys and
three girls. Mr.. Schaefer Acknowledges
that he always counts them in getting
on and of a street car. as otherwise
he could not tell il all were present. One
day he counted only seven. and held "A
car ten minutes looking for the eighth.
to finally discover it in his arms, where
he had neglected to count it.