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strange thing on Buzzard point. The
place has not an ailuring name, but no
huzzardS are there now. 1t bears that
name on old maps. Jack Armstrong of
the surveyors office. who knows every
map and plat of a piece of land in the
District. took from the fireproof vaults
number of Washington maps. worn
and faded, hut priceless. and the east
ernmost of the two points of land iut-
ting out into the Eastern branch was
marked Buzzard point. The jewellers
down that way accept the name with
out protest. and not one of them sug-
ceSted to the Rambler that for the sake
of euphOny and property values the
name should be changed to Swans
point. Swallows point, Oriole Head or
Cape Nightingale.
Buzzard point was the site of town
which was laid out before the independ-
ence of the United States was declared.
Lots were sold and. presum ably, houses
were constructed years before anybody
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story goes. decided that they had pene-
trated far enough into hostile country
and began to long for the bright lights
and big tips of their city employment.
Their suggestions that they instruct
number OF soldiers in the art of ham
ding the trucks. in order that they
might return home. met with no IA
vorable response from the officers IN
charge Of the expeditionary column.
The taxi men were told that they had
signed for the trip and that they would
have to see it through.
When this information was convey
ed to the leaders of the dissatisfied
civilians they threatened to strike. ap-
working for Uncle Sam and not for a
civilian employer. Their threat was
met in Enthusiastically military
manner. The officer in charge of the
motor column informed the chauffeurs
that IL they did not continue with their
duties they would be placed under
guard and summarily punished.
X
Visions of standing up against a wall
at sunrise facing a firing squad did
not appeal to the chauffeurs. although
such extreme action would not have been
possible under army regulations. and
they agreed to continue south with the
The latest reports from Namiqufpa
indicated that the truck drivers were
reconciled to their lot, although they
unanimously agreed that once was
enough and that they would stick to
their taxi driving in the future. How
ever, the emergency had been met. even
though the army officials had to BLUM
1t through, and there was no more talk
of mutiny.
Upon another occasion a section of
the motor column reached an inviting
looking pool along the route of match.
Days Of hot, dusty travel made the
men long for a swim, and several of
the chauffeurs started to strip prepar-
atory to an immediate plunge. A SER
geant on duty nearby informed the
civilians that they could not go In
swimming at once. as one of the ON
was not military etiquette for the men
to battle at the same time.
Several of the chauffeurs. remem-
being the stress that had been laid
upon the fact that they We're not reg
ulars." paid no attention to the ser
geant, but plunged in Immediately.
The officer in the pool made report OF
the incident, but 1t was overlooked, In
as much as it was not thought wise
to raise a question of official dignity
with respect to civilian employees.
Thus the chaufeurs got even In some
manner for being forced to continue
southwark against their will.
Incidents Of this nature, however.
will shortly be done away with en-
tirely, for the army is training a num-
Der of its own men for the work Of
truck driving, and in short time
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north of Garfield Park The tract ex-
tended from NJ street north to the East
ern branch, with west line generally fol-
lowing the course of Goose or Tlber
creek to I'd and b streets northwest,
and then to I'd and NJ streets southwest.
to the northern boundary of the town of
Carrollsburg which, as the Rambler
told several years ago, extended from
James creek on the west to the East
ern branch on the east, and then south
ward to near the meeting place of the
Eastern branch and the Potomac. a
place which was then and still is called
BuZzard point.
When the Rambler began this series,
now several years gone, he wrote this:
One Of the charts in a case in the map and
chart division of the Library of Congress con.
tsins view of the city of Washington in
1892" The outline of the city is shown. but not
the general plan. The interesting feature of ii is
that 1t shows the farms. with the names Of the
owners which the city laid out and If a
map of the city today and this old chart could
he reduced TO common scale and the later
perimposed on the earlier many interesting data
would he shown relative to the original
ship of the various sections of the city. The
tracts of land shown this plan Mount
Pleasant owned by Robert Peter: Jamaica, owned
by Samuel Blodgett: Port Royal by Samuel
Davidson. John Davidson and Lynch and Sands:
Beales' levels. owned by David Burns, James
Burns and BENJAMIN 0den: Abbey manor. Daniel
Carroll; Duddngton pasture. Motley Young: Hop
Yard Abraham Young and George Walker:
j.
