Show Popularity of Name of Washington I St Louis GK Not counting the national capital there are towns and cities bearing the name n of Washington h No r r i doubt more communities n would have ha thus honored the memory of the father I of his Ills country but for the prohibition of the postoffice department of more niece I than Ulan one postoffice of the same name in a state There is in nearly every I state stat a county called Washington ashington But the most moat t popular use uee of or the name has come to light in the pension bureau In certain parts of the country a rushing business Is being done by attorneys in implications for pensions on behalf of colored soldiers who served during the civil war The attention of the bureau bur u has been called to one regiment in which according to the rolls roUs twenty eight colored George ser sery served sered ed A single company shows a mem membership membership of thirteen n George Washing tons by the applications flied filed |