Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-06-06
WASHINGTON PRESENTS
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Mr.. Bob White,
Editor Ledrer. Mexioo, No.
Dca- Mr.. White. ! snail always Be
clad that / saw Washington IN var
TINES Perhaps d s no, the real
Washington. but b possesses al the
lure q . rational capital during an
International crisis
The White House Is heavily guard
Cd The Army and Navy Buildings
arc closed to the public. No d.plo-
matte receptions are gwen in the Pan
American Building
Uniforms are seen everywhere; the
Khaki Of the American Army, and the
Navy blue; the French delft blue The
English olive green; the Belgian
creenish grey: the Italian trimmings
Of red and gold And on the streets
the deep mourning. worn in the South
End the East 50 much more than in the
Interior and the West strikes n IN
accustomed 10 seeing i as most in
rressive and ~singalarly significant Of
the times
4 few evenings ago, while We were
At dinner. one Of the lovh@Llooking
girls / have eyer seen cane 10 the din
ing room and stood at the door for a
moment She was dressed II deepest
mourning. the long veil thrown back
from her face hung to her knees, and
By hu SIDE stood two handsome chill
dren. q splendid boy Of seven In 3
sailor sgIt and a little girl Of three or
four Presently they crossed the room
70 the group Of people a. the table
ners 70 ours. An old gentleman IN a
much braided uniform and three
young officers arose from the table as
the girl drew nearer and We noticed
the same serious expression in each
Of the faces. We could not but wonder
at her mourning or II there had been
another uniform; and then as the girl
stopped 10 greet the other member Of
the party-a woman in black, presum-
ably the mother-we noticed in the lit
tie service pins they wore-one gold
star.
In the last day or TWO. a great many
Army people have left for camp. Their
moves are made quickly and quietly.
My husband is in the Purchasing De-
partment Of the Finance Department
Of the Ordnance Division Base Depot
in France. About three weeks ago he
was told that he would be held in
Washington for six months longer. We
were having a jubilee owe that when
another order came commanding the
whole division to prepare to leave for
camp Immediately. Later that order
was changed and We are ready to *
peet anything now.
For awhile after I first came here,
| was 80 enjoying the uniforms and
the stylish ladies' that ! had n
tirely neglected Washington's Monu-
ment and the Congressional Library
and things that people dare not return
home from the Capitol and face their
families without having seen. When
the first word came that we were TO
leave Washington, / set ont for the
Monument, and never stopped until
! reached the top,
Continental Hall, the D. A. r. Build
ing, has been closed during the war
70 others than MEMBER The gtr7c-
ture, which was erected only eight
years ago, stands Just across the
street from the White House. It is 2
MOS. Interesting building. Thirteen
stone pillars. symbolic Of the thirteen
original states, form the entrance
Eaeh Of the rooms within is furnished
BY g.e state. TIE Missouri room at
present iE used as the business Of
fee. Most 4 the rooms are furnished
with celebrated antAquaz. In the VIZ
gina T09m stands the quaint old drop
leaf mahogany table, upon which
Georrs and Lady Washington atetheir
welding breakfast IN the PennEyIva-
Ma roorn William PENIS cd grand
father eAock teks a. regularly as
SOL as i yer did,"
The New Jersey room Is perhaps the
=os. historic. Al ne panding, the
aeauE. TIE doorz, the mantle, and the
fzrnt1Ee are made cut Of the old
wa01en frgate, Augusta. which was
raHk It the Battle Of Red Bank in
aeyentesn hundred and something
ard lag under the DeIewaFe River fol
moFe than . hundred and twenty-five,
yezyS The wood Is brown and yery
dark, but across the long. polished
oval q the table and through tn,
beams overhead, light streaks in tn
dark wood show the markings Of tn
water at different depths, and the DR..
bleach Of the sun when the river wa
low.
The D. A. r. own the whole block 0
thirty-three lots, which are only par
TALLY occupied by Continental Hal
At the beginning of the war their or
ganization lent the rest Of the groun
to the Government, which erected up
on it the Building Of the Council 0
National Defense, and the beautiful
Red Cross Building.
A great many "war buildings" hav
been put up since the spring Of 1917
Most Of them are very plain and una
dorned, and contain only offices. Tn
most conspicuous Of these are the Ord
nance Buildings, at Sixth and ]
streets. There are two solid blocks 0
these. The buildings are shaped lik
shoe boxes and there are seven 20
block. 1t takes a thousand men sixt
days TO erect a block Of them.
Practically all Of the dance halls i
Washington have been taken over b
the Government and turned into wa
offices. These are known as EARN
and Navy Headquarters Annex NJ
u" or Aviation Headquarters Anne
No. q" or "Qnuartermaster's Bias
Depot Annex No. B." or annexes O
other departments.