Peter: Mill Tract. Motley Young and James His
Park. Anthony Holmead.
About two years after writing that the
Rambler received from George Otis Smith.
director of the geological survey, a ma
called "A View of the City of Washington
in 1892 and in 1911" A view showing the
farms on which the city was laid out was
over-printed by a map of Washington of
1911. The old view is printed in green
and the overlap in brown. One can see
at a glance the relation of the Streets
public reservations and important build
ings to the farms and fields which were
here before the city was. The map is of
great interest.
There is a tradition that Greenleafs
point was a meeting place of the Indians
of the Potomac country before the COM
ing of the whites, and if this is true, the
Indians no doubt extended their councils
or conclaves. to the neighborng point
divided from Greenleafs point by only a
shallow and narrow branch which early
settlers called St. James creek, and finally
simply James creek. This creek was
canalized and its course Strengthened. and
this waterway, which everybody in Wash
ington knows, is James Creek canal
leafs point Jonathan Elliot. in his His
torical Sketches of the Ten Miles Square, "
published in $780, says:
OF the aboriginal inhabitants of the District
have very imperfect account Forty prin
cipal and subordinate tribes occupied the shores
of Virginia and MARYLAND the time of the
coming of the whites. OF these tribes the
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while the motor trucks moved in single
file at rate of from eight to ten
miles per hour.
At the commencement of the march a
number of the civilian chaufeurs, dis
regarding orders to maintain an orderly
column, speeded up to twelve or fifteen
miles. distancing a number of the other
trucks. One of the drivers of the ma
chimes which were proceeding in a
leisurely fashion. about eight miles an
hour, was reprimanded by the officer in
charge for being dilatory.
That's all right, SIR he replied. Let
those Barney Oldfelds out in front set
the pace. They'll have to let down in
little while and drop back Ten miles
is the most you can get out of one of
these big fellows and keep it up"
Later events proved that he was right.
The speedy trucks in the front were
forced to slow up, and orders were is
sued that the entire column was to
proceed, single file, at a uniform speed
of about nine miles This. it has been
found, is the most efficient rate of prog
ress, both for conservation of gasoline
and the trucks themselves. But even
at this comparatively slow speed, the
trucks can and do cover approximately
three times the distance traversed by
mules. and at a much less cost of time,
trouble and actual expense.
Indeed. in the words of a recent re-
port to Col. Baker. the truck expert of
the quartermasters division. the truck
can go anywhere the mule will go, and
get there in better time"
The great success of the first con-
certed use of the motor truck by the
American army Will, in the opinion
of a number of our military experts,
sound the knell Of another branch of
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IN tLLARl' tfiINt - g tongue Oh
w land that projects into the
ID0 Eastern branch, east of Green
- leaf point or the arsenal point,
which is at the confluence of the
Eastern branch and the Potomac river.
The configuration of Greenleaf point
has been considerably altered in the
course of the work of retaining the
Potomac and the Anacostia flats, hav-
ing been extended to the south of its
former shore line by the filling in of
the water with mud dredged from the
channels of the two rivers. Though
the Arsenal point now occupied by
Washington barracks and the War Col
lege. extends a few yards farther south
than Buzzard point, the latter is the
southernmost inhab ited land in the
city of Washington-that is, within the
limits of the old city of Washington.
To go farthest south in Washington
involves walk of about a mile. 1t
has not penetrated on the west side
of Buzzard point S a small bay into
which James Creek canal flows, and
that canal for nearly a mile separates
that part of the city terminating in
Buzzard point from that part terminate
ing in Greenleaf point, down which, as
far as the north size of Washington
barracks, several car lines run.
* x
The southernmost street crossing the
line of the canal is y street south, and
the city plat shows that w street
would cross a little north of where the
current and tides Of the Eastern branch
wash the high clay banks of the point
" street in that part of south Wash
ington is one of the fctions of the
surveyors office. There are no streets
on the point. Between James Creek
canal on the west and South Caption
street on the east. a few streets start
bravely down toward the point, but
before covering the course they give
il UP and become roads, and il woulc
be ftattery to write of them as good
roads
Third street and Half street show the
greatest endurance in going down into
this little known part of Washington,
but even these leave behind their street
lamps. fire plugs. curhs and cutters and
turn into mere trails of mud or dust
before reaching /he point. Half street
goes farther down than any other
street. but even it plays out before get
ting to the point. Dwellings become
sparse and there are wide stretches of
garden lands, abandoned brick lands
and ruined brick making plants and
fields of weeds between them, but close
to the tip of that strange country there
is a cluster of little homes and a store,
and within a few feet of where the
point pricks the Eastern branch stands
a dwelling with little garden of care
fully tended flowers at its front and
sides, and there a pleasant family finds
comfort, happiness and health. 1t is the
southernmost home in Washington.
