The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-22
WASHINGTON IN WAR
TINE WH|RS AS VAST
WHEEL OF INDUSTRY
Capital Of Nation Crowded and
Electrified by Task Before It;
Brains Of Country Toll Day and
Night TO Solve Problems,

sharpening their sword to lay the.
German empire st Coiumbia's feet
a year ago a rather Sleep. quiet
town dronins on IL humdrum way
a dainty lady whose siiken skirts were
unsoilod hy the dust and CRIME %
factories or commerce.
Now the streets are crowded with
serious-faccd people. natty French
and English Officers IN their hand
some uniforms Dart about unnoticed.
marines and soldiers. sailors and Red
Cross woincn minEle with the thou
sands OF newcomers.
The hotels are full \ good room
downtown Is almost un~dttainahle,
Houses which his time last year went
begging at S15 e month have been
robbied up az twice that sum Thou
sands OF workers from all states have
come 90 aid In the war work. The
public buildings are SO crowded hat
halls and many apartments have been
turned over TO government offices
Dozens Of new activities ave sprung
W. which had t. be housed In mush-
! room structures built in a few weeks.
And within these simple rooms are
working hundreds of men worth MIL
| lions. men who hold the Industries
| Of the union In the hollows of their
hands.
/ Brains aud Purpose Rush to Capital
Last spring. when the news OF
wgr flashed across the Sky. there
came an instantaneous response 10
! Uncle Sans call From the rocky
surf Of Maine Ia the grcrn-iipped
waves Of sunny Fluridu from tho or
snrc groves 81 california Ia the biz
zsrd swept plains 81 the pakotas, men
who bad gathered iu fortunes. wfo
had built vast Industries. an h~astened
20 Washington as fast as steam could
carry them Those who had felled
I the forests. who had dug the mines.
who had built ships ;aid the rails
across the prairies amt girded the
globe with wires were IN the process
sion. And not only thesc. but from
the class room and laboratory the
captains Of medicine. chemistry. biol
ogy. psychology, Of anatomy, OF en-
cheering and every known science,
all came as wise men from north.
south. east and west 90 lay their Tifts
| al the feet 10 their country
The biggest engine 81 war created
was that Of the council of national
defence Though but six months old.
IL il handling every line Of work in
the land At first placed In offices
about town. II IL now located in "a
structure built Tor It's ugc iu sixty
DAYS. This consists OF wooden frame.
wiz" and Hath work. with Stucco fin
isL and wall boarding inside. The
coz was S1-5. 600. IL Is capable 81
holding six hundred persons, and For
speed in construction Is, perhaps, the
most unique edifice in the country.
FOR u contains every modern con
vcniouce just "a few blocks away
are the white house. war. st1tc and
I navy departments while uun the
corner stands the impressive mansion
Of the Red Cross
Not % block away b. another magic
building This b. tho home OF the
food commission, which was erected
boz about We months. and Is almost
s%ntirel, Of glass The sdificr contains
500 offices ana cost S%2si.O coo. So
Mr.. Hoovor's quarters after being
scattered about town and growing
like the bcaustalk IN - night, are
an under one wonderful roof.
White HOUSE Calm at storm tcatcr.
AZ the white house the hun around
| which the circle of war preparation
r"VolNe.. thor. Dr. mo- excitement NJ
an Nr Wilson lives q most
lur life ana daily takes his exercise
IN spit, OF the strain of o. world
conflict hc appears 10 bee boz excel
lent health The two great iron
gates Do, which entrance is gained 20
the ruUrsufH AT Tho tNsfutNg IMAM