Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-03-04

to the hearth stones in other places
which have been cold for some years.
Other cabinet officers and their fami-
lies will take only temporary leave Of
absence, for the lure of Washington
is strong upon them, and particularly
strong upon the women folk of their
families.
When Mr.. Taft moves out ne will
take with him, or rather viii send be-
fore him, all kinds of things, the usual
paraphernalia of an American house
keeping family of course. but added to
it will be all sorts of queer things
from the Philippines. The president
has choice collection OF Filipino
buds" and they have become, in a
way, closer to his affection than the
furniture of Grand Rapids manufac-
ture and the ornaments made any
where from East Cape to Mendocino.
Libraries of Presidents.
1t ought to be grateful to Americans
to know that when visitors are admit.
ted on occasion to the remoter parts
of the White House their usual in.
curry is about the library. The aver.
age American pilgrim wants to know
what the president reads. Mr.. Taft
viii send to New Haven, as the last OF
the executive office consignments, his
library of law books. He will need
them when engaged in his new duties
and ''he himself has said it," for re.
Gently he declared his intention OF
keeping at least few lessons af1ead
of his law student classes.
The law library of the White House
is in the Office annex. Mr.. Taft has
his reading books" in the study OF
and conditions of books here, written
by all sorts and conditions of men and
women
When Mr.. Roosevelt moved out OF
the White House four years ego, he
took with him about twice as many
books as Mr. Taft possesses, but then
Mr.. Roosevelt had a habit of buying
everything which touched Oh nam
mails, birds. bugs, flowers. trees, fish
and everything else recognizable zoo
| logically. In addition to these books
the colonel had the histories Of all the
campaigns fought since the day that
| Cain started on the war path after
Abel, and beyond this he had civic his
tory, poetry. sociology and whatnot.
President-elect Wilson will brinl
over from Princeton with him many
and various books, histories, it is said
| predominating. There is room in the
White House study for all of Mr.. Viii
sons reading matter. The study is E
| big room and book shelves take up al
of the four sides except the space left
for the door and the spaces left fol
| two windows.
Naval Militia Bill Favored.
| Both the Democrats and the
Republicans in congress seem to be
| willing that early action should be
taken to put the naval militia of the
different states upon the federal foot
ing that is now maintained by the ma
tional guard The house committee OF
naval affairs, dominated by Demo
| cratic majority, has sanctioned a re
| port drawn by one of its Republican
members, which sets forth the reason!
why there should pass a bill giving
| federal support to the naval militia o
the states and pledging Uncle Sam t.
strong pecuniary support of the state:
| sailor service. If this bill does not be
| como q law before March it is likely
| to be taken up carly in the extra ses
! sion
| At present, in federal sense, there
is no organized naval militia, bu
many of the states inland, as we'll al
| lakeside and seaside, have organiZa
tions which are independent ant
which are not Subject to federal con
troll except wherein they receive tn
benefit of an annual appropriation o
! $125,000 distributed among the various
state organizations proportionate t.
their strength at the rate of SO pc
man"
1t is the intention of the bill now be
fore congress to promote the eficienc,
Of the various state naval bodies AM
to create an organized naval militii
which. in time of war, under certain
conditions, will be subject to fedora
control The plan is that in time o
peace the navy department shall hay'
such control as to prescribe the physi
cal, moral and military qualification
of the officers and enlisted men.