There is a good deal 10 interest a
traveller in that remote section of the
city, a section so remote that few per-
sons other than those who live there
go that way. A stranger is a very
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Powhatans the Manahoacs and tho Monacan
were the chief. The Manahoacs and the Nom
cans were In alliance with each other an
wagcd a confederate and perpetual war agains
the Powhatans. 1t is proha BILE and It Is gen
orally admitted that they occupiers OF tn
territory which forms the present District O.
Columbia The Manahoacs. IL is asserted h
Golden. afterwards assumed the name Of Tus
caroras. deserted their country in Virginia abou
TIP and. repairing to the west, Joined til
Iroquois.
The valley at the foot of Capitol Hill. washed
by the Tiher creek, the Potomac and the Eastern
branch, II is stated on the authority of som
Of the early Maryland settlers, was period
cally visited by the Indians. who named II their
fishing ground in contradistinction to their hunt
ing ground, and that they assembled here ir
great numbers in the spring months to procure
fish.
and the residence of the chiefs. where councils
were held among the various tribes thus gath
cred together. The coincidence of the location
of the national legisla ture the council
house Of an Indian nation cannot fail tn excite
interesting reflections in the mind Of the intel
lgent reader. That Gen. Washington was In
formed of this tradition is quite probable.
-
In going down in the land Of old
Carrollsburg one may turn to the south
from n street directly after crossing
the point where n street has been fll-
ed across the canal. A few years back
the canal was bridged at NJ street and
at street. but the bridges have dis
appeared, the canal having been filled
in along that part of it's course. In
turning down the first street after
passing the head of the canal you will
walk under one of the finest arcades
of elm trees in the city. If you pass
south down Half street you will cross
the front of the William Syphax public
school and your way will be bordered
by houses until you come to o street.
After that your way will be dusty and
shadeless.
Close to the water on the east side
shut in by a garden, where climbing
roses. hollyhocks and vines grow witt
vigor. William H. Day has been livin-
there quite a number of years, an
from his porch he looks across tn
Eastern branch to the playground {
his boyhood. Before he enlisted !
the Union army in 1862 he worko :
for some of the landowners on ii
Anacostia side of the river, and he to
the Rambler many "reminiscences .
of Poplar point and st. Eliza beth. Il
Talburtts, the Jenkinses and other
The house Mr.. Day lives in was bougf
about 1S45 by Peter F. Hornig, who's
children. John G. Hornig. Frederic
and Rose. are living in Washington to
the point in the seventies. 1t was an oil,
house when Hornig bought it. The
Reeves family is one of the old one:
of the point. Grandfather and fathe-
and sons and grandsons have beer
growing vegetables on the point anf;
will continue to help feed their fellow
citizens At the end of the point is thc-
cottage of William Jackson and fam
lily. They live in the southernmost
house in Washington city.
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drive on Paris would have had diff
ferent ending.
The early days of the European war
may be said to have been the COM
r1encement of the era when the motor
truck was to come into its own. The
big numbering juggsrnauts of the road
had been used for many years previous
20 this time, but the army world did
not properly appreciate their value
until this time. From then on, how
ever. the truck was to be numbe red
among the necessities of military life,
taking rank with food and clothing,
ammunition and big guns-for without
the truck these could not be rapidly
mobilized and distributed.
Taking their cue from the expert
ences OF the armies of the old world,
the officials of the War Department
have not been slow to realize the es-
sential value of the motor truck to all
military expeditions in this country.
make sufficient appropriations. the
insufficiently supplied with motor
trucks wnen the Columbus raid made
necessary the punitive expedition into
As a consequence, therefore, some 420
of the 500 military trucks then al Ell
Paso and neighboring points we're
ing Pershing's force southwark and.
for the first time in American history.
a concerted military movement was
made practically without the assist
ance OF the army mule.
