Show OUR lemal F itroia our own it florl adli washington mar alar during the past winter Wa washing hInig ton has had us many us elx ati national organizations in convention avro ul at time elih week it two karnely nar nely ilia hie national del department of tho dional of teems nf t ho united l itoi and canad aPro bibly a jollier bodyl business nien men never wom bled in ili this city than these I 1 14 of railroads who h hare ve been 11 derly discussing baggage rates rater and other kindred matt ini illert they are from all parti parta ot oj tho the 0 conniry coun iry and ot of fill sl Z as ages and desert descriptions from the daintily dresa dregs g el I 1 dusil duda to ta the ati cornway mail clad thor aurb going rough 1 1 unit or of tile the widely known inen were present H K on auBle tent by whom ill ci ilen lly the organization while hopie or ilia old luce faces were sinK jhb V 1 ire n V gave them tapin it specia r re cp catron ral tron i I 1 in n trio the ent bast room ronna arid each meniver wag introduced aiji need to fit bilm eli the large nry convention held b by ilia he to it lingell lin gelu at tha country waa to ti be found fit at mhd national museum Mu euin probably no visitors who could come coins to aA hington besl deserve it warmer W welcome man trio tiia dents and teachers ten chura ol of the public schools ciany of them prodded congress vl vie brou ly tor for its at for its appon g in tt 4 at ot at he ulaler tall bill president Y in 11 k in reply to tho the adil adIr ebs of welcome made by the CImias ioner of education mr webb sod I 1 hilt ahat washington was rapidly b Ameri americans cals educational mca referring to tho the bu rom reau of education lie he mentioned that lliam inaugurated by a bill intro congress by gen geni garfield more than inan twenty yeara ago its ita work had been a KOOI good gnp but thero there was much yet to be done as aa there were now over six millions of codr people who could neither road read nor write the inspiration seemed to be millions for defense but not one cent for edu cation and that hut would see that tile iho three headers in the at congress who arro In 1 in senn the blair bill should re at nome home after the next election I 1 n it hits bag beoh decided that the con tem templates plated carnival which was to have been held hero here nt at the cancle sion of the great reat national drill in 10 may alay chall be postponed until october the reason for the change Is that there would not be sufficient time between now and the time of the tha drill to make maka the preparations to carry it out on an the seals scale however will be a delightful month for such guch a display it la probable that tha t the now new orleans orleana mardi ors gras a material will fleura la ja the groces alon InIfI lodl callona callons point to a grana granil 11 drill here during the month ot of powers power tho the total number of military borgaa Izat ians which have bave up to this uma time bide a arao a merits la with regard to eniry a I 1 these are di divided tied among thirty six differ ent eat states Sta teri they comprise one brig ads ade olae nine regiments sixteen badial tons and companies of Infantry one battalion batt alloa fifteen and five machine machina gung gun platoons la in a tillery artillery six cavalry companies compan lei aeden van school cadets cabets five fire regimental bands banca and three druiff corps corpa one of tho tha important of tho the drill will ba governors day when the chief magla of the margot different states represented will review the tha troops tile the head leai treasury department still remains intact but before this reaches you a new illow secretary may be named tit the 0 1 last of secretary belongings have bave been taken from the 1 and although both he ha and treasurer jor dang uro are cro crotilde ising the atlantic their resignations were not cot to take effect nor northe the yaca vacancies to occur until the first of april abany 0 officials or of the abo department with whom this of hag drag ged cad hope that mr fairchild the lie assistant assistant secretary will be the now naw officer |