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Identifier: recollectionsoff00taft (find matches)
Title: Recollections of full years
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943
Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) Philippines -- Description and travel Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company

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he wives of some of the Commissioners had seats infront of him. I think the heat must have been affectinghim for he called the Naval Lieutenant, who was in chargeas usher, and made audible protest against those wives ofclerks being put before him and his wife. The youngnaval officer was polite, but quite firm in his refusal to takeany steps to remedy matters. You dont seem to know who I am! he exclaimed, withmanifest indignation. No, sir, I do not, mildly replied the Lieutenant. Well, said the angry man, Im a member of the Mili-tary Committee of the House of Representatives. I helpedto make this Army out here and Ive come out to see whatkind of work I did. I dont like it, and Im going home andunmake it. This treatment of me here is of a piece with thetreatment Ive received ever since Ive been in these islands. This didnt sound quite fair. He had been treated with marked courtesy by everybody and had accepted rather lavish hospitality from both Army officers and civil officials. In 208
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Q V V. y s. y. y RECOLLECTIONS OF FULL YEARS fact, he had received every possible attention in a most un-usually hospitable community. The young Lieutenantbristled up and said: Sorry, sir, but Im obeying orders; and Id just like to tellyou that I consider your remarks exceedingly impolite. Upon which the gentleman from Washington left thepavilion and went down to stand in a place which the guardshad been ordered to keep clear. The rest of the story I heard afterward. It seems thatboth General Barry and General Davis saw him and tookpains to go down and ask him up into the central pavilion,but he refused to go. Then one of the guards came up andpolitely informed him: Orders, sir, youll have to standback. By this time he was infuriated and he turned on theguard and, after identifying himself, repeated his remarksabout having made the Army and being determined to goback to Washington and unmake it. Well, said the guard, I guess you cant unmake me.Ive just been mustered out of the United

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