The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-24

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dition is SUCH that retirement from tho
service Is desirable. ts:rr; ~ RED .
This comment has been made and
printed upon this subject: '>'-'
1T is regarded BY army medical Off,
GERS as highly probable that full in
vestigation Of this subject may bring
TO light positive scientific EXPLAIN:
ton of some, part of the restlessness
that has been evident among the, for
mer soldiers Since the war. Y It. may
well be. it. is. said, that the struggle
left its lasting mark upon, thousands
of menl who untlerwentsevere nervous
Struin."tR' e"jta nnD Ids; "a %'HI&I
stt Surgeon General M! W.: Ireland has
said concerning this matter that an
analysis Of the records probably will
show that physical deterioration was
more marked In the commanding per
sonnet Of, the. regular army than In
the emergency forces because q rela-
lively larger percentage of the. for
,mer was charged with greater respon-
sibilities entailing excessive strains,
both mental and physical" ~ ~,
Mount Vernon in sprinotire.
. Bands Of pilgrims to Mount Yer
non daily are increasing in num-
bers. The writer does not know
how many thousands Of Americans so
yearly to the place where George
Washington lived, and died. but the
number is something enormous At
this season of the year with the.
spring getting into it's full beauty the
visitors to Washington have the best
of all seasons in which to make the
journey to the home of the Father of
His Country. a>H j. 49,"
If George Washington never had
lived at Mount Vernon. had not died
there, and had been buried III the
Antipodes, there would be excuse
enough for the visit to the place Of
seventy times seven the number Of
pilgrims who 60 yearly down the Po'E
.tomac to stand on the towering hill
and to look Off down the reaching
river valley
Not long ago on journey down the
Potomac a foreigner who had married
an American wife was on the buat.
He was much more interested In the
beauty Of the Potomacs banks and in
the history of the country beyond its
banks, and in the life history OF
George Washington than was his
american helpmate.
Misinformation for Foreigners.
The foreigner asked his American.
born wife If George Washington was
born at Mount Vernon. She answered
that he was; which he was not by
many miles. The foreigner asked .his
American wife many other questions
to each Of which with almost invari-
able inaccuracy she made answer.
This was travelled American girl.
There Is a fairly well grounded belief
that she had met and 'captivated her
husband while she was doing Europe
in an automobile or was rhapsodizing
ON the beauties Of the Rhine, the 'Po.
or the Danube. .,,,
Perhaps, some day this American
woman will go back to her husbands
sand and will, listen to his stories OF
his American trip, and In the enthusi-
,asm of. the nature which he made man.
'ifest on the Potomac he will tell the
'untruths concerning George Washing
ton which he learned from his Ameri.
can, wife. .1,
Mount Vernon has been written
about by almost everybody who. has
seen the place. 1t has not fallen ia
the lot of everybody to see 1t in
.springtime. It Is a noble place, a fit.
ting resting ground for the First
American. 1t seldom falls to ones
lot to see such heroic trees. There is
"a giant pax which stands sentinel over
the first burial place Of Washington.
The body was removed from the base
of the oak about ninety years ago 1t
never should have been removed
It is said that Washington selected
the place where his body now lies and
left instructions that one day change
of sepulcher should be made. The
oak which guarded the first grave
must have been standing for two cen.
turtles. The view from the place Is In
spiring enough to kindle the eyes OF
the dead. The view from the new
tomb is fine, but 1t is nothing to. the
grand sweep of river, hilltops and
forest which appear before the eye
from the place where Washington
slept for thirty years after his death
): G. WIS Trees and Library
The visitors who 90 to Mount Yer
noh peer into the tomb and then
,straightway 90 to the house. There Is
an interest, Of course which attaches
to any of the belongings Of Washing,
ton but 1t seems to be matter Of
regret that Of the thousands who 80
to Mount Vernon the interest in the
mirror which Washington stood be-
fore when he shaved himself, and In
the spoon with which he ate his por-
ridge, If he ate porridge, is greater
thdn in the forest trees under which
.he walked in the garden whose hedges
'of formal cut were planted by his
hand.
There Is, however, real living in
fnrost in t1p library Of the old home.