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Show ARMY AND NAVY COLONY. Reason for Gathering in the Capital at Washington. ' ! ;, ;;Army officers detailed to the. Philippines Philip-pines and Porto Rico and navy officers' going away, .on, long ..cruises,, make. ,a practice of sending their families to Washington to. remain during their, absence. In this way a great colony of army and navy folk has been established estab-lished in the national capital. The advantages of locating wives and children chil-dren there are several. Washington has splendid schools and the boys and girls receive the best education free. The families are near the. department and can draw their share of the officers' offi-cers' pay and in case anything should ' happen to him would have the sympathetic sym-pathetic aid of the officials. The heads of the bureaus of the war and navy departments keep a watchful eye upon the families of the men who are supporting sup-porting the flag in, distant seas. President Presi-dent Roosevelt is sympathetic, and any army or navy officer's wife who has occasion to approach the President Presi-dent can find1 ready audience with him. , . , i |