The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-07-26
From the National Capitol
BY Stanton Lawton

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Washington, D. c., July 24.-Nearly
a score of we'll known officers of the
army. stationed in Washington, will
shortly be transferred to other sta
tions, in accordance with orders Just
issued by Secretary of War Garrison,
limiting the tour of service in this
city to a period of four years in the
case of all officers not in charge of
bureaus or not serving with troops.
Two of the bureau chiefs of the
War department, who will not be ef-
fected by this order, but who will con-
tinue on duty are Brigadier Generals
Frank Mcintyre, chief of the bureau of
! insular affairs, and George H. Torney,
surgeon general. These are the only
officers of the Catholic faith in Wash
lngton holding the high rank Of brig
adler general on the active list Of the
army.
! General Mcintyre is one of the
youngest of the brigadier generals. He
was born on Jan. 5, 1865, in Alabama,
and was appointed to the Military
Academy from that state on Sept. 1,
! 1882 He was graduated on July 1,
| 1886, standing high in a large class,
and was commissioned a second lieu
tenant and assigned to the 10Th in
fantry. On July 4. 1892, he was pro-
noted to first lieutenant, and went to
the Bird infantry, but was Immediately
transferred back to the 18th infantry,
and on March @ 1899, was promoted
to captain.
General Mcintyre is universally pop
ular and possibly no officer ever sta
toned in Washington has a greater
host Of friends than he.
He and his wife, with their seven
children, are regular attendants at St
Pauls church, when in Washington.
| Concentration OF the discovery of
the Pacific ocean by Balboa (the Cath
Ollie explorer) by inviting Spain to
send the first vessel through the Pan
ANA canal on the four hundredth an
niversary of the event. Sept. rs, 1918,
has been suggested to Secretary of
State Bryan, by Francisco j. Yanes,
assistant director of the Pan-Ameri-
can Union and president Of the Span
| ish- American Anthenum.
The Anthenum, a society organized
in Washington recently to encourage
the study of Spanish and Spanish
American history and literature, had
adopted a resolution urging that the
United States thus acknowledge Am
erica's debt to Spanish explorers.
One of the most prominent workers
in this society, while a resident Of the
national capital, was Rev. Charles
Warren Currier, the newly consecrated
Bishop Of Cuba.
July 23rd was the 10th anniversary
Of the birth Of His Eminence, James
Cardinal Gibbons, the illustrious prel-
ate whose peerless life has demanded
and received public esteem, and it is
a question whether any churchman, Of
any creed, in any time or country, has
received the universal homage accord.
ed Cardinal Gibbons In his later days
Cardinal Gibbons character is won.
derful when one undertakes to sun
up his lifes work, and while he has
never given what is technically known
as a non-Catholic mission, there is M
one giving missions today, who is com
parable with him as a missionary
One reason for this is that he has thai
rare gift of 'divine tact" and never
was it known that he ever said any.
thing publicly to wound Intentionally
the feelings of Protestants, in fact HI
has always respected earnest religion!
feeling wherever he found it. This /.
why his book, 1.-The Faith Of Oul
Fathers" is found so often in the non.
Catholic home, and has brought sc
many within the fold.
On July 18th, in an interview, the
Cardinal said: ION next Wednesday
shall be 70 years old" and then he
added in his gentle voice, Il do no.
think that will live much longer. MY
life is nearly spent"
The visitor to whom he said this
could not control his surprise and sor'
row.
II will soon be an octogenarian,'
said the Cardinal, smiling, land ma
ture must take its course. Almight.
God has blessed me with long life
and am ready to answer wheneve
. He sees At to call me to render an &C