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FEBRUARY THE lUCTHLR OF'‘SEVEN IMMORTALS.
?y J.BJe st, lst.3gt.Co. "Fu 7 th. Infantry.
Samuel Pepys, horn February 23rd. ,1633, George' Washington horn
February 22nd.,1732, Charles Lam1' horn February 10th. ,1775, Abraham
Lincoln vorn February 12th.,1819, Charles Dickens horn February
February 7th.,1812, John Ruskin vorn February 8th.,1819, and
A.Edison horn February 11th.,1847.
Considering that February is not only the shortest month of the
year, and is not noted for equability of conduct or warmth of tem
perament, she has veen kind to us in her production.
If she had contributed no one else hut George Washington,
would have done more than most months. On the 18th.day of Septen --
17°3 was laid hy George Washington, president of the United States
the cornerstone of the United States Capitol. It was doubtless eu*
posed th.nt, when completed according to the plans then adopted, it
would ve of ample dimensions to accommodate all the wants of the peo
pie hy whom'it was to ve erected for ages to come.
ye«,rs later, and in that comparati’relt brief space
Governments, President Fillmore was called upon to lay the [.Qdrner
she
r
But fifty eight
in the age^s of
s one of an additional edifice, which towers up, resting f'Vrmly on
he strong foundation laid by President Washington, adding beauty an
rffni , "to . ,?eoPlc ’ s House, and illustrating to the world the
People’s hearts of the principles of freedom.
, ’ nen . -c cornerstone of the Capitol was laid in 1793, the govern
. was justly considered an experiment, and the prediction was
again made by the false prophets that it would fall. The
wish was doubtless father of the thought, but it did not fall.
, r i failure by false prophets have themselves utter
while the prophecy is fulfilled which Washington made on
as^ummg the duties as President on the 30th. day of April,1789.
tTSningtx? was the man who saw tiaat the Union was necessary.
^°i‘VaW that the Union T-Ust Ve preserved. Washington was great
for hi«5 country6 ^ crov/n‘> Lincoln was great enough to accept a cross
A REMINISCENCE OF FORT Wm.H. SEWARD (NOW CHILKOOT BK3. ) 1917.
By Staff Sgt. W.R.Stevenson, O.M,Corps.
„ Some time aboiit October 1st. , 1917 .while serving as a Sergeant in
Company C. 14th. Infantry at this Tost, I was in charge of quarters
ana was making ahe rounds of the barracks in advance of the Company
Commander's daily inspe-ction, when I noticed something that looked*
like a white string hanging out of the foot locker belonging to'Pvt.
Salai (a German or Hungarian). Upon closer examination I discovers"
it was the end of almost a full coil of fuse. I took this to the
Company Orderly Room and reported my find to the First Sergeant and
Company Commander. The Company Commander immediately searched all
wall and foot lockers -.uni especially the one belonging to Private
Salai. Here we found over a dozen ’-lasting caps also some letter*
from a friend of his at Fort Li scum which mentioned
that -They Mew up the whole d-— Tost''? 'i? clft-c® t°Pf?
we learned that a meeting had heea held at the Tost :>ur.-.p wher- t-i
or twelve men were present and that they had d* oiled to" hn- ”
the barracks, Headquarters, Guard House, C.C.’s iuarte r*'^ ‘-T
other places. After a long wait of over a week*we learned '
they were going to move their "stuff" to the Xitel- ceme+s-v v
the Post and Haines. We brought the dynamite in and fL ^ ??**
live or six men were confined in the guard house* on General day
and held there until they were ordered to the states for Gen^®*8
Court Martial. Captain A.II. Jones , our Commanding Officer nwf.
n errs i n c? +■ -Prs i ■> v> v-i 4 4 ^ j ^ j u x. _ _ w "1 * P11 I s
<6
few
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wflji 0
aped the explosion.