Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . ground, and exquisite taste has been used in its adornment. Hereis the Van Ness mausoleum containing the remains of General VanNess and family. Here Lorenzo Dow is buried, and here also JohnHoward Payne rests at last in his native land, no longer an exilefrom the Home, sweet home, he sang of in immortal words. The sum of $300,000 is annually appropriated for the policeforce of Was
Picturesque Washington: pen and pencil sketches of its scenery, history, traditions, public and social life, with graphic descriptions of the Capitol and Congress, the White House, and the government departments .. . ground, and exquisite taste has been used in its adornment. Hereis the Van Ness mausoleum containing the remains of General VanNess and family. Here Lorenzo Dow is buried, and here also JohnHoward Payne rests at last in his native land, no longer an exilefrom the Home, sweet home, he sang of in immortal words. The sum of $300,000 is annually appropriated for the policeforce of Washington. The force is known as the Metropolitan Po-lice, and consists of a superintendent with the title of Major, whoreceives a salary of $2,600; a captain at $1,800, ten lieutenants at$1,200 each, twenty sergeants at $1,140 each, and two hundred andfifteen privates at salaries from $900 to $1,080. There are also six-teen station-house keepers who are paid $720 each, and numerouscloks, messengers, and laborers. There is a mounted force oftwenty-one men. The police duties extend throughout the Districtof Columbia. The lire department is sustained at a yearly expenditure of $100,- THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ETC. 265. 000. There are eight en-gines, and other fire ap-paratus. The chief en-gineer has a salary ot$1,800, and the assistantengineer, $1,400. Thereis a force of eighty-fourmen, who receive from$720 to $1,000 with the de-partment is an efficienttelegraph and telephoneservice in charge of ex-pert electricians, the su-perintendent receiving asalary of $1,600. The white military or-ganizations are the Wash-ington Light Infantry, offour companies, the In-fantry Cadets, the NationalRifles, the Rifles Cadets,the Washington LightGuard, and the UnionVeteran Corps. Thereare three companies ofcolored infantry, and theCapital City Guard, con-sisting of two companiesof colored men. Connecting Washing-ton with the outer worldare the Baltimore andPotomac, and Baltimore and Ohio
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