Show THEY LIKE THE COUNTRY when retired naval officers seldom UT in large towns or cities naval officers always settle in the country when they can I 1 I 1 remarked ked a prominent pr 0 min ent officer offic er to t 0 a star st ar reporter rp orter inuring during their active careers that is d during arin g tho the time tim they are at sea they hey axe are necessarily cramped for room and while come bome of them on the large modem ships have elegant and sumptuous quarters there them is necessarily a limit tc it this thing 0 grows on a man to such an extent that tho first thing he doe when lie he is retired and in hundreds of cases long before retirement is to hunt up a farm and locate on it three of the admirals on the retired list headed by admiral ammen aree are the owners of farms in the immediate locality oi 01 washington and any burn nurn number of oth officers aze ae similarly provided for though their farms are am not so extensive they seem to want stretching room and it will be noticed that when they do locate they big places theia minds run into stock and chicken raising the officers of tho marine corps have been noted for years as the owners of the speediest ediest odiest horses onnel or driven about washington and they have been always prominent in connection with our racing associations and organizations naval officers have been similarly prominent it is different with army officers their ambition seems to bo be for nice houses in the cities the naval officers ideas all run toward the country I 1 dont like to give names but I 1 could give dozens of illustrations to prove what I 1 say if it nece necessary take a look at the incoming cars from any 01 ol the suburban places around washington any morning and there will be sufficient proof of what I 1 say washington star |