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was sealed during the first few days OF
the Pershing expedition. Even old army
teamsters, who swore by-and at
their mules, were forced to admit that
mensely superior In every way. with
the result that the dull gray OF the
burro will seldom be seen from TINS
time on. In precipitous mountain
passes, where there is room only Tor
the sure-f footed little pack animal, the
mule will hold his own. But on the
level, no matter how rough it is, he has
been replaced. never to return
Realization of this fact led the gov
eminent, Immediately the situation in
Mexico grew serious, to contract for as
many motor trucks as IT could lay It's
hands on. Factories in all parts OF the
country were instructed to turn out
trucks for the government. and for the
and contracts for the warning powers
abroad were to go by the boards for
the time being-Uncle Sam needed mis-
trucks for himself and his men. In
ment has been receiving almost daily
shipments of motor trucks during the
past few weeks
Just how many are now massed on
the border 1t is impossible to state.
owing to the censorship In force con-
corning all military operations. How
ever. War Department officials admit
that there were some five hundred
trucks on the BORDER about June and
that this number has been greatly in
creased since that time" From infor-
nation available in the military jour
nails 1t would appear that the number
of trucks on the border on July l was
in the neighborhood Of $500. II any
thing, this figure is smaller than the
actual number available and does not
include the 420 that accompanied Per-
shing's force to Namiquipa.
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and not for the primary purpose Of
hauling men or carrying food and am
munition.
From the reports which have reached
the War Department since the fnaugur-
alton of the punitive expedition II Is
certain that the motor truck has more
than lived up to expectations. Owing
to the rigid censorship now in force In
Washington, it is not possible to state
just how efficient the truck has proved
in terms of mulepower. but reports are
on file In the quartermaster's division
of the War Department giving the
record of each truck that accompanied
Pershing's force: the weight 1t carried.
the time consumed in covering given
sections of the country, the manner in
which 1t traversed the rough roads to
the south and the satisfaction given.
Reduced to figures of ton miles. this
information will enable the War De-
partment officials to know just what to
expect from each type Of motor truck
used.
Apart from the superior carrying
power Of the trucks-each one Of which
can handle three tons Of material. while
four-mule conveyance can draw but
ton and a half-the motor trucks
have been found to be more ef11cient in
many other respects. Gasoline, which
is the food for the truck. can be carried
in space a great deal smaller than
that taken up by the fodder for the
mules: a truck requires much less at
tention than it's eight-mule equivalent:
the truck does not have to be turned
out" at night, nor does II need sleep
or rest--given its quota of gasoline. of
and water, q truck can go on indefinite
iy. and two men can handle it with
ease.
In forced marches and in traversing
rough country, the truck has proved
invaluable, and the doom Of the mule
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omobile Truck. Mule Is Losing His Place i'm Army

WHY the Truck Is Superior to the Mule.
w Lessons From the War in Europe.
Use of Truck Along the Mexican Border.
Gasoline Versus Hay-Fifteen Hundred
Trucks on the Border July 1-Troubles
With Diversion the March.
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A comparatively small number Of
mules were taken along. IL is true. but
the animals were intended mainly for
use in the mountainous districts which
the troops were expected to encounter
in the interior Of the invaded country
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When the history of the European
war is written in its entirety 1t is
practically certain that the credit for
the remarkable stand OF the French
forces during the latter days of the
battle of the Marine will be awarded to
the undeniabie efficiency of the count
less automobiles and motor trucks
which were pressed into service to
transport men, ammunition and ord
nance TO the firing lire. Had it not
been for the service rendered by the
motor conveyances II is the consensus
ef military opinion that the German
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E(1O Napoleon is credited the axiom
An army travels on It's ston
ach." But military experts Of
hundred years later have
changed this saying. and it now reads;
An army travels upon its gasoline
Gone are the days Of horse drawn
conveyances, cumbersome and hard TO
manage except over the smoothest OF
roads: gone are the days of the su-
premacy of the army mule. so long as
ISOLATED with the land branch of the
military service that The West Point
mascot is pack burro.
The day OF the automobile truck has
dawned and, in the opinion of best in
formed army experts. that day Will
continue indefnitely-at least until
some one invents a conveyance which
will surpass the truck in efficiency
Just as the merits OF the truck have
displaced the horse and mule.
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O. leaf point or the arsenal point,
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