The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-02-27

or the carriage drawn by blooded
horses. President Taft and his fam
lily are packing up their things. and
so are President-elect Wilson and his
family. the ones to 90 and the others
to come. President Taft's White
House belongings will be sent away
March and the family will follow on
the next morning.
There will be several moving days
In Washington early next month. The
cabinet officers and their families. or
most of them at any rate, will pack up
and clear out, some of them to return
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 1T their
families.
When Mr.. Taft moves out he will
take with him, or rather will send De-
fore him, all kinds of things, the usual
paraphernalia of an American house.
keeping family of course, but added to
1t will be all sorts OF queer things
from the Philippines. The president
has a choice collection of Filipino
"duds" 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 re-oter parts
Of the White House Their usual In
quiry is about the library. The aver
age American pilgrim wants to know
what the president reads. Mr.. Taft
will 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 ahead
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
the main structure. There are all sorts
and conditions of books here, written
by all sorts and conditions of men and
women.
When Mr.. Roosevelt moved out %
the White House four years ago. he
took with him about twice az many
books as Mr.. Taft possesses, but then
Mr.. Roosevelt had habit of buying
everything which touched on NAM
mails, birds, bugs, flowers. trees. fish
and everything else recognizable ZOO
logically. In addition to these hooks
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 bring
over from Princeton with him many
and various books, histories, 1t 10 said.
predominating. There is room in the
White House study for all of Mr.. VIII
sons reading matter. The study is
big room and book shelves take up all
Of the four sides except the space left
for the door and the spaces left for
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 on
naval affairs. dominated by Demo
cratic majority. has sanctioned a ~
port drawn by one Of its Republican
members, which sets forth the reasons
why there should pass bill giving
federal support to the naval militia OF
the states and pledging Uncle Sam to
strong pecuniary support OF the states
sailor service II this bill does not be-
come law before March it is likely
to be taken up early in the extra ses'
sion
At present, in federal sense, there
is no organized naval militia, but
many OF the states inland. as we'll as
lakeside and seaside, have organiza
tions which are independent and
which are not subject to federal con-
troll except wherein they receive the
benefit of an annual appropriation OF
S125,000 distributed among the various
state organizations proportionate to
their strength at the rate Of SO per
man."
1t is the Intention of the bill now be-
fore congress to promote the efficiency
OF the various state naval bodies and
to create an organized naval militia
which, in time OF war, under certain
conditions, will be subject to federal
control. The plan is that in time OF
peace the navy department shall have
such control as to prescribe the physi-
cal, moral and military qualifications
of the officers and enlisted men.
Not Thought a Palace.
The residence for Henry Clay Frick