Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-08-08

md larger in winter, is transacted the principal
= sssf -a1isaTS sR<F1soas extending
e-s the Atlantic coast from SMaiae to Texas
and west to the Mississippi exclusive of the mid
western states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michi-
gan.
One battalion of the goth infantry is now sta
toned at Governors Island under the command of
Gen. Thomas H. Barry. who came there from
West Point last September, succeeding the late
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant
Several years ago congress appropriated ST.
100000 for the reconstruction of Governors Island
and 103 acres have finally been reclaimed from
the bay. Further improvements were suggested,
and in 1908 ex-President Taft approved plans for
regimental post, but nothing has been done
since then to carry them out. 1t was intended to
make, of the island the finest military post in the
world. All the old buildings to be razed,
Fort Jay, South Battery and Castle William alone
10 remain The first to be the center of a
park with castellated tower, its moat draw
bridge, fine old gateway and sayport to be unin-
terfered with. The barracks we're to be of the
latest model, with every appliance for comfort
and use and to house a full regiment of 1900
men. Magnificent parade and athletic grounds,
libraries, piers for passengers and freight and
rows of commodious dwellings for the officers
we're included in the plans
Following this firm of architects presented
even more elaborate design This latest plan has
been approved by several prominent men and
representative societies.
To the casual glance at present every house on
Governors lSlanQ WSulQ De Dettered by q coat OF
paint But complaints rarely heard, notwth-
standing the dictum that army officer who
doesn't complain has something the matter with
him. This military rtatian is one of the postes
de luxe; 1t is hard to get there and one has to
pry an incumbent away. So when the authori-
ties at Washington spell economy" out loud the
officers at the post obedently silent.
General BarTys house, old-time dwelling, is
three-minute walk from the landing and drec-
tons to reach 1t are given by trio of guards
nnin fbarpc MD Tor ala ord boor
Ing the inscription do Not Loiter" With this
example of military obedience in mind you cross
the sward respondent with another sign saying
Keep on the Grass" step up some cracked
steps through which tender blades of grass are
springng and turning corner face the parade
ground on which many of the houses, including
General Barry's, front. Like the majority his is
two-storyanda-half structure and has an addi
honal wing or two to distinguish 1t.
The architecture of these old houses is that of
the late colonial period. The color is a saffron,
dulled to brownish tint, the trimmings white
and the blinds green. The latticed porch and bal
nstrades recall the gingerbread work of the
Dutch housewives preparing some special form of
prnamented cakes.
Along Colonels Row one of the residential
streets is called, the names are printed in black
letters on the rise Of the veranda steps Prize
babies and young puppies freckle the parade
ground. There is no profusion of flowers but
here and there pansy beds kept trinity within
wooden frames. great SNOWFALL bush blooms
riotously in front of General Barrys door and the
perfume of honeysuckle is in the air. Most of
the gardening attention is devoted to the lawns
and park and the general effect is that of clean
,iness, order and discipline.
The Dutch name for the island was Nutting,
Noting, Nutten Nut. 1t SO called OBJ
viously for the splendid orchards of nut trees
but with the exception of the chestnuts-horse,
not edible-there is no trace at present of them.