Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . PRESIDENT TAFT AND THE COLONEL. Plioio by JndcTwood & Uriderwood The upper part shows a i6-inch rifle being tested at Sandy Hook. The gun, which is of thetype adopted for the Canal defenses, throws a 2,400 pound shell to an extreme range of 22 could drop a shell into Wall Street from Sandy Hook. One shell striking a battleship fairlywould put her out of business. The lower part of picture shows size of the gun yields to the orders of thosewho rank him precisely whathe exacts from those whomhe commands. The followingdialogue f
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . PRESIDENT TAFT AND THE COLONEL. Plioio by JndcTwood & Uriderwood The upper part shows a i6-inch rifle being tested at Sandy Hook. The gun, which is of thetype adopted for the Canal defenses, throws a 2,400 pound shell to an extreme range of 22 could drop a shell into Wall Street from Sandy Hook. One shell striking a battleship fairlywould put her out of business. The lower part of picture shows size of the gun yields to the orders of thosewho rank him precisely whathe exacts from those whomhe commands. The followingdialogue from a hearing be-fore the House Committee onAppropriations wHl illustratemy point. The subject mat-ter was the new WashingtonHotel at Colon. The Chairman: Did youever inquire into the right ofthe Panama Railroad Com-pany, under the laws of theState of New York, to go intothe hotel business? Col. Goethals: No sir; I gotan order from the Presidentof the United States to buildthat hotel and I built it. This military habit of ab-solute command and implicitobedience is not a
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