. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. the War Department. On the brow of one of the hills stands a bronze statue ofGeneral Scott, by Launt Thompson, erected by the Home in1874, at a cost of $18,000. Fifty acres are under cultivation,and fine crops of fruits and vegetables are raised. Near themain building is a large cottage often used by the Presidentsof the United States as a summer residence. It is surroundedby noble trees, and has a very attractive appearance. Pierce,Buchanan, Johnson, Hayes, and Arthur have preferred itsquiet comfort to the statelier life in the White
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. the War Department. On the brow of one of the hills stands a bronze statue ofGeneral Scott, by Launt Thompson, erected by the Home in1874, at a cost of $18,000. Fifty acres are under cultivation,and fine crops of fruits and vegetables are raised. Near themain building is a large cottage often used by the Presidentsof the United States as a summer residence. It is surroundedby noble trees, and has a very attractive appearance. Pierce,Buchanan, Johnson, Hayes, and Arthur have preferred itsquiet comfort to the statelier life in the White House. In the rear of the Home, on the wooded slope beyond Hare-wood Road, lies one of the national military cemeteries, enteredby an arch upon whose pillars are inscribed the names of greatUnion commanders in the Civil War. Here rest the remainsof about 5,500 Federal and 271 Confederate soldiers, fewer than300 of whom are unknown. The grounds contain a prettystone chapel, in which lies the body of General John A. Logan. 62 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE. Zoological Park. The original idea wasnot a park for publicexhibition purposesbut a reservation inwhich there might bebred and maintainedrepresentatives ofmany American ani-mals threatened withextinction. Congress,however, enlarged andmodified this notionby adding the ex-hibition features, mak-ing the place a pleas-ure ground as well asan experiment collection is notvery large and there-fore animals must beobtained by gift or ex-change. Captures inthe YellowstoneNational Park are per-mitted for the benefitof this garden, and have supplied many specimens. Thehardier animals (except a few antelopes and kangaroos,which have a stable) are quartered out of doors all the yearround in wire enclosure scattered about the grounds. Theherds of bison, elk and deer were recruited mainly fromthe Yellowstone Park. In another quarter are to be seenthe cages of the wolves, foxes and dogs. The beavers,however, probably constitute the
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