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Show TAFT AT THE HELM. New Secretary of War Takes the Oath of Office. At noon Monday William II. Taft of Ohio took tho oath of olllco as secretary secre-tary of war, In tho prosenco of tho mombors of tho cnblnet, tho general staff of tho army and a number of personal per-sonal friends. Tho coremony occurred at tho war department. Ho Immediately Immediate-ly ontercd upon hlo now duties. Tho coremony took plnco In tho largo ro-coptlon ro-coptlon room attached to tho secretary's secre-tary's olllco In the war department, and tho transfer of authority from Ellhu Root, tho retiring secretary, to Governor Gov-ernor Tnft, whllo simply mado, wns moro impressive than any similar event in many years. |