Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-11
GEORGE B. RUSSELL
WRITES OF CAPITAL
CONTINUED rrom rage oneS

idAIOdu.
Miss Angie Kearns. of Carson City,
Is here in the ordnance department.
Miss Nye, daughter of Nevada's
first governor. has a position in the
pension department.
Mrs. Robert Allen, who formerly
held a position in the office of Geo.
Brodigan, Neyada's secretary of
state. and will be remembered as
Miss Bessie Galligan. has a position
IN the war department.
nave seen nearly everything in
Washington which can be seen and
which is of general interest TO the
tourist. or Couse | climbed Wash.
ington's monument, 555 feet high, Wis
tied Arlington, Mount Vernon, Smith
sonian Institute. the house where
Lincoln died, Congressional library,
and the Pann-American building, and
| have had some splendid motor trips
in Virginia and Maryland with Mr..
and Mrs. McIRerney at whose home
| am rooming. ! must say that they
seem to take particular pleasure in
extending cOurtesies TO Nevada PEG.
pie. In fact everyone here from Ne
yada seems oyerjoyed when a sage
brusher is met, and no pains are
spared in entertaining him.
Lance Deadly arrived here a few
days since. understand that he is
in line for commission.
Washington is bone dry, that is,
there are no saloons. But the fact
that the law permits a person to keep
liquor in his possession for personal
use makes it possible for one TO mois-
ten his whistle almost any time he de-
sircs.
There IS considerable concern here
over recent developments on the war
front, but find that those who are
best acquainted with conditions view
the situation with least alarm. They
seem to think that Germany is losing
more in men than she is gaining in
territory, and that her energy will
soon BE- spent. | had very interest
ing talk yesterday with a young man
who spent four years at the front.
lie belongs in the United States but
enlisted in Canada when the war first
started. lie was very optimistic and
declared that there is not a doubt
about the outcome.
have heard directly and from 9TH
err sources, accounts Of most hellish
actions Of the Germans in their er-
forts TO strike terror to the hearts of
the allies. Great God, if these ac-
counts are true. and there is evident
~ no doubt about it. the very name
OF Germany will stencil as long as
time cndures. Think OF soldiers
marching through the streets with
little babies and the breasts of wo-
men on their bayonets; of women and
girls, including nuns and nurses, be-
ing hCrdcd together and meTcilessly
rayishCd by German brutes; of a
systematic spreading Of lOathsome
AlH' tAnNH AAllNAe bbAl NblllNll anu llltI
diseases which will be handed down
for generations. 1t cannot be that n
just God will long permit such a peo-
pie to endure.
/ cannot close without mentioning
/ the surprise I experienced at the
manner in which national legislation
| is enacted. have been in the sen
/ ate when long speeches were bling
made when less than a dozen mem.
bcrs were on the floor. and as for
the house, well, instead of law max
a political convention. The house is
not conducted with the dignity that
chaTacterizcs tho senate. Applause
is permitted both on the floor and in
the galleries OF the house, but not so
in the senate. a lot of small talk IS
also INDUCED in in the house. and a
day spent with that body sometimes
causes one to wonder how many of
| the members ever got there.
Regarding myself, | have little to
say, further than that | have been
having a bully time. | had hoped to
be in the army before this, but old
| Father Time refuses to turn back
ward in his flight and this, coupled
with defective eye sight, has caused
me disappointment. but still have
! hopes of getting to the front
/ with sinCcrcst good wishes to all
my friends, | am
! Very sincerely,
GEORGE II. RUSSELL,
| Washington. April ., 1918.